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As today marks the eighth anniversary of the tragic September 11th attacks, it is also a reminder of the calamitous road of foreign policy that the Bush administration took us down shortly after. The Iraq War was of course an outright disaster, but Obama’s recent troop escalation into Afghanistan should worry progressives equally. more »

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I had the opportunity to tour a steel plant outside of Pittsburgh yesterday. (I am here for the Netroots Nation convention.)

The word that keeps coming into my mind is "intense." more »

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Even President Bush himself seemed almost giddy that he wouldn’t have to go through this State of the Union ritual again. But hold off on the internment rites. While Bush is being discarded, the catastrophic conservative policies that he championed live on.

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Newsflash: For seven years, George Bush has collected your taxes, and spent your money.

He may have collected those taxes in a more unfair manner than in the prior decade. And he may have spent much of that money in ways that weren't economically helpful or supported by the public.

Nevertheless, the record is clear. He has had a seven-year policy and taxing and spending.

Yet when Bush vetoed the annual bill that determines what we invest in labor, health and education, he railed against "the cost of tax-and-spend policies." more »

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The substitute Watchdog gave something of a break to the chattering Sunday morning class. George Stephanopoulos and Tim Russert took advantage of it. Chris Wallace didn't.

Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" asked Arizona Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate, about the refusal of Judge Michael Mukasey, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, to characterize as torture the practice of waterboarding, which subjects its victim to a drowning-like sensation. McCain had earlier sharply criticized former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani for his own equivocation on the issue.

"Will Mr. Mukasey have to say clearly that waterboarding is torture to get your vote for attorney general?" Stephanopoulos asked. more »

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