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December 16, 2008
On "The Real News," CIA alumnus Ray McGovern warns that Afghanistan could become "Obama's Vietnam." He also discusses the needless conflict with Russia, and Obama's opportunities for accommodation.
Comedian Robin Williams in top hilarious form as he riffs on the Obama election and other matters before an audience in England.
Glenn Greenwald talks cogently about the differences between his recent appearances on Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS and on Rachel Maddow's cable show. The video of those discussions is embedded in the text.
A surprisingly insightful and friendly conversation between pundit Chris Matthews (who wants to run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania) and former Weatherman Bill Ayers.
An Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes at Bush. During Baghdad Press Conference. Keith Olbermann discusses the incident.
Thomas Tamm, FISA Whistleblower has his first interview with Rachel Maddow.
On Countdown, Thom Hartmann tells David Shuster that the GOP response to the auto crisis is " an Absolute Consequence of Reaganomics." (With David Schuster)
December 9, 2008
Proposition 8, the Musical. A hilarious three-minute romp, with all-star cast and starring (no less) Jesus Christ. Intro. by Keith Olbermann.
Lt Col Darrel Vandeveld a Gitmo prosecutor who resigned in protest, testifies about the atrocities that occurred there.
Amnesty International asks: "When did torture become part of the American Way?," launching the "Protect the Human Campaign."
'The End of America,' Liberty: Use It or Lose It'" a compelling new documentary by award-winning filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern in collaboration with best-selling author Naomi Wolf.
Sen. Russ Feingold discusses the rule of law, presidential power and civil liberties with Bill Moyers.
President-Elect Obama announces his economic recovery plan.
The Daily Show's slant on George Bush's exit interview with Charlie Gibson. Chris Matthews and guests, Joan Walsh and Michelle Bernard, weigh in on the interview.
December 2, 2008
President-Elect Barack Obama introduces his national security team. Remarks by Secretary of State designate, Hillary Clinton, Attorney General designate, Eric Holder, and Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.
The carrot vs. the stick. An anonymous Gitmo interrogator reports that empathy and rapport succeeds with prisoners, where torture fails.
Robert Kuttner talks to Bill Moyers about the obstacles and opportunities facing the Obama economic team.
Bill Moyers, returning from a trip to Europe, reports of attitudes abroad about the U.S. and its new President.
Barack, Michelle and the kids pay a visit to Barbara Walters.
Keith Olbermann debunks the damned lie of the week: the charge that the average autoworker gets paid $70 an hour. This right-wing talking point originated with Andrew Ross Sorkin, of the New York Times, no less.
Jonathan Turley tells Rachel Maddow that we are all complicit in Bush's war crimes if we ignore them.
Noam Chomsky takes a dim view of the Obama appointments.
November 25, 2008
How Google violates the privacy of its users -- to make more money from advertisers, of course -- and also violates the privacy of those who receive or send messages from/to Google users. Scary.
Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco explains the court challenge to Prop 8.
Saturday Night Live's take on the Big Three Auto chiefs testimony at the House hearings.
Joe Lieberman tells Tom Brokaw that he "regrets" some of his campaign statements bout Barack Obama. But no apologies.
Matthew Madia of OMB Watch explains to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! how Bush will try to dump a pile of federal regulations on Obama's administration.
November 18, 2008
The 60 Minutes interview with Barack and Michelle Obama.
On Democracy Now!, Naomi Klein explains why the bailout is a multi-trillion dollar crime scene.
At the Miami Book Fair, Jane Mayer, Chris Hedges, Laila Al-Arian, and Jonathan Mahler, discuss the Bush/Cheney crime syndicate.
(One Hour and fifteen minutes).
November 11, 2008
"Yes We Did!" President-Elect Barack Obama's victory speech at Grant Park, Chicago.
John McCain concedes defeat. The finest moment of his campaign.
Obama's "Inner Circle" discusses Obama's victory on "60 Minutes." Part I, Part II.
Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" on the defeat of Gay Marriage in California. "This vote is horrible, horrible!"
Conservative New York Times columnist, David Brooks tells Face the Nation that the Republicans, without a coherent ideology, are forming a "circular firing squad.
"Real Time" with Bill Maher has exclusive footing of FOX News' announcement of the Obama victory. Watch closely.
Jon Stewart's unique take on the media coverage of the Barack Obama victory.
November 4, 2008
Rachel Maddow interviews Barack Obama in a wide-ranging, intelligent discussion of major domestic and international issues. A rare interview with meat on its bones.
Barack Obama's half-hour "saturation" TV production complete.
Stealing America, Vote by Vote. A film by Dorothy Fadiman, narrated by Peter Coyote.
Two videos on election fraud. 1. The Price of Liberty. Issues and strategies of the election protection movement. (58 minutes)
2. The Connell Anomaly. Ohio 2004 election "fixer" was deposed in federal court on Monday. Cliff Arnebeck, Mark Crispin Miller, and Steven Spoonamore. (The final 22 minutes of "The Price of Liberty")Election integrity guru, Mark Crispin Miller, is interviewed on Bill Moyers' Journal
At last, an in-depth analysis of election fraud. In the corporate US media? Don't be silly! It was in Al Jazeera. (Part two here). Interviews with Clint Curtis and Brad Friedman.
Brave New Films alerts us to the coming post-election delegitimization drive by the right.
Making it Count: How to Protect Your Vote & Spot Dirty Tricks
David Shuster of MSNBC asks McCain Spokesperson Ben Porritt to explain Palin's comment about the First Amendment. Porrit is pathetically befuddled, and Shuster won't let go.
John McCain is authentically funny in SNL skit. Has a career as a comedian waiting, if he quits his day job.
SNL Skewers Keith Olbermann
"Nicholas, is it really you?" Sarah Palin is "pranked" by Franco-Canadian talk-jocks, posing as French Prez, Nicholas Sarkozy.
October 28, 2008
Three "special comments" by Keith Olbermann:Is Sarah Palin smarter than a third-grader?
