> Rove's lawyers assert "executive privilege" in refusal to obey Congressional
> subpoena; Nick Mottern discusses Iraq oil and the political history of
> America's revulsion against war profiteering; Arlington Cemetery
> whistleblower
> speaks out on the military's attempt to hide war dead from public view; high
> gas prices put suburban idyll under review; new AFL-CIO council for military
> veterans to run broadcast ads against McCain's Senate record; Iraqi woman
> protests male security scanners; American Medical Association to formally
> apologize for past racial discrimination; Richard Hayes Phillips writes about
> what must not be repeated from the 2004 presidential election; and more ...
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> Rove Ignores Committee's Subpoena, Refuses to Testify
> http://www.truthout.org/article/rove-ignores-committees-subpoena-refuses-testi
> fy
> CNN reports: "Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political guru, refused to
> obey an order to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing
> Thursday."
>
> Nick Mottern | Time for Iraq War Oil Profits Taxes
> http://www.truthout.org/article/time-iraq-war-oil-profits-taxes
> Nick Mottern writes for Truthout, "The reality of US troops killing and dying
> for Iraq oil hit US public consciousness hard on June 19, 2008, when it was
> announced that the occupied government of Iraq intended to award no-bid oil
> service contracts to ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and Total."
>
> Dana Milbank | Military Whistleblower Highlights Attempts to Keep War Dead
> From Public
> http://www.truthout.org/article/military-whistleblower-highlights-new-limits-f
> uneral-coverage
> Dana Milbank for The Washington Post says: "The ghost of Rummy is proving
> difficult to exorcise. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tried to sweep out
> the symbols of his predecessor's capricious reign, firing acolytes of Donald
> Rumsfeld and bringing glasnost to the Pentagon. But in one area, Rummy's
> Rules
> still pertain: the attempt to hide from public view the returning war dead."
>
> Suburbs Feeling the Pinch as Fuel Prices Soar
> http://www.truthout.org/article/suburbs-feeling-pinch-fuel-prices-soar
> Reuters reports: "Ever since the rise of the automobile in the 1950s, the
> American Dream has featured a home in the suburbs and two cars in the garage.
> Now the iconic white picket fence comes with a hefty price tag in the form of
> the cost of the gasoline needed to drive to work and to the supermarket, and
> the suburban idyll is under review."
>
> Union Veterans' Group Starts Ad Campaign Against McCain
> http://www.truthout.org/article/union-veterans-group-starts-ad-campaign-agains
> t-mccain
> Steven Greenhouse for The New York Times says: "The AFL-CIO announced on
> Wednesday that it has set up a new union council for military veterans that
> will run broadcast ads in six states praising Senator John McCain's military
> record, while criticizing his Senate record, especially on economic issues."
>
> Naked in Hijab
> http://www.truthout.org/article/naked-hijab
> NPR's Corey Flintoff reports, "A conservatively dressed Iraqi matron holding
> a
> provocative sign and a picture of a naked woman stood against the dusty
> concrete blast wall outside the main checkpoint where Iraqi workers enter and
> leave Baghdad's Green Zone."
>
> Doctors' Group Plans Apology for Racism
> http://www.truthout.org/article/doctors-group-plans-apology-racism
> Holly Watt for The Washington Post writes, "The country's largest medical
> association is set to issue a formal apology today for its historical
> antipathy toward African-American doctors, expressing regret for a litany of
> transgressions, including barring black physicians from its ranks for decades
> and remaining silent during battles on landmark legislation to end racial
> discrimination."
>
> A Lesson From the 2004 Ohio Election: How Latinos Were Disenfranchised
> http://www.truthout.org/article/a-lesson-from-2004-ohio-election-how-latinos-w
> ere-disenfranchised
> Richard Hayes Phillips for Alernet says, "On the eve of the 2004 presidential
> election, the Republican Party threatened to challenge the qualifications of
> 35,000 registered voters in Ohio, and went to court to secure their right to
> do so. For the most part, this turned out to be a smokescreen, or what Steven
> Rosenfeld has aptly called a 'perfect football fake.' Not only did it force
> the Democratic Party to send its own voting rights advocates to inner-city
> polling places to defend the challenged voters, but it served as a
> distraction
> that allowed other methods of voter disenfranchisement to escape detection."
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