Mikey Weinstein merits this week's BuzzFlash Wings of Justice Award for speaking out on behalf of an armed forces that represents all Americans, not just a small extremist faction.

BuzzFlash Fundraising Goal

After the WH Snow Job on the Lates NIE Comes the Truth: "The White House faced fresh political peril yesterday in the form of a new intelligence assessment that raised sharp questions about the success of its counterterrorism strategy and judgment in making Iraq the focus of that effort." Bush and Cheney are the top threats to American national security, because they are self-serving failures at protecting us, bumbling egotists in an empty house of bullying Neo-Con rhetoric.

Visit the BUZZFLASH Family of Political News Websites:

End of July Pay Off Credit Card Goal: $10,000 by July 23. Support the Future of Progressive Journalism. We Survive Month-to-Month on Your Purchases and Donations. BuzzFlash Needs You.

Mainstream Media Prints a Second Major Piece of Politically Timed Bushevik Propaganda in 24 Hours. The Proof That the Mainstream Media Plays Dumb for Bush is That Basically This Same Story Has Been Offered Up by the Pentagon About 100 Times: "The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter." Since Al-Qaeda represents less than 5% of the "insurgents" in Iraq, and 50% of that less than 5% of Al Qaeda is from Saudi Arabia, and the Busheviks have claimed to capture or kill the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq countless times before, shouldn't the mainstream media regard this Pentagon fed story with a touch of skpeticism? Particularly considering it came up, yet again, during a time of increased political debate on the war? But that would require the mainstream media to think and actually have a historical memory extending beyond one news cycle of transcribing White House PR. 7/18

Republicans Filibuster Against Our Troops, Leaving Them to Die at the Mercy of a Man About 250 Stories Above His Peter Principle Level 7/18

Neil Young: Live at Massey Hall 1971 (Acoustic Concert Just Recently Released on CD)

Bush's Years of Failed and Incompetent Leadership Threaten Our National Security: "President Bush’s top counterterrorism advisers acknowledged today that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan had failed."

The boost in troop levels in Iraq has increased the cost of war there and in Afghanistan to $12 billion a month, and the total for Iraq alone is nearing a half-trillion dollars, congressional analysts say

Latest on the Long-Term Attack on Voting Rights by the Busheviks: The Justice Department is pressuring 10 states to purge their voter rolls, while states are ignoring laws to help low-income Americans register to vote. 7/18

A new appraisal that Al-Qaeda is back in business fueled an angry Democratic clamor for President George W. Bush to end the war in Iraq and focus on eliminating Osama bin Laden's resurgent network. 7/18

A Casualty of Bush's Rent An Army for Profits 7/18

The GOP Demanded an "Up or Down Vote" on Hack Republican Judges, Why Won't They Give One to Save Our GIs? -- A BuzzFlash Editorial

White House Had Drug Officials Appear With GOP Candidates 7/18

The Buffalo News, An Editorial. "Plan the withdrawal: Congress must act to end a war that is costing lives, causing chaos."

The White House sent officials from the Office of National Drug Control Policy to 20 political events featuring vulnerable Republican members of Congress shortly before the 2006 elections, and at taxpayers' expense. 7/18

The Trap by Daniel Brook: Thom Hartmann's Independent Thinker Book of the Month Review

Does Your Inbox Buzz? Click here for free daily updates. Tell your friends and relatives to sign up and be first among those who hear the Buzz.

Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report 7/18

Get those snacks ready: Democrats ready for marathon Iraq debate 7/18

The BuzzFlash Mailbag -- Uncensored and Unvarnished Truth from BuzzFlash Readers.

Make News Happen at BuzzFlash.net

When racists, Republicans weren't keen on Lady Bird 7/18

Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy (Paperback)

Pro-peace advocacy groups, including the Feminist Majority, will gather across from the US Capitol building tonight to show their support for a swift passage of an amendment to end the Iraq war. Americans United for Change, VoteVets.org, and MoveOn.org will be joined by Iraq war veterans, family members, and concerned citizens at 8:30 tonight at the Upper Senate Park for the "Candle Light Call to Action."