Sarah Palin has a strange proposal for helping special-needs children: defund scientific research. (Why should anyone be interested in fruit flies?)
KO urges John McCain to "speak-up and lead" in denouncing the racism that is lurking in the McCain/Palin campaign. Particular attention to the campaign worker's fraudulent "assault."
Barack Obama's "Closing Argument: One Week"
Sen. Ted Stevens (R, AK) Found Guilty on All Counts in Corruption Trial.
On Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw nails John McCain on taxing the wealthy and Reagan's record
Here's a great movie by ACORN and Brave New Films which you should send around to any skeptics you know and keep bookmarked for future use. you may need it.
Prof. Mark Crispin Miller ("Loser Take All") discusses the early-voting anomalies that are popping up all over the country, from "vote-flipping" to shortage of working voting machines in Democratic-leaning precincts, and how the legitimacy of the November 2008 election is in jeopardy.
October 21, 2008
Here are the full videos of all three presidential debates, and the VP debate.
Colin Powell stunningly and brilliantly slices and dices John McCain and his sleazy campaign tactics, and his running mate Sarah Palin, in his enthusiastic endorsement of Senator Barack Obama.
Outside the studio, following the MTP interview, Powell expands on his complaints about the campaign.
David Sirota assesses the Powell endorsement.
In a special comment, Keith Olbermann rips into McCain, Palin, Backman, Limbaugh and others who would divide the country into "real Americans" and "the rest of us." "Divisive, ugly, paranoid bleatings..., culminating in the sliming of Colin Powell."
Keith Olbermann asks, "Why do Republicans hate democracy?" An examination of the GOP attack on ACORN.
BBC America examines the U.S. financial crisis. Impacts on world economy. Interviews Paul Krugman.
McCain makes his notoriously postponed appearance on The Late Show where he encounters the kind of tough interview that the MSM (so-called) "journalists" avoid.
Obama ad debunks McCain's claim that he "is not George Bush."
Barack Obama and John McCain pose as stand-up comics at the Al Smith dinner.
October 7, 2008
Velvet Revolution interviews GOP Cyber security expert Stephen Spoonamore who explains how the 2004 election was stolen in Ohio, and how it could easily be stolen again in November. Fascinating -- and very scary. (40 minutes).
An Exclusive Interview With a Former Diebold Contractor.Homer Simpson tries to vote for Obama on a paperless "direct recording electronic" voting machine.
Here's a clever, well-made video where celebrities urge you, plead with you, NOT to vote, until the end when they provide an important "if."
In two rarely seen videotapes from Robert Greenwald's invaluable "The Real McCain" collection, collection, John McCain demands immediate and unconditional
withdrawal of American troops from Somalia. and from Haiti.
The Obama Campaign's 13 minute mini-documentary on "Keating Economics" and John McCain involvement with the S&L scandal.
"Hockey Moms in Glass Houses," In a Special Comment, Keith Olbermann examines Sarah Palin's association with "domestic terrorists," and kooky preachers.
On Real Time, Bill Maher warns: Beware Those Looking Forward To End Times.
Obama responds to McCain's personal attack onslaught in this campaign ad, 'Erratic in Crisis'
John Pilger speaks about Media: "Freedom Next Time." (44 minutes).
September 30, 2008
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now reveals, via an Army Times story, that at least one Army unit in Iraq will be sent back to the U.S. to be on call to deal with protestors and civil unrest. One wonders what "October Surprise" action the Administration is contemplating that might provoke such protests.
With clips of McCain's own words, here is a devastating putdown of McCain as the candidate most responsible for our current mess. So far, this video ad hasn't appeared on TV.
RFK Jr. on how Rove already is implementing his plan to steal the November election.
The SNL spoof of the Palin/Couric interview. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between Sarah Palin and Tina Fey. Not even joking. Her parody is that spot on.
On "Real Time," Bill Maher cautions that race should not be a factor in politics. We should not vote against a candidate, simply because he or she is white.
In Obama's best moment in the debate, he points out that McCain was "wrong, wrong, wrong" about Iraq.
Katie Couric presses Palin on the “Alaska is close to Russia” nonsense.
McCain stiffs David Letterman with a lie, and Dave is super-pissed off. If McCain has lost Letterman, has he lost the country?
CNN's Jack Cafferty lays it out: If Palin's proximity to the Oval Office "doesn't scare the hell out of you, it should." This YouTube clip of Cafferty's remark gathered more than a million views. Later, Cafferty asks, "Should John McCain ask Sarah Palin to step aside," and is deluged with replies. Here is a sample.
September 23, 2008
Obama guts McCain on his economic policies and his 180-degree-turn switcheroos. Finally, hard-hitting responses are coming from the Dem candidate.
A chilling video about McCain's predeliction for war, and his prediction that more wars are on their way.
Legal scholar, Cass Sunstein, points out that the "worst case scenario" is not terrorism, it is climate change. Obama takes the issue seriously, and McCain does not.
SNL roasts McCain for his casual attituded regarding anti-Obama smear ads.
When, on ABC's "This Week," George Will calls McCain's behavior "unpresidential," you can see that Senator Bomb-Bomb is in trouble. Cokie Roberts piles on by raising the spectre of Herbert Hoover, and Sam Donaldson calls McCain's new enthusiasm of regulation "hard to swallow."
On "Real Time," Naomi Klein nails Wall Street for the financial meltdown. Andrew Sullivan's attempt to blaime gullible home-owners convinces no one on the panel.
A new film, "The Third Term," revisits John McCain's involvement in the Charles Keating Savings and Loan scandal.
September 16, 2008
"Rage on the Radio" Bill Moyers' Journal addresses hate talk radio.
Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) and Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler) duke it out in a hilarious opening skit on Saturday Night Live.
Clueless Sarah Palin displays her ignorance about foreign policy in her ABC interview with Charles Gibson. Fails to identify "the Bush Doctrine."
