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Jon Stewart Wants No Part of Obama’s Kill List
There are many things about the Obama kill list story that gall Jon Stewart: that the list exists, the altered definitions of words that allow for fewer civilians to be reported killed, the leaking of the story, the notion that the whole thing makes Obama look good. On tonight’s Daily Show, he went through all of […]
MoreRep. Alan Grayson Lists The Amount of People Dead Because of Lack of Health Insurance; Republics Try To Cut His Microphone
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is taking the extraordinary step of reading off the number of people he calculates will die as a result of lacking health insurance — in each district represented by a GOP member of Congress who opposes health care reform. His approach: Name the district, then name of the Republican, then enumerate […]
MoreHealth Care Industry Operates Shadow Congress of Lobbyists
Sunlight Foundation By Paul Blumenthal on 07/06/09 @ 11:20 am | 0 Comments Tags: Billy Tauzin, Congress, health care, Lobbying, Lobbyist, Lobbyists, Max Baucus, Revolving Door, Senate Finance Committee The Washington Post reports today that the health care industry, in its attempt to influence the debate over health care reform, has hired at least 350 […]
MoreWaterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects
THE NEW YORK TIMES April 20, 2009 By SCOTT SHANE C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda, far more than had been previously reported. The C.I.A. officers used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 […]
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