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Which lying liar are we supposed to believe?

Kenneth Lewis of (now) Bank of America told Darrel Issa's Congressional committee a couple weeks ago that Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke pressured him not to back out of the Merril Lynch acquisition deal.  He claims they threatened him that if he...
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Arizona border zealots, white supremacists, and Janet Napolitano

Since the early 1990s, the sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ has been on a crusade against illegal immigrants.  Sheriff Joe Arpaio has apparently neglected other law enforcement duties to follow this mission.  His controvertial policies include sweeping up Mexican-american...
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Arizona border zealots, white supremacists, and Janet Napolitano

Since the early 1990s, the sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ has been on a crusade against illegal immigrants.  Sheriff Joe Arpaio has apparently neglected other law enforcement duties to follow this mission.  His controvertial policies include sweeping up Mexican-american citizens...
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Sheldon Whitehouse said last night that all we believe we know about torture is wrong.

On the Floor of the Senate last night, he gave a long speech that totally refuted Cheney's lies and most of the conventional narrative on the subject.  "I want my colleagues and the American public to know that, measured against...
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Graham, Lieberman will shut down the Senate??

Since the House stripped out the provision making it illegal for the Pentagon to release the Bush-era detainee photos  from the War Supplemental bill in conference, the two Senators are upping the ante.  At a press conference today (Tuesday) they tantrummed with...
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250,000 contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: from a new Pentagon report.

June 8, 2009, 9:57AM Absolutely breath-taking numbers, especially put in a context that contractors are now half of the forces we have deployed in the two countries.  And the number of armed contractors has risen by an average in the...
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Pat Buchanan got one thing right: Sotomayor IS an affirmative action choice.

And that's a good thing. Obama's short list for SCOTUS picks were all women; ergo:  Affirmative action choice.  She is an Hispanic who was on the list of women; ergo:  affirmative action choice.  Hooray for him.  He not only chose to...
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And you, Mr. Olbermann, sir, have just crossed the line!

In your questionable zeal to make Sean Hannity appear more foolish (he really does not need any help), and obfuscating your motives through charitable giving, you have succeeded in further trivializing torture.  You are aiding in turning water-boarding into a...
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Mr. President, you have two daughters.

I cannot imagine they will want to realize one day that you, their father, their President, got in the way of investigating the previous administration for War Crimes.  Yes, during your campaign you assured voters that you would "look ahead,...

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