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 lobbyists fought for very thing they’re now against

Supreme Court hands victory to mutual fund industry

Student loans: Govt. is now officially in the banking business

TECHNOLOGY POLITICS

Google goes evil, gets in bed with Verizon by Josh Silver

PR firm behind propaganda videos given $25M stimulus contract

Google says China’s ‘great firewall’ blocked search

Fox News has best quarter in network history from Mediaite

POLITICAL INTRIGUE

Thanks health bill, for $250M back to abstinence-only education

Naomi Wolf thinks Tea Parties help fight fascism from Alternet

Brown vs. Democracy in California by George Lakoff

States high on marijuana tax as budget cure

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Rethinking independent voters – Unions bash Dems

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THE US POLITICAL SYSTEM

Rethinking independent voters from Truthout

80% surveyed say Congress serves special interests

George Lakoff: ‘Rational reason’ doesn’t work in US politics

The US political system ‘sucks’ says John Podesta, Center for American Progress

ELECTIONS 2010

Will US Senate races be driven by money or issues?

1 in 10 Republicans calling it quits in November by Daniel Tencer

Is Gov. Crist, who joined Schwarzenegger in endorsing stimulus, about to switch?

Do Republicans really want to win in 2010? from Salon

REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY

Republican of the people from Texas Observer

GOP’s path to the future runs through the past from Salon

The Tea Party takes aim at Ron Paul, ironically

The Tea Party’s radicalism by EJ Dionne Jr.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LABOR UNIONS

Unions bash Dems, warn of political fallout from Politico

Sanders: Obama is ‘wrong’ on the public option by Sam Stein

If Michael Moore would run for president by Robert Naiman

Colorado Supreme Court tosses Amendment 54 from Law Week

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What your government is doing with your money

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Laura Flanders: Lifting the veil on US troops in Pakistan

CIA drones and Bob Gates’ visit to Pakistan from Extraordinary Edition

Republican stimulus foes happy to lobby for pork projects

How much will nuclear cost US citizens? from Grist

2 ex-employees say Blackwater billed US govt for prostitute

Blackwater contractors ordered out of Iraq from CS Monitor

Idaho Education Network under fire for cronyism, waste from New West

Advocating transparency by fighting transparency by Allison Kilkenny

US expanding weapons stockpile inside Israel from Truthout

How Obama ended up where FDR began from TomDispatch.com

Details of British resident’s brutal CIA torture by Andy Worthington

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Jon Stewart cooks Raw Story, Dial Up Rocks

Jon Stewart skewers headlines of lefty blogs

TOP STORIES

Obama wants TARP funds for small businesses

5 ways the Tea Party could fail from National Journal

Elliot Spitzer’s redemption strategy from Daily Beast

Daniel Ellsberg documentary attracts wide audience

DEMOCRACY & CAMPAIGN CASH

Bill Moyers: ‘Two parties, equal opportunity hypocrites’

Lobbyists retreat but never surrender from Truthout

Lawrence Lessig: How to get our democracy back from DN!

Donors reward Dems who pushed public option from Huff Po

FOREIGN POLICY & TERRORISM

Extraordinary Edition on US secret prisons in Afghanistan

Bush, Cheney and the great espace by William Rivers Pitt

Rep. Ron Paul: Stay out of Yemen! from Antiwar.com

The lynch mob mentality by Glenn Greenwald

MEDIA POLITICS

Times Square billboard from NORML denied by CBS

Focus on the Family buys more Super Bowl ad time

Can Obama overcome right-wing talk radio? by Sue Wilson

Paul Krugman & media deficit hawks from FAIR

JOURNALISM & THE FREE PRESS

New era for press after Citizens United from CJR

Ombudsman: ‘Critics are right’ NPR disrespected Zinn

O’Reilly blames Hannity, Beck for Fox News narrative

3rd Circuit Court hands down conflicting student speech ruling

TECHNOLOGY & PRIVACY

FBI wants records kept of websites visited from CNET

What do behavioral targeters know about you? from GigaOm

Springsteen demands ASCAP remove his name from lawsuit

Dial Up Rocks

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Kucinich jobs plan, Failures in Haiti coverage, ACTA

Graf artist Jerry survived Haiti quake

TOP STORIES

After 34 years, plainspoken Justice Stevens gets louder from NY Times

Kucinich: Retirement program would create 1 million jobs from Raw Story

K Street rushing to get its slice of jobs bill before Obama’s spending freeze

ProPublica Super Bowl Blitz: Which Congressmen are getting perks?

