- Rightwing billionaire Carl Lindner, who funded Colombian terrorists and GOP candidates, is dead at 92 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/02/banana-republicans-17-million-to-right-wing-death-squads-2-million-to-mccain/ 7 comments politics
- DOD Continues to Stall on Kucinich’s Request to Visit Bradley Manning. Obama says DOD has assured him everything they’re doing to Manning is standard. If so, then why are they fighting so hard to prevent a member of Congress from visiting him? http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/03/14/dod-continues-to-stall-on-kucinichs-request-to-visit-bradley-manning/ 5 comments politics
- Defense Department Stalling to Prevent Rep. Kucinich from Visting Bradley Manning http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/03/04/dod-passes-the-buck-rather-than-let-kucinich-to-visit-bradley-manning/ 5 comments politics
- The latest Wikileaks release shows that the US, mainly under President Bush (Republican), devised a hit list for countries that didn’t want to comply with allowing GM crops http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/01/03/w-apparently-understood-whats-good-for-gm-is-good-for-the-country/ 61 comments worldnews
- The statute of limitations to prosecute the government agents who destroyed tapes showing evidence of torture expires on Sunday. There is no sign the DOJ will file any charges. http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/11/04/letter-to-doj-and-john-durham-re-torture-tape-crimes-expiring/ 10 comments politics
- Obama Doesn't Know Why the Fuck He's Entitled to Kill Al-Awlaki, He Just Is, Damnit http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/09/25/obama-doesnt-know-why-the-fuck-hes-entitled-to-kill-al-awlaki-he-just-is-damnit/ 6 comments reddit.com
- Think Progress does the math on Panetta’s admission that there are just 100 al Qaeda members in Afghanistan, and discovers we’ve got 1,000 American troops in Afghanistan for each al Qaeda member. http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/06/27/we-spend-1-billionyear-on-each-al-qaeda-member-in-afghanistan/ 10 comments politics
- Obama Embraces Killer Drones for Domestic Use http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/06/24/obama-embraces-killer-drones-with-communications-problems/ 4 comments politics
- Big Business shill, Senator Richard Shelby - (R-AL), attempts to shut down U.S. Senate to benefit Airbus, a foreign company - (Video) http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/02/05/shelby-tries-to-shut-down-us-senate-to-benefit-foreign-company/ 32 comments business
- Hey you think yesterdays Supreme Court ruling was bad? Well a judge in San Francisco ruled late yesterday that AT&T in fact can spy on you, and that you do not have a right to sue them! What is going on in this country?! http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/01/22/vaughn-walker-dismisses-jewel/ 81 comments politics
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt: "...we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information could be made available to the authorities." Spoken like a true imperialist! http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/12/10/eric-schmidt-patriot-means-you-have-no-privacy/ 4 comments technology
- Former President Bush Spent 487 Days At Camp David, 490 Days At Crawford, Texas (Ranch) during his 2 Terms in office http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/22/republicans-are-really-good-at-clearing-brush/ 34 comments politics
- US Government Covered Up War Crimes Committed by CIA’s Warlord http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/07/10/us-government-covered-up-war-crimes-committed-by-cias-warlord/ 7 comments politics
- In April 2003, after Waterboarding Him 183 Times, the CIA Admitted KSM Was Lying to Them http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/06/18/in-april-2003-after-waterboarding-him-183-times-the-cia-admitted-ksm-was-lying-to-them/ 8 comments politics
- Liz Cheney: Calling my daddy a "Torturer" is libelous! Well, how about calling him a pederastic, ego-maniacal MURDERER? http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/28/liz-cheney-tries-to-avoid-prosecution-question/ 9 comments politics
- CIA Waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 Times in One Month - That’s About 6 Times a Day for 31 Days Straight http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/04/18/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-was-waterboarded-183-times-in-one-month/ 162 comments worldnews
- Remember we have to torture because of the "ticking time bomb" scenario? 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times. "There better be a pretty damned long fuse on that ticking time bomb." http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/04/18/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-was-waterboarded-183-times-in-one-month/ 62 comments politics
- Save American Jobs: "I’m closing my Chase accounts because JP Morgan Chase has placed its corporate interests above the jobs and health care of the people of my community, unlike other banks that continue to invest in rebuilding Michigan." http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/04/06/save-american-jobs-close-your-chase-account/ 7 comments business