Sarah Palin's Churches and the Third Wave. This is Bruce Wilson's ten minute video that was censored by YouTube.
Joe Biden slams McCain hard on his pollyannish views on U.S. economy. Finally!
Keith Olbermann blasts Bush and McCain and the Republican party in general for exploiting 9/11 for partisan ends. A devastating editorial comment.
Videos on The Real McCain from Robert Greenwald.
The Real McCain 2: Watch as McCain's YouTube problem became his nightmare in the video that received over 4 million views.
Less Jobs. More Wars: What is this "Iraq war" charge on my bill?
John McCain vs. John McCain: Tell McCain to get off the Double Talk Express.McCain's Spiritual Guide: The video that caused McCain to renounce Rev. Rod Parsley's bigoted endorsement.
Why Won't McCain Sign the GI Bill? Presenting the most blatant hypocrisy of the McCain campaign.
"McCain vs. McCain," where the candidate debates his earlier positions. Pointed fun.
On "The View," the ladies ask John McCain why he is spreading lies. Of course, he denies that he is. Whoopi Goldberg asks McCain: "Do I Have to Be Worried about Becoming a Slave Again?"
September 9, 2008
Joe Biden lays the wood to McCain and Palin after the GOP convention
Dr. Philip Butler tells his version of what McCain was like as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam . It's somewhat different than McCain's story.
Jon Stewart explains how 'McCain: Reformed Maverick' would have to "give up, or abandon everything he always stood for ... "
FOX Using the Same Attacks on Obama They Used Against Kerry. FOX talking heads shown reading the same talking points in 2004 and 2008.
With face-to-face contradictiory video clips, Jon Stewart exposes the hypocrisy of Karl Rove (vs. Rove), Bill O'Reilly (vs. O'Reilly) as they attempt to boost Sarah Palin. Devastating!
An open mike reveals Peggy Noonan's and Mike Murphey's real opinions of the Palin nomination: "political bullshit," "it's over."
Obama on Countdown, Barack Obama tells Keith Olbermann that McCain and Palin are “stretching the bounds of spin”
Jeffrey Toobin's take on McCain's acceptance speech: “shockingly bad... I thought it was disorganized, I thought it was it was themeless, I thought it was very, very boring.
September 2, 2008
Congressman Dennis Kucinich delivers a firebrand speech at the Democratic convention.
"Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land." A tough, 70-minute documentary on the shame of the U.S. media in not telling the story of Israel's brutal military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Republicans and military men have something to say about John McCain.
Carl Pope of the Sierra Club offers a progressive response to T. Boone Pickens' energy plan.
Naomi Klein assesses Barack Obama and the intellectual and political integrity of the progressive movement.
On ABC's "This Week," John Kerry tells Steph that the selection of Sarah Palin Proves McCain’s a “Prisoner of the Right Wing.”
Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert have a few choice words about that VP choice.
As do some 11,000 e-mailers to CNN's Jack Cafferty.
Just in time for the main election event, Bill Maher has returned with his New Rules.
August 19, 2008
Bill Moyers Interviews Andrew J. Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism,
Mikhail Gorbachev on Larry King Live Explaining That Georgia Attacked Russia.
Keith Olbermann'a Special Comment to McCain: Senator, grow up!
Robert Greenwald's pointed skewering of McCain using McCain's own words in excerpted videos, as the GOP candidate twists and turns and inverts his own positions from one day to the next.
Paul Waldman of Media Matters for America dissects and eviscerates Corsi's slanderous new book about Barack Obama.
Naomi Klein, author of the best-seller "The Shock Doctrine," discusses how her "disaster capitalism" theory could well be used for opening up offshore areas for oil drilling by the huge energy corporations.
August 12, 2008
Paris Hilton shows the Obama Campaign how to make a McCain put-down ad. Now will the Obamites learn from it?
Ron Suskind discusses his new book, "The Way of the World," with Keith Olberman John Dean adds his perspective. Claims that Suskind's book "focuses on impeachable crimes."
Thomas Frank was doing the liberal media rounds, promoting his new book "The Wrecking Crew." Here is his extended interview on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. (The interview begins three minutes in):
Part I (3 minutes in), Part II, and Part III.
Frank tells Stephen Colbert that "the argument of my book is that conservatives suck."
Stephen Spoonamore, republican, computer expert and former McCain aide, blows the whistle on Diebold's election fraud.
In eight parts. Here are the others: Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Eight.
On Fox News, McCain campaign chief, Rick Davis, brags about his boss's "maverick-ness." FantasyLand.
Talking Points Memo has collected "John McCain’s Greatest Campaign Hits." Great material for Democratic ads.
Keith Olbermann suggests that "nothing About The FBI’s Anthrax Story Adds Up."
Stephen Colbert deflates McCain's "tire guage" attack on Obama, ably assisted by John McCain.
GOP Veep contenders kiss-up to John McCain. (Hilarious spoof from barelypolitical vid).
Does John McCain have a pathological appetite for war? Pat Buchanan worries that McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."
August 5, 2008
The Onion morning-news show's coverage of Bush's heartfelt tour around the country to survey the extensive damage caused by his presidency.
Jon Stewart on McCain's attack ads the media's coordinated talking-point attacks on Obama, and in general the MSM double-standard treatment of McCain vs. Obama.
On MSNBC's "Race to the White House," Rachel Maddow slams Pat Buchanan. Seems that Pat insists upon basing his argument on demonstrably false Obama quotes.
July 29, 2008
Jane Mayer, author of the best-seller "The Dark Side," delivers a simple explanation of Bush as chief torturer. Even interviewer David Letterman is impressed.
Naomi Klein, author of the best-seller "The Shock Doctrine, debunks Bush's offshore drilling plan on Fox Business News' Happy Hour Program.
Three videos from the House Judiciary Committee's (non-)impeachment panel.
Former District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, who sat on the Nixon impeachment panel, tells Judiciary hearing why there's a prima facia case for impeachment of George Bush.
