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Secret interrogations methods encourage torture. We don’t need more government secrecy. We need less of it. Senate Amendment 1068, if passed, will take the United States of America in the wrong direction… and so we’ll be paying special attention to those senators who go along with its dangerous scheme.

Posted in Legislation, Liberty | Tagged congress, interrogation, john cornyn, kelly ayotte, lindsey graham, saxby chambliss, secrecy, senate, torture | 2 Comments

Fight Back Against the Universal Takedown Notice on American Censorship Day Nov. 16

Jim Cook 11/12/2011

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Dave and Dove recently schooled me on the problems with bills making their way through Congress to enforce government web-page takedowns if a corporation convinces a judge that any “significant purpose” of the website has anything to do with any …

Posted in Activism, Legislation, Liberty, Media | Tagged 112th congress, censorship, congress, electronic frontier foundation, fight for the future, free software foundation, h.r. 3261, internet, protest, s. 968, splash page | 2 Comments

Senate Democrats turn back Republican Attempt to end Net Neutrality

Jim Cook 11/10/2011

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“Net neutrality” is the principle that internet corporations should provide information at the same speed from all sources, no matter whether that source is a small web page like this one expressing individuals’ facts and ideas, or a political start-up …

Posted in Democrats, Economy, Legislation, Media, Politics, Republicans | Tagged 99 percent, internet, net neutrality, roll call, S.J. Res 6, senate, speed, vote | Leave a comment

Congress Can’t Pass Jobs Bill – Too Busy Helping Sailboat Race For The Rich

Peregrin Wood 11/7/2011

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While the 99 percent are still waiting for relief from years of government inaction to deal with the unemployment crisis, the 1 percent gets specially rushed service from Congress to deal with its sailboat crisis.

Posted in Economy, Legislation | Tagged america's cup, congress, house of representatives, luxury, racing, sailboats, wally herger | 7 Comments

List of the 163 Democrats Who Spent Time Promoting Theocracy Instead Of Creating Jobs

Peregrin Wood 11/3/2011

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163 Democrats in Congress couldn’t work on a jobs bill this week because they were too busy helping Republicans pass a resolution pushing Christian religion onto everybody.

Posted in Democrats, Economy, Election 2012, Legislation, Politics, Religion | Tagged Adam Schiff, adam smith, al green, Albio Sires, alcee hastings, allyson schwartz, anna eshoo, barbara lee, barney frank, ben chandler, Ben Luján, betty mccollum, betty sutton, brad miller, brad sherman, Brian Higgins, bruce braley, C.A. Ruppersberger, carolyn maloney, carolyn mccarthy, charles gonzalez, charles rangel, chellie pingree, christianity, Christopher Van Hollen, colleen hanabusa, Collin Peterson, constitution, corrine brown, dale kildee, dan boren, Daniel Lipinski, danny davis, David Cicilline, David Loebsack, david price, David Scott, debbie wasserman schultz, dennis cardoza, Dennis Kucinich, diana degette, donald payne, donna edwards, Doris Matsui, ed pastor, ed perlmutter, eddie bernice johnson, Edolphus Towns, edward markey, Eliot Engel, first amendment, frank pallone, frederica wilson, G.K. Butterfield, Gary Peters, gene green, george miller, Gerald Connolly, Grace Napolitano, gregory meeks, gwen moore, Hansen Clarke, Heath Shuler, henry cuellar, henry waxman, house of representatives, Howard Berman, in god we trust, James Clyburn, James Himes, james langevin, James McDermott, james mcgovern, james moran, Janice Hahn, Janice Schakowsky, Jared Polis, Jason Altmire, jay inslee, Jerry McNerney, Jesse Jackson, jim cooper, jim costa, Jim Matheson, jobs, joe baca, Joe Donnelly, John Barrow, john carney, john conyers, john dingell, john garamendi, john larson, John Olver, john sarbanes, john tierney, John Yarmuth, jose serrano, Joseph Crowley, Karen Bass, Kathleen Hochul, kathy castor, kurt schrader, larry kissell, Laura Richardson, leonard boswell, Linda Sanchez, lloyd doggett, Lois Capps, loretta sanchez, louise slaughter, Lucille Roybal-Allard, lynn woolsey, marcia fudge, marcy kaptur, mark critz, Martin Heinrich, maurice hinchey, maxine waters, Mazie Hirono, michael capuano, Michael Doyle, Michael Michaud, Mike McIntyre, mike quigley, mike ross, mike thompson, motto, nancy pelosi, nick rahall, nita lowey, norman dicks, Nydia Velázquez, Paul Tonko, peter defazio, peter visclosky, peter welch, raul grijalva, richard neal, rick larsen, robert andrews, robert brady, roll call, ron kind, ruben hinojosa, rush holt, russ carnahan, sam farr, sander levin, sheila jackson-lee, Shelley Berkley, silvestre reyes, steny hoyer, steve cohen, steve israel, Steven Rothman, susan davis, tammy baldwin, ted deutch, Terri Sewell, theocracy, tim holden, timothy bishop, Timothy Ryan, Timothy Walz, unemployment, William Clay, William Keating, William Owens, William Pascrell, xavier becerra, yvette clarke, zoe lofgren | 3 Comments