Oklahoma Has Not One, But Two Rock Heads for Senators. Here's the Junior One, Coburn: Let border agents shoot at suspects 7/18

The DOJ's refusal to let John Tanner testify before the House Judiciary Committee reeks of desperation. After all, Brad Schlozman and Hans Von Spakovsky have already testified before Congress. Alberto Gonzales has testified repeatedly. What possible excuse can DOJ make not to allow Tanner to testify, ostensibly a career employee? 7/18

Colorado State House Shooting Not the First Legislative Body Under Attack 7/18

Repost: Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehicles

You Can't "Win" A War Crime: Iraq -- Premeditated, Ongoing and Getting Worse 7/18

Truth to Power and Bush's Lies and Deceit: Iraqi National Security Adviser Says Many Foreign Terror Recruits Come From Saudi Arabia

Become a MySpace Friend to Fight Against Gun Violence.

AP Poll: Top GOP pick is 'none of the above'

Is America one community or a collection of self-absorbed communities? Are we concerned about all our citizens, or just the ones whom we believe are “like us”? This is a key question in the gun violence prevention debate, because it appears that many NRA gun owners limit their compassion and sense of responsibility. 7/18

Bulk Sales Rates: Gore-Obama 2008 Bumper Sticker

Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror (Hardcover). Lavishly praised in a July 6th New York Times book review.

'You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression' by Matthew Rothschild -- Thom Hartmann's "Independent Thinker" Book of the Month

Elliot D. Cohen: This Summer, Will America Officially Become A Totalitarian State? -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

BuzzFlash Headlines On YOUR Web Site for Free (You Can't Get Any Cheaper Than That!) -- Spread the word and stick it to hypocrisy!

Reid's Bold Move; Congress should keep that bold perspective. 7/18

Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT is when Harriet Miers' attorney must explain why she wasn't testifying before Congress. 7/18

Pretty, oh so pretty: Romney spent $300 on makeup 'consulting'; Hopefully, the MSM will give this as much coverage as Edwards' haircut. 7/18

The Beatles: Abbey Road (CD)

CIA dissenters aided secret prisons report; Yea whistelblowers! 7/18

Robert Parry: "Bush apparently believes that he is not only a law onto himself but that he gets to define reality, creating his own fantasyland that everyone else must accept as true. He is an imperial president living in an anti-empirical world." 7/18

Libya has commuted the death sentences of six foreign medics accused of infecting more than 400 children with the HIV virus, raising expectations that they will be freed soon. 7/18

The Tuesday indictment of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on charges of running a dogfighting operation includes gruesome allegations of executing poor-performing animals by hanging and electrocution. 7/18

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland signed an executive order Tuesday that paves the way for about 7,000 home health care workers, paid by the state, to unionize. Throwing the fear of God into his anti-union critics, Ohio's new Democratic governor said he'll next give child care providers the same green light. 7/18

Conyers, Judiciary Members Ask AG for Documents, Information on Alabama’s Siegelman Case and Allegations of Other Selective Prosecutions 7/18

Crying wolf??? New National Intelligence Estimate says Al-Qaeda will likely leverage its contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on U.S. soil. 7/18

America’s Shooting Gallery 7.17 7/18

'Public comments flooded the Federal Communications Commission on Monday, the final day for the agency’s Net Neutrality 'Inquiry.' With very few exceptions the public voiced overwhelming support for rules to ensure that the Internet remain free of gatekeepers.' 7/18

Elizabeth Edwards said Tuesday that her husband, Democrat John Edwards, would be a better advocate for women as president than his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. 7/18

Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops (Paperback)

Romney spending outpaces fundraising. Makeup is Expensive These Days. 7/18

Judge rejects Padilla acquittal motion 7/18

Michael Winship: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Grand Jury Rests -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

Lake Michigan is one of the 5 Great Lakes, and the largest fresh water lake entirely within the U.S. borders; But Indiana regulators are allowing BP to release 54 percent more ammonia and 35 percent more sludge every day. 7/18

