Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy PRAISE ZEUS! Yesterday Montana’s Max Baucus made a lot of people happy. There really isn’t enough time to explain just how villainous Max Baucus is or just what damage he did in his post on the Senate Finance Committee. Right behind Wyden in [...]
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Top Story — Rand Paul Makes Democrats Look Feckless on Civil Liberties, Should Worry GOP 2016 Hopefuls
1:27 a.m. | Updated WASHINGTON — A small group of Republicans, led by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, stalled the Senate on Wednesday by waging a nearly 13-hour old-school, speak-until-you-can-speak-no-more filibuster over the government’s use of lethal drone strikes — forcing the Senate to delay the expected confirmation of John O. Brennan to lead the [...]
Sen. Rand Paul Filibusters John Brennan the Old Fashioned Way *Updated*
“I will speak until I can no longer speak.” – Senator Rand Paul IT BEGAN at 11:45 a.m. today. Love his politics or detest him for his literalism, Senator Rand Paul is doing it his way and at least stands for something. After the Senate Intelligence Committee forwarded President Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan to [...]
John Brennan’s Got Nothing to Worry About on Obama’s Drone Policy
THIS IS about transparency, not the drone policy itself. There is real concern and objections on the secrecy of President Obama’s drone and targeted assassination policies, which are also diametrically opposed to what he pledged before he became part of the Presidents Club. Armed drones were created because of Osama bin Laden, long before 9/11 [...]
Wyden Confronts Obama, Wins One Classified Document on Drones [Video]
The Senate Intelligence Committee will receive a classified document Thursday that seeks to justify the administration’s policy of targeting Americans overseas via drone attacks, chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said. [CNN] GETTING IN President Obama’s face over the John Brennan confirmation, whose hearing is today and should be intense, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden compared Obama’s drone policy [...]
Top Story — NBC Obtains Targeted Assassinations White Paper on Classified Memos that Remain Out of Reach
YOU COULD ask why President Obama and his administration think they have the legal right to refuse Congress their oversight duties. Ignoring the responsibilities they have by keeping classified memos away from senators, documents which describe the White House’s legal rationale for targeted killings of Americans believed to be terrorist affiliated or worse, but who [...]
The Domestic Spying Legacy of 9/11 that Pres. Obama Continues
“I’m tired of my government harassing me and violating the Constitution. Yes, I’ll talk to you.” – William Binney STELLAR WIND is the N.S.A.’s top-secret domestic spying program that took off after 9/11. The short video above gives you a primer. It’s important to note this reality as the commemoration of 9/11 approaches, to remind [...]
Progressive Notes: BREAKING NEWS ON SC VOTER ID LAW/DOJ, A Wyden-Ryan Take Down, Damon Strikes Again, Taibbi on OWS Pushing Pols, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. BREAKING NEWS FROM THE DOJ- SOUTH CAROLINA’S VOTER ID LAW HAS BEEN STRUCK DWON UNDER SECT. 5. This is HUGE news and means other voter i.d. laws may now be in big trouble. More here. –Original post continues below– Rob Zerban is challenging Rep. Paul Ryan [...]
Obama White House ‘Concerned’ About Wyden-Ryan Medicare Plan
Ryan and Wyden acknowledged that their plan might not bring in more savings than under the current law. But they said that by forcing private insurers to bid to provide Medicare coverage and encouraging beneficiaries to choose the plan with the lowest costs, the measure could drive costs down lower than the price controls that [...]
Secy. Clinton Taking Heat for Hypocrisy on Internet Freedom
Yesterday, Secy. Clinton gave a speech on Internet freedom at the Hague. Glenn Greenwald eviscerates Clinton, as well as the Obama administration today, with the criticism well earned. The subject is important, because there’s quite a flurry of activity right now surrounding SOPA, with all you need to know at TechDirt. In the Senate, both [...]
Progressive Notes: Sen. Wyden’s Filibuster, Ohio Progressives, Texas Maps for ’12, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore) is planning a filibuster against a new infringement on civil rights. This is one clever way to make people aware of what their bought off congress is up to: In the coming weeks, a new and unprecedented thing just might happen in [...]
Pres. Obama’s Deficit Debacle, National Security, and Warmaking
I’ve been reading a lot about the Pentagon’s possible budget hit, with analysis all over the map. What this proves conclusively is that no one knows what will happen. That’s the real rub in Obama’s debt ceiling debacle. No one can possibly know the specifics in outlying years. There are too many unknown unknowables, to [...]
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