I think a commenter in our document dump research thread may have been the first to notice that the emails released by the Justice Department seem to have a gap between November 15th and December 4th of last year.
Since the November morning when police fired a 50-bullet barrage that killed an unarmed man on his wedding day, his family members and their supporters have called for the officers involved to be punished.
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At least four Members of US Congress and four US Senators today raised concerns about a breaking report in the National Journal that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appears to have known he was going to be negatively implicated in a review at the US Department of Justice's …
According to yesterday's New York Times Hillary Clinton has decided to keep American troops in Iraq should she become the next president. She is quoted in an article by Michael Gordon and Patrick Healy.
White House political adviser Karl Rove raised questions in early 2005 about replacing some federal prosecutors but allowing others to stay, an e-mail released Thursday shows. The one-page document, which incorporates an e-mail exchange in January 2005, also indicates Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was considering dismissing up to 20 percent of U.S. attorneys in the weeks before he took over the Justice Department.
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Hate is a strong emotion. It is easy to acquire and difficult to cast aside. And it is, by and large, completely irrational.
Allegations of corruption continue to dog Republican candidates in three key congressional races, marring their reelection chances.
First came Bacardi's "Cuba" Festival in January. An illusion of Cuban bands celebrating Cuban rum. Bacardi is not Cuban.
Iraqi workers have been at the forefront of their country's history from its independence struggle to the battle against the Saddam Hussein dictatorship and now the continued occupation of Iraq.
Charles Barkley, Hall of Fame NBA player, television sports commentator, and author, recently declared his interest in running for the governorship of his home state of Alabama.
The conduct of the Republican leadership of Congress, in collaboration with the Bush administration, has been disgraceful. They have shown that they will do whatever it takes to pass legislation that benefits the privileged few.
As for the United States, it is the duty of its citizens and grassroots organizations somehow to force the Bush administration, as well as future administrations, to show an aversion to the use of force and violent regime change.
A qualitatively new form of transnational capital has clearly emerged.
Last week, Democratic members of Congress and leaders of a group called Campaign for America's Future (CAF) held a press conference urging an end to the "donut hole" in prescription drug coverage for millions of seniors who receive Medicare.
From the Catholic Church's recent strong reiteration of its opposition to the death penalty to the refusal of doctors in San Quentin Prison's death row to use lethal injection on cruelty grounds earlier this year, opposition to the death penalty has gained momentum.
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