US general concedes abuse was torture Three army generals have found that 35 military intelligence soldiers and civilian contractors were partially to blame for an array of sometimes shocking detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. One general…

Those fiendish lefties Via Greg Palast. The official Republican website (click “protesters supporting Kerry”) is all a-twitter with the hideous plans those fiendish lefties are hatching. Prostitutes with AIDS! Mice on the convention floor!! Oh the horror!!! Next week, people…

US military intelligence personnel, contractors involved in Iraqi prisoner abuse A U.S. Army investigation has found that 27 members of a U.S. military intelligence unit at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were directly involved in the abuse of Iraqi…

Judge rejects Central Park Rally permit This rejection should come as no surprise, no surprise at all A judge rejected a last-minute plea from anti-war activists who sued the city for a permit to hold a massive rally in Central…

RNC. On the ground From the Media Channel listserv The signs are up on my block — no parking, no standing, no stopping, (no breathing?) as a police enforced lockdown of New York begins to roll out. Madison Square Garden,…

State court ruling on Central Park rally due this afternoon A Manhattan judge is set to rule today on whether anti-war activists can hold a 250,000-person rally on Central Park’s Great Lawn. A Federal judge on Friday ruled against a…

Did Hell freeze over? Vice President Dick Cheney told voters in Davenport, Iowa, he doesn’t believe there should be an amendment against gay marriage. His lesbian daughter, who some have bashed for not being more politically active, I would assume,…