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Despite WikiLeaks Revelations, Congress Votes for War Funding

Despite WikiLeaks Revelations, Congress Votes for War Funding

While Congress is throwing another $33 billion into the Afghanistan sinkhole, WikiLeaks takes on the oversight duties the lawmakers ought to perform.

Posted July 28, 2010

Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers

Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers

What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a regard they have for the truth.

Posted July 28, 2010

Who Is Behind the 25,000 Deaths In Mexico?

Who Is Behind the 25,000 Deaths In Mexico?

What has Mexico's US-funded War on Drugs accomplished? On the ground in Ciudad Juárez, the answer is written in blood.

Posted July 23, 2010

News and Analysis

With scores of coastal residents out of work after the spill, BP is hiring inmates to clean up its mess—and getting lucrative tax breaks in the process.

While the middle class disappears and more Americans fall into poverty, the wealthiest people in our country are using their wealth and political power to protect their privileged status at everyone else's expense.

The mainstream media's long-time kid-glove treatment of Andrew Breitbart led directly to the unjustified ouster of Shirley Sherrod.

Most coverage of the allegations against Al Gore has given us permission to giggle when what we need is a sober dose of reality.

Conservative housewives have the same desire for power and respect that liberal women do. No wonder women comprise half of the Tea Party movement.

Poll

Wikileaks released nearly 100,000 pages of military and intelligence reports on the Afghanistan war this weekend. What do you think will result from the firestorm?
The documents reveal the extent to which the US war effort is failing, and will lead to the eventual withdrawal of troops.
22%
To regain credibility for the war, Obama will be forced to develop new strategies and the US will be engaged in the war longer.
6%
Nothing will change about the US's war strategy -- as Obama said, "Look, this is nothing new."
73%
Total votes: 514



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