"Ideologues like John McCain and George Bush hate the fact that the VA exists," Paul Sullivan, a Gulf War veteran and executive director of the non-partisan Veterans for Common Sense told IPS, noting that the Republican candidate also wants to partially privatise social security and offer private school vouchers to students currently enrolled in public schools.

Let’s Give ‘Blue Dogs’ the Boot
Pushing conservative Democrats out of Congress could help the party stand up to the GOP.
by Glenn Greenwald

The Military-Industrial Complex

Drug Czar Lies of the Week

by Bruce Mirken

Impeachment Hearings Are the Appropriate and Necessary Next Step
by John Nichols

Spying Uncovered: Documents Show State Police Monitored Peace and Anti-Death Penalty Groups
by Nick Madigan

BALTIMORE - Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers, newly released documents show.

Wall Street Socialism
by Robert Borosage

This weekend, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former head of the Goldman Sachs investment house, provided us with a perfect demonstration of Wall Street socialism.

The Motivation for Blocking Investigations Into Bush Lawbreaking

Harper’s Scott Horton yesterday interviewed Jane Mayer about her new book, anonymous – July 15, 2008 – 4:53pm

Today’s Coverup of Surveillance Crimes and Barack Obama

What we learned in December, 2005 that George Bush and the telecoms were doing — listening in on the private conversations of American citizens without warrants — is a felony under clear U.S.

August 8, 1974 v. July 9, 2008

The votes in the Senate on various amendments to the FISA “compromise” bill and to the underlying bill itself were originally scheduled for today, but have been postponed until tomorrow (Wednesday, July 9) to enable Senators to attend the funeral of Jesse Helms.