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July 26, 2005
Game On! Rock The Vote has created a new Flash movie to challenge Social Security myths and make sure young people know the truth about our most important safety-net program....
Tuesday 8:45 AM
July 25, 2005
Extreme Makeover: Supreme Court Edition! This interactive Flash game from NARAL Pro-Choice America lets you see how an extreme Supreme Court could "make over" your personal life....
Monday 9:03 AM
July 22, 2005
No Extreme Supremes! Check out a new campaign from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, which features regular Americans calling for the Senate to fully examine Judge John Roberts' record. ...
Friday 8:59 AM
July 21, 2005
The Diddly Awards: Looking to 2008 Edition Check out Mother Jones magazine's most recent winners of Diddly Awards —this time, given to those who are looking to the 2008 presidential election a little too eagerly....
Thursday 8:32 AM
July 20, 2005
Too Much Information? Unless the PATRIOT Act is revised, details of your private life could become very public. Check out the ACLU's clever "sandwich board" campaign to educate the public about the PATRIOT Act's privacy implications....
Wednesday 8:53 AM
July 19, 2005
"You could take out their holy sites" Last week, Rep. Tom Tancredo , R-Colo., had this on-air exchange with radio host Patrick Campbell: TANCREDO: "[If] we determine that [a terrorist attack] is the result of extremist fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you...
Tuesday 8:58 AM
July 18, 2005
This Broadcast Brought To You By The Letters.... We think Kenneth Tomlinson's special bias consultant would have given this logo a "good." ...
Monday 9:15 AM
July 15, 2005
A Whole Lot Worse In Sept. 2003, then-RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie had the following exchange with Chris Matthews of MSNBC about the implications of Valerie Plame's outing on national security: CHRIS MATTHEWS: Don't you think it's more serious than Watergate, when...
Friday 8:52 AM
July 14, 2005
Busho Live Liked Live 8? You're going to love Busho Live! Check out Mark Fiore's cartoon featuring "classic" U2 songs—with a Bushian twist....
Thursday 9:16 AM
July 13, 2005
Never Wal-Mart In Yelm, Wash., the city council has banned all mention of "Wal-Mart" or "big-box stores" from council meetings. Speakers using the terms are asked to sit down....
Wednesday 7:18 AM
July 12, 2005
Making A List.... (Click here to see the entire cartoon)...
Tuesday 8:56 AM
July 11, 2005
It's Your Body. But This Guy Could Be Making The Decisions. Choose from several free e-cards to send to friends to highlight the influence President Bush's Supreme Court nominee will have on the right to choose....
Monday 9:06 AM
July 08, 2005
No One's Advantage [The terror attack near the G8 summit location] "works to...the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together." —Brian Kilmeade, Fox News host, in an on-air exchange July 7, 2005....
Friday 8:34 AM
July 07, 2005
The Eyes Of History Watch People For The American Way's new television ad about the history of Supreme Court nominations and President Bush's responsibilities in making his choice. (requires QuickTime)...
Thursday 9:02 AM
July 06, 2005
If Only... Long before there was The Daily Show, the D.C.-based musical group Capitol Steps has been practicing political satire. Listen to a new song, "If I Only Had a Plan," about the Bush administration's lack of an Iraq exit strategy. ...
Wednesday 9:24 AM
July 05, 2005
Happy Independence-From-Oil Day! Tell automakers that we want clean, pollution-free cars in our future and an end to oil dependence. Watch the Rainforest Action Network's cool Flash animation and sign the petition!...
Tuesday 7:36 AM
July 01, 2005
Freeway Blogging We love the FreewayBlogger's clever brand of protest on the nation's highways. Now is your chance to get involved: The "Summer of Truth" nationwide freewayblogging event starts today. Grab some cardboard, some paint and get blogging! (Bunny not required for participation)...
Friday 5:57 PM
June 30, 2005
The Last "Last Throes" Check out Jon Stewart's thoughts on Vice President Cheney's recent use of the phrase "last throes" of the Iraq insurgency. ...
Thursday 8:52 AM
June 29, 2005
The Right Way Out Watch MoveOn PAC's new TV ad calling on our leaders to advance a clear, public timeline for exiting Iraq....
Wednesday 9:03 AM
June 28, 2005
Land Of The Free, Home Of The Paid Tired of the fact that Americans worship at the altars of Gap, Microsoft and McDonalds? Wish Wal-Mart would have just stayed in Bentonville? It's time for an Unbranding! Check out Adbusters' new...
Tuesday 9:10 AM
June 27, 2005
A Smoking Gun Still wondering what all the fuss over the Downing Street memos is about? This Flash movie makes it all clear. Click here to watch....
