NEWS DELAY – Citizens united against Citizens United

TOP STORIES US oil company donated millions to climate skeptic groups, says Greenpeace The obscenity of war by Amy Goodman Citizens united against Citizens United by David Swanson Police: Teaching kids to mistrust govt. makes couple ‘unsuitable’ parents FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS Bailed out banks are even more powerful now than before the crisis Elizabeth Warren: Bank [...]

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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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National debt to grow again, Air America crashes, ACORN

Truthout offers exclusive video interview with ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis TOP STORIES Democrats propose increase of national debt by $2 trillion; More background Air America bankruptcy brings end to live programming Ron Paul: ‘Take out’ the CIA for dealing drugs, assassinations, war-mongering Dennis Kucinich shreds Dems for betraying promise of change from Raw Story HAITI [...]

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Weekend reading

Chris Matthews is scared of kung fu fighting terrorists from Raw Story Senate health-care bill would still leave millions uninsured Banks roll out new check, card fees from Democratic Underground Official Army history: Bush ‘hamstrung’ troops by Stephen C Webster Former UK Prime Minister slams Iraq War motives Michael Chertoff’s serious ‘full-body scanners’ conflict of [...]

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2009 passings, Radio from the front lines

Slideshow of mostly showbiz & sports stars who passed away in 2009 LISTEN- Press freedom on the front lines from Free Speech Radio News Iraq to take steps to bring Blackwater’s murderers to justice Airport security: Two alternatives to full-body scanners Dems seek to shorten primaries, rein in superdelegates from CS Monitor Hotel WiFi should [...]

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Youth activism, Unemployment, Press freedom

Top youth activism victories of 2009 from WireTap Good riddance to decade begun by theft of the presidency by John Nichols Over 20m people collected unemployment checks in 2009 137 media workers killed during 2009 An extraordinary year in politics from The Hill 10 things that didn’t suck about media in 2009 from Huffington Post [...]

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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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Eco activist charged, Campaign $ behind Afghan escalation

Activist Tim DeChristopher charged for failing to pay oil bid from Huffington Post Campaign cash behind the Afghanistan escalation from Inst. for Southern Studies Morocco silences the pens of its journalists from Committee to Protect Journalists ‘Too few funds’ to rebuild Iraq, inquiry told from The Independent 75,000 copycats of US newspaper content per month [...]

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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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Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week is this week September 28 – October 3, 2009. Check out info from American Library Association, NOW on PBS, Christian Science Monitor and even Movie Licensing USA..

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Freedom of Information forum on journalism

Attorney Tom Kelley chairs a citizens group called the Colorado Freedom of Information Council. Along with coalition partners like the Bar Association, League of Women Voters and Common Cause, Kelley said, “we act as aggressively in keeping after government as possible.” While Kelley’s coalition is not a press organization, they do provide FOI resources and put [...]

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Digital Crossroads- Wake Up America

In an unusual live Wednesday morning broadcast, I finally produced the 2nd episode of Digital Crossroads of the year. I’ve been reading and highlighting and writing about Gaza. This show is about thinking critically before you trust what you read in the news. Below you can click to listen to the 30-minute show as it [...]

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