Debate Over Politically Timed Release of NIE, And Bushevik Emphasis on Small Portion Relating to Iraq. Of Course, the Small Al-Qaeda Force in Iraq is Only There Because Bush Invaded Iraq. The Republicans are Ignorants Who Threaten Our National Security. 7/18

More than just Walter Reed: Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson has resigned. 'Nicholson’s primary qualification for the VA job was serving as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1997 to 2000' 7/18

Politicizing the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; At Sara Taylor's request, trips to districts of vulnerable Republican members of Congress were made prior to the 2006 elections with taxpayer money. 7/18

George Gerber: A Stain of the Union Redress -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution

Tomgram: Peter Galbraith, The War Is Lost 7/18

And it's not even Halloween: Murdoch Buy of Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Deal Moving Forward 7/18

Things I Really Hope Will Someday Happen (Vol. #2) -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser

Discussing exit strategies for Iraq in WaPo; It's a good start, but a late start. 7/18

Chatting With Mr. Bush, but by invitation only (Yes, you have to be conservative). 7/18

Why So Many Americans Are in Prison 7/18

Progressive Daily Beacon: Neoconservative Madman, William Kristol's World of Make Believe 7/18

Nice story on a worthwhile film: 'War Made Easy' narrated by Sean Penn 7/18

The Bush administration has consistently used Petraeus as a "political prop," as Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) has noted. Bush has mentioned Petraeus "at least 150 times this year in his speeches, interviews and news conferences." In May, the White House used Petraeus as a PR flack to promote its war czar.

Bipartisan bill to limit use of Social Security numbers 7/18

FBI Records Show Gonzales Knew About Years of Chronic National Security Letters Problems 7/18

He's back from vacation: Jon Stewart gives it to Boy George on Iraq 7/18

BuzzFlash News Network

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for July 17, 2007

One fewer 2-newspaper town in the United States: Cincinnati Post will go away as of December 31 7/18

BuzzFlash News Network

Mary Pitt: Three Little Words -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution

BuzzFlash News Network

Utah Republican Has Hissy Fit When N.C. Democrat Calls Bush A Liar -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser

BuzzFlash News Network

Martha Rosenberg: Ready for your orange jump suit, Mr. Black? -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

BuzzFlash News Network

Making a Breakthrough in the Impeachment Battle: The Declare Yourself! Campaign, Part I -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

BuzzFlash News Network

Skooter Skates: Will Durst

BuzzFlash News Network

Power Plays: Experiment with CO2 and plankton sparks concern in Galapagos -- and more in Gloria R. Lalumia's World Energy Watch for July 17, 2007

CNN confesses to 2 errors in its reporting on Michael Moore's 'SiCKO', and even maintains all 'Sicko' facts are true to their source; Responsibility from the MSM? That should be the norm. 7/17

More Halliburton screwups: In the last cost estimate, the company charged $110 million for housing, food, water, laundry, and other services on bases that had been shut down. 7/17

In a recently released document, Richard M. Nixon tries to convince us he was warm and fuzzy. Giggle. Snort. 7/17

Flying the not-so-friendly skies, especially if you are a non-Westerner: A new no-frills airline that begins weekly flights between Baghdad and Amman, Jordan, in August will only accept certain passengers -- U.S. and Western citizens. 7/17

Attytood: A Matt Drudge (and rest of the media) double standard? No! 7/18

Steve Young: Supporting The Troops, White House Style 7/18

Democrats Will Force Senators Who Have Risked Nothing for This Fiasco of a War to Spend the Night in Congress. "How many sleepless nights have our soldiers and their families had?" said Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. The GOP Lets Our Middle Class, Poor and Immigrant GIs do the Dying for Them.

Bob Herbert: It’s important, he said, that Americans reach a mind-set in which “we care just as much” about the children slain in Chicago as those killed at Virginia Tech. 7/17

Dozens of Shiite villagers in the north were massacred by Sunni extremists, two officials said Tuesday, while a car bomb exploded across the street from the Iranian Embassy in the heart of Baghdad and killed four civilians.

