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Couple arrested for not covering up anti-Bush t-shirts get $80k settlement
This story has mostly positive ratings. 282 votes / 14 sinks

Couple arrested for not covering up anti-Bush t-shirts get $80k settlement

Politics – On July 4th, 2004, Nicole and Jeffrey Rank (pictured) were arrested for refusing to remove their anti-Bush T-shirts at a rally at Charleston, West Virginia, where Bush gave a speech. In September of that year the ACLU filed a lawsuit on their behalf. Today the ACLU announced they have settled for $80,000.

Voted for on August 17, 2007 06:21pm

Whatever Happened to We the People?
This story has mostly positive ratings. 249 votes / 30 sinks

Whatever Happened to We the People?

Do No Evil – Thomas Jefferson once said, "The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."

Voted for on August 17, 2007 06:20pm

Bush creeping up on Reagan as the 'Vacation President'
This story has mostly positive ratings. 129 votes / 18 sinks

Bush creeping up on Reagan as the 'Vacation President'

Politics – Don't get me wrong, all of Congress is on "recess" right now, as is typical in August. And of course, the Iraqi Parliament is on "recess" as well. But Ronald Reagan has held the dubious record of the most vacation days as president, at 436 days, and Bush seems on track to dethrone him, with 418 and counting.

Voted for on August 11, 2007 12:39pm

If you think they hate us now
This story has mostly positive ratings. 243 votes / 44 sinks

If you think they hate us now

Politics – A Republican victory in 2008 could sink America's reputation in the world even lower, at least, that's what Joe Conason thinks.

Voted for on August 10, 2007 10:31pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 50 votes / 4 sinks

Conyers: 3 More Congress Members and I'll Impeach

News – House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has said that if three more Congress Members get behind impeachment he will start the impeachment proceedings.

Voted for on July 22, 2007 10:29pm

Bush Economy Pushes Dow Past 14,000 in 4th Straight Record Close
This story has mostly positive ratings. 107 votes / 28 sinks

Bush Economy Pushes Dow Past 14,000 in 4th Straight Record Close

Money – NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average swept past 14,000 for the first time Tuesday after a mostly tame inflation reading gave investors reason to extend an extraordinary Wall Street rally.

Sunk on July 18, 2007 12:52pm

WTC7 - This is an Orange
This story has mostly positive ratings. 90 votes / 18 sinks

WTC7 - This is an Orange

Popular Videos – "A short 2 minute comparison between what we are told and what we can see, with our own eyes. World Trade Center 7 collapsed after having been damaged by fire and falling debris, but the collapse looks very much like a controlled demolition."

Voted for on July 16, 2007 03:57pm

Americans cheer
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Americans cheer "SiCKO," but not all convinced

Health & Fitness – Fresh from the hospital and still hurting from a $757 prescription drug bill, moviegoer Ron Jackson emerged from a screening of Michael Moore's documentary on the U.S. health system feeling outraged and exuberant.

Voted for on July 12, 2007 05:18pm

Senate GOP Blocks Longer Leave for Troops
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Senate GOP Blocks Longer Leave for Troops

Politics – Legislation that would have required longer troop rests between combat deployments fell today to a Republican filibuster, but GOP fissures over President Bush's war policies continued to widen, with two more Republican senators signing on to binding troop withdrawal dates.

Voted for on July 12, 2007 05:17pm

Are These the Troops We're Supposed to Support?
This story has mostly positive ratings. 230 votes / 52 sinks

Are These the Troops We're Supposed to Support?

Do No Evil – A video has surfaced on YouTube of a soldier boasting and laughing about the abuses he committed on Iraqis. Let's not be coy, suggesting that this is Bush's fault, or that this is just the war. This is the logical outcome of male socialization in our imperial core. This started far earlier than the war.

Voted for on July 12, 2007 05:17pm

Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations
This story has mostly positive ratings. 166 votes / 9 sinks

Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations

Politics – As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse," Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005. Six days earlier, the FBI sent Gonzales a copy o

Voted for on July 10, 2007 09:50pm

`Suspicion' about Libby's commutation
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`Suspicion' about Libby's commutation

Politics – The Democrat probing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of a former White House aide said Sunday there is "the suspicion" the aide might have fingered others in the Bush administration if he served time.

Voted for on July 08, 2007 10:16pm

Heat Warning Issued for Western U.S.
This story has mostly positive ratings. 123 votes / 3 sinks

Heat Warning Issued for Western U.S.

News – The west wilted under near-record high temperatures today, while saturated parts of Texas and Oklahoma braced for renewed flooding, with additional rain in the forecast. The National Weather Service issued an excessive-heat warning for the area west of the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures are expected to peak at 113 to 116 degrees in Las Vegas today.

Voted for on July 06, 2007 03:03pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 388 votes / 97 sinks

Mr. Bush, You Must Resign!

Politics – Bush's commuting of Libby's sentence is the culmination of nearly seven years of Bush's putting partisan politics above the good of our nation. He must now resign.

Voted for on July 04, 2007 01:33pm

Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President
This story has mostly positive ratings. 223 votes / 32 sinks

Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President

News – The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday that he will attempt to cite the White House for criminal contempt of Congress if it does not turn over documents related to the firing of nine federal prosecutors.

Voted for on July 02, 2007 03:17pm