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US Economy: Think It’s Getting Better? Think Again
America’s Sea of Red Ink Was Years in the MakingBy David Leonhardt / June 9, 2009 There are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal government will run in the coming years. The first is that President … Continue reading
The Sotomayor Nomination : Racism and Right-Wing Lunacy
Racism and Right-Wing Lunacy Her comment was simply a truism: identity shapes experience, which then informs perceptions. Identity provides a lens through which one then observes reality. By Tim Wise / June 1, 2009 For a group that regularly decries … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigotry, Criminal Justice, Obama Administration, Racism, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
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Lisa Sánchez González on the Sotomayor Nomination : Fighting my Inner Cynic
Barack Obama introduces his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a Boricua from the South Bronx. Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP.Obama nominates a Boricua from the South Bronx:A tease or a real slice of hope? By Lisa Sánchez González … Continue reading
Obama’s Preventive Detention Policy Explained
See Rachel Maddow video below. Facts and myths about Obama’s preventive detention proposalBy Glenn Greenwald / May 22, 2009 In the wake of Obama’s speech on Thursday, there are vast numbers of new converts who now support indefinite “preventive detention.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Indefinite Detention, Obama Administration
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Englehardt: The Expanding Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict
Bodies of some of 25-30 Afghan civilians killed in NATO air strike, October 16, 2008. Obama has escalated the Afghanistan war. Photo: Abdul Khaleq/Associated Press.Going for Broke: Six Ways the Af-Pak War Is ExpandingBy Tom Engelhardt / May 21, 2009 … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Middle East, Obama Administration, Pakistan, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, War
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Card Check is Dead : Did Obama Betray Labor?
Sen. Arlen Specter, “Democrat” of Pennsylvania, with President Obama, says he will accept a compromise on the Employee Free Choice Act. Photo by AP. Last Thursday President Obama pronounced “card check” dead, saying that the current Employee Free Choice Act … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Obama Administration
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Cartoon: The Health Care Reform Plan
Source / Seattle P-I Thanks to Jeffrey Segal / The Rag Blog
What Will We See with the Democratic Majority? Probably Not Much …
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2nd R) talks about tax legislation during a news event with (L-R) Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI), Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Rep. … Continue reading
Cheney’s Chief Assassin to Head Afghan Effort
Here’s a little more of that blessed change from the Obama administration. The more things change, the more they look the same. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog General Stanley McChrystal and Tory Clark during Gulf War II.McChrystal was Cheney’s … Continue reading
Obama Administration Will Continue Massive Secret Budgetary Outlays
“The Black Hole” NSA headquarters, Ft. Meade, Maryland.Big Increases for Intelligence and Pentagon “Black” Programs in 2010By Tom Burghardt / May 13, 2009 Continuing along the dark path marked out by his predecessors in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama’s … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, National Security Agency, Obama Administration, U.S. Military
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America’s Strategic and National Security Interests: Not Much Good for the Rest of the World
Secretary Doomsday and the Empathy Gap: The Everyday Extremism of WashingtonBy Tom Engelhardt / May 7, 2009 A front-page New York Times headline last week put the matter politely indeed: “In Pakistan, U.S. Courts Leader of Opposition.” And nobody thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Middle East, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Roger Baker : The Zombie Bank Syndrome
Zombie banker. Image from Mother Jones.Dead Banks Walking. . . Except for the bankers and the Obama administration, the prevailing reaction of many prominent economists is not one of optimism. By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 8, … Continue reading
