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10 Examples of Bush and the Republicans Using Government Power to Target Critics

Posted on May 14, 2013 at 7:00 am by Bob Cesca

My Tuesday column and some history… They say two wrongs don’t make a right, but ignoring one of those wrongs while vilifying the other is intellectually dishonest and violently hypocritical, among other things. And certainly that’s the case surrounding news … Continue reading →
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Gun Culture

Posted on April 10, 2013 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Jimmy Margulies In other news, the FBI reportedly met with Mitch McConnell’s campaign staff today. I’m looking forward to the part where they find out one someone on his own staff made the recording. Not a “left wing” … Continue reading →
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Another Nothingburger

Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

A Senate Homeland Security report has concluded that the CIA, FBI, and the Department of Defense share the blame for confusing reports on what caused the attack on the American embassy in Libya. WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate report says … Continue reading →

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Rogue FBI Agent Was Right Wing Nut

Posted on November 13, 2012 at 4:40 pm by JM Ashby

The fact that former CIA Director David Petraeus participated in an unsavory relationship(s) is unremarkable in itself, but now we know how the FBI investigation into the matter of threatening emails was leaked to Eric Cantor before the White House … Continue reading →

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Constituency

Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Adam Zyglis In other news, misconduct that lead to General Petraeus’s resignation today was reportedly uncovered during an FBI probe according to the Associated Press.

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Is Mitt Romney Dodging Taxes?

Posted on January 8, 2012 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

The short answer is — we don’t know for sure. Because Mitt Romney is refusing to release his tax returns, we are left to speculate based on what is publicly available, and what is publicly available suggests he very well … Continue reading →

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How To Please The Mob

Posted on September 29, 2011 at 8:30 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – John Darkow In other news, the FBI is planning to revise its 80-year-old definition of Rape in the hopes that allowing the inclusion of more scenarios will reduce the gross number of unreported cases each year.

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Unnecessary Torture for An Unnecessary War

Posted on April 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm by Bob Cesca

An FBI interrogator speaks out. Sullivan summarizes the meat of the interrogator’s op/ed: Soufan notes that torture was applied to Zubaydah even though he had provided a great deal of actionable and accurate intelligence from traditional Western interrogation techniques. But … Continue reading →

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