Democrats may seek McClellan's testimony over Plame leak
By Ken Harman / Cox News Service WASHINGTON — Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, branded a "miserable creature" by ex-Sen. Bob Dole, could be headed for a congressional hearing examining his new book's account of Bush administration involvement in the disclosure of a CIA operative's identity. House Judiciary ...
Conyers: McClellan revelations may require hearing
The Politico House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) said today that he plans to begin discussions with former White House press secretary Scott McClellan regarding his participation in a congressional hearing. "I find Mr. McClellan's revelations about attempts to cover up the Valerie Plame leak extremely troubling. Particularly disturbing ...
McClellan Slams Bush, Rove, White House
By Mike Allen / Politico Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” to governing at the expense of candor ...
The Cold, Cold Steel of Handcuffs ...by Cindy Sheehan
With the unbelievable 5th anniversary of "shock and awe" looming before us like a dark cancer that is out of control, the Buffoon in Chief, George W. Bush, once again tormented the nation with another obscene display of idiocy. This time at the Gridiron Club. Singing to the tune of ...
Rove's visit fraught with protesters
By Mason Kerns / Des Moines Register Iowa City, Ia. — By the time Karl Rove took the stage at the University of Iowa this evening, groups from around eastern Iowa had been protesting his presence for two hours. The protesters staged a mock trial for President Bush’s former top ...
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, On Foot
Vermonter Who Walks 480 Miles to Deliver Message Of Impeachment Finds Dismay In D.C. John Nirenberg (blue jacket) and friends march for impeachment (CBS) To many, it seemed quixotic, in a season where so much attention is showered on prospective presidents-to-be, to raise flags about a lame duck. But John ...
White House Study Found 473 Days of E-Mail Gone
By Dan Eggen and Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post The White House possesses no archived e-mail messages for many of its component offices, including the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, for hundreds of days between 2003 and 2005, according to the summary of ...
White House Recycles Backup E-Mail Tapes
By Pete Yost / Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House has acknowledged recycling its backup computer tapes of e-mail before October 2003, raising the possibility that many electronic messages — including those pertaining to the CIA leak case — have been taped over and are gone forever.The disclosure came ...
Candidates back impeachment hearing
Portland Press Herald PORTLAND — Two Democratic congressional candidates from southern Maine are applauding Rep. Mike Michaud for calling for impeachment hearings on Vice President Dick Cheney. In a letter sent last month, Michaud, D-Maine, urged House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers to schedule impeachment hearings before the end of current ...
A National Archives official reveals what the veep wanted to keep classified--and how he tried to challenge the rules By Michael Isikoff / Newsweek J. William Leonard learned the hard way the perils of questioning Vice President Dick Cheney. The veteran National Archives official challenged claims by the Office of ...
Congressman calls for Cheney's impeachment
By Lesley Clark / McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- Rep. Robert Wexler is taking on the Bush administration -- in cyberspace. The Boca Raton Democrat has launched a website -- wexlerwantshearings.com -- and is gathering signatures calling for impeachment hearings against Vice President Dick Cheney. ''Our Constitution mandates that the House ...
House Judiciary Trio Calls for Impeach Cheney Hearings
By John Nichols / The Nation Three senior members of the House Judiciary Committee have called for the immediate opening of impeachment hearings for Vice President Richard Cheney. Democrats Robert Wexler of Florida, Luis Gutierrez of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin on Friday distributed a statement, "A Case for ...
Former aide blames Bush for leak deceit
By Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press WASHINGTON - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative. In an excerpt from his forthcoming ...
The 'I-word' spreads, but most in politics dismiss the impeachment talk
By Steve Kraske / Kansas City Star Darvin Muchow wants the world to know that he did not approve the single-word billboard message that graces his middle-of-Kansas wheat field along Interstate 70.“IMPEACH,” the sign reads in huge blue and red letters. It’s almost impossible to miss.Muchow leases the billboard space ...
Bush Admits White House CIA Leak
Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Bush acknowledged publicly for the first time Thursday that someone in his administration "perhaps" leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has "run its course." ...
Analysis: Bush now must limit fallout
By Tom Raum / Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Bush's decision to spare former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from going to prison — but not pardoning him — may have been an attempt to have it both ways. If so, it appears to have proved only partially ...
Bush commutes Libby's prison sentence
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush commuted Monday the prison term of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, facing 30 months in prison after a federal court convicted him of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators. A commutation is distinct from a pardon, which is a complete ...
Bush wipes away Libby's prison sentence
By Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press WASHINGTON - Just when things looked darkest for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, when prison seemed all but certain, President Bush wiped away the former White House aide's 2 1/2-year sentence in the CIA leak case. Bush's move came Monday, just five hours after a ...
Senate Subpoenas Gonzales on Rove E-Mail
By Laurie Kellman / Associated Press WASHINGTON - Senators subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday, ordering him to provide all e-mails related to presidential adviser Karl Rove and the firings of eight federal prosecutors. "It is troubling that significant documents highly relevant to the committee's inquiry have not been ...
White House security violations alleged
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Financial Times The White House was on Monday accused by a senior Democratic congressman of systematically ignoring security breaches and violations involving classified material, including leaving "sensitive" classified information unattended in a hotel room. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House oversight committee, said interviews with current ...
Administration Has Ignored Oversight Requests, Chairman Says By R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) sought yesterday to pressure the Bush administration into divulging sensitive policy information, scheduling a committee vote for Wednesday on his plan to issue four subpoenas ...
Card's comedy appearance angers Waxman
'Daily Show' guest sought for testimony By Michael Kranish / Boston Globe WASHINGTON -- When former White House chief of staff Andrew Card appeared on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" last Monday, host Jon Stewart was so taken with Card's dry humor that he marveled, "You are the nicest man ...
Lawyer: Rove Didn't Mean to Delete Email
By Laurie Kellman / Associated Press Karl Rove's lawyer on Friday dismissed the notion that President Bush's chief political adviser intentionally deleted his own e-mails from a Republican-sponsored computer system. The attorney said Rove believed the communications were being preserved in accordance with the law. The issue arose because the ...
Analysis: Rove flap gives Dems ammo
By Tom Raum / Associated Press WASHINGTON - The fight over documents has gone to red alert. The White House acknowledges it cannot find four years' worth of e-mails from chief political strategist Karl Rove. The admission has thrust the Democrats' nemesis back into the center of attention and poses ...
News conference cut short after he's asked about firings By Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun-Times Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rushed out of a Chicago news conference after just 2½ minutes Tuesday, avoiding questions about how his office gave U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald an undistinguished rating. Gonzales, who is increasingly facing ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
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Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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