Antiwar Ron Paul Rakes in Military Donations? Quarterly Reports Indicate Paul Raised More From Military Than Other Republicans -- Nearly 50% of the Money Donated by Employees of the US Military. 7/17

A new no-frills airline that begins weekly flights between Baghdad and Amman, Jordan, in August will accept only certain passengers — U.S. and Western citizens. Iraqis, Indians, Pakistanis and other non-Westerners need not apply. 7/17

Stubborn Media Frame Bush as "Firm." Delusional, Stunted, Arrogant, Effete, But Not "Firm." 7/17

"I am proud to be Wendy Vitter," says Sen. Vitter's wife. The disgraced Louisiana senator (and his wife) held a news conference, his first post-scandal press conference. Boy, does she have low standards or what? Maybe, she figures that prostitutes in New Orleans and D.C. and who knows where else keep her husband from putting his diapered body all over her. 7/17

Put up or shut up to the Republicans in the Senate: Harry Reid forcing Senate into All-Night Session over the Iraqi troop redeployment bill.
'They are protecting the President rather than protecting our troops. They are denying us an up or down – yes or no – vote on the most important issue our country faces.'

BuzzFlash News Network

Oversight Committee Announces Hearing on The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew -- A BuzzFlash News Alert

"If this is what they waited a week to come up with," said Chuck Todd, NBC News' Political Director. "Vitter's part of it was borderline disastrous as far as political damage control." 7/17

Wisconsin Universal Health Care Bill Gets Boost 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Dave Lindorff: Bill Moyers Puts Impeachment On the Media Table -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehicles 7/17

John McCain's press department resigns en masse. Looks like the end of the Straight Talk Express 7/17

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards may not want to participate in debates sponsored by FOX News, but they like taking cash from officials of the company considered an arm of the conservative movement by many liberal Democrats. 7/17

Former Law Enforcement Official Claims Armed Citizens are a Threat to Police Officers and — Perhaps — Themselves and Their Families 7/17

Just another day in Iraq: 100 more fathers, mothers, sons and daughters killed 7/17

Bob Schieffer's Walter Cronkite Moment: "For me, this does it." 7/17

It took a long, long time for the sane pills to kick in: Richard Mellon Scaife-Owned Newspaper Calls for Iraq Troop Withdrawal -- Questions Bush's 'Mental Stability' 7/17

John McCain's top communications aides and several staffers in Iowa and South Carolina have just quit; The campaign is bungee jumping but without the cord 7/17

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-ouge), who criticized another candidate's $400 haircut, spends $300 for "makeup consulting" 7/17

ABC news opts to show real blood from Iraq... is American media starting to lift the veil on the violence there? 7/17

Many political strategists on the right promote the use of extreme positions to make the ones they seek to achieve appear more reasonable. At the same time, strategists on the left have encouraged candidates to "move toward the center" to win swing votes. The right has successfully shifted political discourse in their favor. Progressives can shift the debate back to the left by understanding how the political mind works. 7/17

Arguing for "intellectual consistency," the Louisiana-based group 'Christian Conservatives for Reform' have called on Senator Vitter to resign following revelations of his numerous trysts with DC escorts and frequent patronage of brothels. 7/17

P.M. Carpenter: Bill Kristol's wretched cry for help 7/17

After warning "I'm going to be you're worst nightmare," Michael Moore "Sicko" called a truce Monday in his weeklong fight with CNN that flared when the network accused him of fudging facts in his popular documentary about the health-care system. 7/17

Hannity And FOX News Bigots Try To Paint Rep. Ellison As Black Muslim Radical 7/17

Scaife-Owned Newspaper Calls for Iraq Troop Withdrawal -- Questions Bush's 'Mental Stability'7/17

Leonard Pitts: Indeed, some of us can remember a time when a president understood himself to be not just the leader of his party but also the leader of his nation. Some of us can remember when he was expected, at least some of the time, to place himself above politics, to act as the living embodiment of the nation's ideals, president of all its people. A time when truth was truth was truth -- and truth was the ultimate arbiter of dissension. 7/17

CNN's response to Michael Moore 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Charlie Jackson: Troops Invited to Take August Off -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

