The future of media, Colbert, The latest Watergate

TOP STORIES Jerk or genius, TV’s Stephen Colbert boosts US Remembering ‘Kvetcher in the Rye’ JD Salinger by Greg Palast ACORN mounts campaign to ‘sting the stinger’ by Daniel Tencer Rahm Emanuel will really, really not like hosting this mental disabilities panel CORPORATE POWER How corporations secretly move millions to fund political ads by Brad [...]

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Stories you may have missed from January 6th

Commemorating the assault on Gaza one year ago from Electronic Intifada   TOP 4   Witness: I saw 2nd man arrested after landing in Detroit from Antiwar Radio   Confronting liberal objections to left criticism of Obama, Dems from ZNet   Pioneering newswoman’s obit draws venomous comments from Raw Story   Civil rights lawyer Jack Daniel passes away at 60 [...]

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Declassification, TSA, Net neutrality, Book Sales

Obama ends secrecy policy, launches ‘declassification center’ Politico reporter slammed as Cheney ‘stenographer’ by Sahil Kapur TSA intimidates bloggers who published new airport procedures ACLU opposes use of full-body scanners by TSA FCC moving toward creation of new network neutrality rules Huffington Post doubts reports that book sales are not so bad LISTEN- How Ebooks [...]

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Iran run by thugs, Picturing the past 10 years

Live-blogging Ashura protests in Iran from Daily Nite Owl Simple fix for the messed up Sunday morning talk shows by Jay Rosen LOOK- Picturing the past 10 years (cool graphic) Gazans mark anniversary of Israeli invasion from Al Jazeera 1 year after war, global citizens step up for Gaza by Medea Benjamin Indie radio station’s [...]

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Round-up of global protests, Tech headlines

Andy Worthington: The human cost of Guantanamo from Truthout TOP 4 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 [...]

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Monday night round-up

Peace activist confronts Israeli PM Gaza explored from The New Yorker Berlin Wall 20 years later from NY Times EFF: Government finally turning over some telecom lobbying docs 6 progressive complaints about House health bill from The Nation Net neutrality red herrings and how to combat them Editorial: Who’s afraid of the big, bad Fairness [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Monday night news

Columbus Day: The myth of ‘America’ by Dahr Jamail A Columbus Day meditation by Thom Hartmann Israel will not allow war crime trials over Gaza from AFP Honduras: Coup troops raid TV station from Narco News

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