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Bush Threatens Veto of 9/11 Bill to Stop Unions

Yesterday, the Senate passed a bill implementing many homeland security recommendations from the 9/11 Commission. But President Bush is threatening to veto it because -- horrors -- it allows Transportation Security Administration workers to join unions, like most of...

White House Runs Scandal Script

Recognizing that its political purge of eight U.S. Attorneys was about to reach critical mass -- particularly because of the appearance that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied to Congress about it -- the White House is now running its script to beat back the media...

NYT Attempted Hit on Gore Fails

The "liberal" New York Times (with the help of the Drudge Report) carried conservative water today, paradoxically attacking Al Gore for global warming "hype." In fact, it's NYT reporter William Broad that's trafficking in hype. Real Climate, the preeminent climate...

Kiley Ousted From Walter Reed

Amry Surgeon General Kevin Kiley, the guy recently bumped up to head Walter Reed even though he was directly implicated in the scandal, was belatedly forced to resign today. On one hand, good. On the other, doesn't do much lasting good if the names change and the...

Big Pharma's Lying Ads

Last week, the pharmaceutical lobby launched a second round of TV ads in its campaign to block the House bill empowering Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices. The ad begins: Newspapers across America are speaking out against changes to Medicare Wow. Sounds like...

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