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Obama ‘Just-Us’ Dept. Formally Accuses Journalist in Leak Case of Committing Crimes
It is virtually impossible at this point to overstate the threat posed by the Obama DOJ to press freedoms. By Glenn Greenwald The Guardian (5/20/13) It is now well known that the Obama justice department has prosecuted more government leakers … Continue reading
In Bangladesh and Here, We Need Labor Unions
America no longer need unions? Like Bangladesh, it needs them badly. By Dave Zweifel The Capital Times (5/15/13) A Bangladeshi who is a veteran of fighting poverty in his country wrote a recent op-ed for The New York Times in … Continue reading
Washington Gets Explicit: ‘War on Terror’ is Permanent
By Glenn Greewald The Guardian (5/17/13) Last October, senior Obama officials anonymously unveiled to the Washington Post their newly minted “disposition matrix”, a complex computer system that will be used to determine how a terrorist suspect will be “disposed of”: … Continue reading
Justice Department’s Pursuit of AP’s Phone Records is Extreme & Dangerous
What makes the DOJ’s actions so stunning here is its breadth … It’s a massive, sweeping, boundless invasion. By Glenn Greenwald The Guardian (5/14/13) Associated Press on Monday revealed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) “secretly obtained two months … Continue reading
Why the Climate Movement is Historically Unique
This is new territory. There is no parallel in human experience. By Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation The Nation (4/4/13) The climate movement can’t be compared to any other social movement in history. Here’s why it’s unprecedented and why we need … Continue reading
Everything is Rigged, Continued: EU Raids Oil Companies in Price-Fixing Probe
By Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone (5/15/13) We’re going to get into this more at a later date, but there was some interesting late-breaking news yesterday [5/14]. According to numerous reports, the European Commission regulators yesterday raided the offices of oil … Continue reading
Minnesota Says ‘We Do’ to Gay Marriage, But Wisconsin is Still Lost in the Past
By Jack Craver The Capital Times (5/16/13) Minnesota and Wisconsin are about as similar as any two states in the union. They share so many characteristics — thousands of lakes, millions of Germans, cold weather — that it is not … Continue reading
Why Isn’t New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade Shooting a ‘National Tragedy’?
Now take a moment and imagine a Mother’s Day Parade in the suburbs of Denver, a neighborhood in Edina or a plaza in Austin where bullets rain down on civilians and even hit children. By David Dennis The Guardian (5/15/13) … Continue reading
The Chilling Reality of America’s Worsening Jobs Crisis
More than one out of five American families report that, last year, not a single family member had a job. By Jim Hightower Creators.com (5/15/13) At last, some excellent economic news for folks long-mired in the stagnant labor market! At … Continue reading
Ayn Rand USA: In 20 Years Corporate Profits Are Up 4X and Their Taxes Have Fallen by 50% — Meanwhile the Workers’ Payroll Tax Has Doubled
Corporations have decided to let middle-class workers pay for national investments that have largely benefited businesses over the years. By Paul Buchheit AlterNet (5/12/13) Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” fantasizes a world in which anti-government citizens reject taxes and regulations, … Continue reading
Why Unions Should Stop the Koch Brothers From Buying the Tribune Papers
The potential Tribune sale would be a high-profile litmus test of the unions’ financial self-awareness. By Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone (5/10/13) A few weeks ago, we did a story about hedge fund king Dan Loeb’s plans to address a conference … Continue reading
WEDC Mess Helps Explain Scott Walker’s Jobs Failure
“Every taxpayer in Wisconsin should be outraged. There is no excuse for such irresponsible and unethical practices.” The Capital Times (5/8/13) Gov. Scott Walker was elected in 2010 on a promise to implement policies that would lead to the creation … Continue reading
Climate Milestone is a Moment of Symbolic Significance on Road of Idiocy
A profound failure of politics, in which democracy has quietly been supplanted by plutocracy. By George Monbiot The Guardian (5/10/13) The data go back 800,000 years: that’s the age of the oldest fossil air bubbles extracted from Dome C, an ice-bound … Continue reading
Our Elections Really Are Rigged by Partisan Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses
If a district is drawn to elect Republicans, it almost always elects Republicans. If a district is drawn to elect Democrats, it almost always elects Democrats. By John Nichols The Nation (5/8/13) Mark Sanford’s comeback bid was never so audacious … Continue reading
Paul Ryan: Progressivism Is ‘Arrogant And Condescending’
By Preston Maddock The Huffington Post (5/9/13) Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) belittled progressives during a speech at the conservative American Enterprise Institute on Wednesday. “Progressivism is well-intentioned but it is also — in my humble opinion — arrogant and condescending,” … Continue reading