Former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi tells Judicary panel why Bush should be tried for first-degree murder in connection with iraq war and occupation.
Former Reagan Justice Department official Bruce Fein tells Judiciary panel that Nixon's impeachment was an "immensely unifying act" and maybe something similar would occur in this case.
July 22, 2008
On Countdown, Jonathan Turley discusses Bush's evasion of justice, AG Mukasey's betrayal of his office, and the Democrats spinelessness.
JibJab's hilarious cartoon take on the election: "It's time for some compaignin" to the tune of Bob Dylan's "The Times They are A-Changing."
“The Future of Civilization is at Stake”: Al Gore Issues a Major Energy Challenge.
Dan Abrams and Rachel Maddow show us how "Teflon John" McCain continues to get a free pass from MSM.
The High-Tech HighJack of Ohio 2004 (and more!). From a new fillm: "Free for All"
William Greider, on Bill Moyers' Journal, charges that "usury...is rich people taking advantage of poor people.... This [the credit industry] is Usury."
Naomi Klein, author of the best-selling "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," talks with Democracy Now host Amy Goodman about Obama's suspicious economic team; why she's suing the U.S. government for spying on journalists like her; and her recent trip to China, where she says the government is building a high-tech police state with the help of U.S. military contractors.
John "he's better on foreign policy" McCain flunks Geography -- again. "Iraq-Pakistan border"?! Maybe he's just tired; needs to take a vacation in Czechoslovakia.
In a GritTV roundtable, Laura Flanders, Naomi Klein, Jeff Madrick, and Bhairavi Desai explain that the "economic crisis" is in fact a crisis in capitalism. George Bush's charge to "go out and shop" can not save the economy when there's no more cash in hand to do the shopping.
July 15, 2008
"The Video Professor" offers help to the cyber-challenged John McCain. Hillarious!
Implications of a computer illiterate President.
"With friends like this..." Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC) goes blank trying to find differences between McCain and Bush’s economic policies.
On Countdown (this week with Rachel Maddow,) Jonathan Turley discuss the International Red Cross report that the Bush Administration is, in fact, guilty of war crimes. Big news, predictably absent from MSM (so called) "news programs.
Rachel Maddow and Jonathan Alter discuss "that Obama New Yorker cover."
More on "cover-gate" from GRITtv, with Laura Flanders, Hendrik Hertzberg, and Danny Schechter.
June 24, 2008
Doctors study ex Gitmo prisoners, find evidence of torture. Gen. Taguba: ‘there is no longer any doubt that the current administration committed war crimes.’
CBS correspondent Lara Logan tells Jon Stewart that she doesn't watch US TV news: ‘I’d just blow my brains out because it would drive me nuts.’
Jon Stewart Knows the President's True Identity: he's "the Great Procrastinator." Hilarious comic-book spoof.
Obama opts out of the public financing system. Needs big bucks to counteract anticipated GOP swift-boating.
On Verdict with Dan Abrams, Newsweek reporter Jonathan Alter tells of his disgust with the continued smear of Michelle Obama over her “proud of her country” statement. Alter notes that there is no comparable press outrage over John McCain’s repeated statement that he “didn’t love America until (he) was deprived of her company”.
On Countdown, Jonathan Turley blasts the compromise FISA bill, and the cave-in by the House Democrats. The FISA bill would allow the guilty telecoms to do "what any criminal would love to do."
George Lakoff, author of New York Times bestseller Don't Think of an Elephant discusses his latest work, The Political Mind, on The Young Turks. (21 minutes)
June 17, 2008
Al Gore endorses Barack Obama. Part I and Part II.
Stephen Colbert warns America of the elitism menace. How to spot an elitist? Hint: they read books.
Olbermann's "Special Comment" on the unimportance of being John McCain. When McCain told Matt Lauer that bringing our troops home was "just not that important," he crossed a line from stupidity to being unforgivable.
In 2008, John McCain works hard to convince people he’s not just like George W. Bush. In 2005, John McCain worked hard to convince people of the exact opposite.
McCain vs. McCain (from the Jed Report).
On Countdown, Brandon Friedman of VoteVets explains why John McCain doesn't respect the troops.
Scott McClellan promotes his book on Letterman's show. David has some astonishingly candid comments about Bush/Cheney, Inc.
"Why I’m Voting Republican." (Give it a look: you'll like it. Repubs won't).
Dennis Kucinich discusses Impeachment with Amy Goodman on "Democracy Now. Part I and Part II.
Barack Obama's Speech on Father's Day.
June 10, 2008
Bill Moyers: 'Journalism in Profound Crisis.' Moyers' speech to the National Conference for Media Reform.
Barack Obama speaks to his HQ staff. The presumptive Democratic candidate conveys the immense weight on the shoulders of these (mostly) young staffers.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Presents 35 Articles Of Impeachment Against Bush.
"The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes," Her address to a United Nations assembly is so clear-headed and heartfelt, but will these diplomats act?
How easy is it to enter any election results you want into the Diebold central tabulator? When you use Diebold's "Manual Override" option, it's exactly this easy.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff, says "what Dr. Rice has been saying is fairly consistent with what the administration's position has been and that is that Iran must stop enrichment before talks can happen. I think that's absurd. Setting such conditions is a route to no talks at all, which is why Cheney advocates such a policy. Iran made a serious approach in 2003 to talk, Cheney made the State department turn it down. The plan was for regime change throughout the Middle East."
On Countdown, Richard Clarke says of the Bush Administration, “We Can’t Let These People Back Into Polite Society.”
June 3, 2008
Keith Olbermann interviews Scott McClellan. In four parts: One, Two, Three, and Four.
Three Former Gitmo Prisoners to Address US Audience in Historic Event. Part 1, Part 2.
Amy Goodman interviews Robert Scheer. How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America. Part1. Part 2.
On Countdown, Chris Hayes of The Nation explains the controversy swirling around McCain’s Lobbyist Campaign Co-Chair Phil Gramm.
