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Henry A. Giroux | The Shooting Gallery: Obama and the Vanishing
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t r u t h o u t | 02.12
Henry A. Giroux | The Shooting Gallery: Obama and the Vanishing Point of De=
mocracy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14483-the-shooting-gallery-obama-and-the-=
vanishing-point-of-democracy
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: "The winter 2013 release of the Justice Departme=
nt's 'White Paper,' the confirmation hearings for John Brennan as the next =
CIA Director and the publication of 'Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detent=
ion and Extraordinary Rendition' all provide powerful evidence of the ongoi=
ng assault on American democracy."
Greg Palast | Billionaire Banker Bandit Likely to Become Next Commerce Secr=
etary
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14493-billionaire-banker-bandit-likely-co=
mmerce-secretary
Greg Palast, Truthout: A parade of media reports this week name Penny Pritz=
ker as Obama's prime choice for Secretary of Commerce. No longer will crimi=
nal bankers have to lobby the administration - because now they'll have one=
of their own in the Cabinet.
Laura Flanders | What is the State of OUR Union - Yours and Mine?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14464-what-is-the-state-of-our-union-your=
s-and-mine
Laura Flanders, Truthout: "If history's any guide, the president will say t=
he union is special, blessed by God and strong, and there will be applause =
- no matter that it couldn't be less true."
Not Our Founders' Tea Party
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14516-not-our-founders-tea-party
Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: The Tea Party of 1773 was a revolt against t=
ransnational corporate power, while the group that adopted the same name to=
day is owned by transnational corporate power.
Retired Gitmo Psychologist Makes the Short List for University Job: Student=
s and Faculty Protest Ties to Torture
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14499-retired-gitmo-psychologist-makes-short=
-list-for-university-job-students-and-faculty-protest-ties-to-torture-progr=
am
Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout: Controversy surrounds the selection of Dr. Larry Ja=
mes, who is alleged to have facilitated torture at Guantanamo, as one of tw=
o semi-finalists for a top administrative position at the University of Mis=
souri.
Dean Baker | Fix the Debt and a Wall Street Sales Tax
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14494-fix-the-debt-and-a-wall-street-sale=
s-tax
Dean Baker, Truthout: Why don't taxes figure more prominently on the Debt F=
ixers' agenda?=20
A Ladydrawers History of Women's Rights: Part II
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14472-a-ladydrawers-history-of-womens-rig=
hts-part-ii
Danielle Chenette and Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout: Our latest Ladydrawer=
s miniseries continues to explore the history (and future!) of women's righ=
ts in the United States with this piece by Danielle Chenette and Anne Eliza=
beth Moore. In it, we look at the awesome gains for women in politics! Sort=
of!
Paul Krugman | In-Crowd Economics: It's Hip to Fear the Deficit
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14507-in-crowd-economics-its-hip-to-fear-=
the-deficit
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The fiscal debate is characterized by a partic=
ular form of incestuous amplification.
Desperate for Fuel, Syrians Chop Down National Forest
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14501-desperate-for-fuel-syrians-chop-dow=
n-national-forest
Beth Buczynski, Care2: Humans are not the only ones affected by armed confl=
ict. The environment, which provides food, water and air that we depend on,=
is often a victim as well.=20
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Leon Panetta Orders End to Discrimination A=
gainst Same-Sex Couples in the Military, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14517-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-leon-pa=
netta-gives-clear-directive-for-successor-to-end-discrimination-against-sam=
e-sex-couples-in-the-military-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Leon Panetta just gave a clear directive t=
o his successor: Stop the discrimination against same-sex couples in the mi=
litary; a recent study shows one of the GOP's favorite talking points on jo=
b creation doesn't hold water; If you were delighted to hear that raising t=
he Medicare eligibility age was off the table, you may want to hold off cel=
ebrating; and more.
Dumb and Dumber: Why Does Washington Have No Learning Curve?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14497-dumb-and-dumber-why-does-washington-ha=
ve-no-learning-curve
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: At times it is easy to understand why conspira=
cy theories get started, because people in the everyday world just can't ac=
cept that, in Washington, dumb and then dumber is the order of the day.=20
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Fourth Amendment Rights Are Officially Abandoned by the Obama Administratio=
n When US Citizens and Others Cross the Border
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17801-fourth-amendment-r=
ights-officially-abandoned-by-obama-administration-when-us-citizens-and-oth=
ers-cross-border
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: You might call the Department of Homela=
nd Security's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties an oxymoron. That'=
s because the division just released a white paper affirming it's permissib=
le to violate Fourth Amendment rights when even US citizens cross the borde=
r.