Monday 9:15 AM
June 24, 2005
Summertime, And The T-Shirts Are Tasteless... A company called "Authentic GOP" is selling these authentically outrageous T-shirts....
Friday 8:15 AM
June 23, 2005
Social Security—Revealed! Ever wondered exactly what the thinking is behind the Bush Social Security plan? Not really sure how Social Security works at all? Check out this amusing and very informative animation showing how all the wheels turn. ...
Thursday 9:34 AM
June 22, 2005
Nuclear Retro! What's old is new again in the energy bill now being debated in the Senate...like huge subsidies for producers of hazardous nuclear power. Check out Mark Fiore's special animated cartoon, featuring the nuclear "hits" of the 1970s!...
Wednesday 8:57 AM
June 21, 2005
Saying No To Abstinence-Only Watch "The Education Of Shelby Knox" on PBS's POV tonight at 10. It's a documentary about 15-year-old Shelby's quest to get her Lubbock, Texas high school—which has the state's highest rate of teen pregnancy—to provide comprehensive sex...
Tuesday 8:56 AM
June 20, 2005
Recommended: A Second Opinion In light of Dr. Bill Frist's breathtaking success in diagnosing Terri Schiavo via videotape, the editorial board of the Lexington Herald-Leader has a suggestion for Frist's former patients: Have someone else check you out. ...
Monday 9:19 AM
June 17, 2005
Define "Last" "Nothing could be farther from the truth. Both of us didn't want to use our military. Nobody wants to commit military into combat. It's the last option." —President Bush on June 7, 2005, responding to a question about the...
Friday 8:49 AM
June 16, 2005
Taking A Gamble Tom DeLay isn't the only corrupt member of Congress. Check out this new ad from the Campaign For America's Future about DeLay's collegue from Ohio, Bob Ney...
Thursday 8:52 AM
June 15, 2005
Cultural Differences The difference between Tony Blair and George Bush on the issue of global warming: Blair thinks it exists. Watch Jon Stewart of The Daily Show talk about Bush and Blair's positions on Africa and global warming. (Click on London Calling icon)...
Wednesday 3:02 PM
June 14, 2005
Unionbusted What's happened to more than 10,000 men and women this year alone? Watch this movie to find out.......
Tuesday 9:10 AM
June 13, 2005
Same Old Story When it comes to Sudan, it's just excuse after excuse. Watch Mark Fiore's special animated cartoon for www.savedarfur.org...it's alternately amusing and chilling. ...
Monday 8:48 AM
June 10, 2005
Keep Your Eyes Open, Comrade Check out this poster , displayed on a commuter train between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. this week. Red Scare, anyone? ...
Friday 8:53 AM
June 09, 2005
John Bolton's First Day Check out this cartoon by Jonah Lobe about John Bolton's first priority if he's confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations. (Click on the cartoon to see a larger view)...
Thursday 9:25 AM
June 08, 2005
What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas The U.N. Environmental Program just released an atlas that documents the striking rate of environmental degradation happening across the planet....
Wednesday 8:47 AM
June 07, 2005
$1,000 Question For Pres. Bush In July 2002, did you and your administration "fix" the intelligence and facts about nonexistent Iraqi WMDs and ties to terrorism—which were disputed by U.S. intelligence officials—to sell your decision to invade Iraq to...
Tuesday 10:06 AM
June 06, 2005
Creative Activism The Backbone Campaign cited Hawaii U.S. Senators Daniel Akaka and Dan Inouye for spinelessness following their votes to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Listen to the campaign's radio ad , now airing on radio stations around...
Monday 7:11 AM
June 03, 2005
Job Of A Lifetime Are you: An extreme right-wing ideologue? In favor of rolling back reproductive rights? Looking for a job for life? Apply now! Check out NARAL's supreme court justice campaign....
Friday 8:59 AM
May 31, 2005
Challenging Cheney "It doesn't matter whether he takes Amnesty International seriously. He doesn't take torture seriously; he doesn't take the Geneva Convention seriously; he doesn't take due process rights seriously; and he doesn't take international law seriously." —William Schulz,...
Tuesday 4:06 PM
Unholy War What would Jesus name his tank? This photo, taken May 5, 2005, was posted on the U.S. Marine Corps website (but has since been removed), under the headline "M-1A1 Abrams tank rolls over insurgency in Iraq ." The words written...
Tuesday 9:35 AM
May 30, 2005
"Freedom Fries" Jones Loses Taste For War "If we were given misinformation intentionally by people in this administration, to commit the authority to send boys, and in some instances girls, to go into Iraq, that is wrong." Rep. Walter Jones,...
