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When it was announced that Karl Rove, former White House adviser and architect of President George W. Bush’s election campaigns, would headline the Republican Party of Iowa’s Victory 2008 fund-raiser this Friday, the Des Moines Catholic Workers started planning.

When it comes to updating the 64-year-old GI Bill, a military adage comes to mind: There is the right way, the wrong way and the President Bush way. After reaching a more costly compromise that would avert Bush’s veto pen, the House voted Thursday to approve the 21st-century GI Bill.

Bush is expected to sign the [...]

(Click) “Shameful!…” “War Criminal!…” “Liar!…”

And so began the Eighty-Four Minute Hate at the University of Iowa, reminiscent of George Orwell’s Two-Minute Hate in “1984,” featuring Karl Rove, former member of President Bush’s Inner Party, and those who have come to despise him. (see video belwo the fold)

Funding for many domestic programs is on the chopping block as President George W. Bush’s 2009 federal budget proposes increased military spending and permanent status for earlier tax cuts. The budgetary cuts take aim at Child Care and Development Block Grants, Community Development Block Grants, Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, Section [...]

Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, had no inclination that President Bush was going to veto the Defense Authorization Bill on Christmas Eve, let alone the reason why he vetoed the proposed legislation. It was the latter that caught him off guard the following day. Bush vetoed the $3.5 billion authorization package that would have provided resources [...]

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, is no stranger to speaking out against the powers that be. Ellsberg wasted no time calling out the Bush administration during a lecture sponsored by the University of Iowa Lecture Committee in Iowa City. “I suspect no king since King John the [...]

While the front-end costs of funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan hold steady, the Bush administration keeps finding ways to skim costs on the back end. Using a cost-cutting technique perfected by the booming temporary-worker industry, the Bush administration has not only exhausted the National Guard to supplement the surge in Iraq but has [...]

Iowan Jack Engstrom spent more than an hour listening to Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd speak and answer questions during a campaign stop in Fairfield. The undecided caucus-goer didn’t have much to say during the event, but nodded in agreement as Dodd made points on Iraq, recent votes in the U.S. Senate and domestic policy.
“I haven’t [...]

(Update: It was incorrectly reported that Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., had issued a statement as part of an email soliciting campaign contributions that charged former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani with exploiting 9/ll. Although the Dodd campaign had issued the latter statement, it was not part of an email soliciting contributions. The article reflects these [...]

(Commentary) Anger, deceit, revenge and betrayal. MoveOn’s “General Betray-Us” ad and the subsequent political fallout have all of the drama for a contemporary Shakespearean play. The big question now is whether or not the play will be a comedy or a tragedy. The opening act, filled with turmoil and uncertainty, has all the trappings for [...]