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​ ​​​​Today, Bush-Cheney ’04 launched its official blog offering the latest news and views from outside the Washington “Beltway” and from Bush-Cheney ’04. (If you're wondering what exactly a blog is, here's a quick primer.) Each morning we will update you on the day’s top stories as well as give you a quick summary of what Bush-Cheney ’04 has planned for the day. We’ll also help you follow President Bush and Vice President Cheney. We will regularly deliver breaking news notices of when President Bush, and members of his team will appear on TV and action alerts to guide your...

Check out the DNC's new weblog, Kicking Ass. Learn the latest outrages from the Bush administration and how Democrats are fighting for you.

  POLITICS Dean's Blog Builds Support Despite a Lack of Personal Input The former Vermont governor has a slick and informative Weblog, but if you hope to glean some insight about the man, you might be better off shaking hands with him in person.Anyone who has visited a magazine newsrack in America this week knows the mug of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. The centrist-turned-populist candidate for U.S. president had pulled off the triple threat in campaign PR: Dean is featured on the cover of Time, Newsweek and above the banner on U.S. News this week. If you wanted to read every recent...

Meet "Chief Wiggles." "Chief Wiggles," whose real name is withheld for security, maintains a Web log about experiences in Iraq. chiefwiggles.blog-city.com The name is a pseudonym set up for security purposes. The man using it is a Utah National Guard soldier stationed in Iraq whose Internet journal — a "blog," in the parlance of Web surfers, which is short for "Web log" — draws thousands of readers a day. His writings and the photographs he has posted of himself and fellow soldiers give a vivid, first-hand account of everyday life for an American interrogator who has been questioning Iraqi prisoners....

Operation Expanding Freepdom continues to grow by leaps and bounds with new Freeper blogs coming out of the woodwork and joining our network everyday. I can barely keep up! Thank you to everyone who has participated so far, and if you want to know how to start your own blog, read on or click here, here, or here. Despite sensible voices like Andrew Sullivan, James Lileks, and Glenn Reynolds, blogging is being portrayed as the medium for left-wing candidates and activists. Therefore, I'd like to begin a feature where we spotlight leading examples of conservative activism in the blogosphere....

Earlier this week, a Free Republic Blog Directory, or Blogroll, was established here on Free Republic. The goal of this effort is to spotlight key weblogs written by Freepers from a conservative, pro-Bush perspective -- and to expand Freepdom to include the fast-growing "blogosphere." Hence the name: Operation Expanding Freepdom! The response so far has been great. Here's the very latest listing of Freeper blogs, including those started as a result of the original thread. If your blog isn't on this list, REPLY TO THIS THREAD with your blog's address. Cathryn CrawfordWilliam McKinleyRegnum CrucisMichael KingFederal ReviewThe View from ArlenImalMHGinTNAnna Z.The...

On Friday, I wrote a piece asking why Freepers don't get more involved in reading and writing blogs to expand Free Republic's influence in a growing medium that needs more conservative, pro-Bush voices. The response was phenomenal. Click here to read the original thread, "Are Freepers Still Winning the Online War?" One of the ideas that grew out of that thread was to start a Free Republic Blog Directory, or blogroll, as bloggers call it. From time to time, we will list all Freepers with blogs on threads like this to draw attention to their fine conservative writings. All Free...

In what is becoming on of the only blogs any thinking individual need check day in and day out. Links to the best thinkers in the world. The Daily Blog: The KMC Blog.

On April 19, Hossein Derakhshan, a young Iranian living in Toronto, got an alarming e-mail from a friend of his in Tehran. The friend, Sina Montallebi, wrote that he had been summoned to appear before the religious police. The next day, Mr. Montallebi became the first person in history to be jailed for the crime of keeping a Weblog. "They did it to frighten people," says Mr. Derakhshan, who came to Canada two years ago. The story of the Internet and the mullahs is a fascinating study in how technology can subvert even the most repressive of regimes. In the...

