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Immigration Battle Divides Arizona GOP ( t r u t h o u t ) |
Immigration creates growing gap in Arizona's GOP; Bush budget cuts include
domestic programs; stricter rules for CIA's inspector general; Microsoft
launches billion-dollar Yahoo buyout bid; another victory for the tax-denier
movement; NOW asks, "Are politicians listening to middle class families on the
edge of economic collapse?"; and more ... Browse our continually updating
front page at http://www.truthout.org
t r u t h o u t | 02.02
Immigration Battle Divides Arizona GOP
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020208A.shtml
According to Joel Achenbach of The Washington Post, "The protesters gather
every morning before dawn, monitoring the entrance to a fenced compound called
the Macehualli Work Center. They are trying to shut the place down. They wave
placards and take photos of anyone driving in to pick up the day laborers who
congregate there. They want nothing less than to save America from what they
call 'the invasion.'"
Bush Cuts Domestic Programs
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020208B.shtml
Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press, reports: "President Bush wants to cut
funding for teaching hospitals and freeze medical research in a $3 trillion
budget for 2009 that is still likely to generate a record deficit once war
costs are tallied up."
Bob Herbert | Lowering the Volume
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020208C.shtml
Writing for The New York Times, Bob Herbert says, "Hillary Clinton and Barack
Obama did themselves and their party a world of good on Thursday night by
conducting themselves with grace and dignity throughout their widely hyped
debate in the celebrity-filled Kodak Theater in Los Angeles."
CIA Sets Changes to Inspector General's Oversight
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020208D.shtml
The Washington Post's Joby Warrick writes: "The CIA's inspector general has
agreed to tighter controls over its investigative procedures, agency officials
revealed yesterday, in what appeared to be an attempt to soften resentments
among agency officials over the watchdog's aggressive probes into the legality
and effectiveness of the CIA's counterterrorism efforts and detention
programs."
Microsoft's Yahoo Bid Aims at Web
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020208E.shtml
Joseph Menn and Jessica Guynn of The Los Angeles Times report: "Acknowledging
it can't beat Internet juggernaut Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. on
Friday lashed its online fortunes to another Web also-ran with an unsolicited
$44.6-billion bid for Yahoo Inc."
Justice Loses Fourth Case Against Tax Deniers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020208F.shtml
David Cay Johnston, The New York Times, says that "The actor Wesley Snipes was
acquitted of the most serious charges against him on Friday in the most
prominent tax prosecution since Leona Helmsley, the billionaire hotelier, was
convicted of tax fraud in 1989. "
NOW | Middle Class Families Near Economic Collapse?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020208G.shtml
"NOW on PBS heads to America's heartland - Illinois - to investigate rampant
anxiety among America's middle class. How did families on the edge of
financial collapse get to this point, and which presidential candidate do they
think can restore economic hope and stability?"
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