● Clinton Aide: Hillary Is Not Seeking The Vice Presidency
● Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party.
● Does this make you feel good about electronic voting machines? Two pieces of malicious software detected Thursday have been removed from Pinellas County's voting tabulation system.
● Justice Department investigating two US Attorneys for political prosecution
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The May 8 letter from U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to George W. Bush received virtually no media coverage, in spite of the fact that it warned the president that an attack on Iran without Congressional approval would be grounds for impeachment. Rumor has it several senators have been briefed about the possibility of war with Iran.
Something is afoot.
● Rumors of War: Is Bush Gearing Up to Attack Iran? Something is afoot. Just what is not clear, but recent moves by the White House strongly suggest that Bush will attack Iran in the near future.
● Limbaugh: Bush donors say he’ll strike Iran before term ends.
● Neo-con Daniel Pipes, a far right-wing pseudo scholar who called the NIE report on the halting of Iran’s nuclear program a “shoddy, politicized, outrageous parody of a piece of propaganda,” said he believes that President Bush will attack Iran if a Democrat wins the White House in November.
● Defense Secretary Robert Gates ousted the Air Force's civilian and military chiefs Thursday, an unprecedented move that came after a classified Pentagon investigation found "a chain of failures" in the Air Force's safeguarding of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
● Senate committee: Bush knew Iraq claims weren't true
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● NCMR 2008 (National Conference for Media Reform 2008; June 6-8)
● Dan Rather, Bill Moyers Join Thousands Fighting for Better Media in Minneapolis
● Speakers @ NCMR 2008
Democracy NOW! DISH channels 9410 & 9415, DirecTV channel 275:
AMY GOODMAN: We’re broadcasting from Minneapolis, Minnesota on the convention floor of the National Conference for Media Reform.
Robert McChesney and Josh Silver of Free Press on the National Conference on Media Reform
Nearly 3,000 people have come from across the nation for what’s become known as the most important gathering of the growing movement for media reform. Participants will hear lectures, take workshops and strategize on efforts to fight media consolidation and democratize the airwaves. Speakers include Dan Rather, Bill Moyers, Arianna Huffington, Van Jones, Naomi Klein and dozens more.
DN! transcript or DN! video
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● Dear AP, if Mrs. Obama is relevant then where is the story on drug-abuser, drug-stealer, Cindy McCain?
● Is McCain going to explain his recent comment that "America's seen great economic progress" in light of the facts saying otherwise? When you're living the life of Riley like McCain (he does have eight or nine houses, his wife can't remember which), perhaps you don't notice these trends. And to think he wants more of the same on the economy.
● Americans $1.7 trillion poorer. Americans' net worth falls for the second straight quarter as home and stock prices decline, but it may not hurt consumer spending, experts say.
● The foreclosure hammer is hitting ever harder. People lost their homes at the highest rate on record in the first three months of the year, and late payments soared to a new high, too _ an alarming sign that the housing crisis and its damage to the national economy may only get worse.
Shhhhh!!!!! Rightwing pundits don't dare mention the words "Bob Barr"!
● Barr chiseling into McCain voter base. Libertarian candidate could nab votes in dissatisfied red states
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● Hit & Run Caught On Film!
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