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Rep. Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.) said Wednesday he would introduce legislation after next week's break that would require Supreme Court justices to publicly disclose why they have recused themselves from cases. Murphy said the bill would also require the Supreme Court to develop a process that would allow parties to a case to "request the court to decide whether a particular justice has a conflict of interest."
Murphy said his bill is needed in light of reports he said suggest Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas might have had a conflict of interest in the Citizens United case. Republicans have said this decision rightly ended a government ban on independent political spending by companies and unions and prevents the government from deciding which entities can "speak" through spending in the political process.
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What do you think? How closely should we be looking at the political activities of Supreme Court Justices? Do you believe Thomas and Scalia are compromised by their activities related to the Koch brothers?Rep. Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.) said Wednesday he would introduce legislation after... more
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Megyn Kelly pushed back against former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo — who Monday announced his bid for Colorado Governor — over Tancredo's declaration that President Obama should be impeached.Megyn Kelly pushed back against former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo — who Monday... more
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During the campaign, many colleagues and friends of mine, assured me that Obama was just saying this hostile crap to “get elected” and once he was elected that he would “do the right thing.” Well, first of all, why support such a pandering Jackwagon, and secondly, how has that ever worked? Three days after Obama swore to uphold and defend the Constitution, he drone-bombed a “target” in Pakistan killing 3 dozen civilians—and since that day he has elevated the art of drone bombings to new heights, while the so-called antiwar movement looks on in silent complacency and while Democratic operatives disguised as antiwar groups are hoping against hope that Obama comes out strong with a new antiwar marketing campaign to assure his “re-election.” Even though not one progressive issue has been propagated during his term, these war supporters are looking forward to another four years of the dance of death. Right foot kill—left foot torture—spin around for environmental devastation—allemande left for health care fascism—and shimmy right for bankster bailouts. Wasn’t eight years of this crap during the Bush stain enough for y’all?
Many antiwar groups and people who claim they are for peace lose their minds during election season thinking that the razor-thin difference between the Democrat and Republican is enough to go ape-shit crazy in working for the Democrat.
Just take the last two Democratic candidates, for example. Kerry and Obama both supported more war. An “antiwar” movement de-legitimizes itself when it works hard for a candidate who does not promise total and rapid withdrawal of troops from wherever they happen to be at the time AND does not promise to end war as an imperial tool of corporate conquest.
The majority of the so-called antiwar movement, in fact, voted for a candidate that PROMISED to contract one war only to be able to profoundly EXPAND another. Obama all along said that he is not against all war, just “dumb wars.” If there existed an antiwar movement that had integrity—it would have said that “all wars are dumb,” and we withhold our support for just another dyed-in-the-wool warmonger.
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http://beforeitsnews.com/story/109/389/Cindy_Sheehan_Says_Stop_Voting_for_Either_Wing_of_the_War_Party,_Calls_for_Impeaching_Obama.htmlDuring the campaign, many colleagues and friends of mine, assured me that Obama was... more
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WOW, DID HE JUST SAY THAT, NO HE DID'NT, YES HE DID !!!
WTF is going on in this Country, better WAKE UP AMERICA, before "it's" AmerIcant ...WOW, DID HE JUST SAY THAT, NO HE DID'NT, YES HE DID !!!
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President Obama Heckled on Shuttle Bus with “Impeach Obama”; “Liar” – Raw Video
June 2, 2010
Here is raw video of President Obama jumping on a shuttle bus on Memorial Day to greet people who had tried to attend Memorial Day observances at the Lincoln National Cemetery in Illinois.
Click to see …President Heckled With Chants On Bus…(RAW VIDEO)...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/hecklers-tee-off-on-obama-during-surprise-appearance-on-bus/
As soon as Obama gets on the bus and starts talking, you can hear a voice say several times, “Impeach Obama,” and “Liar.” Most of those on the bus seemed appreciative that the Great Obama had come to greet them..President Obama Heckled on Shuttle Bus with “Impeach Obama”;... more
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The Illinois House of Representatives on Friday voted almost unanimously to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The vote was 114-1, with three representatives not voting.
The case now moves to the state Senate where a two-thirds vote is required to remove the governor from office.The Illinois House of Representatives on Friday voted almost unanimously to impeach... more
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A lawyer for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told state lawmakers Thursday that the federal wiretaps at the heart of the pay-to-play allegations against his client were illegally obtained, and therefore should be kept out of any impeachment proceedings. The wiretaps are crucial to the federal charges filed against Blagojevich last week. Prosecutors say they caught the Democratic governor discussing efforts to auction off Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat and pressure a hospital executive for campaign donations.
Genson told the impeachment committee that it shouldn't consider any material from the wiretaps, saying the evidence was "illegally obtained."A lawyer for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told state lawmakers Thursday that the... more
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President George W. Bush's Labor Department misled Congress in an effort to prove outsourcing jobs to private companies was more efficient than assigning the jobs to government employees, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday.