HAITI LATEST

Must-see TV makes bad journalism: Failures in coverage by Robert Jensen

Examination of mismanagement and fiscal abuse at the Red Cross

Limited compassion for Haiti by Justin Podur

Venezuela cancels Haiti’s debt

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Despite court ruling, Congress can still limit campaign finance

Ruling to deliver $300M boost to media from Ad Age

Corporations are citizens, what are we? from Truthout

Why ACLU supports the Supremes by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

WAR & MILITARISM

Pentagon calls for ‘Office of Strategic Deception’ by Sahil Kapur

1/3rd of women in US military are raped from News Junkie Post

Obama’s drones responsible for increase in civilian deaths from Truthout

Does NYT’s top Israel reporter have a son in the IDF? from FAIR

TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Warning: Your cellphone may be hazardous to your health from GQ

Consumer advocates declare war on copyright treaty from CBC

Transparency and ACTA secrecy by Michael Geist

Internet companies voice alarm over Italian law from Radio Netherlands

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State of the corporate union, Magical Mystery Chambers

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TOP STORIES

Candidate Obama criticized McCain’s spending freeze idea by Sahil Kapur

Paul Krugman: Obama spending freeze ‘appalling on every level’

Comcast, I surrender from Tech Crunch

CEO of nonprofit Center for Missing & Exploited Children paid $1.3M salary

JOURNALISM BUSINESS

Arianna Huffington’s journalism charity helps nobody but herself from Gawker

Guardian UK editor hits back: Paywalls risk ‘sleepwalk into oblivion’

3 arrested for attempted Sen. Landrieu bugging have campus newspaper past

Op-Ed: Err-America didn’t respect its listeners enough from Truthout

MEDIA CULTURE

Ron Reagan cancels his show from Blather Watch

A look at the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger from Future of Music Coalition

How to thrive as a musician without suing your fans from EFF

Beatles meet Wu-Tang Clan in ‘Magical Mystery Chambers’ free download

POLITICAL MAYHEM

Under fire, Rahm Emanuel calls liberal strategy ‘fucking retarded’ from Raw Story

Man who blew whistle on Abramoff tells how he did it from The Hill

Op-Ed: Freedom vs. the public option by George Lakoff

Canaries in the coal mine from Daily Kos

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National debt to grow again, Air America crashes, ACORN

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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 UPDATES

Plane full of meds turned away but patients need treatment from Media Hacker

Boy saved after week under rubble, girl killed by Haitian police for looting

Hope for Haiti telethon to air live on TV and Internet Friday 8pm EST

Insight into Wyclef Jean’s foundation under attack from Jack & Jill Politics

PRESS FREEDOM

Student staff resigns following high school censorship battle

What makes for a critical press? Save the News sees a role for govt support

State Dept to offer financial support for grassroots Internet freedom work

Russian journalist dies after police beating from Reuters

MORE MEDIA

FCC plans to expand ‘robocall’ restrictions

FCC closes cable programming loophole

Why OK Go’s new video won’t be seen 50 million times from Future of Music

Student resigns from paper after publication of cartoon urging hate crime

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Haiti earthquake: Truths buried beneath ‘disaster porn’

Ansel Herz, US journalist on the ground in Haiti, interviewed by Wolf Blitzer

As aid efforts flounder, Haitians rely on each other by Ansel Herz

Exiled in S. Africa, former president Aristide wants to return from Democracy Now

IMF leverages crisis, offering loans with neoliberal conditions from The Nation

Naomi Klein: Stop disaster capitalists before they strike again

How Washington’s plot worsened the earthquake disaster by Max Blumenthal

Control & exploitation: Our role in Haiti’s plight from The Guardian UK

What you’re not hearing about Haiti but should be from Common Dreams

Bush is responsible for destroying Haitian democracy from Democracy Now

George W Bush joins relief effort, despite ordering coup! from Think Progress

UPS not shipping for free, American Airlines not flying for free from CNN

As wallets open for Haiti, credit card companies take a big cut from Huff Po

Truth about Wyclef Jean’s shady Yele Haiti Foundation from The Smoking Gun

NBA’s only Haitian player Sam Dalembert gives $100,000 from Democracy Now

Fox News has no idea how to cover the Haiti crisis by Eric Boehlert

Haiti ambassador shames ‘utterly stupid’ Pat Robertson from Raw Story

George Clooney and MTV Networks working on Haiti telethon for Jan. 22

Max Blumenthal on Dubya’s role in Haitian coup from Democracy Now (2004)

JG on The Haiti boomerang from Counterpunch (2004)

Noam Chomsky on The tragedy of Haiti from Truthout (1993)

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Innocence Project, Immigrant jail deaths cover-up

Improper forensics, 2 decades in prison

Chicago prosecutor’s office trying to smear Innocence Project

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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 to harm us from Truthout

TSA is funding airport mind-reading machines from Raw Story

Body scanners: Known unknowns from ACLU

Op-ed: Sick with terror by Amy Goodman

THE U.S. ECONOMY

Study: More families using food stamps to feed kids from McClatchy

Unemployment: Pelosi & Obama call for new jobs bill from The Hill

US awards $2.3b worth of tax credits for green jobs

Are Dems & the corporate media hopeless? by Dave Lindorff

House committee wants Geithner testimony over AIG bailout scandal

Tim Geithner’s time to give answers by Congressman Darrel Issa

FOOD ECO

Three approved GMOs linked to organ damage from Truthout

Science confirms that blowing up mountains harms mountains from Grist

Most unhealthy restaurant meals (not fast food) from Alternet

Is Whole Foods bad for the planet? from Mother Jones

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Canadian diplomacy & the Honduran coup from The Dominion

