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Creeping Counterterrorism: From Muslims to Political Protesters
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Creeping Counterterrorism: From Muslims to Political Protesters
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11043-creeping-counterterrorism-from-muslims-to-political-protesters
Sahar Aziz, Truthout: "Our shortsighted forfeiture of civil liberties based on fears of the 'Muslim other' now equips our government to quash political dissent.... When we allow governments to forfeit our civil rights to protect 'us' from 'them,' we lose sight of how quickly we can become the 'them.'"
Pocket Guide Advises US Troops to "Avoid Arrogance," "Respect Islam" in Order to Prevent "Green on Blue" Attacks
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11096-pocket-guide-advises-us-troops-to-respect-islam-koran-mosque-and-avoid-arrogance-in-order-to-prevent-green-on-blue-attacks
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "US military personnel in Afghanistan have been told to 'respect Islam, Koran or a mosque' and 'Afghan women, elders and children' in order to prevent so-called 'green on blue' attacks, where Afghan security forces turn their weapons on the coalition soldiers who have trained them, according to an unclassified Army pocket reference guide given to all US military personnel in the country obtained by Truthout."
Romney-Ryan "Ploughshares to Swords" Budget Would Cost America at Least 530,000 Jobs
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11099-romney-ryan-ploughshares-to-swords-budget-would-cost-america-at-least-530000-jobs
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "Saving ... 750,000 jobs by extending the stimulus cost the government real money, $160 billion. Whereas, saving 530,000 jobs by not replacing military cuts with domestic cuts is absolutely free. It doesn't cost the government a single dollar."
John Pilger | The Pursuit of Julian Assange Is an Assault on Freedom and a Mockery of Journalism
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11103-the-pursuit-of-julian-assange-is-an-assault-on-freedom-and-a-mockery-of-journalism
John Pilger, Truthout: "Threatening to abuse a law designed to expel murderers from foreign embassies, while defaming an innocent man as an 'alleged criminal,' Hague has made a laughing stock of Britain across the world, though this view is mostly suppressed in Britain."
The Harsh Politics of Rape Pregnancy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11093-the-harsh-politics-of-rape-pregnancy
Sue Sturgis, The Institute for Southern Studies: "Number of rape-induced pregnancies that translates to per year for adult women in the US: over 32,000 ... Percent of rape victims who opt for abortion: 50."
Voter Victory: California Legislature Approves Election Day Registration
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11091-voter-victory-california-legislature-approves-election-day-registration
Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress: "Election Day Registration (EDR), which allows citizens to register up to and on Election Day, passed the California State Senate today ... The bill now returns to the Assembly for a concurrence vote - which is all but assured of passage - due to a small change in the Senate version before reaching Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) desk."
Tampa Authorities Empty Jail in Anticipation of Mass Arrests at GOP Convention
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11074-tampa-authorities-empty-jail-in-anticipation-of-mass-arrests-at-gop-convention
Adam Peck, ThinkProgress: "Thousands of Republicans from around the country will descend upon Tampa, Florida next week for the Republican National Convention, and if recent history is any guide, so too will hundreds of protesters. To prepare, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee has ordered the Orient Road Jail, a 1,700 bed prison in Tampa, emptied, relocating some inmates to another nearby prison and releasing others on bond."
Pennsylvania Refuses to Comply With US Department of Justice Photo ID Document Request
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11097-pennsylvania-refuses-to-comply-with-us-dept-of-justice-photo-id-document-request
Ernest A. Canning, The Brad Blog: "Pennsylvania has refused to turn over documents that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) had sought in order to determine whether the state's new polling place Photo ID restriction law is in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and other federal laws."
Will Colombia's Protesting Workers Be Heard?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11097-pennsylvania-refuses-to-comply-with-us-dept-of-justice-photo-id-document-request1
Shihab Rattansi and David Bacon, Al Jazeera English: "The protest is focusing attention on worker's rights in Colombia following the implementation of a long-delayed free trade agreement with the US earlier this year. One of the US' prerequisites for passing the agreement was to enact a Labour Action Plan aimed at curtailing abuses of workers' rights."
Bob Pollin: A Green Full Employment Economy Requires Mass Mobilization
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11097-pennsylvania-refuses-to-comply-with-us-dept-of-justice-photo-id-document-request2
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: "The reason you create millions of jobs is that investing in the green economy is about three times more efficient in terms of creating jobs.... The green economy will create about 17 jobs per $1 million of expenditure, the fossil fuel economy about five."
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GOP Effort at Keeping US Citizens From Voting Is Like Robbing a Bank in Broad Daylight
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11698-gop-effort-at-keeping-us-citizens-from-voting-is-like-robbing-a-bank-in-broad-daylight
"This is the skinny: lacking a majority of supporters for its extremist social and plutocratic economic policies, the Republicans can only win with three combined strategies: lie and make it appear that they support prosperity for all Americans; make appeals to racism and dividing the white working class (union vs. non-union); and suppressing the vote."
Lakoff and Smith | Romney, Ryan and the Devil's Budget: Will America Keep Its Soul?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truthout.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11696-romney-ryan-and-the-devil-s-budget-will-america-keep-its-soul
What Ever Became of George W. Bush?