Monday 9:26 AM
May 27, 2005
Blame Newsweek! Civil war approaching? Instability and insurgency? It's all Newsweek's fault! Check out Mark Fiore's animated cartoon....
Friday 5:10 PM
May 26, 2005
Top 5 Bush Administration Alternatives to Stem Cell Research #3: Drill for fresh organs in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge For more alternatives from comedy writer Jake Novak, click here....
Thursday 6:12 PM
May 25, 2005
What Do Howard Dean, Bill Moyers and John Edwards Have In Common? They're all featured speakers at the Take Back America 2005 conference, June 1-3 in Washington, D.C.! Click here for more info and to register....
Wednesday 5:39 PM
May 24, 2005
Anything Toxic Or Hazardous In That Package? The Bengston family of Madison, Wis., decided to show their outrage at the high levels of mercury in our tuna by sending all the tuna in their house to the president. Angry about...
Tuesday 8:55 AM
May 23, 2005
Pushing The Limits Of Decency "Because the whole system [is] like going to a concentration camp and picking out which people go to the death chamber." —Bob Novak on "Capital Gang" May 14, 2005, on why Republicans might not accept...
Monday 9:32 AM
May 20, 2005
Will The Senate Join The Dark Side? Use The Force (or your Internet media player) to watch MoveOn PAC's new TV ad about the nuclear option....
Friday 9:54 AM
May 19, 2005
"The Mother Of All Smokescreens" "Senator, in everything I said about Iraq, I turned out to be right, and you turned out to be wrong, and 100,000 people have paid with their lives; 1,600 of them American soldiers, sent to...
Thursday 8:43 PM
May 18, 2005
Making A Point: Priceless $922: Average guaranteed monthly Social Security benefit for a senior today. $313: What's left of the guaranteed monthly Social Security benefit a senior today would have with the Bush privatization plan.* $530: Amount...
Wednesday 5:24 PM
May 16, 2005
So Long To Your Regularly Scheduled Program... What happens if Ken Tomlinson and the far right get their way and remove the "liberal bias" from PBS and NPR? Mark Fiore gives a sneak peak into the proposed program schedule......
Monday 5:44 PM
Dems Get Religion Check out this billboard in Sioux Falls, S.D., created to challenge the idea that only Republicans are people of faith. ...
Monday 9:23 AM
May 13, 2005
We Like Ike "Should any political party attempt to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group,...
Friday 5:59 PM
May 11, 2005
Greenwashing Fossil Fuels "Harnessing the power of coal is looking more beautiful every day"...unless, of course, you're a coal miner. Or anyone who likes to breathe. Watch GE's disingenuous new TV ad "Model Miners" about "the beauty of clean coal." And be sure...
Wednesday 5:59 PM
Friends With Benefits Been wondering if YOUR representative has ties to the scandal-plagued House majority leader? Check out Public Campaign Action Fund's DeLay Rankings and see who's in The Hammer's pocket—and his good graces....
Wednesday 9:21 AM
May 10, 2005
If It Ain't Broke.... Don't privatize it! Check out the winning animation in MoveOn PAC's "Bush In 30 Years" Flash contest. It's catchy and compelling—and packs a lot of vital information into a clever package. ...
Tuesday 5:54 PM
May 09, 2005
It's Not Just The Accents... Check out The Daily Show's handy guide on how to differentiate between British and American town hall meetings.... (Click on "A Spot of Indecision".)...
Monday 9:25 AM
May 06, 2005
Women In Combat? The Onion asks that tough and politically charged question: Do women belong on the front lines of war? For more answers, click here....
Friday 8:02 AM
May 05, 2005
The New World Bank "Whether you're starting a new country, or invading an old one: The New World Bank" Missed payments, defaulted loans, human rights abuses? These are longer a reason to get turned down for a loan at...
Thursday 5:56 PM
May 04, 2005
But Think Of It This Way... Check out Boston Globe cartoonist Dan Wasserman's take on Bush's recently announced Social Security privatization plan. (Click here to see the entire cartoon)...
Wednesday 5:27 PM
May 03, 2005
Forget Terrorism Or War... Liberals are the biggest threat facing America in 400 years! So says Pat Robertson: The the out-of-control judiciary is the most serious threat America has faced in nearly 400 years of history...more serious than Al...
Tuesday 6:00 PM
May 02, 2005
The Food Pyramid Was Just The Beginning... Mark Fiore applies the "pyramid" concept to other areas of life...like war, the economy and God....
Monday 4:34 PM
April 29, 2005
When Elephants Attack Check out MoveOn PAC's new television ad about right-wing Republicans trampling on the Senate rules that prevent majority-party takeover. ...