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden demands secret IP treaty details from Wired

Did CIA deploy a Blackwater hit team in Germany? by Jeremy Scahill

Vancouver rail system jacks up the fees for busking musicians

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Global climate editorial, McCaffrey still at it

56 papers in 45 countries publish joint editorial from Editor & Publisher

Joint climate editorial carried by global newspapers; How it came about

Gen. McCaffrey still not disclosing profit motives on MSNBC

Op-Ed: Entitled to their own ‘facts’? from Truthout

Mediacom seeks to bypass municipal agreement in Dubuque

Small and local wins the race: Manhattan Media

Apple acquires Lala streaming service

Half of all police surveillance includes text messaging

UK police u-turn on photographers & anti-terror laws

Morales, harsh critic of US, reelected as Bolivian president

Venezuela refashions seized banks into public entity

Tens of thousands stage colorful anti-Berlusconi protest in Rome

Riots break out in Greece on anniversary of police murder

Baucus kept relationship from DOJ when recommending girlfriend

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Round-up of global protests, Tech headlines

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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 through London

Tens of thousands march against Silvio Berlusconi in Rome

Martial law returns ahead of rebellion in Philippines

Arrests mark Greek riot anniversary

Iran bans foreign media, Cut Tehran web access as student rally nears

Zelaya supporters end 5 months of daily protests in Honduras

Gaza Freedom March less than one month away

U of Wisconsin protesters want Karl Rove on trial

TECHNOLOGY HEADLINES

Ode to books, why e-books will never replace them from Geek Dad

Administration fears public scrutiny would scuttle IP treaty talks

ALA submits comments on FCC broadband plan

PEG channels’ new best friend: Comcast? from Multichannel News

Comcast NBC: Donor interests vs. key Obama principles

Comcast rated 10 on Harold Feld’s association scale

The rise and fall of MySpace from Financial Times

TV exec upset daughter wants no TV at college from Techdirt

The myth of broadband hogs

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Climategate, Lobbyists lobby for right to lobby

Lobbyists lobby White House for right to lobby from ABC News

Journalist learns about union-busting the hard way from Alternet

Argentine Dirty War victims cautiously embrace trials from Truthout

ACORN can be paid for existing contracts, DOJ says from NY Times

Op-ed: Colbert conservatism by David Sirota

Pub fined $13K for WiFi copyright infringement from CNET

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Indymedia and EFF fight back against bogus subpoena

"Be the media"

EFF, Indymedia successfully fight back against government

Request for silence crossed constitutional bounds from Truthout

Dubya, Obama Justice departments: Secret subpoena for Indymedia visitor logs

Watchdog slams DOJ demand for visitor logs, gag order

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Malkia Cyril on Precious, CNN paid Lou Dobbs $8m to quit

Malkia Cyril: Push changed my life, but Hollywood ‘invisibilized patriarchy’

CNN paid Lou Dobbs $8m to quit

Are nuclear weapons safe in Pakistan? by Seymour Hersh

Cecilia Kang explains Google Books settlement on CSPAN

Taking aim at student muckrakers from NY Times

PBS can market its kids show without selling out

The price of free from NY Times

NY Times embraces ‘douche’ as TV dirty word of the moment from Alternet

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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 fraud? from Project Censored

Real reason climate bill is going to suck from Grist

Palestinians criticize US u-turn on settlements

Detroit Free Press takes editorial cues from advertisers

Congress should not reject the Goldstone Report from Common Dreams

Where are the anti-war demonstrators? from Common Dreams

What Obama is up against from Truthout

MPAA piracy facts unchecked on 60 Minutes

MPAA press release urges FCC to protect content

Bit Torrent’s new peer-to-peer software throttles itself

Nielsen says DTV switch was successful

Paramount says National Broadband Plan should stop Star Trek pirates

Jerry Brown’s spokesman resigns after taping calls

AP admits Cheney equivocated to the FBI

We need a Son of Sam law for coporations from True/Slant

Comcast close to gaining NBC Universal

Brazil encourages competing hackers to crack e-voting terminals

Sen. Cantwell not sure why Geithner still has a job

Service providers in UK ‘should have legal obligation on rural broadband’

Three’s company by Ross Douthat

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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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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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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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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 be mostly just lists of stories with links for now. Let me know what you think, and please post stories you’re reading in the comment section.

We’re Screwed: The Yes Men Strike Again from Common Dreams

Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater? by Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports

Dem. Senators’ New Bill Could Eliminate Telecom Immunity from Raw Story

Campaign Finance 527 Rules Overturned from US PIRG

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