Barbara Lee Barbara Lee Amendment on Permanent Bases Approved in Debate on Iraq War Supplemental Spending Bill

CJR Daily: Bush Flops as Press Critic

Defense Tech: The Enemy is Me

AlterNet: Chavez's Alleged Anti-Semitism

Eight Easy Pieces: News You May Have Missed if You Rely on the Deficit Disorder Mainstream Media (ADD MSM): "Odd, how they stuck with that Lewinsky thing – a private affair with no public consequence – for three years, with almost daily headlines, but haven’t been able to hang in there for even three days on lies and incompetence that directly effects us all in the most profound manner."

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US postwar Iraq strategy a mess, Blair was told: "We may have been seduced into something we might be inclined to regret. Is strategic failure a possibility? The answer has to be 'yes'"

What Portion of Our FY05 Federal Taxes Supports Current and Past Military Activities? - FCNL Issues: "An estimated 42 percent of our federal income tax dollars was spent on past and present military activities. "

Householder investigation lost in shuffle: "Spokesmen for the Justice Department, FBI and IRS all declined to comment on the investigation, which has focused on allegations that Householder traded legislation for campaign contributions and violated campaign-finance laws."

TIME.com Print Page: TIME Magazine -- The Mission: Find a Way to Stay Relevant: "Through the challenges, the President has kept his human touch. Touring New Orleans last week, he met a man who had survived for days on canned goods before being evacuated to Utah. 'Were you the only black man in Salt Lake City?' Bush asked."