Dan Froomkin: How Bush Uses His Generals 'President Bush says that he should be trusted on military issues because he listens to his commanders. But he has a tendency to celebrate his generals when they're providing him political cover -- then stick a knife in their backs when they're no longer of any use to him.' 7/17

Kentuckians stand up to Mitch McConnell and George W. Bush 7/17

DoJ Prevents Voting Section Chief from Testifying 7/17

One out of six Republicans think that impeachment is a valid course for Dick Cheney 7/17

The day-to-day dangers of Iraqi civilians working with the US occupation are tremendous, even if you're just a cleaner, as this woman learned 7/17

GOP hypocrisy in action: Alberto Gonzales's Justice Department has issued legal opinions in recent weeks seeking to bolster the White House's claims of executive privilege against Congressional investigations. At the same time, a bipartisan group in Congress is fighting what it sees as hostility toward the exercise of attorney-client privilege in federal corporate crime prosecutions. 7/17

McCain campaign hemorrhaging still more staffers in Iowa. 7/17

new atrocity claims against U.S. troops -- does media care? 7/17

In the Lawless Post-Katrina Cleanup, Construction Companies Are Preying on Workers 7/17

Oil protests in Iraq: Hundreds of Iraqis, led by the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU), took to the streets of Basra to demand that the Iraqi Parliament reject the proposed Oil Law. 7/17

Is it crazy to take the IRS to court claiming you don't legally have to pay income taxes? One guy did, and won 7/17

News Corp. reached a tentative agreement for the purchase of Dow Jones & Co. for $5 billion... Rupert Murdoch is on the verge of another massive media takeover 7/17

Bush Lies, People Die, and Al Qaeda is Doing Just Fine

In Rural Poverty Fight, Showing Up Is a First Step

Health Care vs. the Profit Principle

CIA dissenters helped expose renditions,

Senate Democrats Lack Support From G.O.P. on Pullout

Create Some Buzz >>>

Bush preparing to veto children's health insurance bill to avoid taxing cigarette smokers 61¢ more per pack. Where is your cough now? 7/17

Report: 45% of insurgents in Iraq are from Saudi Arabia 7/17

Argentinian economic minister quits when asked why she was keeping $64,000 cash in her toilet. "I was naive, clumsy, but I am sure I haven't committed any crime" 7/17

Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., has avoided revealing his fundraising figures by exploiting a legal loophole whereby he says he is simply "testing the waters" for a campaign — even as his supporters build an infrastructure for his all-but-official run. 7/17

Washington D.C. to Appeal Right to Protect Its Citizens with a Ban on Handguns to Supreme Court 7/17

The nutcase right-wingers at National Review have a great way to ensure our nation's Surgeon Generals never bother us with their secular humanist junk science again: abolish the office of the Surgeon General. 7/17

The Texas GOP is in real trouble 7/17

Sen. David Vitter has denied having relationships with New Orleans prostitutes. This is bad news for Vitter, because out will come the dirty details 7/17

Why Milk Costs More Than Gas: America's kids will get less calcium because of our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars--and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer. 7/17

In roughly 24 hours, the state of Georgia will put a man to death for a crime witnesses say he didn’t commit. 7/17

When the President's allies attack Democratic critics of the war with the "cut-and-run" line, why do they just sit there and take it? 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Cindy Sheehan: Torture is a War Crime -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

So Long, Straight Talk Express: McCain could have been a maverick on Iraq, the way he was on other issues. But his Presidential ambitions got in the way. 7/17

harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights doesn't officially favor the war in Iraq, so why is it helping Gen. David Petraeus devise a counter-insurgency doctrine? 7/17

Habeas Bill Coming Up for a Vote in Senate 7/17

Nominate This Week's BuzzFlash Media Putz! Remember, Please Note a Specific RECENT Reason Why You are Nominating Someone for the Media Putz Award. The BuzzFlash Winners Appear Every Thursday. We try to rotate the "honor," so remember the first three winners were Chis Matthews, Bill O'Reilly, and David Brooks.

On why the Pentagon fell behind on MRAPs, vehicles that could have saved numerous U.S. soldiers' lives: 'Each manufacturer fell far behind delivery schedules, while Armored Holdings also produced inadequate and faulty equipment. Furthermore, the sole-source contracts were assigned even though senior military officials objected at the time to the process being used, advocating instead for competitive bidding.'