Why the Southern Leg of Keystone XL Must Be Stopped
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-weis/why-the-southern-leg-of-k_b_2617670.=
html
Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove Stepped in It Big Time
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17799-karl-turd-blossom-rove=
-stepped-in-it-big-time
Ted Nugent's SOTU Invite is the Best News Gun Control Advocates Have Heard =
All Week
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/ted-nugent-state-of-the-union-gu=
n-control.php
The Witness
Read the Article from Musings From Alongside a Border
http://alongsideaborder.blogspot.com/2013/02/thumbs-as-witnesses.html
How the Latin American Drug War Will End
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17800-how-the-latin-american=
-drug-war-will-end
One Easy Way to Shine a Light on Dark Money
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/172707/one-easy-way-shine-light-dark-money
The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden =E2=80=A6 Is Screwed
Read the Article at Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/features/man-who-shot-osama-bin-laden-0313?src=3Drss
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>You might call the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties an oxymoron. That's because the division just released a white paper affirming it's permissible to violate Fourth Amendment rights when even US citizens cross the border.</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>Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove Stepped in It Big Time</strong></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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sBaix74IkJW8aPxqo%2BX6YUpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Henry A. Giroux | The Shooting Gallery: Obama and the Vanishing Point of Democracy</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>Henry A. Giroux, Truthout:</strong> "The winter 2013 release of the Justice Department's 'White Paper,' the confirmation hearings for John Brennan as the next CIA Director and the publication of 'Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition' all provide powerful evidence of the ongoing assault on American democracy."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BxZCWNDiGe4vdOyUNn0tK0peRrMfZwCT"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ngltanp8Y9GTrg%2Fsxh7KTUpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Greg Palast | Billionaire Banker Bandit Likely to Become Next Commerce Secretary</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>Greg Palast, Truthout:</strong> A parade of media reports this week name Penny Pritzker as Obama's prime choice for Secretary of Commerce. No longer will criminal bankers have to lobby the administration - because now they'll have one of their own in the Cabinet.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2Fvq8L%2BmGqoACTi7%2BYnKEa0peRrMfZwCT"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rk%2F3dooPi2GY9qI%2BaU7HP0peRrMfZwCT"><strong>Laura Flanders | What is the State of OUR Union - Yours and Mine?</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>Laura Flanders, Truthout:</strong> "If history's any guide, the president will say the union is special, blessed by God and strong, and there will be applause - no matter that it couldn't be less true."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6PpHq8kjGhRfFCiOCjp%2BkEpeRrMfZwCT"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LHuDhRb1Um5g9PGoXEXnakpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Not Our Founders' Tea Party</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>Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take:</strong> The Tea Party of 1773 was a revolt against transnational corporate power, while the group that adopted the same name today is owned by transnational corporate power.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mTz4YcT23J3LsGTi3lDjpEpeRrMfZwCT"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x%2BiP%2B2JBtHDYLbBGK%2B982kpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Retired Gitmo Psychologist Makes the Short List for University Job: Students and Faculty Protest Ties to Torture</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>Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout:</strong> Controversy surrounds the selection of Dr. Larry James, who is alleged to have facilitated torture at Guantanamo, as one of two semi-finalists for a top administrative position at the University of Missouri.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YumDrux8iGZ%2FZrVeonsvqEpeRrMfZwCT"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Kr4N8v9ADb1arKFogC13xkpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Dean Baker | Fix the Debt and a Wall Street Sales Tax</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>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> Why don't taxes figure more prominently on the Debt Fixers' agenda?</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cNYPtjCvYf0T0wWsS3Jz%2FzbM%2FCPXhuzn"><strong>A Ladydrawers History of Women's Rights: Part II</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>Danielle Chenette and Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout:</strong> Our latest Ladydrawers miniseries continues to explore the history (and future!) of women's rights in the United States with this piece by Danielle Chenette and Anne Elizabeth Moore. In it, we look at the awesome gains for women in politics! Sort of!</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S2ucUji5PyXKxD3e%2BINk1kpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Paul Krugman | In-Crowd Economics: It's Hip to Fear the Deficit</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 Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> The fiscal debate is characterized by a particular form of incestuous amplification.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Kt9rQdZagTyBjuw9XzzRQkpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Desperate for Fuel, Syrians Chop Down National Forest</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>Beth Buczynski, Care2:</strong> Humans are not the only ones affected by armed conflict. The environment, which provides food, water and air that we depend on, is often a victim as well.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=brmC48L1aNFR6GUPqpxn%2B0peRrMfZwCT"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FNu%2BtuwggfUGWKPkD3UhRkpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Leon Panetta Orders End to Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples in the Military, and More</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Leon Panetta just gave a clear directive to his successor: Stop the discrimination against same-sex couples in the military; a recent study shows one of the GOP's favorite talking points on job creation doesn't hold water; If you were delighted to hear that raising the Medicare eligibility age was off the table, you may want to hold off celebrating; and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YDPYDKsSTZZ48UHYb2AgNkpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Zcy2ThGueUWqmZF1ciexIkpeRrMfZwCT"><strong>Dumb and Dumber: Why Does Washington Have No Learning Curve?</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>Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch:</strong> At times it is easy to understand why conspiracy theories get started, because people in the everyday world just can’t accept that, in Washington, dumb and then dumber is the order of the day.</p>
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