Protests Against Obama Policy Of Imprisonment of Americans Without Trial

Peregrin Wood 12/19/2011
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The Director of the Iowa Democratic Party, Norm Sterzenbach, seemed to think that liberal dissent against the Democratic Party, and not the creation of extreme unconstitutional powers of imprisonment, was the problem. Do they really not understand that Democratic voters are leaving the Democratic Party because Obama and the congressional Democrats are repeating the terrible mistakes of George W. Bush?

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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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Political Director of Americans Elect: Too Much Democracy is Dangerous (and Forget Your History)

Jim Cook 12/13/2011
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Americans Elect Political Director Darry Sragow explains why it’s necessary for a corporate board to select the presidential candidates that voters will be allowed to choose between: We have a Board of Directors who help oversee our process, which Professor …

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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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Criminalizing Dissent: 5087 Arrests of Occupy Protesters Confirmed… and Counting

Jim Cook 12/9/2011
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“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” – First Amendment to the United States …

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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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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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Timothy McVeigh Succeeded

Truman 11/23/2011
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The Big Brother spying laws that Newt Gingrich defends have disabled this constitutional protection, creating a law enforcement system that has more in common with that of the Soviet Union than what the authors of the Bill of Rights had in mind. Americans who support the Bill of Rights must take a stand against Newt Gingrich.

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Obama Maintains Silence About Pepper Spray Attacks Against Protesters

jclifford 11/22/2011
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The use of brutal violence by police against peaceful protesters is a national problem. Presidential action is called for, but Obama won’t even acknowledge the problem, much less deal with it. Liberal America is not in the mood to work to re-elect a President who won’t utter even one word to stop violence against them in the streets.

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Shirt Sale Donations: Village Enterprise Fund and the ACLU

Jim Cook 11/21/2011
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When we started selling shirts to help cover the costs of running the Irregular Times website, we decided to print only on shirts that are made in the USA because, despite all the attempts to erode worker rights, American textile …

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Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street for the 99%, Occupy West 50th Street for the 1%

Jim Cook 11/20/2011
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November 15, 2011: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlaws the occupation of Zuccotti Park by protesters who have peaceably assembled to engage in political speech and to petition for the redress of grievances (see U.S. Constitution Amendment I). American …

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Obama Silent In Wake Of Pepper Spray Torture, Jill Stein Speaks Out

jclifford 11/19/2011
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Barack Obama has supported police crackdowns against peaceful protesters, and refuses to speak out against the pepper spraying of non-violent demonstrations. Liberal presidential candidate Jill Stein, on the other hand, is taking a strong stand against the police brutality.

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In Solidarity with Occupy Denver, Connecticut Students Revoke John Hickenlooper’s Diploma

Jim Cook 11/18/2011
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Nobody with a fun name like Hickenlooper should be such a Fascistloser. But, alas, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado is going far over the top, not content simply to pepper spray and shoot projectiles at political demonstrators but going …

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Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Opposes Bloomberg Shut Down Of Occupy Wall Street

jclifford 11/16/2011
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As Barack Obama supports crackdowns against peaceful protesters across America, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has issued a statement of support for the constitutional rights of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, and has challenged President Obama to withdraw federal support for anti-protest raids.

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