Bush, Impeachment, Strong Women and Dallas, Texas 7/17

Threat of Handgun Ban Repeal Puts Lives of DC Residents in Supreme Court Balance; Seeing what the Court has done lately, who knows what danger lies ahead for DC residents. 7/17

So much for one surge: Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace says an even bigger troop buildup is one of the possible new directions in Iraq. 7/17

Joseph Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton for president 7/17

FEC nominee Hans Von Spakovsky in voter suppression flap. Again. Maybe he shouldn't get the job. 7/17

Playing the Porn Card Against Romney; Yes, where your money is matters to people. 7/17

Charges bumped up against two suburban Chicago people who unveiled a sign that says "IMPEACH Bush and Cheney—LIARS" 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Aide Says PM's Comments Were Misconstrued About U.S. 'Could Leave Whenever They Want' -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser

Can we tear Donald Rumsfeld away from his retirement to let us know what happened with the death of Pat Tillman? Waxman Invites Rumsfeld To Testify 7/17

Mary MacElveen: Party elites are wrong to bar candidates such as Mike Gravel from debates 7/17

Bush runs White House with sports metaphors. How about "I paid for the referees [federal judges and the corporate media] and I expect them to stay bought as we run out the clock."

With the war in Iraq roiling Congress, antiwar groups are targeting dozens of lawmakers – many facing tough reelection races in 2008 – in a bid to peel off enough Republicans to force President Bush to end the war there.

Bush wants a Mideast press conference; where was that statement in 2001, 2002, etc.? 7/17

The battle over Internet radio rates continues as broadcasters continue on the air. So far, Webcasters with a large number of individualized streams would owe a yearly maximum of $50,000. Let's make sure the rates are fair. 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Bush and Cheney in front of the press -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser

BuzzFlash News Network

Danny Schechter: Conrad And His Media Comradres: The Real Issue Is Stealing BY Media Companies, Not FROM Them -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

Ted Stevens' popularity hits a low, Anchorage voter poll shows; Survey shows a split among favorable and negative feeling; Don't worry, Ted, it wasn't an Internet poll, you know, with the tubes. 7/17

Democratic presidential candidates attack Gonzales, Supreme Court; A good start. 7/17

Bush Places Our GIs in the Middle of a Civil War, Pawns in the Failed Game of Empire

A Georgia man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday for killing a police officer in 1989, even though the case against him has withered in recent years as most of the key witnesses at his trial have recanted and in some cases said they lied under pressure from police. 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Harvey Wasserman: King CONG in California declares total 'New Nukes' war against Solartopia -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

Bush is Having Our GIs Die to Fight the Saudis in Iraq. Now Ain't that Ironic? LA Times: "Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says." 7/17

Newt Gingrich says we're in World War III; And we know how credible Newt is 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Jim Ridout: This we must demand -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution

BuzzFlash News Network

A new battle front opens in Pakistan -- and more in Gloria R. Lalumia's World Media Watch for July 16, 2007

Margie Burns: So Much for the Rule of Law 7/17

Bosnian-American's family home burned, also spray-painted Anti-Muslim slurs were found; They weren't even Muslim and most of the graffiti was misspelled. 7/17

Were Reuters journalists a target for U.S. troops? Reuters wants an investigation into the deaths of 2 staffers in Iraq 7/17

Hold the tacos, New Orleans says: Mexican-food trucks are outlawed in a parish. Is it racism wrapped in a health issue? 7/17

What to wear to the next Republican prostitution scandal press conference? How about leopard print? 7/17

BuzzFlash News Network

Episode 65: A heavenly protest, part four -- Last Chance Democracy Cafe by Steven C. Day

Bob Allen, a Florida Republican State Rep., Allegedly Offered to Blow an Undercover Cop for $20 Bucks in a City Park Washroom. The Man Who Used to Coach Little League and Is Married with Child is Our BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week. By the Way, Get a Load of the Bills He Co-Sponsored in the FL Legislature. Our Favorites: "Sexual Solicitation and Abuses, and Lewdness and Indecent Exposure."

