Turning America Into a War Zone, Where ‘We the People’ Are the Enemy

Turning America Into a War Zone, Where ‘We the People’ Are the Enemy By John W. Whitehead           “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell … Continue reading Turning America Into a War Zone, Where ‘We the People’ Are the Enemy

Get Thou Ass Into the Streets!

Published on Monday, May 5, 2014 by TruthDig.com The Post-Constitutional Era by Chris Hedges Activist Lauren DiGioia is arrested Jan. 3, 2012, during a demonstration in New York City’s Grand Central Station held to call attention to the National Defense Authorization Act, signed by President Barack Obama on the previous New Year’s Eve. (AP/Mary Altaffer)The … Continue reading Get Thou Ass Into the Streets!

It’s Time to Clog the WH Phones Demanding Impeachment of This Dictator!

Published on Friday, February 28, 2014 by Common Dreams Via NYT, White House Lays Out Case for Killing American Citizen without Trial Are strategic Obama administration leaks laying the groundwork for making extrajudicial assassinations acceptable to public, just another necessary thing to keep us safe? – Jon Queally, staff writer President Obama, pictured here with … Continue reading It’s Time to Clog the WH Phones Demanding Impeachment of This Dictator!

All Hail Mein Obadrone

Published on Monday, February 17, 2014 by TomDispatch.com The Divine Right of President Obama? How to Build a Post-Constitutional America One Killing at a Time by Peter Van Buren President Obama, pictured here with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left) and CIA Director John Brennan, continues to contemplate the extrajudicial killing of foreign and American … Continue reading All Hail Mein Obadrone

Power 2 CHRIS HEDGES!

Published on Monday, September 2, 2013 by Truthdig The Last Chance to Stop the NDAA by Chris Hedges I and my fellow plaintiffs have begun the third and final round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize … Continue reading Power 2 CHRIS HEDGES!

America Cannot Assert Moral Authority While Guantánamo Remains Open

Published on Sunday, April 21, 2013 by The Observer/UK The Observer Editorial Photo: Justin Norman/flickrIn 2009, defending the promise he made to close Guantánamo Bay, President Barack Obama insisted: “The existence of Guantánamo likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained.” This weekend, the case for the closure of Guantánamo Bay, promised … Continue reading America Cannot Assert Moral Authority While Guantánamo Remains Open