The report (pdf here) found that the Department used fictional projected numbers to improve "savings reports" -- even when real numbers were already available. And when the government did find private firms to take a government job, that employee generally was either reassigned to another task with the same title or promoted.President George W. Bush's Labor Department misled Congress in an effort to prove... more
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According to Seymour Hersh there is a conga line of insiders waiting until January 20th to spill the beans on the gross criminality of the Bush/Cheney administration
Waiting . . . because if they did it now the two of them would be tarred and feathered on the way out the door. According to Seymour Hersh there is a conga line of insiders waiting until January... more
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The national committee of the College Republicans went into damage control mode Friday afternoon after a college-aged McCain volunteer confessed to fabricating her claim that a black assailant had carved a "B" into her face after mugging her.
"When Ms. Todd initially contacted us claiming to have been attacked, our first reaction was obviously to be concerned for her safety," said College Republicans communications director Ashley Barbera. "We are as upset as anyone to learn of her deceit. Ashley must take full responsibility for her actions."
On Thursday, the conservative website Hot Air described discussions with both Charlie Smith and Ethan Eilon, the National Chair and Executive Director of the group, in which both attested to the validity of the widely distributed photo of an injured Todd, and affirmed that the image came from her.
Eilon had also told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday that Todd "was one of our better recruiters this year."
Of course, there was no way for the College Republicans to know that the photo -- which was of Todd and apparently did come from her -- was at root a fraud. But the organization's quick distancing suggests they are eager to put their association with Todd quickly behind them.
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Filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest documentary for free on the Internet on Tuesday, marking a first for the maverick director who aims to encourage young people to vote -- preferably for Democrats -- in November's U.S. presidential election.
"Slacker Uprising," a feature-length film documenting Moore's tour of swing states during the 2004 presidential election year, was made available for a free download instead of being released in movie theaters.
The maker of the award-winning anti-Iraq war blockbuster "Fahrenheit 9/11," said in a statement the gesture was "entirely as a gift to my fans."
"The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters at the polls in November," Moore said.
[ www.slackeruprising.com ]Filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest documentary for free on the Internet on... more
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Anti-war protesters hung a banner today at the National Archives calling for the arrest of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
The 22-foot-long banner in red, white and black reads, "Defend Our Constitution - Arrest Bush / Cheney! - War Criminals!"
The protesters, perched on a ledge at the historic building in Washington, D.C., additionally claim to be on a hunger strike.
According to a press release, the five are military combat veterans from the anti-war group Veterans For Peace who intend to stay on the ledge and fast for a full day "in remembrance of those who have perished and those still suffering from the crimes of the Bush administration."
Anti-war protesters hung a banner today at the National Archives calling for the... more
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Congressman Jim McDermott, representing Washington's 7th district, stood up on the House floor to give his official support to efforts to impeach President Bush.
Video and transcript of his remarks appear above. The video was broadcast on C-SPAN on the morning of September 9, 2008.Congressman Jim McDermott, representing Washington's 7th district, stood up on... more
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House on Monday firmly rejected new allegations that President Bush ignored commanders in Iraq and top military advisers in Washington when he decided to send more troops to Iraq in 2007.
The claim appears in a new book by top Washington journalist Bob Woodward who has written a series of books about the Bush presidency.
"I don't necessarily think that the conclusions are supported by a lot of the facts in the book," White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said shortly after the book went on sale Monday.
In "The War Within: Secret White House History 2006-2008," Woodward, the associate editor of the Washington Post, asserts the White House forced what became known as the "surge" strategy on military commanders and on the president's principal military advisers, the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Woodward reports the Joint Chiefs had not recommended a troop increase, and were worried U.S. troops were over-extended.
They instead wanted to focus more effort on training Iraqi security forces so U.S. troops could start to head home, according to Woodward. When approached with the White House's plan to deploy five more combat brigades, Woodward says, the chiefs and colonels thought it was overly ambitious -- but could not sway the president.
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I posted on Youtube Vincent Bugliosi's appearance on Democracy Now democracynow.org/
There he gave a broad list of reasons why our president George W. Bush should be prosecuted for murder. Due to time limits on Youtube, I was unable to post the entire broadcast but took from it what I thought was most interesting (hard to do since all of Vincent Bugliosi words are phenomenal).
Now Videocafeblog has posted the Vincent Bugliosi's opening statements during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the onstitutional limits of executive power.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDAFozFn4kU
This man is serious and all should take a moment to hear his chilling words.I posted on Youtube Vincent Bugliosi's appearance on Democracy Now... more
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department refused to prosecute former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for improperly - and possibly illegally - storing in his office and home classified information about two of the Bush administration's most sensitive counterterrorism efforts.
Mishandling classified materials violates Justice Department regulations, and removing them from special secure facilities without proper authorization is a misdemeanor crime. A report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department's inspector general says the agency decided not to press charges against Gonzales, who resigned under fire last year.
The report by Inspector General Glenn A. Fine found that Gonzales risked exposing at least some parts of the National Security Agency's terrorist surveillance program, as well as interrogations of terrorist detainees. Some aspects of the surveillance program explicitly referred to in the documents were "zealously protected" by the NSA, the report found.
Fine referred the case to the Justice Department's National Security Division to see if charges should be brought against Gonzales. But prosecutors dropped the case after an internal review that began earlier this year, said Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd.
