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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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 Ars Technica
Volunteers log [...]

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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 eye
Blaming the workers by Dave [...]

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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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