http://political-news.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for political news en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2714556 unknown@Digg.com While Barack Obama confused and even angered many of his progressive supporters by voting for the FISA domestic surveillance "compromise" bill, granting immunity to the telecoms who helped President Bush's program of warrantless spying on Americans, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says FISA policy would be "revisited" if Obama is elected Presiden Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2714556political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2714417 unknown@Digg.com Conservative pundit Robert Novak ?was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C. Novak initially ?drove away from the scene,? but turned around when ?a bicyclist stopped him and said, ?You hit someone.?? Novak claimed: ?I didn?t know I hit anybody.? But this is completely contrary to what happened Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:00:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2714417political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2714317 unknown@Digg.com Yesterday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) spoke at the controversial pastor John Hagee?s Christians United For Israel Washington-Israel Summit. Lieberman, however, says he still has the utmost respect for the pastor, who once said that Hurricane Katrina was punishment to New Orleans for hosting a gay pride parade. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:10:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2714317political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2714121 unknown@Digg.com Last week, Media Matters caught right-wing radio talker Michael Savage claiming that autism is a ?fraud? and ?a racket? Savage refuses to apologize. On Larry King Live last night, he told guest host Glenn Beck that he had simply been ?taken out of context? by ?men who specialize in hating families and children, namely Media Matters Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:00:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2714121political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2713891 unknown@Digg.com Three experts tell Salon that the Democrats may expand their Senate majority by half a dozen seats. The environment for Republicans is awful. The problem for Republicans is not only has it not gotten better, it's probably gotten worse. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:30:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2713891political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2713666 unknown@Digg.com An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle, have posted a video taken at a political fundraiser for Pete Olson, featuring George W. Bush last week -- capturing some embarrassing/revealing moments after, he noted, he had asked cameras to be turned off. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:30:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2713666political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2713608 unknown@Digg.com Following is a detailed rundown of the 25 companies squeezing the most profit from this controversial conflict. If you have more (I bet you do), list 'em below. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2713608political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2713552 unknown@Digg.com On Friday at the Netroots Nation conference, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman spoke on a panel about ?How the media learned to bend over backwards to please the right.? Krugman discussed the right wing?s success at pressuring the media and how some of that filtered down to him. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2713552political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2713553 unknown@Digg.com Today, CNN?s John Blake has an article titled, ?Could an Obama presidency hurt black Americans?? It?s unbelievable that CNN would use Sailer, who, as Jesse Taylor notes, is more than just a conservative pundit. He has repeatedly made racist and white supremacist remarks, all of which are well documented. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:40:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2713553political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2713355 unknown@Digg.com Senator McCain credits the US troop surge as having laid the foundation for the Anbar Awakening. Only problem: the surge started a year after the Awakening. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the history in Iraq and should disqualify McCain from the Presidency. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2713355political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2713144 unknown@Digg.com U.S prisons hold 1.5 million prisoners, and when you add in local jails, it's 2.3 million?1 in 100 American adults. Since the 1980s, we've sat by as the numbers inched higher and our prison system ballooned, swallowing up a larger portion of the citizenry. What does it take for us to do something about this? Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:20:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2713144political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2712957 unknown@Digg.com While the Times wanted something ?new? from McCain, the New York Post ? owned by Rupert Murdoch ? has no problem republishing McCain campaign talking points ? even if they?re not totally accurate. Today, the Post published McCain?s rejected article in its entirety. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:30:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2712957political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2712915 unknown@Digg.com A message from Congressman Dennis Kucinich. July 22 2008log on to: http://kucinich.us to sign the petition. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2712915political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2712861 unknown@Digg.com At 2 PM tomorrow, rap star Nas will deliver a petition ? organized by Color of Change and Move On.org and signed by 600,000 people ? to Fox News?s Manhattan headquarters, calling on the network to ?stop its racist smears against the Obamas and other Black Americans.? Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:40:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2712861political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2712528 unknown@Digg.com The first moments form the July 18 event find him speaking almost incoherently in admitting, for once, that his friends in big business had screwed up: "There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk ---that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2712528political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2712486 unknown@Digg.com On yesterday?s edition of The 700 Club, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson sharply criticized the ?moderate tone? the Bush administration has allegedly taken toward Iran and its nuclear weapons program. Robertson advocated that Israel look out for the ?survival of its nation? and ?make some kind of a strike? against Iranian nuclear facilities. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2712486political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2712403 unknown@Digg.com "The complaint alleges that the state GOP's decision to appoint delegates to the Republican National Convention violates a state law which says delegates at the state convention shall select the national delegates. Terhune said members of the state GOP executive committee "shut down the convention in April." Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:00:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2712403political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2712353 unknown@Digg.com Yesterday, the Drudge Report revealed that the New York Times had rejected a draft op-ed by Sen. John McCain. The right wing rushed to defend McCain yesterday claiming that it was part of an unprecedented conspiracy. But yesterday on CNN, it was revealed that that even as a sitting president, Bill Clinton had ?many? op-eds rejected by the Times. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:30:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2712353political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2711198 unknown@Digg.com On Saturday, former Vice President Al Gore made a surprise appearance at the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, TX. While the attendees of Netroots Nation received Gore with enthusiasm, his appearance has caused Fox News?s Bill O?Reilly to declare that attending Netroots Nation was ?the same as if he stepped into the Klan gathering' Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2711198political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2711142 unknown@Digg.com The Iraqi Government said today that it had a vision for all US combat troops to leave the country by the end of 2010 ? another apparent endorsement of Barack Obama?s war strategy during his visit to Baghdad. The sudden and unexpected Iraqi comments on the desire for a timetabled withdrawal was greeted with dismay by the White House & McCain. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2711142political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2710646 unknown@Digg.com During a segment this weekend, Fox News? Brett Baier said that ?the high price of gas may be costing your kids some of their education. We?ll explain here.? At the same time, though, the word education was misspelled on-screen as ?eductaion.? Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2710646political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2710556 unknown@Digg.com According to Jane Mayer, author of "The Dark Side," two top lawyers in the Justice Department who attempted to push back against the authorization of torture by Vice President Cheney's staff became so paranoid that they worried they were being wiretapped and even feared they might be in physical danger. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2710556political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2709844 unknown@Digg.com Leading Data Security Expert Joins Press Conference, Case, Notes Fraudulent Patterns That Should Have Triggered Investigation. Motion to Proceed with Targeted Discovery in Case Explained as Effort to Help Protect Integrity of '08 Election... McCain Hires possibly fraudulent IT guy to head up his election. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:00:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2709844political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2709808 unknown@Digg.com The couple still keeps their relationship alive just because they are contractually obliged to stay together during George W. Bush?s presidency; it is not a matter of feelings at all. The divorce will be kept a secret until the president retires. They pretend that their marriage is still alive in spite of the fact that it was buried long ago. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:30:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2709808political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2709689 unknown@Digg.com In an interview released on Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made international headlines when he endorsed Obama?s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months. The U.S. military said that Maliki?s words had been ?misunderstood and mistranslated.? The Iraqi officials were pressured by the Bush administration to do so. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:30:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2709689political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2709496 unknown@Digg.com Iraqi nationals who claimed U.S. military contractors inflicted physical and emotional abuse on them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison filed the first of four planned lawsuits Monday in federal court. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:50:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2709496political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2708994 unknown@Digg.com US human rights lawyers charged Sunday that US military prisons are "legal black holes" and the force is detaining journalists to "shut people up" about activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. A vast detention camp planned for the main US base in Afghanistan will be a "second Guantanamo" where laws do not apply, they said at a press conference. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2708994political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2708855 unknown@Digg.com Earlier this month, longtime Bush associate Stephen Payne was caught on tape offering access to top Bush administration officials in exchange for six-figure donations. Now, a top adviser to McCain, lobbyist Randy Scheunemann, has direct ties to the company that is alleged to have funneled the funds Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:00:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2708855political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2707386 unknown@Digg.com The Census Bureau says the federal Defense of Marriage Act bars the agency from recognizing gay marriages in the nation's 10-year count, even though the marriages are legal in Massachusetts and California. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:00:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2707386political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2707055 unknown@Digg.com A new Washington Post-ABC News poll released today shows 75 percent of Americans polled ?said gay people who are open about their sexual orientation should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military? ? a dramatic rise from the 61 percent who supported the notion in 2001. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:00:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2707055political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2706874 unknown@Digg.com Democrat Barack Obama arrived today in Afghanistan on his first overseas trip since he began his successful run for his party's presidential nomination. The trip, which is expected to include stops in Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and three European capitals, is the centerpiece of Obama's efforts to focus his presidential campaign on foreign policy. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:40:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2706874political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2706348 unknown@Digg.com Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers, newly released documents show. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:40:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2706348political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2706291 unknown@Digg.com Take action now to hold Karl Rove accountable for his crimes. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:40:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2706291political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2706189 unknown@Digg.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the "two oil men in the White House," President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2706189political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2706056 unknown@Digg.com Yesterday, Nancy Pfotenhauer, McCain?s senior policy adviser, claimed that she had been ?misinformed? when she falsely stated that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ?did not spill a drop of oil.? Today, McCain made another ?misinformed? argument, claiming that oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico ?have survived, very successfully, the impacts of hurricanes? Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:20:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2706056political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2705738 unknown@Digg.com The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco has just recently submitted signatures to city election officials ?hoping to place on the ballot an initiative that would rechristen the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant as the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.? Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:20:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2705738political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2705608 unknown@Digg.com Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has released its newest study, Those Who Dared: 30 Officials Who Stood Up for Our Country, recognizing the brave individuals who have acted and spoken out against unethical and dishonorable conduct in the Bush administration. Link to summary and a full PDF report. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:10:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2705608political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2705533 unknown@Digg.com Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has figured prominently in recent political news for his attempts to begin impeachment hearings against President George W. Bush, today announced that the congressional subcommittee he chairs will look into reports of peace groups being surveilled by police and private investigators... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:10:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2705533political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2705400 unknown@Digg.com Last week, Karl Rove ignored a subpoena and refused to testify before Congress, choosing instead to take a trip abroad. David Iglesias, one of the U.S. Attorneys politically purged under Alberto Gonzales said he believed Rove ?had information that?would show illegal activity? and thus will refuse to testify to keep himself from being indicted' Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:20:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2705400political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2705139 unknown@Digg.com Yesterday, Fox News? Bill O?Reilly agreed with McCain and argued that it was fair for insurance companies to cover Viagra but not birth control because ?birth control is not a medical condition? Although O?Reilly may not know it, preventing unwanted pregnancies is not just another ?choice.? It is ?central to good health care for women. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:10:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2705139political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2705068 unknown@Digg.com Today, video was unearthed in which Senator John McCain in 2003 says we can just ?muddle through in Afghanistan.? The video offers a glimpse into the true thinking of those, like McCain who believed that Afghanistan wasn?t a concern and we didn?t need to take it seriously. Five years later, we now see where that poor judgment and lack of insight ha Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:10:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2705068political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2705070 unknown@Digg.com Dalai Lama: "Of course, I have great respect for, in fact, I love President Bush, because he is very frank, very straightforward. His intentions are good, but some of his policy in spite of his sincere motivation and right goal, and some of his method becomes unrealistic because of lack of understanding about reality." Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2705070political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704883 unknown@Digg.com A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections. Stephen Spoonamore is the founder and until recently the CEO of an information technology policy and security firm. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:40:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2704883political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704800 unknown@Digg.com During a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee today, former Attorney General John Ashcroft falsely claimed that waterboarding has ?consistently? been defined as ?not torture? and refused to agree that the use of enhanced interrogation techniques ? including waterboarding ? on captured U.S. soldiers is ?unacceptable? or ?criminal. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:40:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2704800political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704757 unknown@Digg.com John Conyers (D-MI) announced he will hold a hearing July 25 examining "the imperial presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses."The word "impeachment" was not mentioned in the announcement, but it appears the hearing is going to examine issues raised by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) in his resolution to impeach Bush. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:02:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2704757political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704480 unknown@Digg.com Yesterday on his radio show, right wing talker Michael Savage said that autism is ?a fraud? and ?a racket? and that ?in 99 percent of the cases, it?s a brat who hasn?t been told to cut the act out.? Savage then asserted that all these ?brat[s]? need as a father to tell them to ?stop acting like a putz? Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:00:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2704480political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704396 unknown@Digg.com Impeachment is on the table. But Congress is not allowed to bite. The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on one of Kucinich's 35 articles of impeachment against Bush. But Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders in the chamber have signaled that they do not want the committee -- let alone the full House -- to take a vote on impeachment. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2704396political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704350 unknown@Digg.com Law professor rebukes Democrats for letting Bush off hook Nancy Pelosi needs to hold meaningful impeachment hearings that will focus on evidence that President Bush has committed crimes in office, constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley said Wednesday. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:40:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2704350political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704296 unknown@Digg.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called President Bush "a total failure" ? among the Democrat's harshest assessments to date of the Commander-In-Chief. "God bless him, bless his heart, President of the United States ? a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject' Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:00:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2704296political news http://web2announcer.com/go/2704249 unknown@Digg.com President Bush has been a "total failure" in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the Democratic-led Congress for heading into the final 26 days of the legislative session without.. 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