Today’s Show

• Headlines
• Promising “Change” in Washington, McCain Accepts GOP Nomination
• Maverick? Author Paul Waldman on “Free Ride: John McCain and the Media”
• Convention Cash: Journalist Peter Stone on the RNC’s Sponsors
• Crashing the Party: Suites, Corporate-Sponsored Events Gather the Money Behind the Conventions
• McCain: “We Have to Catch Up to History”
• Abramoff Sentenced to Four Years in Jail for Corruption and Tax Offenses
• Nearly 400 Arrested on Last Day of RNC, Including Over a Dozen Media Workers
• Ramsey County Sheriff Admits Local Police Used Paid Infiltrators and Spied on Activists Including RNC Welcoming Committee
• “We Are Not Terrorists”: Activists with the RNC Welcoming Committee Speak Out Against Police Crackdown & Terrorism Charges
• Iraqi American Sami Rasouli Says McCain Should Have Invited an Iraqi to Talk at RNC About the Effect of the Surge

RECENT SHOWS

Thursday, September 04, 2008

• Headlines
• Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Accepts GOP Nomination
• Amy Goodman Questions Ramsey County Prosecutors on Jailing, Charges of Journalists
• Eight Members of RNC Activist Group Lodged with Terrorism Charges
• Hundreds of Jailed Protesters Held for 2+ Days Following Mass RNC Arrests
• I-Witness Video Collective Forced Out of Living Space After Second Raid by St. Paul Police in Five Days
• Libertarian Presidential Candidate and Ex-Republican Rep. Bob Barr on Impeachment, Opening Up the Debates, and Why He Left the GOP
• Voices of the Delegates: Jeremy Scahill Goes Inside the RNC

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

• Headlines
• 8 Years After Accepting Dems’ VP Bid on Gore Ticket, Lieberman Attacks Former Party at GOP Convention
• Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest and Two Democracy Now! Producers
• Bush: “Angry Left” Will “Never Break” John McCain
• Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter on the RNC, Joe Biden and the Possibility of an Attack on Iran
• Freed from Jail, Fmr. Alabama Governor Don Siegelman Accuses Karl Rove of Orchestrating Political Witch Hunt
• Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Takes Cause to Streets Outside RNC
• Sami Al-Arian Released After 5.5 Years in Prison
• Thousands Gather in Minneapolis for Ron Paul Counter-Convention
• Thousands Join Poor People’s March Outside RNC

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

• Headlines
• Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest
• As RNC Opens, Iraq Veterans Against the War March in St. Paul
• As the RNC Opens in St. Paul, Twin Cities Police Arrest Nearly 300; Journalists Targeted
• A Debate: Iraq Veterans Against the War vs. Vets for Freedom
• Hurricane Gustav Slams Louisiana: A Report from Jordan Flaherty in New Orleans
• Report: Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted McCain’s VP Candidate Sarah Palin
• Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Condemns Police Intimidation of Journalists

BLOG

• Call to Action on Behalf of DN! Journalists Facing Charges for Reporting on the Republican National Convention

  Today it is critical that you make your voice heard in the Ramsey County Attorney and St. Paul City Attorney offices. Demand that they drop all pending and current charges against journalists arrested while reporting on protests outside the Republican National Conventions.

  Filed under News

• Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Why We Were Falsely Arrested”

  Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically targeting journalists.

  Filed under Weekly Column

• Media Coverage on the Arrest of Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers

  Links to video and articles about the arrest of Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar.

  Filed under News

• Update: Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC

  Goodman Charged with Obstruction; Felony Riot Charges Pending Against Kouddous and Salazar

  ST. PAUL--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on Monday afternoon.

  Filed under News

• Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC

  Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her.

  Filed under News

• “Poverty Is the Real Scandal”

  Former Sen. John Edwards was supposed to speak in Denver at the Democratic National Convention, but he had an affair. Will the Democrats now forget about his signature issue?

  Filed under Weekly Column

• “Cheney, Bush and Habbush”

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on a book tour, where she is being hounded by activists and questioned about her pledge that “impeachment is off the table.” She responded on the TV talk show “The View,” “If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind may have provided the evidence she doesn’t want to see.

  Filed under Weekly Column

• “Don’t Cage Dissent”

  Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S. political parties to the cherished tradition of dissent. Things are not looking good.

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  Filed under Weekly Column

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