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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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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America’s regression, Consolidation, Wars

TOP 4 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 [...]

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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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Boise Weekly article on ACORN next week

Heads up, my new article about ACORN in Idaho is coming out in the Boise Weekly next Wednesday. There is a lot of material, so why not start HERE with the latest from Rebel Reports writer Jeremy Scahill in The Nation on how ACORN fits into the larger federal contractor scene.

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Saturday evening

Rocky Mountain Independent to cease new content Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald on Grit TV 10 ways to debunk telecom shills by Tim Karr Copyright Alliance exposed as astroturf propaganda

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Articles from Friday

Students and bloggers not covered under proposed Shield Law Former CIA Directors trying to block torture investigation Where is the Defund Blackwater Act? by Jeremy Scahill Public Option offered by Kucinich & Conyers ignored by Bruce Dixon

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NEW PROJECT Read What I’m Reading

I get frustrated reading interesting news stories and then doing nothing with them. So partly to clean up my browsers full of tabs and mainly to try and encourage my friends (and strangers, too, I guess) to read more stories that matter I’m going to start blogging notes about the news I’m reading. These will [...]

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