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Howard Dean as John the Baptist and Other Big Ideas at the Little Idea

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: 2004 Election, Caroline Waxler, Corporate Funded Elections, The Little Idea, Jena Friedman, George W. Bush, Searching for Whitopia, The Nation, Democratic Party, Grass Roots Campaign, Arianna Huffington, Obama White House, Learnvest, Howard Dean, Recessionwire, Campaign Finance Reform, Bob Fertik, Refugee Girls Revue, Corporate Funding, Andrea Chalupa, Tea Party Movement, John the Baptist, Herding Donkeys, Third World America, 2012 Midterm Election, Democrats.com, Speakeasy, Ari Berman, Drew Grant, Citizens United, 2008 Election, Rich Benjamin, Ari Melber, Rahm Emanuel, Lower East Side, Rachel Sklar, Laura Rich, Grassroots Movement, Jonathan Melber, Elena Silenok, Crushable, Chartini, Clothia, Charles Lencher, New York News
Andrea Chalupa

Ari Berman does a wonderful thing in his new book Herding Donkeys -- he investigates how common sense usurped power in Washington.

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New Twitter Lists, Social Influence & Torture

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Twitter, Social Media, The Nation, Online Organizing, Social Networking, Bob Fertik, Twitter Lists, Media News
Ari Melber

Previously, Twitter essentially held the market on recommending users, through its official list of suggested users. But it just launched a tool enabling users to create their own lists on the site.

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Impeach Bybee: The Growing Movement to Unseat Bush Torture Lawyer Turned Federal Judge

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Russ Feingold, Bruce Ackerman, Jerrold Nadler, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Habeus Corpus, Democratic Party, Steven Bradbury, Barack Obama, Office of Legal Counsel, Judge Jay Bybee, Center for Constitutional Rights, Jay Bybee, Jan Schakowsky, Bob Fertik, Michael Ratner, New York Times, David Swanson, Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush, Torture Memos, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

The UN has indicated that Obama's refusal to prosecute torturers may be a violation of International law.

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Obama on Torture: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Nsa, change.gov, Bob Fertik, Ccr, Obama, Spying, Geneva Conventions, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Patrick Fitzgerald, Obama Torture Commission, Torture, Politics News
Ari Melber

This answer tracks the language of many torture apologists (and advocates) in Washington, who posit a choice between protecting the country today and second-guessing the past.

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Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Ari Melber

The Obama transition team is taking questions again at Change.gov -- while the press has fixated on the Blagojevich scandal, the allegations of torture by officials in the current administration receive scant attention.

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The Latest Media Blind Spot: Viewing All Criticism of Obama Through a Right/Left Prism

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Progressives, Left Wing, Obama Moves to the Center, Bob Fertik, New York Times, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Chuck Hagel, deomcrats.com, Green Party, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

My problem isn't that Obama doesn't always agree with me. My problem is that he has started to not always agree with himself -- falling prey instead to the Conventional Wisdom sirens.

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