Young Hillary Clinton. Clever spoof, suggests the roots of Clinton's "never say die" attitude.
May 27, 2008
Gore Vidal on Obama, Clinton, McCain and Bush. Part 1, Part 2.
Keith Olbermann lets loose on Hillary's dropping of "the A-Word." Part 1, Part 2.
More reasons not to bomb Iran. A montage video by Andrew Boyd & John Sellers. True Majority has just launched a campaign in support of Senate Resolution 356, which would require that any military action against Iran be explicitly approved by Congress.
We are the world. Avaaz.org exposes the myth of a fundamental clash between Islam and the West. The clash is a problem of politics, not cultures.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on how the US news media fails us.
May 20, 2008
Responding to criticisms from Bush (in Israel) and McCain, Barack Obama points out that "talking with the enemy" is not "appeasement." He cites JFK and Khrushchev, Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev.
Mark Crispin Miller warns of Election Theft & Martial Law. Part I, Part II.
Harry Shearer spells out the Bush Administration lies, but only a few of them. So many lies (935), so little time!
Obama to the Tennessee GOP: Lay off my wife. Listen closely to the Michelle clip: the word "really" (from "really proud") has been edited out. (I've heard the unedited clip).
An interview with Dina Rasor, co-author with Robert Bauman of "Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War," focusing on their first-hand accounts of fraud, deception, negligence and treachery by contractors.
Brave New Films has released a sequel: "The REAL McCain 2. Clips show McCain contradicting McCain, as "the Straight Talk Express" runs off he rails.
Sen. Jim Webb points out that no President in history has vetoed a benefits bill for those who have served. Yet it appears that Bush is about to do so, with John McCain's support.
Rachel Maddow asks Chris Matthews about his refusal to allow talk show host Kevin James to blindly repeat White House talking points without having any idea what those buzzwords meant. Featuring a lengthy clip of KJ's unraveling.
Why don't interviewers do this more often?
After learning that the GOP borrowed their new campaign slogan from an anti-depressant medicine, Jon Stewart put together this effective new ad that should hit the airwaves soon.
Excerpts from "Silhouette City," a new documentary by Michael Wilson that investigates apocalyptic Christian nationalism.
May 13, 2008
Bill Moyers with Keith Olbermann on Democracy & Our Bumper Sticker Media.
The Iranian weapons cache that wasn't. Keith Olbermann points out that "they're making it all up about Iran." Sounds like Nazi propaganda about the Polish "raids" and "aggression" against the poor Germans in the summer of 1939, that led to the outbreak of WW-II.
Nir Rosen’s Iraq report. With Amy Goodman. Part I. Part II/
A closer look at McCain's "spiritual guide," Rev. Rod Parsely. Consider, for example, this new clip put together by Brave New Films and Mother Jones.
Philippe Sands testifies before a Congressional committee on Guantánamo Bay and Interrogation Rules.
Military Analyst to Rumsfeld: You are our leader. Had O’Reilly eating out of his hand. Reported by Howard Kurtz.
Hillary CLinton: The Long Goodbye. Talking heads agree: It's over. A video montage.
In this 40-minute interview with NPR's Terry Gross, Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, who was in charge of the Iraq Occupation during the key years 2003-04, minces no words in indicting the CheneyBush Administration for its crimes of commission and omission in that country. Much of what he reveals here is elaborated upon in his new book "Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story."
Howard Zinn: Empire or Humanity? An animated summary of Zinn's A People's History of American Empire: What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn. Narrated by Viggo Mortenson.
"War for the White House" from The Onion.
Jon Stewart Analyzes Obama, Clinton & McCain For Larry King.
May 6, 2008
Bill Moyers: Beware the Terrible Simplifiers. That’s how people see Jeremiah Wright. Moyers responds to the flood of e-mails that followed his interview with Rev. Wright.
Ben Stein: "Science leads you to killing people." That's what Stein seems to be saying in his anti-evolution documentary, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.”
Daily Show: Billy Graham vs. Jeremiah Wright. Jon Stewart puts Wright’s comments in context last night…well, in the context of controversial things former pastors of all stripes and presidential allegiances have said over the years. Seems that only Democrats' remarks raise a media ruckus. Gee, howcum?
More Jon Stewart response to the Wright/media kerfuffle.
Goalposts on wheels. Keith Olbermann examines what Hillary Clinton counts as "significant states" and "significant voters."
Chuck Todd & Keith discuss the Democratic delegate count. Still Obama's race to lose.
The Empire Strikes Barack. Hillariarious spoof, a la Star Wars.
The Great Derangement. How much bullshit can the human organism tolerate? A great video, promoting Matt Taibbi's new book, "The Great Derangement."
April 29, 2008
On Boston Legal: Alan Shore (James Spader) argues before the Supreme Court.
On Real Time with Bill Maher, Jeffrey Sachs discusses sustainabilty.
On Countdown, Rachel Maddow comments on Limbaugh's "hope" for riots at the Democratic convention in Denver.
Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, giving examples, flays the CheneyBush Administration for the millions, maybe billions, wasted in phony, often no-bid contracts in Iraq. It's an open cash-register for their friends and supporters.
Wolf Blitzer reports on reaction to the Indiana Voter ID ruling by the Supreme Court.
The Daily Show on McCain: The Sweet Talk Express.
Rev. Jeremiah Wright Explains his "God Damn America" sermon to Bill Moyers.
Onion Poll: Bullshit-Conscious Voters. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008. Intended as satire, but too truthful to qualify.
April 22, 2008
Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed. Proponents of the "stork theory" of the origin of human babies complain that the establishment "sex theory" denies them fair opportunity to present their alternate view in the schools and media. A parody-rebuttal to Ben Stein anti-evolution film, "Expelled."
