Headlines from DemocracyNow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist Sentenced to 3 Years The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Presid...

I'm not sure I've ever witnessed a more disgraceful performance by a so-called journalist than what transpired on Wednesday's "Hardball."  In fact, from the moment MSNBC's Chris Matthews introduced his guest, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, the "Hardball" host ...

Oh my GOD, you have to watch this. Chris Matthews' head begins to spin about four minutes in, where he tells this condescending asshat that if he gives Bush credit for keeping us safe after 9/11, he must also insist......

Seymour Hersh put it out there last night, in a matter-of-fact way in response to a question at a University of Minnesota forum: Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when he told an audience at the University of Minnesota that the military was running an "executive ass...

I see we have a new category called "Bush Depression" - last I'd seen was "Wingnut Alert."What happened since I last checked in - two consecutive blizzards - it got down to 45 below with windchill. Interstate 94 and Interstate......

Via the Treasury Department’s Debt to the Penny Calculator, here’s what the National Debt was on January 19, 2001: And here’s what it was on January 20, 2009: That’s an increase of  $ 5,005,369,081,097.44, or 87.39% in eight years. In other words, George W. Bush and the Repu...

A majority of Florida’s Cuban-Americans, including many former hard-liners, have come to oppose a U.S. embargo strategy that has proved futile over the decades. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries March 11, 2009 Bill Puts Brakes on Mexican Trucks March 11, 2009 Sanford and ‘Some’ M...

Like the old Life Cereal commerical (with a twist), the PartyofNoicans know they can reach out to The Politico's Mike Allen. "Let's get Mikey, he prints anything!" He was probably so excited, jumping with glee, that the cronies of the Bush Grindhouse gave him another meme to push, that Allen forgot ...

While former President George W. Bush has kept a low profile since vacating the Oval Office, many of his closest allies have been working hard to “set the record straight” about a presidency recently ranked by historians as one of the worst ever. Last month, all 20 Texas Republicans in t...

You may have heard about the scandalously overpriced presidential helicopters the U.S. had ordered from Italy, but did you know they may have been a payoff for forged intelligence used to sell the war in Iraq? It’s all a part of “a web of conspiracy and deceit,” says journalist Pao...