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May 15, 2008

John McCain and the Dictator Money Trail Republican presidential candidate John McCain will fire you for lobbying for Burma, but he'll still take your money. —By Jonathan Stein MORE FROM MOJO: McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam
Is Clinton Staying In To Say, "I Told You So"? Even though she won West Virginia, Hillary Clinton appears to have no chance of getting the nomination. Why trudge on? To bolster her case for 2012. —By David Corn McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video In a taped sermon, the preacher McCain calls a "spiritual guide" calls on America to see the "false religion" of Islam "destroyed." Still, the candidate won't reject Rod Parsley's endorsement. —By David Corn Constant Sorrow It wasn't Toto Constant's human rights violations that finally landed the Haitian paramilitary leader in prison. It was mortgage fraud in Long Island. —By Bernice Yeung Clinton: Damn the Pundits, Full Speed Ahead The morning after North Carolina and Indiana, the Clinton campaign signaled it would fight on. But her only real option is going nuclear. —By David Corn Willie Horton Redux An attack ad targeting Barack Obama raises a question: Can anyone with doubts about capital punishment, especially a black guy, become president? —By James Ridgeway Powering Down the Patriot Act In the wake of another damaging report detailing the bureau's abuse of its data-gathering power, Congress is seeking to limit the use of national security letters. —By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium The Handcuffs of 1968 Forty years after the student protests at Columbia, that radical April day remains etched in memory. —By Glenn Frankel John McCain on Katrina: Part of the Problem McCain's Time for Action Tour reached New Orleans Thursday, where the Republican presidential candidate criticized the Administration and Congress for their response to Hurricane Katrina. But McCain's record shows that when it mattered most, he didn't act. —By Jonathan Stein No Sex Please, We're Congress At an oversight hearing on abstinence-only sex ed, Congress mostly shoots blanks. —By Stephanie Mencimer A Constitutional Conundrum The House Judiciary Committee has taken its contempt of Congress fight to civil court, setting the stage for a legal battle that could redefine executive and congressional power. —By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium Clinton Campaign Blows Off the Weathermen Question We asked (and asked and asked again) Hillary Clinton's spinmeister Howard Wolfson whether the candidate supported her husband's pardon of two Weather Underground radicals. He finally responded. Sorta. —By David Corn Clinton's "Silly" Irish Troubles Was she "instrumental" in bringing peace to Northern Ireland? We ask the guy who wrote the book on modern Irish history. —By David Corn The AIPAC Antidote Meet the new "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobbying group that's working to move U.S. Middle East policy back toward the center. —By Laura Rozen Exclusive: Cops and Former Secret Service Agents Ran Black Ops on Green Groups Meet the private security firm that spied on Greenpeace and other environmental outfits for corporate clients. A tale of intrigue, infiltration, and dumpster-diving. —By James Ridgeway Multimedia Essay: Torching the Trail Dispatch: Dodging nudists and "Free Tibet" protestors, I chased the torch across San Francisco. Plus, a MoJo photo essay with audio of the fracas. —By Josh Harkinson Aryan Outfitters Meet the Ku Klux Klan's seamstress of hate couture. A photo essay with audio. —By Anthony Karen Hillary Clinton's Little-Noticed Israel Problem HRC's position on Israel could mean a significant departure from longstanding U.S. policy. How come no one cares? —By Justin Elliott FAA a Disaster Waiting to Happen Southwest's shenanigans are only the beginning. Enter overstretched inspectors, overseas inspections, and spotty oversight. Bhutan's King Charming Is an Oxford Man Meet the monarch hottie who just got the world's newest democratic body. —By Isaac Fitzgerald and Nicole McClelland Who Is Iraq's "Firebrand Cleric"? From Baghdad, veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn explains why Muqtada al-Sadr is no maverick. —By Justin Elliott Will the Bush Administration's New Nukes Program Bomb? As the administration continues to condemn countries it believes are pursuing nukes, it has sought to develop its own new warheads program despite congressional opposition. —By By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium "Free Tibet" vs. "Free-Speech Zones" San Francisco Dispatch: The Olympic torch's forthcoming pass through North America is shaping up to be a uniquely lefty grudge match. —By Josh Harkinson Darrell Issa's Software Error How the California congressman's efforts to deflect blame from the White House for its well-documented email archiving lapses landed him in hot water. —By Nick Baumann It's the Deregulation, Stupid Democrats from Carter to Clinton helped roll back the government's regulatory power, but as the economic crisis deepens, "regulation" is no longer such a dirty word. —By James Ridgeway Exclusive: Who's Behind Abu Ghraib? For the first time, one chart