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/08/what-ever-became-george-w-bush
Ryan: No Compromise on Sequester if Romney Wins
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/paul-ryan-mitt-romney-defense-sequestration.php?ref=fpa
Four Ways Ohio Republicans Are Already Stealing the 2012 Elections
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http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/08/23/four-ways-ohio-republicans-are-already-stealing-the-2012-elections/
At the Heart of the Abortion Conflict
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http://truthout.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11697-at-the-heart-of-the-abortion-conflict
Staring Into the Void of Mitt Romney
Read the Article at The American Prospect
http://prospect.org/article/staring-void-mitt-romney
Thomas Frank | Obama's Squandered Hope
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/22/thomas_frank_obamas_squandered_hope/
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Four Ways Ohio Republicans Are Already Stealing the 2012 Elections</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>At the Heart of the Abortion Conflict</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Staring Into the Void of Mitt Romney</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Sahar Aziz, Truthout:</strong> "Our shortsighted forfeiture of civil liberties based on fears of the 'Muslim other' now equips our government to quash political dissent.... When we allow governments to forfeit our civil rights to protect 'us' from 'them,' we lose sight of how quickly we can become the 'them.'"</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=V%2Ba%2BG2FlykVXdZi1uvj3u66eXXbH143C" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jason Leopold, Truthout:</strong> "US military personnel in Afghanistan have been told to 'respect Islam, Koran or a mosque' and 'Afghan women, elders and children' in order to prevent so-called 'green on blue' attacks, where Afghan security forces turn their weapons on the coalition soldiers who have trained them, according to an unclassified Army pocket reference guide given to all US military personnel in the country obtained by Truthout."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Xw%2BBAYvxNEf1C9DngMuK4K6eXXbH143C"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Romney-Ryan "Ploughshares to Swords" Budget Would Cost America at Least 530,000 Jobs</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> "Saving ... 750,000 jobs by extending the stimulus cost the government real money, $160 billion. Whereas, saving 530,000 jobs by not replacing military cuts with domestic cuts is absolutely free. It doesn't cost the government a single dollar."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nyc5FK5zc2SxHSJwAsSRc1W83nT6qImY" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FXcq7iGvdK5r%2BkHMr99BPFW83nT6qImY"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>John Pilger | The Pursuit of Julian Assange Is an Assault on Freedom and a Mockery of Journalism</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>John Pilger, Truthout:</strong> "Threatening to abuse a law designed to expel murderers from foreign embassies, while defaming an innocent man as an 'alleged criminal,' Hague has made a laughing stock of Britain across the world, though this view is mostly suppressed in Britain."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oLBdmvHfIhS67RK2cerMIa6eXXbH143C" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Xw477KbvfCLTVC9pH4SLQK6eXXbH143C"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Harsh Politics of Rape Pregnancy</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Sue Sturgis, The Institute for Southern Studies:</strong> "Number of rape-induced pregnancies that translates to per year for adult women in the US: over 32,000 ... Percent of rape victims who opt for abortion: 50."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6nu6jjTnorOHAR4AMoIPDK6eXXbH143C" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0F0zQCTPF%2B3MhoWrGiBo1q6eXXbH143C"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Voter Victory: California Legislature Approves Election Day Registration</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress:</strong> "Election Day Registration (EDR), which allows citizens to register up to and on Election Day, passed the California State Senate today ... The bill now returns to the Assembly for a concurrence vote - which is all but assured of passage - due to a small change in the Senate version before reaching Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) desk."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=X%2B0ucWElKSSGOjY%2FmUWz8q6eXXbH143C" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ll9HRkK4eBzTkqm69lXGRq6eXXbH143C"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Tampa Authorities Empty Jail in Anticipation of Mass Arrests at GOP Convention</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Adam Peck, ThinkProgress:</strong> "Thousands of Republicans from around the country will descend upon Tampa, Florida next week for the Republican National Convention, and if recent history is any guide, so too will hundreds of protesters. To prepare, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee has ordered the Orient Road Jail, a 1,700 bed prison in Tampa, emptied, relocating some inmates to another nearby prison and releasing others on bond."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EUw0qo0ZRmgcT3tHQ5Igp66eXXbH143C"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Pennsylvania Refuses to Comply With US Department of Justice Photo ID Document Request</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ernest A. Canning, The Brad Blog:</strong> "Pennsylvania has refused to turn over documents that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) had sought in order to determine whether the state's new polling place Photo ID restriction law is in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and other federal laws."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kckMXaG5JqZv1OZ4qO9voq6eXXbH143C"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Will Colombia's Protesting Workers Be Heard?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Shihab Rattansi and David Bacon, Al Jazeera English:</strong> "The protest is focusing attention on worker's rights in Colombia following the implementation of a long-delayed free trade agreement with the US earlier this year. One of the US' prerequisites for passing the agreement was to enact a Labour Action Plan aimed at curtailing abuses of workers' rights."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xJoQt7ZXZ7nWIWerOsZkM66eXXbH143C" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0tcGoFa0JdD%2FLZ4du6V%2BkK6eXXbH143C"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bob Pollin: A Green Full Employment Economy Requires Mass Mobilization</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Jay, The Real News Network:</strong> "The reason you create millions of jobs is that investing in the green economy is about three times more efficient in terms of creating jobs.... The green economy will create about 17 jobs per $1 million of expenditure, the fossil fuel economy about five."</p>
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