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Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be “Unprecedented” Breach of Diplomatic Immunity
Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Deepwater Drilling Reaches Historic Highs Despite Risks, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Republicans admit eliminating weekend voting would make it harder for some African-Americans to make it to the polls; BP is looking for …
Official Statement by WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange From the Ecuadorian Embassy
“The US administration's war on whistle-blowers must end.”
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: South Africa Is Reeling After Police Kill 34 Striking Miners, and More
In today's On the News segment: South Africa is reeling after police opened fire on striking miners Thursday, killing 34 people and wounding 78; suicides among active duty US Army …
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange
Daniel Ellsberg, the most famous whistleblower in the United States, praises Ecuador for granting political asylum to Julian Assange to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over sex crime …
Bob Pollin: Full Employment and the Swedish Model
Bob Pollin: In the quest for a short term solution to the crisis, there is a lot to learn from Swedish social-democracy.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Democratic Lawmakers Are Lobbing Serious Charges at Retail Giant Walmart, and More
Julian Assange has been granted asylum by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, a growing number of Republicans are coming out in opposition to the seventeenth amendment u2013 the one that …
Undocumented Youth Line Up by the Thousands as Temporary Immigration Reprieve Takes Effect
Tens of thousands of young undocumented immigrants waited in mile-long lines across the country on Wednesday to take advantage of a new federal policy that may grant them legal …
Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; US Seen as “Hidden Hand” Behind UK Threat to Raid Embassy
As Ecuador prepared to announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Britain threatened to raid the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
Is Ryan a Desperate Romney Choice?
Mark Karlin: Ryan pick shows Romney is already fading as a candidate.