News Delay: Dennis Kucinich’s policy drama – Clarence Thomas’ torture connection – Medical marijuana’s lost man

UN torture expert criticizes Obama for not investigating previous administration TOP HEADLINES Why is Barack Obama writing GOP talking points? by John Nichols Granny D dies at 100: She walked across the USA for campaign finance reform Why the oppressed must tell their own story from Toward Freedom Top US home-school texts dismiss evolution THE [...]

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Berkeley tuition riot – Free speech for zombies

Secure shelters scarce in Port-Au-Prince as rainy season looms NEWS STORIES FOR THE WEEKEND Blackwater used shell company to defraud US government Dubya: Jimmy Carter’s torture accusations ‘made my life miserable’ Riot erupts at UC-Berkeley over tuition hikes, budget cuts GOP senator blocks unemployment benefits extension: ‘Tough s**t’ Police escort student out of class for [...]

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What your government is doing with your money

Laura Flanders: Lifting the veil on US troops in Pakistan CIA drones and Bob Gates’ visit to Pakistan from Extraordinary Edition Republican stimulus foes happy to lobby for pork projects How much will nuclear cost US citizens? from Grist 2 ex-employees say Blackwater billed US govt for prostitute Blackwater contractors ordered out of Iraq from [...]

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More on Haiti, Zinn, Blackwater, O’Keefe, Broadband

Local leaders shut out of military-run relief efforts by Ansel Herz TOP STORIES Howard Zinn: How I want to be remembered from Common Dreams Howard Zinn: A radical treasure by Bob Herbert Blackwater’s youngest victim by Jeremy Scahill Why Daniel Ellsberg may still be ‘Most dangerous man in America’ MEDIA THINKING Ideas for Change: Make [...]

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Coakley concedes in record time; Haiti violence hype

Arab-Americans feel targeted, call airport profiling ‘unconstitutional’ SPECIAL ELECTION Coakley conceded before ballots ‘counted or examined by any human being’ Pre-emptively ‘calling the race’ is not the media’s job by Bev Harris ’5 reports’ of voting irregularities in ‘at least 3′ jurisdictions from Brad Blog ‘Sidecar’ reconciliation, the public option lives again by Jane Hamsher [...]

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Newspeak, Blackwater ban, Ebert’s letter to Limbaugh

War is peace & right is center: Newspeak skews political debate by David Sirota TOP 4 Fri. news dump: ACLU wins release of names of Bagram detainees from FDL Rep. Schakowsky prepares legislation to ban Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill Sen. Dodd may drop consumer protection agency from Wall St Journal Scientists cautiously optimistic as Doomsday [...]

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Innocence Project, Immigrant jail deaths cover-up

Chicago prosecutor’s office trying to smear Innocence Project TOP 4 Officials hid truth about immigrant deaths in jail from NY Times Court rulings erode spending restrictions for elections FCC Chairman: We need airwaves from govt & broadcasters Nader: One more term, Senator Dorgan, please? from Common Dreams THE ‘T’ WORD Answering Helen Thomas on why they want [...]

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The fight on the right, Progressive inertia

Are progressives depressed or too privileged to make change? from Alternet Blackwater & Khost bombing: Is CIA deceiving Congress? by Jeremy Scahill Why don’t TV weathermen believe in climate change? from CJR Apartheid lawsuit goes forward against Ford, GM, IBM 2010 Census uses word ‘negro’ raising memories of Jim Crow WATCH KFC ad: Placate threatening [...]

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Magazines online, Hunger, Hope for 2010

5 reasons to feel hopeful in 2010 from Change.org Foreclosures still swamping federal efforts to help from McClatchy Living on nothing but food stamps from NY Times Backlash in UK over extension of TV product placement from Guardian PolitiFact challenges Cheney’s latest lie Iraq to support Blackwater lawsuit in US courts from Reuters Ex-Blackwater employees [...]

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2009 passings, Radio from the front lines

Slideshow of mostly showbiz & sports stars who passed away in 2009 LISTEN- Press freedom on the front lines from Free Speech Radio News Iraq to take steps to bring Blackwater’s murderers to justice Airport security: Two alternatives to full-body scanners Dems seek to shorten primaries, rein in superdelegates from CS Monitor Hotel WiFi should [...]

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Wed Dec 2 news round-up

Feinstein and Durbin removing bloggers from shield law bill from Daily Kos We must not let Big Telecom segregate the Internet from Afro-Netizen If Congress can kill outlandish Wall St bonuses, why don’t they? from Alternet Blackwater’s Erik Prince stepping down, revealed as CIA asset from Vanity Fair Yahoo spying policy would ‘shock’ customers, according [...]

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Blackwater, Re-segregated schools, Amy Goodman

Listen to Free Speech Radio News special on resegregation of American schools Amy Goodman ‘violated’ by Canadian border officials US scuttled consensus building, was hellbent on Iraq War Blackwater lawyers accuse DOJ of misconduct ACORN reprieve sparks GOP fury from The Raw Story How is Newt Gingrich not a lobbyist? from Firedoglake

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John Trudell speech, Obama statement, Radio Rootz

Listen to John Trudell’s 1980 Thanksgiving address from the Pacifica Radio Archive President Obama’s Native American Heritage Day statement Listen to DC youth explore the crisis of healthy food from Radio Rootz Pentagon tried to ‘intimidate’ journalist Scahill for covering Blackwater

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2008 campaign contributions, Obama’s assassins

Watchdogs detail 2008 campaign contributions in ways never before documented Jeremy Scahill: Obama using Blackwater for assassinations in Pakistan British Iraq War inquiry will be no whitewash, Chilcot promises from BBC News What’s happened to journalists from defunct Seattle PI? from Save the News Telcos to FCC: Give us billions, don’t make us share from [...]

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November 10th news headlines

Google bringing free WiFi to 47 U.S. airports, $ for charity Dirty truth about rural broadband from Free Press Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater approved payoffs of Iraqi officials New evidence of Pharma’s sweetheart deal from New Republic Google says Rupert Murdoch can go ahead and take off stories Dalai Lama sticks his thumb in the Dragon’s [...]

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News from the 5th of November

Glenn Beck’s hotline to nowhere by Thomas Frank Pentagon pursuing new investigation into domestic propaganda Israel preparing public for new Gaza war from Haaretz State Dept fumbles Blackwater Iraq ouster from Newsweek Guy Fawkes protesters finally celebrate right way by Allison Kilkenny Obama’s negotiators collude with big business on copyright treaty Utility regulators challenge Frontier-Verizon [...]

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Weekend Reading 40+ stories

Bush covered up global warming, hid info from Dems from Raw Story Carbon emissions must peak by 2015 from Common Dreams At UN, US votes against Gaza war crimes report endorsement Code Pink delivers Afghani women’s petition to end war to Obama

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