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Olbermann-O'Reilly: Détente We Don't Want

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Michelle Schweiger Schecter

A sandbox brawl between Keith and Bill Has left their parents feeling ill They want their boys to get along Yet the ultimate result is quite wrong

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Guantanamo As Hotel California: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Defense, War on Terror, President Obama, Guantanamo, Fbi, Binyam Mohamed, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Detention Policy Task Force, World News, Habeas Corpus, Obama Detention Policy, Politics News, Sabir Lahmar, Umar Abdulayev, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, Judge Gladys Kessler, Pentagon, Yemen, World, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Saudi Rehabilitation, Ayman Batarfi, Justice Department, US District Court, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Uighurs, Yasim Basardah, Cia, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Prisoners who do not face ill-treatment on return to their homelands are still held, no matter how many times their release is approved by various representatives of the U.S. government.

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Again with the 51st State...

Eric Lurio | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: DC Voting Rights, Puerto Rico Governor, Puerto Rico, Expanding the Union, Politics News, Puerto Rico Statehood, The 51st StateHR 2499, Obama, Republicans, Pedro Pierluisi, Natural Resources Committee, Luis Fortuno, Politics News
Eric Lurio

The main argument against Puerto Rican statehood is taxation. Except for DC, it has been the policy of the federal government that there be no taxation without representation, so Puerto Ricans don't pay income tax.

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Healthcare's Public Option: Dean vs. Burgess (VID)

Blaise Zerega | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, fora.tv, Cato Institute, Blaise Zerega, Howard Dean, Michael Burgess, Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare Reform, Book Passage, Obama Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Politics News
Blaise Zerega

I have a sinking feeling that by the time the Senate has its turn, the public option will resemble a poor combination of Medicare and Medicaid.

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As Judge Orders Release of Tortured Guantanamo Prisoner, Government Refuses to Concede Defeat

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, Mohamed Jawad, Col. Stephen Henley, Department of Defense, War on Terror, George W. Bush, President Obama, 9/11, Guantanamo, Taliban, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Eric Holder, World News, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Politics News, Enemy Combatants, Robert Gates, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, US Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Advocacy, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Justice Department, US District Court, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Torture, World News
Andy Worthington

I still have no firm idea why Obama and Holder have allowed the Justice Department to pursue unjustifiable and unwinnable habeas cases, resulting in humiliation after humiliation.

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Jason Linkins

Morning Joe Allows Guests To Pimp Lewin Group 'Research'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Video, Public Health Insurance Option, Morning Joe, Health, Health Care Reform, Republicans, Insurance Companies, Gop, Lewin Group, Media News

Two day ago, the Washington Post wrote up an article documenting the often unstated connections between the Lewin Group -- whose health care talking p...

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Signature Gathering Reform: The Most Critical and Immediate Fix to Direct Democracy

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Referendum, Politics News, Ballot, Signature-Gatherers, Politics, Ballot Initiative, Ballot Reform, Ballot Problems, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, Politics News
Kristina Wilfore

Only by implementing solutions to the problems that exist will states be able to provide people with a ballot measure process that works for voters instead of against them.

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Predictable Chaos as Guantanamo Trials Resume

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, David Hicks, President Obama, 9/11, Guantanamo, Omar Khadr, World News, Politics News, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Lt. Rich Federico, Col. Morris Davis, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Bay, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, World, Human Rights First, Walid Bin Attash, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Senate Armed Services Committee, CIA Torture, Mohammed Kamin, Salim Hamdan, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Capt. John Murphy, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Federal Court, Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Politics News
Andy Worthington

With no visible progress this was another dismal outing for the Commissions, and another warning for the Obama administration that any kind of revival of the wretched trial system will remain fraught with insoluble problems.

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Jason Linkins

Patrick Murphy Defends Obama, Vows DADT Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News, Dadt, Barack Obama, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Patrick Murphy, Politics News

Last week, we noted that Pennsylvania Representative and Iraq War veteran Patrick Murphy had assumed the role of chief sponsor for the Military Readin...

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Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Preventive Detention, Mohamed Jawad, David Kris, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Harsh Interrogations, President Obama, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, John Hutson, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Sen. Carl Levin, Robert Gates, Jeh Johnson, National Security, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, World, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, House Committee on the Judiciary, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Capt. John Murphy, George Toscas, Federal Court, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Lt. Col. Vandeveld said, "I simply could not in good conscience continue to work for an ad-hoc, hastily created apparatus whose evident resort to expediency and ethical compromise were so contrary to my own."

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Jason Linkins

John Ensign Scandal Escalates: "It's Not Good"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, John Ensign, Ensign, John Ensign Mistress, Cindy Hampton, Ensign Mistress, Ensign Mistress Laywer, Ensign Mistress Letter, Ensign Mistress Payment, Politics News

For a long while, the inspiring tale of Mark Sanford's Latin American jaunt on or near "the sex line" had gripped America with its romantic melodrama....

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Military Commissions: Government Flounders, As Admiral Hutson Nails Problems

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Preventive Detention, Department of Defense, David Kris, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Senate Armed Services Committee, US District Court, Justice Department, John Hutson, Barack Obama, World News, Military Commissions, Politics News, Enemy Combatants, Jeh Johnson, National Security, Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo Bay, Federal Court, William J. Haynes II, Politics News
Andy Worthington

A legal quagmire that lacks legitimacy and maintains key policies of the Bush administration's "War on Terror" is almost too awful to contemplate.

