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[Video] Thom Hartmann> Obama: The Era of Bush is Over!
thomhartmann Published on May 23, 2013 Thom Hartmann comments on President Obama’s speech in which he calls for an end to the policies set in place by President George W. Bush in dealing with terrorism. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top […]
Glenn Greenwald> The major sea change in media discussions of Obama and civil liberties
The controversies over the IRS and especially the AP phone records appear to have long-lasting effects Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 15 May 2013 10.45 EDT President Barack Obama Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images Due to the controversies over the IRS and (especially) the DOJ’s attack on AP’s news gathering process, media outlets have suddenly decided that President Obama […]
Jonathan S. Landay>Obama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders
“The United States has gone far beyond what the U.S. public – and perhaps even Congress – understands the government has been doing and claiming they have a legal right to do.” Mary Ellen O’Connell, Notre Dame Law Professor Pakistani soldiers stand guard at the Shamsi Airbase located some 320 kilometers southwest of Quetta in […]
Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Activist Post President Obama bypassed the Congress on Tuesday and signed the much maligned but anticipated cybersecurity executive order. He made the announcement during the State of the Union address, stating: ‘We know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private email. We know foreign countries and […]
Richard Falk> The Gaza Ceasefire: An Early Assessment
The Gaza Ceasefire: An Early Assessment “There exists a revealing gap between the U.S. insistence all along that Israel’s use of force was fully justified because every country has the right to defend itself and the ceasefire text that placed restrictions on future violence as being applicable to both sides. After the ceasefire, the United States […]
Obama and Human Rights
Obama and Human Rights Published: November 19, 2012 Letter> New York Times Opinion Pages Regarding “A second chance on human rights”: Eric L. Lewis cogently articulates the frustration and dismay of so many of us who had pinned our hopes on Barack Obama in 2008 to champion human rights at home in America. At the same […]
Jeremiah Goulka> The Dogs of War Are Barking
The Urge to Bomb Iran “The public appears to be primed. A large majority of Americans believe that Iran has an ongoing nuclear weapons program, 71% in 2010 and 84% this March. Some surveys even indicate that a majority of Americans would support military action to stop Iran from developing nukes.” The Obama administration has engaged in a staggering military build-up in the Persian Gulf and at U.S. and […]
Jay Janson> Syria: NY Times’ Deadly Aim to Fool ALL the People ALL the Time
Syria: NY Times’ Deadly Aim to Fool ALL the People ALL the Time By Jay Janson November 2, 2012 A veil of disinformation by Western business controlled media, never possible by any outright State-controlled media, has descended on the world. But with technology is racing toward easy electronic access to documented history, those employed […]
David Swanson> Drowning on Wall Street and Ending World War II
Drowning on Wall Street and Ending World War II The Marshall Plan was a plan for domination — smarter and more skillful domination than some other attempts — but still domination. U.S. capitalist control was the highest purpose. By David Swanson (about the author) OpEdNews Op Eds 10/30/2012 Imagine if George W. Bush had stood on the smoking ruins […]
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