Demand Obama Investigate Bush | Israel's Ground Invasion of Gaza Continues | Bill Richardson Withdraws

PEEK Newsletter January 5th, 2009 More blogs and video »

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine the Next Chair of the DNC By The Christian Progressive Liberal, Jack & Jill Politics I like Tim Kaine -- but having said that, he has some tall boots to fill that's being left by Howard Dean. Read more »   Israel's Ground Invasion of Gaza Continues By Siun, Firedoglake Updates: Conditions worsen; Civilian causalities include women and children; American International School destroyed; Is Israel using cluster bombs? Read more »   It's Not Too Late: Demand Obama Investigate Bush's War Crimes By Digby, Hullabaloo This is particularly important, since the press has only asked Obama about this one time. Read more »   Bill Richardson Withdraws From Commerce Secretary Nomination By Faiz Shakir, Think Progress Richardson has withdrawn his name for the position citing a pending investigation into a company that has done business with his state. Read more »   Talking While Brown: A Look at Racism in U.S. Airports By dday, Hullabaloo No kind of profiling is more justifiable than any other. It's all part of a creeping assault on our collective civil liberties and it has to stop. Read more »   Franken Winning Vast Majority of Wrongly Rejected Absentee Ballots By tremayne, Open Left Norm Coleman's lawyers tried to stop the counting of hundreds of wrongly rejected absentee ballots and now we know they had good reason. Read more »   Israeli President Plans to Ignore International Calls for Peace By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Those waiting for a ceasefire in Gaza are likely to be waiting for quite a while. Read more »   Cheney Calls Iraq 'Significant Success, Masterfully Done' By Blue Texan, Firedoglake In a classic example of a Dick who likes to place blame on others, Cheney blames the lengthy, bloody occupation on lack of Iraqi "get up and go." Read more »   Rep. Hoyer Says Employee Free Choice Act Will Pass In 'Early Spring' By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake People have been worried about how committed Democratic leaders are to passing the bill. Hoyer set everyone straight this morning. Read more »   Gaza Update: Some Foreign Nationals Allowed to Flee, Leaving Family Behind By Siun, Firedoglake A look at the conditions faced by those left behind in Gaza. Read more »   Fox News Claims 'Magic Negro' Text Was 'Inadvertently Cleared for Air' By Matt Corley, Think Progress Fox New has a history of allowing racially-charged language aimed at Obama and his family to make it on air and then claiming it was simply a mistake Read more »

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