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By Ray McGovern, TomPaine.com, 5/8/06  ‘Hold ‘em, Yale’ is one of the best short stories of “Guys and Dolls” creator Damon Runyon, who depicted the New York City underworld in the 1920s….

Republicans are now determined to confirm two of Bush’s most controversial nominations to the federal judiciary; one has been an obedient servant in carrying out this regime’s fascistic power grab, and the…

By Shadi Hamid, 5/9/06, TomPaine.com The uproar and controversy over purported U.S. plans to attack Iran show no sign of dying down. While President George W. Bush assures us that talk of…

On Abortion, the Pennsylvania Senate Race, the Democrats’ 2006 Election Strategy, and What Comes Next By Leah Fishbein & RJ Schinner, 5/9/06(Send us your comments) While the right to abortion hangs in…

“We’re the have-nots, but we’re also the go-gets,” raps Boots Riley early on the Coup’s fifth album. From there, Riley — a Bay Area MC and avowed Marxist — charges up his…

By David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, 5/9/06 Ray McGovern wasn’t aiming to make Donald Rumsfeld stutter and stammer like a kid caught cheating on a test when he asked him last week why he’d…

CNN News, 5/8/06  WASHINGTON (AP) — Get an advance prescription for emergency contraception so it will be on hand if you need it, the nation’s largest gynecologist group advised women Monday.   [read…

What follows is an initial report on the event held May 2nd. A more thorough report, as well as pictures and audio, will be available soon.  In a packed lecture hall in…

A resolution for Bush’s impeachment in the California legislature is being blocked by guess who?  The Democratic Party leadership. There is growing widespread support for impeachment, with polls showing that a majority…

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. Posted May 8, 2006. An Oregon attorney may have proof of Bush’s domestic spying operation — which means the illegal program’s days may be numbered.   [read more]