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., interviews Don Siegelman on Air America Radio's "Ring of Fire. Part I and Part II,
Rev. Michael Pfleger, a Catholic priest and personal friend of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is interviewed at considerable length by a Fox News "reporter." Pfleger's defense of Wright is spirited and eloquent, and the unidentified "reporter" is thoroughly outclassed. About five seconds of the interview appeared on Fox News.
MSNBC's Dan Abrams Responds to Karl Rove’s Letter re: Siegelman Coverage.
On Countdown, Keith Olbermann interviews Hillary Clinton.
From Freepress.net. According to a recent article in the NY Times, the so-called "objective" military pundits that have been appearing all over the mainstream media networks for the last few years were mere puppets of the Pentagon and Bush administration.
Here's more on the Cable/Military propaganda assault from Norman Solomon’s “War Made Easy. How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death."
Keith Olbermann and Rick Perlstein dissect "McBushenomics," wherein John McCain fully validates his confession that he doesn't know much about economics.
Bill Moyers interviews McClatchey's Baghdad correspondent Leila Fadel, who received a George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting. In this interview she bluntly lays bare all the spin on Iraq and Iran in a way that is all too rare these days.
On Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer reminds us that there is more to patriotism than lapel pins.
April 15, 2008
Saturday Night Live's take on The Petraeus Hearings. This time it's Hillary that gets the hard knocks.
Hillary Makes A Fool Of Herself on The Daily Show. Jon Stewart asks: isn't "elite" a good thing? Don't "elite" presidents get their heads carved into mountains?
On Countdown, Keith Olbermann tears into Bush, highlighting GWB's lies and cruel treatment of our soldiers by fact-checking his speech about Iraq.
KO and Jonathan Turley put the spotlight on Bush And His War Criminal Torture Team.
RE: "Bittergate" and "elitism."
Here's Obama's powerful, skillful response to Clinton's criticism of his controversial "bitterness" remarks uttered in San Francisco.Rachel Maddow scolds the media for coverage of Barack Obama’s comments, while failing to deal with issues of substance.
Kitty Pilgrim on Lou Dobbs apparently believes that Obama’s "elitist" words Are More Important Than Bush’s Torturing.
“Out of Touch”: an anti-McCain Ad, produced by Progressive Media USA, an independent group organized by David Brock.
April 8, 2008
Don Siegelman, America's most prominent political prisoner, discusses his case with Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes, and with Dan Abrams on MSNBC. ( Part II).
On Countdown, Keith Olbermann summarizes five years of lies on Iraq.
Keith Olbermann and John Turley: the John Yoo Torture Memo Is More Evidence Of Impeachable Crimes
Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann are astonished at McCain's failure to support the new GI bill.
"Lapdogs of the Corporate Press." A devastating lampoon of the mainstream media.
Martin Luther King's Anti-Vietnam War Speech, Riverside Church, April 4, 1967. (Audio and text)
Martin Luther King's "mountain top" speech, at the eve of his assassination. (Audio)
Robert F. Kennedy on Martin Luther King's assassination, April 4, 1968
On Face The Nation: Lara Logan reports from Baghdad that the gains of the surge have “almost disappeared.”
Scott L. Silliman, head of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University and a former Air Force lawyer, examines the military acceptance of the John Yoo memo and the consequences of their failure to resist.
April 1, 2008
Phil Donahue on corporate media and the Iraq war.
On Real Time with Bill Maher John Cusack promotes his new film, War, Inc. and discusses the Iraq War and the Military Industrial Complex.
Morat Kurnaz: An innocent man loses 5 years of his life at Guantanamo Bay. A profile on CBS's 60 Minutes.
Keith Olbermann's “Commander-In-Chief” Test? "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hurl." (Waynes' World).
Krugman on the housing crisis: “It’s like Katrina to say ‘let people suffer’” From ABC's "This Week."
Lesley Stahl interviews Al Gore On 60 Minutes Part.1, Part II.
Recession the Movie: Now Playing Everywhere. John McCain and George W. Bush told us it couldn't be true, that their policies could never lead to a recession. They were wrong. This short film highlights their rosy predictions vs. reality.
March 25, 2008
Frontline's stunning documentary, "Bush's War," can be seen online.
Bill Moyers Journal: Body Of War focuses on a paralyzed Iraq vet, Tomas Young. Moyers discusses the documentary with the producers, Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro. The full documentary is here.
Bill Maher on Think Tanks. "New Rules" skewering John McCain, and Maher tells Chris Matthews that Barack Obama is "the Jackie Robinson of politics."
Truth breaks out On CNN! David Gergen and Carl Bernstein pile on Anderson Cooper's recitation of anti-Obama talking points. Gergen: "You ought to get a grip on reality here!" Bernstein: "David's absolutely right. He [Obama] spoke a truth!"
This could happen. Order a pizza and your life opens up in front of you, courtesy of government corporate snooping.
Stephen Colbert Reminds Us of McCain's Embrace of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
On Countdown: Keith Olbermann and Rachel Madow put a spotlight on Sen. Bomb Bomb McCain's Iran/al Qaeda lie. Not only is there NO EVIDENCE that Iran supports terror in Iraq or against US troops in the region, but simply threatening Iran with military action is against international law.
March 18, 2008
Keith Olbermann sets his sights on Hillary Clinton's "advisors" and Geraldine Ferraro, and their determination to secure HRC's nomination by demolishing their rival, Barack Obama. "This Is Not a Campaign Strategy, This Is a Suicide Pact".
Bill Moyers on Whistleblowers. The few journalists and whistleblowers that have tried to shine a light on the actions of the Bush administration are fighting to not go to jail. The Bush administration has consistently sought to squelch journalists and whistleblowers like Risen, Sibel Edmonds, and even Talking Points Memo.
The inaugural episode of MSNBC's "Race for the White House" discusses the economic emergency. With David Gregory, Rachel Maddow, Eugene Robinson and Joe Scarborough.
Bush Says Americans Must Thank Telecoms for Spying on Them, It's "Patriotic Service"
Bush Cancels the Presidential Election. In this Bush parody, inspired by Musharraf, Bush decides to intervene in the 2008 election on his own behalf. It seems pretty funny but then it dawns on you that Bush would love to do this and stranger things have happened.
