As the nation focused on whether Congress would exercise its constitutional duty to cut funding for the war, Bush quietly issued an unconstitutional bombshell that went virtually unnoticed by the corporate media. The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, signed on May 9, 2007, would place all governmental power in the hands of the President and effectively abolish the checks and balances in the Constitution. If a "catastrophic emergency" -- which could include a...

What was said? Farsi: "Imam ghoft een rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad." Translation: "The Imam said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time". Word by word: Imam (Khomeini) ghoft (said) een (this) rezhim-e (regime) ishghalgar-e (occupying) qods (Jerusalem) bayad (must) az safheh-ye ruzgar (from page of time) mahv shavad (vanish from). Words not used: Israel, wiped off, wipe out, map, world, Earth, face. The western phrase, 'wiped off'...

In a discussion with young Israelis, Rocker Henry Rollins describes his first visit to Walter Reed Hospital to visit wounded veterans on behalf of the USO. He recalls his shock as he walks into the first veteran's hospital room, and his feelings afterwards....

C-SPAN will have coverage, Friday, June 1, 2007, Time 6:00pm to 9:00pm EST. The speakers will be Karen Kwiatkowski and Robert Scheer. If you don't have cable/dish, you can stream it at cspan.org. rip and distribute liberally. ; )

Bush and Cheney keep repeating the same lies and distortions that they have been using for years and the American people keep scratching their heads.  The Dumbocrats are in full retreat and it looks like more war is in store.  When asked recently about Osama's whereabouts Bush came up with the following gem... At the news conference, Bush also bristled at a question about why bin Laden was still at large. ‘Because we haven’t got him yet,’ Bush snapped. ‘That’s why. And he’s hiding, and we’re...

Bush sees South Korea model for Iraq The sheer arrogance and stupidity of this man makes me ashamed to be an American today, and leaves me with little hope about the future we are headed for.

The Christian Science Monitor’s Warren Richey covers the trial of Jose Padilla and his fellow accused.

Had a chance to check out Scott's recent article in Harpers where he talks about the large number of mercs that the US has employed in Iraq.  He reviews the conflicts that have occurred between them and US & Iraqi troops, asking at the end: "Or are the contractors still shielded by their cronies in Washington?" Scotty, you need to wake up and smell the gunpowder. With the government stretching the military to the breaking point don't you think that it has crossed the minds of our fearless...

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan has announced she is stepping back from her role as a leading campaigner against the Iraq war. We take a look back at how she helped galvanize the antiwar movement over the past two-and-a-half years following the death of her son Casey in Iraq. Democracy Now! looks back at Cindy Sheehan's antiwar activism after her son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004 Cindy Sheehan has been the face of the US antiwar movement for the past two years. In August 2005, she set up Camp...

for today: Hour 1: Ivan Eland on Pakistan Hour 2: Warren Richey on the Padilla trial. 11-1 pm Texas time. Listen live here. MP3 here.

An Open Letter to the Democratic Congress by Cindy Sheehan Why I Am Leaving the Democratic Party By Cindy Sheehan Dublin, Ireland Dear Democratic Congress, Hello, my name is Cindy Sheehan and my son Casey Sheehan was killed on April 04, 2004 in Sadr City , Baghdad , Iraq . He was killed when the Republicans still were in control of Congress. Naively, I set off on my tireless campaign calling on Congress to rescind George's authority to wage his war of terror while asking him "for what noble...

Independent Institute senior fellow and Antiwar.com columnist Charles Peña discusses the most-likely false terrorist threat in the case of the Ft. Dix six, and how America ought to handle the real terrorist threat.