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- Washington is descending into another silly season. Let’s end this divers...
- "Ewww. Don't do it, Patrick. Don't do it. Dogs pee here." A woman was giv...
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- What the civil war in Syria has exposed is that the massive political and s...
- The Pentagon will ask Congress to approve about $79.5 billion for combat op...
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- Under George W. Bush, it went after the NAACP, Greenpeace and even a libera...
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- The money swamp created by Citizens United: Dark Money, corporate shell gam...
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- The Associated Press says the U.S. Department of Justice has secretly obtai...
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- Calls for a war with Syria mounted yesterday, despite mass popular oppo...
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Don't Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon's Budget Could Boost the Economy
Written by Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier | The Nation
Should the enormous US military budget—which is more than double the combined levels of military spending by China, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and Germany—be cut? This question is finally on the table, thanks to the winding down of combat activities in Iraq and Afghanistan and to Washington’s obsession with tamping down the federal deficits that have arisen from the Great Recession.
Against War and Austerity, Hollande is Right and Obama Should Agree
Written by Robert Naiman | Common Dreams
Newly elected French President François Hollande is coming to the White House next week to meet with President Obama ahead of the G8 and NATO summits. Two items are sure to be on the agenda: Hollande's call for a "New Deal" (as it were) in European economic policy that would restore growth rather than continue budget austerity, and Hollande's promise to speed up the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan.
Re-Match! Barrett to Face Walker in Historic Wisconsin Recall Election
Written by Mary Bottari | Common Dreams
Wisconsin voters chose Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to run against incumbent Governor Scott Walker in the first gubernatorial recall election in the state's history. It has been 450 days since the first protests against Walker's bill to strip state workers of collective bargaining rights sparked massive protests and an 18 day occupation of the Capitol building. Now, there are only 28 days left before a general election that will decide the next governor of the state.
Justice Department Sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Alleged Latino Abuse
Written by Ryan J Reilly | Talking Points Memo
Updated: 12:45PM
The Justice Department finally filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, accusing the Arizona official of engaging “in a pattern or practice of unlawful discriminatory police conduct directed at Latinos in Maricopa County.”
Report: Oakland Police Used 'Overwhelming Military-Type Response' Against Occupiers
Written by Common Dreams | Common Dreams Staff
Court ordered monitors 'thoroughly dismayed by what we observed' at Oakland Police Department
Oakland police used "an overwhelming military-type response" to disperse Occupy Oakland demonstrators and fired at a former Marine and Iraq war veteran who was critically injured in the clashes in October, according to a court ordered report released Monday.
Suspended for Civil Disobedience, Students Create Their Own 'Freedom School'
Written by Common Dreams | Common Dreams Staff
Students at one of Detroit's public high schools who were suspended after an act of civil disobedience to protest school closures and inadequate learning conditions created their own "freedom school" on Friday.
ACLU: Admission of US Drone Strikes Does Nothing to Justify Program’s Legality
Written by Common Dreams | Common Dreams Staff
President Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, gave a speech in Washington on Monday in which he admitted publicly that the US does, in fact, carry out lethal drone airstrikes in foreign nations with which the United States is not at war. Despite that the drone program has long been an 'open secret,' it was the first formal, public admission made by the administration that the program exists.
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Budgets: The Ultimate Lie-Detector
Written by John Atcheson | Common Dreams
Revealing the Republican Wrecking Machine and the Democrats’ Double Dealing
Budgets have a way of slicing through political rhetoric and revealing the truth. For example, Obama’s budget choices show him to be a right of center politician willing to sell out progressive principles, notwithstanding the progressive speeches he makes around election time.
Freeing the University: Education Occupation on May Day
Written by Michelle Chen | In These Times
Pop quiz: what’s the value of an American education? To some, it’s a booming industry that preys on debt-crippled students. But to the educators, youth and workers who keep the system running, school increasingly seems like it’s just not worth the struggle.
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