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Fox News headline: ‘Hip-hop dancing Colin Powell fuels speculation he’ll endorse Obama.’thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - 7 hours ago In London yesterday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell “performed an impromptu hip-hop dance alongside well-known rap stars” following a speech at the “Africa Rising” festival. In an article on its website today … |
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Bon Jovi objects to McCain-Palin campaign using his songs.thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - 9 hours ago Jon Bon Jovi issued a statement to TMZ today objecting to Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) use of his song “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” during her rallies: We wrote this song as a thank you to those who have supported us … |
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The LA Times reports that the Pentagon has issued a new directive on detainee interrogations, explicitly prohibiting the use of dogs in interrogations. The directive also bans techniques taught at the U.S. military’s …
Also tagged: torture, waterboarding
thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - 11 hours ago
A draft House Oversight Committee report finds that the White House “used the political affairs office to orchestrate an aggressive strategy to use taxpayer-funded trips to help elect Republican candidates for public …
thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - 12 hours ago
Iran’s parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani has responded to John McCain’s joking response to a question about what the U.S. policy should be towards Iran. “That old Beach Boys song, ‘Bomb Iran?’” McCain said last year …
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Bush issues two more presidential signing statements. (Updated: Sen. Leahy responds)thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - 13 hours ago Yesterday, President Bush asserted “that he had the executive power to bypass several parts of two bills: a military authorization act and a measure giving inspectors general greater independence from White House … |
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Bush issues two more presidential signing statements.thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - 14 hours ago Yesterday, President Bush asserted “that he had the executive power to bypass several parts of two bills: a military authorization act and a measure giving inspectors general greater independence from White House … |
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Sacramento County GOP removes website materials urging people to ‘Waterboard Barack Obama.’thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - 15 hours ago Yesterday, the Sacramento County Republican party removed from their website images that likened Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to Osama bin Laden. One of the images “encouraged people to ‘Waterboard Barack Obama’”: The … |
thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - Oct 14, 2008
Last month, Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake said that administrating the new GI Bill will “tax VA’s resources” and announced that “the decision has been made to seek private-sector support to implement this new …
thinkprogress.org » Think Progress - Oct 14, 2008
Scott Horton reports today that PBS may have refused to nationally air a controversial documentary on the use of torture by the U.S. government in order to protect its funding. Previously, the Bush administration …