Winter Soldier Testimonials 2008: Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Tell All. Here, here, and here.
Mort Zuckerman, NY billionaire developer and Editor of U.S. News & World Report, states that this is only "the fourth inning" of the Bush Recession, which is likely to last "for years". He then go through the list of economic catastrophes under the Bush Administration.
March 11, 2008
Bill Moyers asks how the republican party lost its way.
Amy Goodman interviews Scott Horton about the local Alabama censorship of the 60 Minutes Siegelman story.
Stephen Colbert eviscerates the Bush Administration's attempts to grant amnesty to AT&T and other telecom giants for illegally spying on U.S. citizens.
Rep. Wexler Responds to Mukasey’s Refusal To Enforce Contempt.
Bill Maher's new rule: stop saying American people are "smarter than that." They aren't.
On "Real Time with Bill Maher," Iraqi Americans discuss the war.
The Child Featured in Hillary's "3 am Phone Call," Commercial, now 17, Supports Obama.
The Onion: New Poll Shows Bullsh*t Is the Most Important Issue for US Voters.
March 4, 2008
Orwell Rolls In His Grave. This chilling documentary film examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth." The film argues that the media system is nothing but a "subsidiary of corporate America." (1 hour and 45 minutes).
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early. The satirists at The Onion have fun with Diebold and election integrity.
Dan Abrams of MSNBC continues his probing of the Don Siegelman case, and calls for the immediate release of Siegelman. Interview with Dana Jill Siimpson, Scott Horton and Dana Siegelman. Part One and Part Two.
Robert Kennedy Jr. and Mark Bowen discuss Bushevik censorship of climate science (NASA, NOAA, etc.)
A Countdown Cornucopia:
On the questioning of Obama's patriotism.
Keith Olberman with Rachel Maddow.
KO and Maddow on Hillarly's 3AM ad.
KO on Bush's Press Conference.
February 26, 2008
The CBS 60 Minutes segment on Don Siegelman. Part I and Part II.
Electronic Elections: Vote Fraud in the 21st Century (10 mi).
Robert Greenwald: "The Real McCain."
Countdown: The Nexus Of Politics & Terror. Keith Olbermann spells out the "coincidental" juxtaposition of "terrorism alerts" with events politically embarrassing to the Busheviks. Part I and Part II.
Susan Jacoby discusses her book, "The Age of American Unreason," with Bill Moyers.
David Kay Johnson with Bill Moyers: Discussing Johnson's book, “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You with the Bill)”
Johnson interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now.
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early. (A Satire)
Saturday Night Live spoofs the Obama/Clinton debate.
February 19, 2008
Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on FISA. It's a two-fer: KO drops both the L-word and the F-word. That the President was willing to veto this eavesdropping, means there is no threat to the legitimate counter-terror efforts underway.
Kill The Messenger" -- a one-hour film on Sibel Edmonds, and the treason that she is disclosing.
Samantha Power, foreign policy guru and Obama supporter on Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose: twelve-part series on medical science. Sponsored by Pfizer.
A treasure-trove of Evolution vs. Creationism clips on YouTube. Here are just a few among dozens:
Evolution vs. Creationism: Is Evolution Just a Theory?
Evolution vs. Creationism: Is Hearing Both Sides Fair?
Evolution vs. Creationism:Scientists Responsibility to Speak
Much more on the controversy check out the right-hand list at YouTube.
For our take on the controversy, see: Creationism and the Devolution of the Intellect.
A should-see video about the historical background of Iran/U.S. relations, which helps explain why America is not trusted there.
Scientist James Hansen, silenced by the Bush Administration when he worked for NASA, on the massive ice-sheet melt and its implications.
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) Confronts Condoleezza Rice on Bush Administration's 935 Iraq War Lies. Rep. Wexler pressed Rice to explain the inconsistencies, asking "isn't it true that you had intelligence that cast doubt on your repeated claims?"
February 12, 2008
Brave New Films: 'What is this Iraq War Charge on my Bill?' A clever short film that brings the humongous costs of the war down to the ordinary rate-payer's level.
The Prairie Home Companion Skit on the Campaign, featuring Bill and Hill Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, with a cameo (channeled) appearance by Ronald Reagan.
The Folly of Attacking Iran: Lessons from History. How the CIA overthrew Iranian democracy.
McCain eats his own words. YouTube may prove to be the GOP's undoing.
John McCain's Double Talk Express: A Day At The Beach. (Flip-flop-flip-flop-flip-flop).
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are interviewed on Sixty Minutes.
On Countdown, Rachel Maddow discusses Bush, McCain, etc.
Dan Abrams - Has Right-Wing Radio Lost Its Influence?
February 5, 2008
Keith Olbermann blasts Bush on the FISA bill and retroactive telecom amnesty.
Also on Countdown, Senator Jim Webb responds to Bush's the State of the Union address.
Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, depicts John McCain as Gen. Buck Turgidson in "Dr. Strangelove".
Extracts of Moyers analysis of the 9/11 Commission Report. (Repeat: November, 2004). Part I, and Part II.
Bill Moyers on Iraq Cost Accounting.
Sell the war or pay the consequences. The price paid for dissent on the mainstream media, featuring Phil Donahue, Ashleigh Banfield, Bill Maher, Montel Williams. Conspicuously absent: Dan Rather.
Attorney General Mukasey on Waterboarding: 'It Would Be Torture If It Were Done to Me.' Even so, he says that the matter is "unresolved."
January 29, 2008
Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow: It's the economy, stupid.
Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama.
Barack Obama's response to Bush's State of the Union Address.
James Adomiam's lampoon of a Bush State of the Union Address.
60 Minutes interview with FBI agent George Piro. Saddam Hussein regarded Osama bin Laden as a threat and an enemy.
On Bill Maher's "Real Time," Gay Sex Columnist Dan Savage Confronts Homophobic Huckabee Supporters in South Carolina.