BuzzFlash News Network

Pamela Troy: Conservapedia, McCarthyism, and the Venona Vindication Myth -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

Competing for our third weekly BuzzFlash Media Putz of the Week Award, David Brooks took home the trophy with his column on the "commutation" of Scooter Libby: "Ending the Farce." As the expression goes, Brooks had our BuzzFlash readers impressed with his "putziness" from hello.

BuzzFlash News Network

Surprise! Dry Drunks Can Cry Too -- Ms. Smith Goes To Washington

BuzzFlash News Network

Chairman Waxman Requests Documents Related to Political Interference with the Surgeon General's Office -- A BuzzFlash News Alert

BuzzFlash News Network

Danny Schechter: Enough Already: As the heat of summer goes up, it's time to turn down the political temperature on TV -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution

BuzzFlash News Network

Episode 64: A heavenly protest, part three -- Last Chance Democracy Cafe by Steven C. Day

THE LIGHTER SIDE:

Military, Falling Short Of Goals, Recruits Sports Mascots 7/18

David Vitter and His Economic Policy 7/18

True story: Vermont town may ban its well-known public nudity 7/17

Two hotel heiress sisters (whom we don't have to name) actually spent a night seeing Michael Moore's 'SiCKO' 7/17

The progression of Bush: Just One More 7/17

You might be suffering from Bush Exasperation Syndrome 7/17

Cindy Sheehan vs. Nancy Pelosi 7/17

GOP To Hold '08 Convention At The Bunny Ranch 7/17

BUZZFLASH
CONTENT
  ALERTS
  ANALYSIS
  EDITORIALS
  INTERVIEWS
  PERSPECTIVES
  RADIO ADS
  BOOK REVIEWS
  MOVIE REVIEWS
  MUSIC REVIEWS
  TELEVISION
  BOOKS, CDs, DVDs
COMMUNITY
  BUZZFLASH MAILBAG
  CONTRIBUTORS
  PRESS RELEASES
COLUMNS
  WINGS OF JUSTICE AWARD
  GOP HYPOCRITE OF THE WEEK
  LAST CHANCE DEMOCRACY CAFE
  MEDIA PUTZ.COM
  THE FRAMESHOP
  THE DAILY BUZZ
  INDEPENDENT THINKER OF THE MONTH
  WORLD MEDIA WATCH
  BLUE STATE JUKEBOX
  VERSE-CASE SCENARIO
  MS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
COLUMNISTS
  THE ANGRY LIBERAL
  BARBARA
  P.M. CARPENTER
  STEVEN C. DAY
  WILL DURST
  ETHAN RIDER
  MAUREEN FARRELL
  JEFFREY FELDMAN
  THOM HARTMANN
  STEVEN JONAS
  GLORIA LALUMIA
  TONY PEYSER
  SHIRLEY SMITH
  DR. TERESA WHITHURST
POETS
  TONY PEYSER
CARTOONISTS
  KIRK ANDERSON
  STEVE BRADENTON
  THOMAS BURNS
  ERIC HARRISON
  TONY PEYSER
  ANDREW WAHL
OTHER
  CONTACT
  ABOUT
  FAQ
  SEARCH
  HOME PAGE ARCHIVES
  BUZZFLASH ALERTS
  HEADLINE SYNDICATION

WIRE SERVICES
AP WORLD
AP NATIONAL
AP WASHINGTON
AP BUSINESS
AP ENTERTAINMENT
AP ON THE HOUR
AP HEADLINES
AP BREAKING
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
BLOOMBERG
REUTERS HEADLINES
BUSINESSWIRE
PRNEWSWIRE
USNEWSWIRE
WORLD HEADLINES

NEWSPAPERS
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS
BALTIMORE SUN
BOSTON GLOBE
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
LONE STAR ICONOCLAST
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
DETROIT FREE PRESS
DENVER POST
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
LOS ANGELES TIMES
MIAMI HERALD
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
NY DAILY NEWS
NY NEWSDAY
NY POST
NY TIMES
PALM BEACH POST
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

