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Barack Obama
Silencing Whistleblowers Obama-Style: Supreme Court Edition?
That our current government has been willing to fight for more than seven years - maybe all the way to the Supreme Court - to weaken legal whistleblowing protections …
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Washington Post “News Article” Slams Obama for Not Bombing Russia
The Washington Post is claiming that the Russian military intervention in Crimea illustrates President Obama is too reluctant to use military force.
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Obama Nominates SOPA Lobbyist for TPP Trade Post
If confirmed by the US Senate, Holleyman will help lead the effort to pass the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
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President Obama, the Do-Gooder
Dean Baker: While there are limits as to what Obama can do based on executive authority alone, there are many areas where he can have an impact.
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Cheering a ‘Democratic’ Coup in Ukraine
Nearly everyone is hailing this putsch and ignoring that it was spurred on by neo-Nazi militias, Robert Parry reports.
The Five Commandments of Barack Obama: How “Thou Shalt Not” Became “Thou Shalt“
In January 2009, Barack Obama entered the Oval Office projecting idealism, broadcasting five commandments by which life in his new world of national security would be lived. Five years …
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Liberals Face a Hard Day’s Knight?
Democrats and liberals have become too fixated on election results, kowtowing to the status quo.
Adolph Reed Jr.: The Surrender of America’s Liberals
Reed tells Moyers, the left is no longer a significant force in American politics.
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To Privatize or Not to Privatize
The further privatization of public education is often hidden in the language of education u201creformu201d while proof is emerging in countries that are extensively privatized that results are not …
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US Adopts Israeli Demand to Bring Iran’s Missiles into Nuclear Talks
The Barack Obama administration's insistence that Iran discuss its ballistic missile programme in the negotiations for a comprehensive nuclear agreement brings its position into line with that of Israel …