Boy Scouts Trained to Fight Terrorists | Jon Stewart Slams Obama's Poetry Jam | Haha: Tea Party 2.0

PEEK Newsletter May 15th, 2009 More blogs and video »

White House Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' AlterNet In his first interview since being confirmed, Gil Kerlikowske called the bellicose language a barrier to dealing with the nation's drug issues. Read more »   Graham Agrees With Pelosi: CIA Gave Me False Information About Interrogation Briefings By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Former Senator Bob Graham insisted on Thursday that he too was kept in the dark about the use of waterboarding. Read more »   Conservatives Flip Over Accusations: OMG the CIA Would Never Lie! By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Pelosi's assertion that the CIA wasn't upfront has Republicans fuming. The phrase of the day? "Feigned outrage." Read more »   Why Are Boy Scouts Being Trained to Fight Terrorists? By Mustang Bobby, Shakesville Brave, clean, reverent, and ... well-armed? Read more »   Jon Stewart Slams Obama's Poetry Jam By Jason Linkins, Huffington Post Stewart continues to prove the people who say that comedians aren't willing to go after Obama wrong. Read more »   A Look at Immigration 'Enforcement' and the Aura of Criminality By Nezua, The Media Consortium Enforcement policies are becoming a threat, not only to immigrants, but the country at large. Read more »   Why the Current Health Care System Doesn't Work for Women By Marcia Greenberger, RH Reality Check Our current health care system fails to meet the needs of far too many women. Read more »   Seriously? Conservatives Try to Launch Tea Party 2.0 By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly I'm less inclined to be annoyed at Tea Party II (Electric Boogaloo), and more inclined to feel sorry for it. Read more »   GOP Senator Says Guantanamo Detainees are Lucky Because They Get 'Tropical Breezes' By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress Sen. Jeff Sessions should talk to former detainee Mustafa Ait Idir, who called Gitmo "the worst place in the world." Read more »   Gen. McChrystal's Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight in Afghanistan and Pakistan By Tom Hayden, The Nation Will McChrystal continue his secret war now that he holds a more prominent position? Read more »

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