shows the scandal's full chain of command from Bush to detainees. Blackwater's World of Warcraft Need a detachment of Chilean infantrymen? A special forces "engagement team"? Erik Prince's global army is at your service—and Iraq was just the start. —By Bruce Falconer and Daniel Schulman Viktor Bout's Last Deal How an elite DEA unit brought down the world's most notorious arms dealer. —By Bruce Falconer Office of Special Counsel's War On Whistleblowers OSC is investigating Karl Rove's political machine. But until recently OSC head Scott Bloch's policy was to ignore whistleblowers' tips on murder, espionage, and terrorism, while vigorously rooting out any signs of the "homosexual agenda." —By Daniel Schulman No Congress, No Peace in Iran If the United States spreads its Middle Eastern disaster into Iran, it won't be the fault of George W. Bush alone – a Democratic Congress will share some of the blame. Fortunately, the legislative branch has effective options for stopping war before it starts. —By Jonathan Schwarz Fight Different: Politics 2.0 The halls of power will belong to whoever can tap the passion of the online masses. That kid with a laptop has Karl Rove quaking in his boots. And if you believe that, we've got some leftover Pets.com stock to sell you. Mother Jones Meet Big Business' Favorite Granny When Chick Flicks Get Knocked Up Loaded for Bear Contractors Gone Wild				From the Mother Jones D.C. Bureau Meet Big Business' Favorite Granny With congressional Democrats moving to ban one of corporate America's most useful tricks, industry is fighting back with a 63-year-old widow who squeezed $281 out of Sears. May 12, 2008 Loaded for Bear Any day now the polar bear could be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Conservative groups are already plotting their response—and lawsuits are just the tip of the iceberg. May 8, 2008 McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video In a taped sermon, the preacher McCain calls a "spiritual guide" calls on America to see the "false religion" of Islam "destroyed." Still, the candidate won't reject Rod Parsley's endorsement. May 8, 2008 Contractors Gone Wild Theft, hookers, melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs—all in a day's work for private military contractors in Iraq? May 2, 2008 High Court Upholds Voter ID Law In the most high-stakes voting-rights case since Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Indiana's hotly contested voter-fraud law. April 28, 2008 Out of Commission An ongoing Senate deadlock over FEC nominees could mean the federal government's electoral referee is sidelined during the 2008 elections. April 21, 2008 Banking on Barney Frank Consumer advocates who cheered when Frank took over the powerful House Financial Services Committee now gripe that he's less than a corporate scourge. April 16, 2008 Petraeus Takes the Hill The Iraq general's testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee was predictable: progress is real, we must stay the course. But committee Democrats missed an opportunity to undercut the White House story. April 8, 2008 While Petraeus Testifies, U.S. Iraq Personnel Take Cover The general says progress is underway in Iraq. Meanwhile, in the increasingly bombarded Green Zone, embassy officials have been told to avoid going outdoors. April 8, 2008 Sheldon Adelson: The Right's White Knight? As the Adelson-backed Freedom's Watch mounts a pro-Petraeus campaign to coincide with the Iraq commander's congressional testimony, some conservatives are grumbling about the group and its bullheaded benefactor. April 8, 2008 Senator Straight Talk Won't Go on the Record with Project Vote Smart With no response from John McCain on its survey of issue positions after nine months, the voter-education nonprofit is poised to boot the Arizona senator off its board. April 7, 2008 Whitewashing the Second Amendment As the Supreme Court reviews a historic gun-rights case, lost is the Second Amendment's controversial history—when it wasn't a bulwark against tyranny but a way of enforcing it. March 20, 2008 McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam Televangelist Rod Parsley, a key McCain ally in Ohio, has called for eradicating the "false religion." Will the GOP presidential candidate renounce him? March 12, 2008 more... AP Politics Feed: 5/15/08 12:57 pm (PST) Obama says Bush falsely accused him of appeasement Edwards endorsement pays off for Obama Clinton scolds McCain for opposing farm bill McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013 Obama and Oregon: More in common than 'O' Today on the presidential campaign trail Young voters' fashion sense often leads the polls Steelworkers endorse Obama for president Cindy McCain sells Sudan-related investments Third House loss shakes GOP, raises fears for fall McCain to Social Conservatives: No Soup for You! Bizarre Public Opinion Numbers on Global Warming CA Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban GOP Can't Win Down Ticket by Tying Dems to Obama Obama Attack Vid: Flag Flag Flllaaaaag Why the John Edwards Endorsement Doesn't Matter That Much Sudan: An Example of Why Cindy McCain Must Release Her Tax Returns President Bush in Israel John McCain and the Dictator Money Trail ACLU Releases New Detainee Docs more...