Reactions to Obama’s State of the Union speech (0)
1/25/12 •
Salon.com
Obama’s 99 percent speech
There was plenty of mush in his State of the Union, but also an unmistakably combative and populist tone
BY STEVE KORNACKI
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address. (Credit: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
TOPICS:OPENING SHOT
Before Tuesday night, it had been 16 years since a Democratic president gave a State [...]
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The FBI Spied on Me and Then Lied About It (to the Court!) (0)
1/23/12 •
Truthout / by Shakeel Syed with Farid Zakaria, Truthout | Op-Ed
(Image: JR / TO; Adapted: zota, kalavinka)
Five years ago, I joined a group of leaders of the Southern California Muslim community in an attempt to find out whether the government was conducting illegal surveillance at our mosques, our homes, our jobs, in public places and [...]
Colbert (Herman Cain) gets 1% vote in South Carolina (0)
1/22/12 •
From nationalmemo.com / by Matt Taylor
Herman Cain received over 6,000 votes and about one percent of the votes in the South Carolina Republican primary Saturday, suggesting Stephen Colbert, who had urged his supporters to use Cain’s name on the ballot to show support for him, has a bit of work to do before he becomes [...]
Internet Blackout! 1000s of websites protest censorship bill (0)
1/19/12 •
From the ACLU:
Today, there’s a lot of talk about the Stop Online Piracy Act, better known as SOPA. Here’s what you need to know:
The bill claims to protect against unlawful copyright infringement by shutting down sites that post copyrighted material. But its vague wording means that search engines could end up blocking access [...]
Live From Guantánamo (0)
1/13/12 •
Wednesday 11 January 2012
by: J. Wells Dixon, The Center for Constitutional Rights | Op-Ed
This entry was written by Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney, Wells Dixon, who is currently in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba visiting one of his clients.
January 11, 2012
Today marks ten years since the opening of the prison at Guantánamo Bay. As [...]
