Thanks to a huge effort by www.thinkprogress.org and www.newshounds.org, UPS has stopped advertising on bill O'Reillys show. This comes after O'Reilly's employees harassed and followed a blogger for Think Progress while on vacation. Think Progress In response to our Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine campaign, UPS told us yesterday that it was investigating whether to continue supporting O’Reil ...

After many snubs of past calls to testify before the House Judiciary Committee Karl Rove may finally face the music. HuffPost: A deal has been reached whereby Karl Rove will finally testify, under oath, before the House Judiciary Committee, according to chairman John Conyers' office. Rove has long avoided and ignored subpoenas in the past by claiming executive privilege -- his deference now comes as a big v ...

Headed by Kenneth Starr (Lewinsky case), arguments will be made on the standing over the November decision to ban gay marriage in California WSJ:Thousands of homosexual couples married during the short time gay marriage was legal in California, and the status of those unions also is being questioned now that gay marriage is illegal. The court will hear arguments from both sides on whether those marriages sh ...

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As Bernie Madoof sits on house arrest in his luxury condo, many are wondering, how the hell did this happen?. 50 billion in investment fraud and not a sign?. Not exactly, now we learn that whistleblower Harry Markopolos notified Security and  Exchange Commission  as early as 2000 of Maddofs operations.  Markopolos said "I gift-wrapped and delivered the largest Ponzi scheme to them" (SEC). But instead of inv ...

This just coming in from an ABC investigation. Stunning allegations of the rape of two Muslim women in Algeria. ABC News: The CIA's station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least two Muslim women who claim he laced their drinks with a knock-out drug, U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News...     ...

Will it work this time? Rep. John Conyers seems to be serious, but don't hold your breath. Karl Rove's defiance and disregard for the judicial system has kept him in the clear so far.  Unfortunately it's just another lasting embarrassment for the rest us. Huffington Reports: On Monday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) issued a subpoena to Karl Rove, requiring him to testify regarding h ...

The speech heard all around the world, or maybe not. The Chinese media aka Chinese Government apparently stunned Obama would mention communism quickly faded the audio and went to the broadcasters.  When the online version was then censored the publisher released a statement saying they were "duty bound to protect the country's interest" Automatically proving why their idea of communism and censorship is sim ...

The true extent of Dick Cheney's involvement in any number of in-justices may never be known.  And this will be ensured as Dick wins a court victory preventing his records from reaching the public. Pray for leaks! Democracy Now: Former Vice President Dick Cheney, meanwhile, ended his term with a court victory allowing him to prevent his records from going public. On Monday, a federal judge ruled Cheney has ...

I'll never forget the day I walked into my dreadful morning History course about three years ago. On an average day the Instructor was a bit monotone often reading straight from his lecture notes, then glancing up at his audience to the return of yawns and blank expressions. But this day as the class came to a calm and some prepared cell phones for texting, the Instructor surprisingly lowered the video scre ...