The graduate student arrested in yesterday’s hostage stand-off at a Cleveland university, after killing one student and injuring two other people, Halder was a very active and outspoken member of the loony left anti-war crowd. Charles Johnson, on his weblog, is on top of this story with the linked posting and more.

the truth The truth according the far left: All celebrations in Iraq are staged. All weapons, suicide vests, etc. found in Iraq were planted by the CIA The Bush administration planned and carried out 9/11. No plane ever crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. Republicans killed Paul Wellstone. The POWs were all faked/staged to get public sympathy. Bush is responsible for the anthrax attacks. Everything is a Zionist conspiracy Everything is a Right Wing conspiracy Bush is responsible for the demise of the unicorn, the burning of Rome, the popularity of boy bands, the poor defense of the Mets,...

WHERE DO THEY GET YOUNG MEN LIKE THIS? Martin Savidge of CNN, embedded with the 1st Marine battalion, was talking with 4 young Marines near his foxhole this morning live on CNN. He had been telling the story of how well the Marines had been looking out for and taking care of him since the war started. He went on to tell about the many hardships the Marines had endured since the war began and how they all look after one another. He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their commanders and they could use...

Martin Savidge of CNN, embedded with the 1st Marine battalion, was talking with 4 young Marines near his foxhole this morning live on CNN. He had been telling the story of how well the Marines had been looking out for and taking care of him since the war started. He went on to tell about the many hardships the Marines had endured since the war began and how they all look after one another. He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their commanders and they could use his video phone to call home. The 19...

L.T. SMASH LIVE FROM THE SANDBOX 01 April 2003 A New Day Got a care package from my parents yesterday. Thanks Mom & Dad! It was mailed on the 19th, and from the various stamps and labels it looks like it arrived in country on the 22nd. It took eight days to get from the central postal facility to my camp. It was a very large package. Several boxes of Girl Scout cookies were included, along with some snack packs of trail mix, chips, and a huge bottle of Pace's Picante Sauce. But the most precious goodies were several bottles...

<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Every day, tens of thousands of people turn to the Web seeking updates from a mysterious scribe whose detailed accounts of life in besieged Baghdad have made him a cyberspace celebrity. Little is known for sure about Salam Pax, whose nom de plume means "peace" in Arabic and Latin. But his Web journal -- ostensibly written from his Baghdad home -- vividly criticizes the authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussein and the U.S.-British war on his nation.</p>

Mysterious Scribe Writes Baghdad Web Log Fri Mar 28, 5:58 PM ET By RACHEL KONRAD, Associated Press Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. - Every day, tens of thousands of people turn to the Web seeking updates from a mysterious scribe whose detailed accounts of life in besieged Baghdad have made him a cyberspace celebrity. Little is known for sure about Salam Pax, whose nom de plume means "peace" in Arabic and Latin. But his Web journal — ostensibly written from his Baghdad home — vividly criticizes the authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and the U.S.-British war on...

L.T. SMASH LIVE FROM THE SANDBOX 28 March 2003 Moving On Ran into a member of my (now former) team today. "How's it going?" I asked. "Good, Sir," he replied. "Wish you weren't leaving the team." "Thanks." I had to walk away. My eyes were watering. Probably just the sand in the air. TRANSMISSION FROM L.T. Smash 0056Z | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 March 2003 Passing the Torch This was my last day as the leader of my team. I’ve been doing this job much longer than anyone else in my unit has. I knew this day was coming. We have a...

Festering pig repels virtual onslaught, remains dead... by Greg Swann Mail from Billy Beck this morning, referring back to me ranking on the 'blogosphere' for it's hubris over the hounding of Trent Lott: I note Sullivan's cite of "a reader", this morning: "I have been a fan of blogs for a while now, but I have not seen a story happen around the edges of the major media like this one has. Strangely, this could be a watershed moment for the world of blogging. Not because they have done everything in the story, but because they sustained the momentum...