Roll Call: Who In Congress Defended Separation Of Church And State?

Rowan 11/2/2011

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Declaring for everybody that “In God We Trust” just isn’t respectful, and it doesn’t recognize the reality that the idea of God is simply irrelevant for millions of Americans.

Posted in Legislation, Religion | Tagged congress, emanuel cleaver, gary ackerman, god, hank johnson, house of representatives, jerrold nadler, judy chu, justin amash, michael honda, peter stark, robert scott, separation of church and state | 7 Comments

Wisconsin Democrats Voted To Let Coal Companies Play Loose With Toxic Coal Ash

The Green Man 11/1/2011

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Tammy Baldwin,Gwen Moore, and Ron Kind voted to block protections from unsafe coal ash disposal. Now, toxic coal ash has spilled in their own back yards. How are they going to explain that to their constituents?

Posted in Democrats, Environment, Legislation | Tagged coal, coal ash, congress, energy, fossil fuels, gwen moore, lake michigan, milwaukee, pollution, ron kind, tammy baldwin, we energies, wisconsin | 3 Comments

The Protect IP Act: Hyperbole in the name of Artistic Freedom is not Helpful

Jim Cook 10/31/2011

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Artists Opposing the Protect IP Act make damning criticism of S. 968, a bill winding its way through the U.S. Senate with the cosponsorship support of 35 Senators. We, the undersigned artists, have all been empowered by the Internet. Today, …

Posted in Legislation, Liberty, Media, Politics | Tagged artists, copyright, exaggeration, file sharing, hyperbole, protect ip act, s. 968, takedown, technology, wordpress | 5 Comments

Which Democrats Support The Save Our Climate Act? Which Democrats Are Slacking Off?

The Green Man 10/26/2011

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If the Save Our Climate Act was passed today, Americans would begin getting dividend payments next year. Five years from now, it’s estimated that those annual payments would be $761 per person – $3805 for a family of five. Ten years from now, the payments would increase to $1126 per person – $5630 for a family of five. Couldn’t you use that money? Couldn’t you do with a clean environment and a climate that’s no longer surging out of control?

Posted in Activism, Economy, Environment, Legislation | Tagged alcee hastings, bob filner, climate change, congress, dividends, earl blumenauer, house of representatives, james moran, michael honda, peter stark, raul grijalva, rush holt, taxes | 6 Comments

Kelly Ayotte Tried To Protect Alleged Terrorists From Justice

F. G. Fitzer 10/21/2011

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We’ve waited for 10 years to see these people subjected to a trial in our nation’s system of justice. Why is Kelly Ayotte trying to stop the trials of suspected terrorists? Does she believe in the American system of justice or doesn’t she?

Posted in Homeland Insecurity, Legislation | Tagged congress, fair trial, justice, kelly ayotte, senate, terrorism | Leave a comment

Obama Doesn’t Want Democrats To See Him Signing More Free Trade Deals Today

jclifford 10/21/2011

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Why doesn’t Obama want Democratic voters to pay attention to his approval of the free trade deals today? Democratic voters overwhelmingly oppose free trade deals like the ones that Obama is signing into law today. Most Democrats in Congress opposed the deals, too.

Posted in Barack Obama, Democrats, Economy, Legislation, Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, colombia, free trade, green party, Jill Stein, jobs, panama, south korea | Leave a comment

Are Restricted Travel Zones Within The USA A Good Idea?