SACRAMENTO BEE
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
TAMPA TRIBUNE
TOLEDO BLADE
WASHINGTON POST
USA TODAY
AFTENPOSTEN
THE GUARDIAN
HA'ARETZ
THE INDEPENDENT
INT'L HERALD TRIBUNE
JAPAN'S DAILY YOMIURI
KENYA DAILY NATION
MOSCOW TIMES
DER SPIEGEL
THE TIMES OF LONDON
TORONTO STAR

OTHER NEWS SOURCES
ABC NEWS
BBC
CBC CANADA
CBS NEWS
CNBC
CNN
CNNFN
MSNBC
NEWSHOUR-PBS
TV NETWORKS DIRECTORY

AIR AMERICA RADIO
INTERNET RADIO FOR THE LEFT
UNCONSERVATIVE LISTENING

TIME
NEWSWEEK
PEOPLE
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT

E!
BILLBOARD
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
MEDIAGOSSIP.COM
VARIETY
LARRY KING
LIZ SMITH

ADBUSTERS.ORG
ALTERNET.ORG
AMERICAN FAMILY VOICES
AMERICAN PROSPECT
ANGRY LIBERAL, THE
BARTCOP
BLACK AGENDA REPORT
BLACK COMMENTATOR, THE
BUSHWATCH
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY
COA NEWS
COMMONDREAMS
CONWEB
CONSORTIUM NEWS
CROOKS AND LIARS
THE DAILY HOWLER
DEMOCRACYNOW.ORG
DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND.COM
DEMOCRATS.COM
FAIR.ORG
GRIST MAGAZINE
IN THESE TIMES
INTERNET NEWS
INTERVENTION MAGAZINE
LYINGSOCIALISTWEASELS.COM
MAKETHEMACCOUNTABLE.COM

MEDIAMATTERS.ORG
MEDIACHANNEL.ORG
MICHAEL MOORE
MOTHER JONES
NATION
NEW REPUBLIC
NEWSHOUNDS
ONION
OPEDNEWS
POP POLITICS
PROGRESSIVE RADIO
THE PROGRESSIVE
RED HERRING
SALON
SLASHDOT
SLATE
TAKE BACK THE MEDIA
TALK LEFT
TOMDISPATCH.COM
TOM PAINE.COM
TRUTHDIG.COM
TVNEWSLIES.ORG
VILLAGE VOICE
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
WIRED

NATIONAL ENQUIRER
STAR
WEEKLY WORLD NEWS

WEATHER.COM
TVWEATHER.COM
EARTHQUAKE WATCH
HURRICANE WATCH

WHITE HOUSE/GOP PROPAGANDA MISINFORMATION SOURCES
DRUDGE REPORT
FOX NEWS
NEWSMAX
BOB NOVAK
RUSH LIMBAUGH

COLUMNISTS
ERIC ALTERMAN
ROBYN E. BLUMNER
MARIE COCCO
JOE CONASON
DAVID CORN
MAUREEN DOWD
E.J. DIONNE
ELLEN GOODMAN
THOM HARTMANN
BOB HERBERT
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
JIM HIGHTOWER
MOLLY IVINS
PAUL KRUGMAN
DAVE LINDORFF
GENE LYONS
AMANDA GRISCOM LITTLE
MYRIAM MARQUEZ
DICK MEYER
ERIC MINK
MARK MORFORD
THOMAS OLIPHANT
GREG PALAST
TED RALL
RICHARD REEVES
ROBERT RENO
FRANK RICH
JAMES RIDGEWAY
ROBERT SCHEER
HELEN THOMAS

GOVERNMENT
FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE ROLL CALL VOTES
SENATE WEB SITES
HOUSE ROLL CALL VOTES:
109TH CONGRESS | PREVIOUS
CONGRESSIONAL WEB SITES
CONTACTING CONGRESS
CONTACT THE WHITE HOUSE
THE CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS AND AMENDMENTS | ALTERNATE SOURCE

FIGHT IGNORANCE: READ BUZZFLASH

Support Independent Media: Books, Movies and Music for Progressives