- "if you don't give us our bonuses, we'll trigger a default event that will cost AIG the US government tens of billions of dollars." It's just a polite way of saying, "Pay us the $100 million ransom or we start exploding the suicide bomber vests we're wearing." http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/03/15/the-semtex-in-the-aig-retention-contracts/ 279 comments politics
- The Statute of Limitations on Bush’s March 11, 2004 illegal wiretapping expires Yesterday http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/03/10/the-statute-of-limitations-on-bushs-march-11-2004-illegal-wiretapping-expire-today/ 3 comments business
- Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers WILL TESTIFY before the House Judiciary Committee in transcribed depositions under penalty of perjury http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/03/04/breaking-turdblossom-and-miers-to-testify/ 4 comments politics
- Is Cheney Behind the Attack on Obama’s Plans to Withdraw from Iraq? http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/02/03/is-cheney-behind-the-attack-on-obamas-plans-to-withdraw-from-iraq/ 4 comments politics
- Republicans admit to holding up Eric Holder confirmation - In order to secure promises that former "Bush Officials" not be prosecuted - It's too bad for the GOP that AG Designate Eric Holder is Ethical http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/28/whitehouse-and-leahy-scold-cornyn-and-specter-for-asking-for-no-prosecution-guarantee/ 6 comments reddit.com
- House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. issued a subpoena to Karl Rove requiring him to testify regarding his role in the Bush Administration’s politicization of the DoJ http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/26/conyers-to-turdblossom-times-up/ 3 comments politics
- Harry Reid On Tape Manipulating Illinois Senate Seat Before Blago’s Arrest http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/03/reid-on-tape-manipulating-illinois-senate-seat-before-blagos-arrest/ 3 comments politics
- US wants former Liberian President Taylor to be sentenced to 147 years for torture: "It undermines respect for and trust in authority, government and a rule of law." /irony http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/turnabout-would-be-fair-play-us-seeks-147-year-torture-sentence/ 6 comments politics
- President Bush: Employees of American Companies Must Get Paid Less than Employees of Foreign Companies! http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/12/19/president-bush-employees-of-american-companies-must-get-paid-less-than-employees-of-foreign-companies/ 4 comments politics
- The Goldwaters Endorse Obama http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/10/23/the-goldwaters-endorse-obama/ 6 comments politics
- The Picture McCain Doesn’t Want You to See http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/19/the-picture-mccain-doesnt-want-you-to-see/ 92 comments politics
- This Is What Happens When You Use Terrorism Laws to Investigate Hippies http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/31/this-is-what-happens-when-you-use-terrorism-laws-to-investigate-hippies/ 3 comments politics
- John Yoo: “It Sucks to Have Judges Protecting the Constitution” http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/11/john-yoo-it-sucks-to-have-judges-protecting-the-constitution/ 23 comments politics
- Whitehouse: Bush’s Lies “Rot the Very Fiber of Democracy” http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/05/whitehouse-bushs-lies-rot-the-very-fiber-of-democracy/ 5 comments politics
- George Bush Authorized the Leak of Valerie Wilson’s Identity http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/george-bush-authorized-the-leak-of-valerie-wilsons-identity/?view=print 33 comments politics
- Oh, That’s Why McCain Can’t Keep Shiite and Sunni Straight http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/23/oh-thats-why-mccain-cant-keep-shiite-and-sunni-straight/ 5 comments politics
- Bush, the Grandson of Nazi Enabler, Decries Talking to Nazis http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/05/15/grandson-of-nazi-enabler-decries-talking-to-nazis/ 37 comments politics
- Bush OKs Torture. Media Yawns. http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/12/bush-oks-torture-media-yawns/ 3 comments politics
- Will Dick Finally Get Busted for His Leaks? http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/will-dick-finally-get-busted-for-his-leaks/ 3 comments politics
- Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller Advocates Illegal Spying on Americans http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/02/05/jello-jay-advocates-illegal-spying-on-americans/ 4 comments politics
- Bush Would Forgo New FISA Programs to Make Sure Dick Gets Immunity http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/27/bush-would-forgo-new-fisa-programs-to-make-sure-dick-gets-immunity/ 3 comments politics
- Dick Wants His Immunity, and He Wants It Now http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/23/dick-wants-his-immunity-and-he-wants-it-now/ 13 comments politics