TARP, Copenhagen, Iraq, Afghanistan, LPFM

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Leaked UN report: Copenhagen cuts would lead to 3C temperature rise
Chilcot Iraq Inquiry: The establishment goes to work from Media Lens
Army specialist jailed for stop-loss hip hop song from Courage to Resist
Add 56,000 new contractors to 30,000 new troops for Afghanistan
NEWS ABOUT THE MEDIA
LPFM passes the House by Candace Clement; [...]

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Guest appearance on community radio KAOS

Broadband, consolidation and neutrality are my subjects this evening on Olympia’s community radio station KAOS. In order of their attribution on the show, here are the links to my sources from tonight’s 30 minutes.
Broadband money begins to flow from Broadband Breakfast
The Killer App of 1900 by Glenn Fleishman on Publicola, Seattle’s News Elixir
Research shows doubts [...]

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Call your Senators! LPFM expansion has never been closer

Big news from Prometheus Radio… Time to call your Senators! UPDATE: Free Press has an easy way to email your Senators to tell them to vote in support of community radio.
The Local Community Radio Act passed the House of Representatives Wednesday evening with a resounding voice vote and now moves to the Senate. The bill [...]

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Surreal afterlife of Dubya, Missing emails found

4 presidential candidates join Afghan protest from Real News
22 million missing Bush-era emails found; Set for 2014 release?
The surreal afterlife of ex-president Dubya from Common Dreams
Senators push Wall St. restructuring with Depression-era rule
Obama has no leverage to convince ‘fat-cat bankers’ to lend from CS Monitor
Net neutrality fight again sweeps through FCC [...]

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Round-up of global protests, Tech headlines

Andy Worthington: The human cost of Guantanamo from Truthout
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Supreme Court tosses out ruling to release torture photos
Spitzer on Democracy Now: Geithner, Bernanke ‘complicit’
Dubya and Blair ‘misled public’ ‘could end up on trial’
New white house press pool rotation sparks debate from Politico
PROTESTS AROUND THE GLOBE

20,000 climate activists march through London
Tens of thousands march against Silvio [...]

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America’s regression, Consolidation, Wars

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America’s regression by Glenn Greenwald
Liberal Dems take aim at war funding
‘The war is in Pakistan right now‘ says Jeremy Scahill
Editors reporting to sales managers at Dallas newspaper
AMERICA’S BIGGEST CABLE CO. WANTS MORE POWER
Why the FCC should stop Comcast NBC from PC World
Commissioner Copps on merger: ‘They face a steep climb with me‘
Congress to scrutinize [...]

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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 Ars Technica
Volunteers log [...]

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LPFM: Good news & bad, Students barricade UCLA

LPFM: Senate Commerce Committee unanimous on Local Community Radio Act
LPFM: FCC shuts down folksy station in Stayton, OR
Protesting students barricade doors at UCLA
Senate Judiciary Committee fails to approve shield law bill from Variety
Former Dubya spokesperson Dana Perino named to Broadcast Board of Governors
Smart grids drag utilities into the swamp of online privacy from Ars Technica
Kicking [...]

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Tuesday night news wrap-up

John Dean: Why Cheney pushed so hard to get a pardon for Libby
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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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Friday morning reading

Twitter serves up ideas from users from NY Times
ACLU: Obama signs bill allowing defense dept. to block FOIA requests
Pentagon won’t confirm domestic propaganda program ended from Raw Story
Israel targeting grassroots nonviolent Palestine activists from Antiwar.com
Illustrated view of world without net neutrality rules from WA Post
Climate change effect on North Sea now apparent from Wired
Netanyahu unsure [...]

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Saturday headlines

Goldstone dares US on Gaza report
Presidential power has gone way too far by David Swanson
Shoes fly as Dubya tells Canadian audience ‘I did not sell my soul’
Can the peace movement reach Obama? from Common Dreams
Obama: in favor of lesser coverage? pressuring Reid to drop public option?
What controlling the media really [...]

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Thursday reading

Pentagon used psyops on US public from Raw Story
Musicians demand info on their music used for torture
AT&T staff told to complain about net neutrality to FCC
Oops: Sequoia reveals e-voting code from Tech Dirt
Rep. Polis narrowly avoids net neutrality disaster
Broadband stimulus has failed to date from App Rising
Rachel Maddow challenges Liz Cheney: be on my show
New [...]

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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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Sunday News Catching Up

Interview: Medea Benjamin talks Afghan trip with Scott Horton
Democrats protecting Bush-era criminal activities by Glenn Greenwald
Sibel Edmonds bombshell buried in the blogosphere? from Antiwar Radio
Spending bill would block release of torture photos from Truthout

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Friday Morning News

DOJ stalls FOIA request on telecom immunity lobbying efforts from EFF
Obama sides with Republicans against Patriot Act civil liberties reforms
Feingold explains problems with Judiciary Committee from Daily Kos
FTC seeks to restrict gift giving to bloggers from Wall St Journal

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Monday Night News

Free Press supports FCC in case against Comcast
Cloud computing: IBM corporate email undercuts Google
Local radio is a grassroots effort for California LPFM
America’s PR revolution: Outraged denial by David Sirota

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Wednesday Reading

Dems who voted against public option got $19m from healthcare firms
Banning a book near you from Truthout
End of FCC censorship of the airwaves may come by Marjorie Heins
Inside look at how Goldman Sachs lobbies Senate by Matt Taibbi

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Tuesday Night Reading

Pentagon spokesman was Bush domestic propaganda official from Raw Story
ACORN legislation could defund top contractors from Project on Govt. Oversight
Drowning out the right-wing noise machine by Megan Tady
Broad new FBI surveillance rules are unconstitutional from ACLU

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Today’s articles

Mostly broadcast-related stuff today…
Coalition says FCC is violating free speech from Broadcasting & Cable
Public broadcasters applying for broadband stimulus funds from Current
Will pay TV providers shut down Hulu? from Telephony Online
FCC gets 180,000 complaints about Family Guy from Ars Technica

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