This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
George W. Bush
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Democrats Should Remember Al Gore Won Florida in 2000 — But Lost the Presidency With a Preemptive Surrender
At midnight on election day last Tuesday, vote tallies showed Republican candidates ahead in key races in Florida, Georgia and Arizona. However, many votes remained to be counted in all three states.
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Exposing The United States of Secrets
How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans?
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CIA Called Out for Spying on Senate During Bush-Era Torture Investigation
Senator Dianne Feinstein openly accused the CIA of spying on congressional staffers as they investigated illegal detention and interrogation programs under George W. Bush.
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Al Jazeera America: A Radical Voice or Big Media Pawn?
Will the fledgling media outlet tackle the major issues facing Americans that Big Media won’t touch?
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How Big Oil and the GOP Subverted American Democracy
Morally twisted right-wing orthodoxy has taken the “conserve” out of conservatism, as GOP honchos' knee jerk slavishness to petroleum interests have infected America.
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Lockdown, USA: Lessons From the Boston Marathon Manhunt
A generalized fear now shapes American society—one that thrives on insecurity, precarity, dread of punishment and concern with external threats.
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Waking Up From the Forever “War on Terror”: Are We There Yet?
Without a clear and effective upsurge of grassroots opposition, Americans can expect to remain citizens of a war-driven country for the rest of their lives.
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The Persecution of Lynne Stewart
The near total collapse of our judicial system, wrecked in the name of national security and “the war on terror,” is encapsulated in the saga of this courageous attorney.
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Dying Iraq War Vet’s Message to "War Criminals" Bush and Cheney
Tomas Young, paralyzed in a war he signed up for at age 22, writes of his fury at the "war criminals" who sent him there.
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More Than 50 Countries Helped the CIA Outsource Torture
The CIA ran a worldwide program to hold and interrogate suspected members of al-Qaida, with dozens of partner nations helping in ways large and small. But it was never clear just which nations collaborated, and in what ways - until now.