Rowan 10/19/2011

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We don’t have border checkpoints between U.S. states, certainly not between counties within a state in New Mexico. Such checkpoints would be necessary, however, to enforce the restrictions on movement contained in the Southern New Mexico Economic Development Act.

Posted in Homeland Insecurity, Legislation, State and Local, Travel | Tagged border, congress, jeff bingaman, new mexico, senate, tom udall | 1 Comment

Ron Paul Didn’t Vote Against Big Government Regulations Yesterday! Libertarian Alert!

Peregrin Wood 10/15/2011

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Libertarians may be disappointed to discover that, when he was given the chance to take concrete actions against the big government regulations that he claims to despise, Ron Paul did nothing. He didn’t even bother to show up for the vote.

Posted in Election 2012, Legislation, Republicans | Tagged coal, congress, house of representatives, libertarian, pollution, regulations, Ron Paul | 3 Comments

Roll Call: Who In Congress Voted To Let Big Coal Get Away With Big Pollution?

The Green Man 10/14/2011

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A roll call of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted in favor of the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, legislation that would help coal companies dispose of coal sludge without adequate controls.

Posted in Environment, Legislation | Tagged coal, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, coal sludge, congress, energy, house of representatives, pollution, regulations | 5 Comments

The Real National Youth Justice Awareness Month

Peregrin Wood 10/14/2011

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Representative Chris Murphy has promoted a resolution to promote National Youth Justice Awareness Month. Would it be too much to expect Murphy to introduce a congressional resolution of support for the occupation protests – the popular youth justice movement active on America’s streets?

Posted in Activism, Democrats, Legislation | Tagged chris murphy, congress, connecticut, danbury, hartford, house of representatives, occupation movement, protest, youth | Leave a comment

Liberals In Congress Fight Job Killing Import Deals

Peregrin Wood 10/12/2011

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Free trade has helped corporations make huge profits, but those profits have not been beneficial to the American people at large. Free Trade has wrecked our nation’s manufacturing economy and eliminated jobs. So, why is Congress passing more Free Trade legislation?

Posted in Economy, Legislation | Tagged colombia, congress, frank pallone, free trade, house of representatives, jobs, korea, lynn woolsey, panama, pete defazio, trade | 1 Comment

Government Seizes American’s Email Data Without A Search Warrant

Peregrin Wood 10/11/2011

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The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America requires a search warrant to be issued on the basis of probable cause of suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. That’s not what happened when the Department of …

Posted in Legislation, Liberty, Media | Tagged big brother, department of justice, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, email, fourth amendment, google, jacob applebaum, privacy, search and seizure, sonic, spying, surveillance, wikileaks | 5 Comments

Was Orrin Hatch Bribed By Radiologists?

Peregrin Wood 9/26/2011

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Orrin Hatch got a twenty five thousand dollar independent expenditure from the American College of Radiology after he supported a bill that would protect radiologists from professional competition.

Posted in Ethics, Legislation | Tagged american college of radiology, independent expenditure, medicine, orrin hatch, radiologists | 4 Comments

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Four Senators Push For Secret Interrogation Methods Beyond Army Field Manual Tactics

Fight Back Against the Universal Takedown Notice on American Censorship Day Nov. 16

Senate Democrats turn back Republican Attempt to end Net Neutrality

Congress Can’t Pass Jobs Bill – Too Busy Helping Sailboat Race For The Rich

List of the 163 Democrats Who Spent Time Promoting Theocracy Instead Of Creating Jobs

Roll Call: Who In Congress Defended Separation Of Church And State?

Wisconsin Democrats Voted To Let Coal Companies Play Loose With Toxic Coal Ash

Which Democrats Support The Save Our Climate Act? Which Democrats Are Slacking Off?

Kelly Ayotte Tried To Protect Alleged Terrorists From Justice

Obama Doesn’t Want Democrats To See Him Signing More Free Trade Deals Today

Are Restricted Travel Zones Within The USA A Good Idea?

Ron Paul Didn’t Vote Against Big Government Regulations Yesterday! Libertarian Alert!

Roll Call: Who In Congress Voted To Let Big Coal Get Away With Big Pollution?

The Real National Youth Justice Awareness Month

Liberals In Congress Fight Job Killing Import Deals

Government Seizes American’s Email Data Without A Search Warrant

Was Orrin Hatch Bribed By Radiologists?

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