[The New York Times]
Another rat jumps off: former CIA director George Tenet slams the Bush administration and its relentless determination to go to war with Iraq.

[Huffington Post]
Congress has passed legislation to begin withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. The legislation is in keeping with what the American people want, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. The White House dismissed the legislation as dead before arrival.

[The New York Times]
Eli Broad and Bill Gates, two of the most important philanthropists in American public education, have pumped more than $2 billion into improving schools. But now, dissatisfied with the pace of change, they are joining forces for a $60 million foray into politics in an effort to vault education high onto the agenda of the 2008 presidential race.

[The Raw Story]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a candidate for president in 2004 and 2008, has introduced Articles of Impeachment against Dick Cheney.

[The Los Angeles Times]
George McGovern: It is my firm belief that the Cheney-Bush team has committed offenses that are worse than those that drove Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew and Atty. Gen. John Mitchell from office after 1972. Indeed, as their repeated violations of the Constitution and federal statutes, as well as their repudiation of international law, come under increased consideration, I expect to see Cheney and Bush forced to resign their offices before 2008 is over.

[The Guardian]
Fascist America in 10 Easy Steps. Are we on our way?

[Forbes]
Bush administration awash in scandals.

[Harper's Magazine]
Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who recently appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and insisted that the Constitution incorporated no guarantee of habeas corpus, is working to put the press on a political leash (in violation of the 1st Amendment, obviously).

[The Economist]
Are the neocons, humiliated and discredited, on the verge of extinction?

[Borders]
Lee Iacocca: Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage?

[Time]
Joe Klein: It is increasingly difficult to imagine yet another two years of slow bleed with a leader so clearly unfit to lead.

[BBC News]
U.S. Supreme Court ducks question of whether detainees held at Guantanamo have the right to challenge their detention in US federal courts.

[Earthjustice]
After the failure of legislative proposals in the last Congress, the Bush administration has opted to gut the Endangered Species Act through the only avenue left open: administrative regulations.

[Salon]
Glenn Greenwald: The extent to which the dominant factions of the Republican Party are hostile to our most basic constitutional traditions and defining political principles really cannot be overstated. They simply do not believe in them.