Friday 5:43 PM
April 28, 2005
Classic Bush "That's awesome." —President Bush's response to a soldier who said he'd just met his three-month-old daughter, who had been born two days after he was deployed to Iraq. Click here to read the entire exchange....
Thursday 5:46 PM
April 27, 2005
Welcome To The Hall Of Same To honor the end of Bush's 60-day "town hall" tour to talk up his Social Security plan, The Daily Show's Samantha Bee learns how to stage her very own fake town hall meeting from...
Wednesday 5:35 PM
April 26, 2005
Theocracy Déjà Vu This TV ad first aired in 1980. The message—that the right wing's partisan religiousity is manipulative and wrong —is more relevant now than ever. The ad was recently re-aired in light of right-wing judge nominations and the so-called "Justice Sunday"...
Tuesday 5:53 PM
April 25, 2005
Coincidence? We Think Not... (Click here to see a larger image.) The red line represents Bush's approval rating. The blue line is the price of gasoline (where peaks in the line represent the lowest prices) ...
Monday 9:05 AM
April 22, 2005
Time For An Oil Change There's hardly a more appropriate time than Earth Day to consider the impact our huge oil dependence has on the environment, our economy and our security. Watch a video ad and take action!...
Friday 5:40 PM
April 21, 2005
The Future Of Advertising? What would happen if McDonald's decided to expand its market reach in St. Louis... Check out more images of what advertising could look like in our future. Long live Starbucks and The Gap!...
Thursday 6:06 PM
April 20, 2005
It's Time For A Rollback Check out this full-page ad, which appears in the New York Times today. (Click on the picture to see a larger version)...
Wednesday 9:29 AM
April 19, 2005
We (Heart) Social Security There's just 1 day left to view the finalists in MoveOn's "Bush In 30 Years" anti-privatization Flash contest....
Tuesday 5:17 PM
April 18, 2005
Welcome To The Hammer's House... Click here to watch a video about Tom DeLay's network of power players and money....
Monday 8:36 AM
April 15, 2005
Your Tax Form On Drugs Check out this tax form more closely......
Friday 5:48 PM
April 14, 2005
An Uninvited Guest Find out what would happen if President Bush tried to sell his privatization plan on the open market...door to door....
Thursday 5:42 PM
April 13, 2005
Tom DeLay Under Fire: What Do You Think? Check out other answers from the satirical weekly The Onion....
Wednesday 6:11 PM
April 12, 2005
Smile, The Ice Caps Are Melting! Who says reading about the environment can't be funny? We love Grist magazine for online environmental news and commentary. Check out Grist and sign up for free e-mail updates. (And do it now! They're giving away a trip for two...
Tuesday 8:54 AM
April 11, 2005
From The Folks Who Put Halliburton In Iraq.... So a government-sponsored Arabic-language comic book (overseen by the U.S. Army) is supposed to help the United States' image in the Middle East? Hurry! Proposal deadline is this week!...
Monday 8:30 AM
April 08, 2005
File Under W for "Worthless" What genius advised President Bush to call the U.S. treasury bonds that support the Social Security trust fund “just IOUs" ? If they're worthless, we’d better look out for a global financial crash. (Luckily, the...
Friday 9:22 AM
April 07, 2005
The Big Media Hall Of Shame Who deserves to be the newest member of the Big Media Hall of Shame ? Choose from five candidates—like Rupert Murdoch and Michael Powell—or nominate your own. One lucky voter will win a trip...
Thursday 8:59 AM
April 05, 2005
Meet Phil A. Buster If you're still feeling nostalgic for "I'm Just A Bill (on Capitol Hill)", your day has come! Check out Phil A. Buster's animated message about checks, balances and preserving democracy in the Senate....
Tuesday 5:47 PM
No Such Thing Watch a video ad about John Bolton's record of working with the United Nations—and why he shouldn't be ambassador ....
Tuesday 9:29 AM
April 04, 2005
Congressional Medal Of Terror Awarded by Mother Jones magazine for "uncommon vigilance and surreal valor in defense of the homeland." Check out the nominees and the winner!...
Monday 8:31 AM
April 01, 2005
Taking Cable Off Life Support The Schiavo tragedy was surely terribly hard on Terri's family. But how are the news networks doing, now that their feeding tube has been removed? Jon Stewart has the answer. (click "Headlines: Feeding Frenzy" here)...
Friday 9:31 AM
March 31, 2005
Block FOX! Tired of 'fair and balanced?' Sure, you can just refuse to watch FOX News. But if you also want to send a message to FOX advertisers, picking up one of these handy FOX blockers for about $9 will work nicely. (And...
