Tuesday night news wrap-up

John Dean: Why Cheney pushed so hard to get a pardon for Libby
TOP 4
House passes resolution 344-36 calling Gaza war crimes report ‘unworthy’
EDITORIAL: Some sense on defense spending by NY Times
Elizabeth Warren wields plan in fight over credit rules
YIKES: Project Censored round-up of the British police state
POLICY
Pro-net neutrality professors say FCC’s [...]

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Monday night news to read

Media Democracy Coalition’s Hannah Miller rallies against blocked political speech
Supreme Court likely to allow more corporate money in politics
Administration uses ‘State Secrets’ clause to block warrantless wiretap cases
Court rules victim of extraordinary rendition can’t sue from Raw Story
Pirate Cat Radio fined $10,000: East-Bay Express and SF Weekly
Is global warming a corporate [...]

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Obama asks for DTV extension

Nate Hoffman at Boise Weekly blogged today about the news Obama’s team is asking Congress to push back the DTV transition.
My favorite part is where Hoffman refers to me as “BW writer Gavin Dahl.” That made my whole week. In addition to the news that the converter-box coupon program has run out of money, and [...]

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DTV article in Boise Weekly

Check out my feature on the transition to digital television signals from today’s Boise Weekly HERE.
I took this flashy photo of a DTV poster at Boise’s downtown post office.

Thanks to Peter Morrill at Idaho Public Television, Loris Taylor at Native Public Media, Megan Tady at Free Press and Nathaniel Hoffman at Boise Weekly for helping [...]

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