Barack Obama Approves Law Subjecting Americans To Imprisonment Without Criminal Trial

jclifford 12/31/2011
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By signing the National Defense Authorization Act into law today, Barack Obama granted all future presidents with the power to throw Americans into prison for life on the basis of nothing more than an unproven accusation against the prisoner.

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Americans Organizing Recalls Of Senators Who Voted For Imprisonment Without Criminal Trial

Peregrin Wood 12/26/2011
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Nationally, a movement has formed to Recall Every Congressman Who Voted For The NDAA. In Montana, this movement has gotten specific, seeking to remove both Max Baucus and Jon Tester from the U.S. Senate.

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Which of 3 Caucuses (Tea Party, Constitution, Progressive) Most Opposes Indefinite Detention in the USA?

Jim Cook 12/24/2011
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The Tea Party Caucus. The Constitution Caucus. The Progressive Caucus. One of these caucuses voted most strongly against H.R. 1540, the bill introducing Indefinite Detention without charge to American soil. Can you guess which one? Click through to find out.

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Tea Party Caucus Supports the Detain-People-Without-Charges-Forever kind of Freedom

Jim Cook 12/21/2011
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Tea Party Caucus members declare themselves to be Defenders of the Constitution. But when Americans’ 5th and 6th Amendment constitutional rights were on the line, how did the Tea Party Caucus actually vote? Read on to find out.

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XL Pipeline Push For 2 Months Unemployment A Terrible Exchange

The Green Man 12/18/2011
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Just two months of unemployment benefits and a temporary lifeline for payroll tax cuts in exchange for a political time bomb planted in the middle of the 2012 Obama re-election campaign is a terrible deal. It’s not a fair exchange in the first place, but more importantly, this temporary deal allows Republicans to practice yet more political extortion in January and February, when payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits will be up for debate once again.

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They Voted To Throw Americans In Prison Without Charge: Target These Senators In 2012

jclifford 12/16/2011
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23 of the U.S. Senators who voted in favor of granting the federal government the power to imprison Americans without trial are running for re-election in 2012. Their names are listed below. Americans who truly care about the cause of freedom should work to ensure that none of these senators are re-elected next year.

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Indefinite Imprisonment Roll Call of Shame: Only Sanders, 6 Democrats and 6 GOP Stand Up

jclifford 12/15/2011
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This article contains the roll call of shame – U.S. Senators who voted in favor of legislation granting the federal government the power to imprison Americans without criminal charge and without trial. Every single one of these senators deserves to be thrown out of office in their next election. Nothing in the United States of America, not party loyalty or ideology, is more important than the fundamental right to be free of the fear that police can imprison a person without trial.

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Jonathan Turley Deceives About Obama’s Support For UN Religious Tolerance Resolution

jclifford 12/13/2011
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There are real instances of religious discrimination. There’s no need for Jonathan Turley to go making up stories about threats to religious freedom. That’s just what he has done, however, with his dishonest and inaccurate article about United Nations Human Rights resolution 16/18.

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Occupy Norfolk Protests December 14 against new Indefinite Detention Law

Jim Cook 12/12/2011
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If you’ve been paying attention, you know about S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011. You know that the House and Senate have passed it. You know that if Barack Obama signs it when it reaches his desk …

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Steve King’s Fractured English Language Acts

Jim Cook 12/4/2011
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In the 112th Congress, Republican Representative Steve King of Iowa has introduced the English Language Unity Act (H.R. 997) in order to “unify” the country by requiring that English be used in official business. There’s already a unifying document out …

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Senate: If we don’t imprison people forever without charge, we’ll have to tell them what their rights are

Jim Cook 12/2/2011
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Why did members of the U.S. Senate insist on voting this week on empowering the U.S. Government to imprison people forever without charge, citizens and noncitizens alike? Because if the Government couldn’t imprison people forever without filing charges, it would …

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Jill Stein Challenges Obama On Imprisonment Without Charges

Peregrin Wood 12/2/2011
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Liberal presidential candidate Jill Stein is challenging Barack Obama to veto legislation that would allow the government to lock up American citizens without criminal charge. Stein also pledged to undo the Bush-era attacks on the Constitution that Obama has protected and extended.

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Consequences for Senate Democrats Who Voted To Trash Constitutional Liberty Yesterday

jclifford 11/30/2011
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The following seven Democrats are among those who voted against the Udall amendment yesterday. They are all up for re-election in 2012. Americans who believe that liberty is worth keeping, and that imprisonment of people without criminal charge is wrong, should withhold their support from these Democrats’ campaigns.

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24 Senate Democrats Still Won’t Vote Against War In Iraq

jclifford 11/30/2011
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Yesterday, 24 Senate Democrats refused to vote for an end to the power to go to war in Iraq. The names of these senators are listed here.

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Senate Votes To Let Americans Be Thrown In Prison Without Criminal Charge

Peregrin Wood 11/29/2011
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Mark Udall had offered an amendment to remove this extreme and unconstitutional expansion of police powers, but the Senate voted to reject the amendment, with Democrats joining Republicans to oppose the preservation of liberty.

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

jclifford 11/28/2011
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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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