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Foreign-Funded “US” Chamber of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads
The largest attack campaign against Democrats this fall is being waged by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a trade association organized as a 501(c)(6) that can raise and spend …
Andrew Bacevich | The Long War: Year Ten
In January 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s charge to a newly-appointed commanding general was simplicity itself: “give us victories.” President Barack Obama’s tacit charge to his generals amounts to this: …
Exclusion of Coercion-Tainted Evidence Echoes Other Guantanamo Cases
A federal judge's decision today — excluding key testimony from the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee — is the latest, and potentially most significant, in a series …
Attention Left, Liberal and Radical Groups – Pennsylvania Has Been Monitoring You
Thank you, Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR), for reminding us how many bad-ass, dedicated and creative groups we count as allies in our efforts to create a …
White House Squelched Release of BP Oil Spill Estimates
Washington - Government scientists wanted to tell Americans early on how bad the BP oil spill could be, but the White House denied their request to make the worst-case …
Unemployment Dilemma Goes Beyond Supply and Demand
The economic slump continues in the United States, as does the debate over where all the jobs have gone, and when — or if — they might return. Mike …
Russ Baker | “Obama’s Wars”: The Real Story Bob Woodward Won’t Tell
Just one year before the publication of “Obama’s Wars,” Bob Woodward became a player in his own book-in-progress. He morphed into his true identity: Warrior Bob. Actually, there’s an …
Cash-Strapped States Resurrect “Debtors’ Prisons“
Two reports published by NYU's Brennan Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reveal a rising trend of patently unconstitutional practices in cash-strapped states, where a …
Krugman Frustrated
Poor Paul Krugman, stuck in the old Keynesian rut amidst its blinders. The recession would be over, he says, if only the government ran more and bigger deficits to …