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Our Responsibility Huffington Post- Rep. John Conyers Posted January 31, 2009 | 02:23 PM (EST) The Obama era began in earnest last week, with bold action such as closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and promising to end torture. In its very first days, the new administration has begun to lift the veil of secrecy [...]

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Conyers-Rove showdown postponed The John Conyers-Karl Rove showdown has been delayed. Conyers, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, agreed on Friday to postpone the deadline on the Rove subpoena for three weeks, giving the Obama administration time to decide how it wants to handle the issue of executive privilege and congressional subpoenas. The Michigan Democrat wanted [...]

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Obama looks to unfreeze credit for businesses and families RAW STORY Published: Saturday January 31, 2009 WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Saturday his administration soon will announce measures to free up credit for businesses and homeowners as he seeks to jolt the world’s biggest economy back to life. “Soon my Treasury Secretary, [...]

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Sen McCaskill “A Bunch Of Idiots Up On Wall Street! Kicking Sand In The Faces Of Americans! Raucous Applause!!

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A million on strike as France feels pinch • Protesters say Sarkozy has done too little for workers • Minister insists reform programme will continue VIDEO AT LIVELEAK More than one million French workers downed tools yesterday in the first general strike to hit a major industrialised nation since the start of the global financial [...]

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15 Most Loathsome People of 2008 By Allan Uthman and Ian Murphy, Buffalo Beast. Posted January 31, 2009. Limbaugh, Palin, Warren, and more. They’re the worst people in America, and unfortunately they dominated last year’s headlines. The Buffalo Beast has released its 50 Most Loathsome People in America list for 2008. We here at AlterNet [...]

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‘Sadism-gate’: Call Torture ‘the Bush system,’ Olbermann says Raw Story- David Edwards and Ron Brynaert Published: Friday January 30, 2009 John Yoo, a former member of the Justice Department who wrote the first rationalization that torture is legal, argued in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Thursday that the United States must continue to use enhanced [...]

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U2- With Or Without You

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Nadler: If Rove won’t testify, he’s ‘presumably’ jail-bound Raw Story- David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster Published: Friday January 30, 2009 According to Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), should Karl Rove continue refusing to give testimony, the House of Representatives will “presumably” hold him in contempt, landing Rove in jail. When House Judiciary Committee Chairman John [...]

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by Geezer Power Well, here I am, a senior citizen playing a rap song. Bound to happen, like , the medium is the message. I’m not worried yet, but if & when they cut off my social security I’m going to wish I could have my share of the bail out money too. Especially if [...]

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