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Palin Hit With Another Ethics Complaint

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey Dunn

In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act.

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The Real Story Behind Palin's Bombshell

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey Dunn

Some pundits have said that Palin's resignation is out of character. Hardly. Don't forget that she resigned from her last statewide office. Sarah Palin is a quitter.

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President Obama's Clear Abuse Of Power Cited By...Senator Obama

Rob Warmowski | Posted 07.28.2009 | Home

Read More: War Spending Bill, Politics News, US Foreign Policy, Iraq, Afghanistan, President Obama, 106b War Spending Bill, 106 Billion Dollars, Signing Statements, Abuse of Power, Executive Power, Executive Branch, Home News
Rob Warmowski

Those who sought legal idealism from the Obama administration won't be getting it, and those who saw a bloated, creeping Executive branch under Bush/Cheney have not, after all, voted in a choirboy.

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Jason Linkins

Release of 'Holy Grail' Torture Document To Be Delayed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Torture Report, Cheney Torture, Torture, Dick Cheney Torture, Holy Grail Torture Report, CIA Torture, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News

About a month and half ago, we made note of the way the stars seemed to be aligning for the release of ex-CIA Inspector General John Helgerson's class...

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Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Geneva Conventions, Preventive Detention, President Obama, George W. Bush, Navi Pillay, United Nations, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Eric Holder, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Politics, UN Convention Against Torture, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, ACLU Torture, Mohamed Et Al v Jeppesen Dataplan Inc., Bagram Torture, Closing Guantanamo, World, Terrorism, CIA Torture, US District Court, Justice Department, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Judge Richard Leon, Abou Elkassim Britel, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Waterboarding, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Sadly, our celebrity-obsessed world is unlikely to pay much attention to the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, as the death of Michael Jackson dominates headlines.

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A Model for Universal Health Care Coverage

Gavin Newsom | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, President Obama, Jobs, Congress, Health, Health Insurance, Business, Obama Health Care, California, Universal Health Care, Politics News, Gavin Newsom, Health Care, San Francisco, Health Care Reform, Special Interests, Mayor Newsom, Universal Healthcare, Senate, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Our experience in San Francisco is proving what most Americans already know -- it is much less expensive to keep people well than it is to treat their sickness.

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Judge Orders Release from Guantanamo of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Taliban, US District Court, Justice Department, Abdul Rahim Janko, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, World News, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Judge Richard Leon, Sami Al-Haj, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Seton Hall Law School, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, Adel Hamad, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Syria, Torture, Advocacy, World News
Andy Worthington

In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, I learned that many of the men were "Mickey Mouse" prisoners, with no connection to terrorism whatsoever.

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Federal Benefits, OK. But Still No Gays in the Military. Why Not?

Blaise Zerega | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Politics News, fora.tv, Gay Rights, Jason Bellini, Blaise Zerega, The Daily Beast, Barack Obama, Politics News
Blaise Zerega

This provocative video report suggests that there has been some horse trading between gay rights groups and Capitol Hill

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Empty Evidence: The Stories of the Saudis Released From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Khalid Saad Mohammed, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Abdul Aziz Al-Noofayee, Politics News, Politics, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Saudi Arabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, World News, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Khalid Saad Mohammed seized from a hospital in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. military. But the authorities in GITMO had never managed to build up a credible case against him.

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Jason Linkins

MSNBC Upset Uighurs Enjoying Themselves After Gitmo Release (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Msnbc, Video, Guantanamo Bay, Media Criticism, Gitmo, Uighurs, China, Politics News

You know, I've wracked my memory and have largely been unable to come up with one significant example of MSNBC's dayside coverage devoting any real de...

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Painting Their Fingernails Green: Power of Youth Vote in Iran

Blaise Zerega | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Politics News, fora.tv, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Demonstrations, Iran Election, Ahmandinejad, Iran, Hooman Majd, World News
Blaise Zerega

What has changed in Tehran over the past four years to create a situation where a relatively moderate reformer candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, can challenge an incumbent hardliner, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

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Media Gives Hate-Mongering White Supremacist Airtime, Facetime and Helpful PR

Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Semitism, White Supremacy, Shooting at Holocaust Museum, Bloomberg News, James Von Brunn, NBC News, Stormfront, Holocaust Shooting, Dc Holocaust Museum Shooting, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Dc Holocaust Shooting, Holocaust Museum Dc Shooting, Politics News, Dc Holocaust Museum, John De Nugent, White Separatists, CBS News, ABC News, Holocaust Museum, Media News
Rachel Sklar

This is unbelievable. In last night's "NBC Nightly News," Pete Williams had a segment on the Holocaust Museum shooter, James von Brunn, and they prese...

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Racism And Other Paranoid Delusions

Rob Warmowski | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Politics News, Racism, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Paranoia, Home News
Rob Warmowski

The dissatisfaction of disenfranchised Americans has often taken the form of grandiose paranoia, but that reliable pastime seems to have reached unpre...

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