January 22, 2008
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech, August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King;s Riverside Church Speech, Why I am opposed to the War in Viet Nam. April 4, 1967
Robert F. Kennedy reacts to the MLK Assassination. April 4, 1968 (Video). (Audio only, but clearer).
Bill Moyers: Martin Luther King, Jr., LBJ, Obama, and Clinton.
John Edwards on MLK Day: "We Can No Longer Stand Silent"
Barack Obama's brilliant talk at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King, Jr. preached.
Election Integrity Expert Mark Crispin Miller says 'Fringe Movement' Within Republican Party Is 'Dismantling Democracy'. Even A 'Cursory Study' Of The 2004 Election 'Makes It Abundantly Clear That The Election Was Stolen.
Mort Zuckerman and McLaughlin Group: The Economy is Tanking.
January 15, 2008
Tony Snow tries to explain away the Iraq debacle. Bill Maher, Catherine Crier, and Matt Tiabbi don't buy it.
Maher's Panel discusses election fraud. Tony Snow tries to confuse election fraud with voter fraud. See also the following segment. (Some overlap).
John Pilger's film: War on Democracy. Part one of ten parts. (See window on right for all episodes).
Sibel Edmonds' State Secrets Gallery of Rogues.
Amy Goodman at Democracy Now, reports indications that the US economy is in recession.
Did Hillary really cry in New Hampshire? The MSM said she did. (I couldn't see a single tear). See for yourself with your own lyin' eyes. Jon Stewart has the clip, and a hilarious response to it.
January 8, 2008
Barack Obama's victory speech, Iowa Caucuses, January 3, 2008
Bill Moyers and Dennis Kucinich discuss media in America.
An hour's worth of Paul Krugman at his best at authors@google. Krugman discusses the economic crisis today, and (still worse) directly ahead.
New York Times investigative reporter David Cay Johnston explores how the Administration's subsidies and new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle class to the rich and politically connected.
Bill Maher Schools David Letterman on Iowa, Ethanol and the '08 Candidates.
Archives -- 2007Archives -- 2006
"Keepers" for your Audio and Video Libraries
"Press for Truth:" a movie about 9/11 -- the coverup and the attempt to "uncover" the truth. (An hour and twenty minutes). A preview and some excerpts here. (More good video links at the right column, mixed with some kookery -- e.g., UFOs and Creationism).
Two hour-plus films offer raw meat for 9/11 conspiracy buffs. (2/21)
The Great Conspiracy Loose Change
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Speech warning the nation of 'The Military Industrial Complex' (2/28)
INVISIBLE BALLOTS: Governments are installing computerized voting systems with no paper record to verify accuracy. Elections will be controlled by companies that do not allow voters to inspect their software. If vote counting becomes privatized, there may be no way to get it back. Hightech vote fraud is already a reality. If you value your vote, you must get this information to your friends – and fast! The link above will lead you to a preview of the fifty minute video and purchasing information.
VOTERGATE is the investigative documentary feature film uncovering the truth about new computer voting systems, which allow a few powerful corporations to record our votes in secret.
This is the free 30 minute version of the film. Final work on the 90-minute theater and DVD documentary is in progress, and release is expected soon. Be patient -- it takes a while for the film to download. QuickTime
Rove's War. Here is a preview clip of Takebackthemedia.co,'s 150 minute DVD chronology of the Rove/Plamegate scandal. (12/20)
Earth to America
If you missed this outstanding Cable TV extravaganza in support of Global Warming action, or if you wish to see it again, aol.com has the complete program, plus additional segments that were left out of the two-hour TV show. (The show is broken into segments. The left-hand column lists the segments. The right-hand column instructs "Go to Next Part")
Smears, Lies and Videotape.
No commentary -- the clips and quotes say it all. " It uses footage pulled directly from the White House, recent TV news clips and other archival video to explain exactly what happened and why it’s important. Most of the story is told by administration officials themselves.
"The Power of Nightmares." All three hours of this provocative BBC series are available. The series chronicles the parallel rise of neo-conservatism and Islamo-terrorism. It concludes that the terrorist threat is greatly exaggerated and concocted the Bush regime and the neo-cons to gain and gain and hold on to power. Highly recommended
http://bulk.ctyme.com/bbc1.wmv
http://bulk.ctyme.com/bbc2.wmv
http://bulk.ctyme.com/bbc3.wmv
This archival footage is invaluable in helping us understand how U.S. policy toward Saddam Hussein evolved from outright support to suckering him into invading Kuwait to turning him into a brutal dictator who had to be removed for reasons of oil and power.
Here is an audio clip of Edward R. Murrow's commentary on Senator Joe McCarthy, from the May 9, 1954 broadcast. In part:
"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine; and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular... We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities."
Sources -- Websites to Check Out
www.youtube.com is the mega-library of video clips. Here's the news and politics page.
www.alternet.comA good source of video clips, with commentaries and responses.
www.crooksandliars.com
This website specializes in audio and video clips. A good place to visit regularly, which we do.
The Daily Show
And speaking of The Daily Show, here's their URL (above).
InformationClearingHourse has a huge trove of audios and videos at. You will find them listed at the left-hand column of the home page.
Truthout's MultiMedia page.
BushFlash. Numerous hard-hitting animations.
Media Matters. David Brock's well-financed and well-staffed website, devoted to picking apart the right-wing, neo-con media outlets. Audio and video clips of newsworthy items.
"Too Stupid to be President". A collection of hilarious video shorts, lampooning the Bushevik menagerie and the GOP.
Just discovered: www.canofun.com . Hundreds of video clips can be accessed here.
At www.dubyaspeak.com you will find a collection of hundreds of audio clips of GeeDubya's assaults on the English Language.
As always, it's a good idea to give Amy Goodman's Democracy Now a daily check.
Progressive Talk Radio -- See our page.