"After conducting a thorough review of the matter and consulting with senior career officials inside and outside of the division, the NSD ultimately determined that prosecution should be declined," Boyd said in a statement. The lack of charges against the nation's former top law enforcement officer infuriated the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers, D-Mich., who demanded to know why.
Lawyers for Gonzales acknowledge he did not store or protect the top secret papers - a set of handwritten notes about the surveillance program and 17 other documents - as he should have. But they say he did not intend to risk letting unauthorized people see them, and there's no evidence that occurred.
The report is the latest to take Gonzales to task for mismanagement at the department during his 31 months as attorney general. The criticism could foreshadow the results of an ongoing investigation by Fine's office about Gonzales' role in the 2006 firings of nine U.S. attorneys. That inquiry is expected to be finished within months.
"Like all other department employees, Gonzales was responsible for safeguarding classified materials, familiarizing himself with the facilities available to him ... for storing these materials and observing the rules and procedures for the proper handling of classified materials," Fine's report stated. "Our investigation found that Gonzales did not fulfill these obligations and instead mishandled highly classified documents about the NSA surveillance program and a detainee interrogation program."
In a statement Tuesday afternoon, Conyers said he was "shocked" by the report's findings that he said only adds "to an already troubling record of the Justice Department under this administration and under Mr. Gonzales." "The department ought to explain clearly why it declined to pursue charges against Mr. Gonzales and what actions it intends to take in response to the report," Conyers said.
Three years ago, former national security adviser Sandy Berger pleaded guilty to removing classified documents from the National Archives and hiding them under a construction trailer. He was fined $50,000 and ordered to perform community service. He was barred from viewing classified material.WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department refused to prosecute former Attorney General... more
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified notes about a secret counterterror program, but not on purpose, according to a memo by his legal team. The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, acknowledges that Gonzales improperly stored notes about the program and might have taken them home at one point. Removing secret documents from specially secured rooms violates government policy.
Gonzales' lawyers wrote in their memo that there is no evidence the security breach resulted in secret information being viewed or otherwise exposed to anyone who was not authorized.
The classified notes focus on a March 2004 meeting with congressional leaders about a national security program that was about to expire. Efforts to renew the program sparked an intense Bush administration debate that played out at the hospital bedside of then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.
The memo was prepared by Gonzales' legal team as a response to a report being finalized by the Justice Department's inspector general. The report, which could be released as early as Tuesday, is expected to criticize Gonzales' handling of sensitive compartmentalized information, or SCI, according to the memo.
Gonzales agrees with inspector general's findings that his handling of notes and other SCI documents "was not consistent with the department's regulations governing the proper storage and handling of information classified as SCI," concluded the legal team's memo. "Judge Gonzales regrets this lapse."
Sensitive compartmentalized information is one of the highest and most sensitive levels of classified documents and is deemed top secret. It usually relates to national security cases.
Gonzales' lawyers acknowledge that he kept the notes in a safe in his fifth-floor office at the Justice Department, along with a small number of other highly classified papers, instead of in the special facilities accessible only by certain people with top secret security clearances. He also may have taken the notes home at one point in 2005 as he was moving out of the White House counsel's office, where he served until he was sworn in as attorney general at the start of President Bush's second term, the memo says.
The inspector general's report will be the latest in a series taking Gonzales to task for his management of the Justice Department. He resigned under fire in September 2007. At least two more reports, including one looking at Gonzales' role in the ouster of nine U.S. attorneys, are expected in coming months.
It also could re-ignite a simmering controversy about Gonzales' role in urging an ailing Ashcroft to continue a national security program the Justice Department had deemed illegal.
Preparing for the criticism, Gonzales' legal team fired back with the 12-page memo and a three-page addendum accompanying it. The documents indicate the attorney general was merely forgetful or unaware of the proper way to handle the top secret papers. Both documents were written by Gonzales attorney George Terwilliger, who served as the Justice Department's No. 2 official between 1991 and 1992.
The classified notes, according to the lawyers' memo, focus on a March 10, 2004 emergency meeting in the White House Situation Room with Gonzales, other high-ranking Bush administration officials and the eight House and Senate leaders and intelligence committee chairmen. It was held to brief the bipartisan group of lawmakers about a sensitive counterterror program that was set to expire the next day.
Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who was running the Justice Department while Ashcroft was hospitalized for pancreatitis, had refused to sign off on the program because he questioned whether parts of it were legal. At the Situation Room meeting, administration officials asked the congressional leaders to consider creating legislation to let the program continue, according to the memo.WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly... more
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"In all of these actions and decisions, President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, President George W. Bush, by such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting removal from office."
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The EPA has issued its "Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6; Analyses of Effects of Global Climate Change on Welfare and Human Systems"
which anticipates a wide range of negative impacts on human health over the coming decades, including "increased mortality"
This excerpt, which I found on page 94, states the following:
"there is no guarantee that future changes in climate will not present a threshold that poses technological or physical limits to which adaptation is not possible."
The Bush administration has rejected proposals to cap C02 or impose carbon taxes to limit global warming.
The EPA has issued its "Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6; Analyses of Effects... more
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