Open Letter to Thomas Edsall: Retract

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Thursday December 25, 2008 · 9:43 PM PST

2008/12/25 · 21:43

UPDATE AT BOTTOM:

Let me first say that I respect professor Edsall tremendously. He is a treasure to journalism. Unfortunately, he has been incredibly sloppy and bordering on defamation in his latest entry on the unfortunate death of GOP programmer Michael Connell.

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Larisa

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 5:49 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 17:49

This is VERY important. Please read and tip. Onwards
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Documents reveal how Ohio routed 2004 voting data through company that hosted external Bush Administration email accounts

by Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane

Newly obtained computer schematics provide further detail of how electronic voting data was routed during the 2004 election from Ohio’s Secretary of State’s office through a partisan Tennessee web hosting company.

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Larisa

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 10:35 AM PDT

2008/05/08 · 10:35

Who wants to go to the movies? Well, here is an interview I recently did with John Cusack about his new film War Inc., and contest information if you want to go to the screening - courtesy Raw Story... follow me after the flip...

Larisa

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Thursday April 10, 2008 · 8:59 AM PDT

2008/04/10 · 08:59

Folks, you really need to read this. While it is a very long piece, it is absolutely imperative that it be read and reacted to.

Republican effort jails largest Democratic donor in Mississippi, helps put ex-RNC chairman in governor's chair

... a former Mississippi Republican state legislator who was later backed by Democrats to win a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court discusses political prosecutions with Raw Story and the corruption and politicization of the Department of Justice.

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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz Jr. was indicted in 2003 on charges relating to his receipt of a loan guarantee from trial lawyer Paul Minor – a personal friend and the largest Democratic donor in Mississippi – to help defray campaign debts. A Bush-appointed US Attorney, Dunnica Lampton, brought charges of bribery against Diaz, Minor and two other Mississippi judges. Diaz was acquitted of all those charges... Within days of his acquittal, Diaz was indicted for a second time. He was again acquitted.

Over the flip are snips from the interview, which I urge everyone to read.

Larisa

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Tuesday November 27, 2007 · 3:35 PM PST

2007/11/27 · 15:35

I am not sure why this was never posted her, but I think it incredibly important that all Americans understand what has happened in this case.

The Permanent Republican Majority - Part I: The Political Prisoner:
by Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane

For most Americans, the very concept of political prisoners is remote and exotic, a practice that is associated with third-world dictatorships but is foreign to the American tradition. The idea that a prominent politician -- a former state governor -- could be tried on charges that many observers consider to be trumped-up, convicted in a trial that involved numerous questionable procedures, and then hauled off to prison in shackles immediately upon sentencing would be almost unbelievable.

But there is such a politician: Don Siegelman, Democratic governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Starting just a few weeks after he took office, Siegelman was targeted by an investigation launched by his political opponents and escalated from the state to the federal level by Bush Administration appointees in 2001.

Larisa

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Monday September 24, 2007 · 10:50 AM PDT

2007/09/24 · 10:50

Attack said spawned from chemical weapons disaster
by Larisa Alexandrovna (Link)

"Israel did not strike a nuclear weapons facility in Syria on Sept. 6, instead striking a cache of North Korean missiles, current and former intelligence officials say.

American intelligence sources familiar with key events leading up to the Israeli air raid explained to RAW STORY that what the Syrians actually had were North Korean No-Dong missiles, possibly located at a site in either the city of Musalmiya in the northern part of Syria or further south around the city of Hama."

Larisa

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Wednesday August 22, 2007 · 10:04 AM PDT

2007/08/22 · 10:04

Robert Greenwald has put out what can only be described as an indictment of state sponsored propaganda and its instrument in the form of Fox - in yet another attempt to frighten, confuse, and lie a nation into a war of choice. Watch it over the flip.

Update: Some folks are having trouble accessing the video. Here is the direct link: Fox Attacks. The video shows the "news" reported side by side of Iraq 04 and Iran 07, same talking points, same 9/11 references in the same exact context. Very damning.

Larisa

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Sunday August 12, 2007 · 10:05 AM PDT

2007/08/12 · 10:05

cross-posted at HuffPo and at my place
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No matter how hard Bill O'Reilly tries to be Joe McCarthy, he always ends up being simply the official Fox (minus News) dunce of hate and sexual frustration that has come to symbolize far right extremists. His sexual confusion simply gets the better of his fascist worldview every single time.

Follow me over the flip to Billy's rant on how The Bourne Ultimatum is un-American...

Larisa

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Friday July 27, 2007 · 6:55 PM PDT

2007/07/27 · 18:55

Before you watch the below video, I suggest a strong drink. There are no words. Really...

UPDATE: Some have pointed out that this may be fake. I have no idea either way. But even if it is fake, the entire world is watching it like we are.

Larisa

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Wednesday July 18, 2007 · 10:59 AM PDT

2007/07/18 · 10:59

cross posted at my place
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Did you think corruption could not get much worse? Think again:

"White House officials arranged for top officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy to help as many as 18 vulnerable Republican congressmen by making appearances and sometimes announcing new federal grants in the lawmakers' districts in the months leading up to the November 2006 elections, a Democratic lawmaker said yesterday.

Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said documents obtained by his panel suggest that the appearances by the drug control officials were part of a larger White House effort to politicize the work of federal agencies that "may be more widespread than previously known."

Over to the flip...

Larisa

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Saturday July 14, 2007 · 7:07 PM PDT

2007/07/14 · 19:07

Cross posted at my place.
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A good investigative journalist, if needed, can hide aboard a cruise full of white supremacists and manage not only to escape without punching someone and thereby blowing their cover, but also get out with one hell of a story. That is exactly what Johann Hari did when he joined the National Review cruise and their motley of hate. The result is breathtaking and incredibly frightening. One has to wonder how Jewish travlers aboard this hate vessel did not recognize the rhetoric and make way directly to the nearest inflatable device.

Over the flip - I give you the masterful Hari article,The Ship of Fools:

Larisa

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Tuesday May 29, 2007 · 11:15 AM PDT

2007/05/29 · 11:15

Raw Story Investigates: Emergent BioSolutions
by Julie Weisberg

"Two former high-ranking health officials with close ties to the Bush administration helped a Michigan-based pharmaceutical company secure sole-source, multi-million dollar federal contracts for the purchase of its controversial anthrax vaccine, a RAW STORY investigation has found.

Last month, Emergent BioSolutions announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intended to purchase more than 18 million doses of its Biothrax vaccine for the Strategic National Stockpile. The strategic stockpile is set aside for civilian use during a large-scale emergency, such as a bioterrorism attack or natural disaster. Once finalized, the contract will be the largest of its kind for Emergent’s anthrax vaccine."

Over to the flip...

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