After the CBS News poll showed Bush’s approval at a new low, the right wing Bush Worshippers started claiming that the poll was a product of liberal bias and denied that its results were true. It looks like this “liberal bias” has spread all over, including to Fox News, as several more polls show falling [...]
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The ten Senators voting no on the Patriot Act are: Daniel Akaka (D-HI) Tom Harkin (D-IA) Carl Levin (D-MI) Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Ron Wyden (D-OR) James Jeffords (I-VT) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Patty Murray (D-WA) Russ Feingold (D-WI) Robert Byrd (D-WV)
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- Conference Report includes Talent-Feinstein anti-meth legislation, Biden-Specter-Feinstein-Kyl-Allen-Cornyn-Hatch port security bill – Washington, DC – Today, the Senate voted to approve the conference report for the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act. The conference report incorporates two critical provisions sponsored by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), including legislation to combat the methamphetamine epidemic and to [...]
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Carlos Santana and his band are kicking off Women’s History Month tonight with a concert at the Gibson Theatre in Universal City, CA tonight to benefit the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Dolores C. Huerta is the co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America. She has played a major roll in [...]
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Way to go John Kerry… The WaPo’s The Fix Blog reports that John Kerry’s appeal yesterday to raise campaign funds for 3 of the Fighting Dems netted “roughly $250,000 for the three candidates in the first 24 hours.” The prospect of a second presidential bid for John Kerry may be mocked by many Democratic party [...]
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The National Journal reports on two classified intelligence reports prepared before the war which contradict claims made by George Bush and Dick Cheney regarding the threat of WMD or an attack by Saddam Hussein.
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In an open letter to state officials in all 50 states, Governor Bill Richardson announced that he will “a bill that will transition New Mexico to an all paper-ballot system using optical scanners to count the vote.” Richardson has a petition on his website calling on other states to take similar action. Sign the petition [...]
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin expressed shock after watching the newly released pre- Katrina video that clearly contradicts Bush’s statement four days after the hurricane struck: “I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.” “It surprises me that if there was that kind of awareness, why was the response so slow?” said Nagin, [...]
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