Thursday 8:27 AM
March 30, 2005
Hammer DeLay Check out a hard-hitting television ad detailing why Congress would be best served by washing its hands of Majority Leader Tom DeLay....
Wednesday 10:40 AM
March 28, 2005
Social Security Pinball! Are you a risk-taker? Like games of chance? You'll love Social Security pinball! It's the game where the stock market controls your retirement savings! Play now...
Monday 5:42 PM
And they don't fix the problem, either.... "I repeat, personal accounts do not permanently fix the solution." —President Bush, at a press conference March 16, 2005. Click here to see a video of Bush speaking. The quote is at minute 24:11....
Monday 9:39 AM
March 24, 2005
Two Years Of Mess O' Potamia Watch Jon Stewart's musings about the 2-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. "They said it wouldn't last. Seriously, they said it wouldn't last." (Hint: Skip the first minute of the clip (about Major League Baseball) and...
Thursday 5:27 PM
March 23, 2005
Show Us The Money, Worldwide Check out this wealth calculator for a glimpse of your position on the "rich list"—and a hint of perspective....
Wednesday 5:40 PM
March 22, 2005
Going Nuclear Watch the new MoveOn PAC national television ad about Dick Cheney's threat to play the "nuclear option," overturn Senate protocol and rubber-stamp corporate judges. ...
Tuesday 5:18 PM
March 21, 2005
Feeling Safer Already Is your family a security family? Mark Fiore's cartoon shows what a secure family knows....
Monday 5:34 PM
The Price Of Oil Dependence Didn't think America's dependence on foreign oil really affected you? Think again. The Apollo Alliance has a plan for cleaner, cheaper energy—and good jobs....
Monday 9:38 AM
March 17, 2005
Weapons Of Mass Deception To mark the second anniversary of the war in Iraq, March 20 is an international screening day for Weapons of Mass Deception , a documentary by Danny Schechter investigating how the network media promoted the...
Thursday 4:24 PM
March 16, 2005
After Two Years This weekend will mark two years of war in Iraq. Attend a local peace vigil, or organize one in your area....
Wednesday 5:47 PM
The Bankruptcy Bill: What Do You Think? Check out other answers from the satirical weeklyThe Onion....
Wednesday 8:37 AM
March 15, 2005
Flash The President! Watch this Flash animation about the characters trying to scam you out of your Social Security benefits. Then find out how you can make your own Flash cartoon for MoveOn's Bush In 30 Years contest. ...
Tuesday 8:54 AM
March 14, 2005
The GOPfather What do Tom DeLay and John Gotti have in common? ...
Monday 5:37 PM
March 10, 2005
Travels With George President Bush is taking a 60-day tour of the nation to promote his Social Security agenda. Where will he visit? Cartoonist Mark Fiore has the answer....
Thursday 5:45 PM
March 09, 2005
Take A Deep Breath "Today’s vote was a clear victory for breathers." —Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch , on the good news that the Clear Skies Act was rejected in Senate committee on Wednesday. ...
Wednesday 4:57 PM
March 08, 2005
Blogging: The New Journalism With examples from Matt Drudge to Gannongate, the Daily Show's Rob Corddry explores how to make it in the “new journalism.” Step one: Choose your ideology. (Click here and select the first video in the list.)...
Tuesday 3:09 PM
Women, Peace And Security Today is International Women's Day. But in many parts of the world, women have little to celebrate. Use this interactive map from UNIFEM to expore current conflicts and security operations around the world and their effect on...
Tuesday 9:53 AM
March 07, 2005
Exceptionally Dangerous Bush's judicial nominees are an exceptional bunch, all right...exceptionally dangerous to our civil rights and fundamental freedoms. Click here to watch the Leadership Conference On Civil Rights ad....
Monday 9:18 AM
March 04, 2005
1,502 American Troops Dead.... Watch this powerful 2-minute film from the American Friends Service Committee, and sign the petition to bring the troops home....
Friday 8:46 AM
March 03, 2005
Ann Coulter's New Book CampusProgress.org asked liberals to come up with names for Ann Coulter's new book (with the grand prize of a talking Ann action figure!) To find out the prize-winning name, click here. Some runners-up: Witchhunt: I Saw...
Thursday 8:34 AM
March 02, 2005
"The Drugs I Need" Check out this catchy animation and find out why Congress needs to enact legislation to make prescription drugs safer....
Wednesday 9:03 AM
March 01, 2005
Moyers' Big Truth "The Big Lie is that the threat of Al Qaeda is greater to us than the threat of low wages, environmental pollution, the growing inequality in America, or the terrible failure of the Bush policies on...
Tuesday 9:36 AM
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