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Ten CIA Rendition Victims Urge Obama to Name Them in Senate Torture Report
None of the ten signatories, all victims of CIA rendition, have been officially acknowledged by the US government.
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Yellow Journalism, Purple Prose
The Bush style and the Obama style are different. But the all-important substance is the same.
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Not Nearly Enough: Why Bank of America Record $17 Billion Settlement Is a Rip-Off
BofA's punishment does not fit the crime.
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Will Obama’s Commutation Allow Grandma Hardy and Thousands of Drug War Prisoners to Finally Go Home?
The Obama administration and the US Sentencing Commission are allowing drug war prisoners to retroactively apply for commutation and reduced sentences. But will these changes actually allow 71-year-old Phyllis …
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“Humanitarian Emergency” Does Not Suspend the Constitution on War Powers
Obama failed to clearly explain why his decision to order airstrikes in Iraq without Congressional authorization is Constitutional and legal.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Dumpster Fire of Obama’s Moral Authority
Whatever lingering moral authority remaining in the administration of President Barack Obama fell to dust last Friday in a news dump that no one, apparently, was expected to pay …
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Poor Polls and Obama’s Missed Opportunity
What if President Obama had rejected conventional political advice and pushed for a new New Deal? What if an effective nonaligned left had pushed for such a program, economist …
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With Obama Torture Admission, John Yoo Should Be Investigated
Obama's admission that the United States tortured people provides another reason to investigate John Yoo, the author of the main memo providing the supposed legal basis for the CIA's …
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The Real Reason Obama Is Being Sued and Impeached
They won't admit this publicly, but Republican anger and intolerance stems from their war addiction.
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Obama Should Release Ukraine Evidence
If the intelligence on the shoot-down is as weak as it appears judging from the fuzzy scraps that have been released, we strongly suggest you call off the propaganda …