Citing Public's Right to Know, News Agencies File Suit over Secret Execution Drugs
By Following a gruesome “botched” execution of an inmate last month, a coalition of newspapers—backed by the world’s largest news agency—has filed suit against the state of Oklahoma for refusing to disclose details about the origin and contents of the drugs it is using to perform the death penalty in the state. Filed in an Oklahoma […]
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NYT: Snowden Retained 'Espionage Act' Attorney
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, according to the New York Times, sought the legal counsel of an attorney expert in criminal cases related to the ‘U.S. Espionage Act,’ under which the Justice Department has filed multiple charges against him. “[Snowden] does not believe that the ‘felon’ label is the right word for someone whose act of […]
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'Screwed?' US Climate Report says Era of 'Normal' Over
“We’re screwed. Right now. And it could get much worse.” That was how 350.org co-founder Jamie Henn responded to Tuesday’s release of the federal government’s National Climate Assessment, the national scientific community’s definitive statement on the current and future impacts of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Compiling the efforts of 300 leading climate […]
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Is Congress Moving to End 'Endless War' or Expand It?
The proposed amendment is short, but if passed by the House of Representatives in a vote that could arrive Wednesday afternoon, it could also be sweet—especially for those who have pushed hardest to end the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (or AUMF) which has provided the legal basis for America’s so-called “global war on […]
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Mass Hospitalizations As Hunger Strike Spreads in Israeli Prisons
Nearly 70 Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for five weeks to protest Israel’s detentions without charge or trial have been hospitalized, the Israel Prison Service announced Wednesday, according to the New York Times. It was not immediately clear where these hospitals are located. According to Palestinian prisoner rights organization Addameer, hunger strikers […]
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Obama's Solution for Europe? More Guns and US Fracked Gas
While visiting Poland on Tuesday, President Barack Obama promoted a classically American solution for the tension that Ukrainian upheaval has brought to Europe’s eastern border: more guns and more gas. During a joint press conference with Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, Obama announced a $1 billion initiative to bolster U.S. troops in central and eastern Europe […]
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California: 39 Woman Prisoners Were Sterilized Without Consent
Click:dance costume costumes Physicians in California prisons illegally sterilized at least 39 women during an eight-year period, with cases recorded as late as 2011, according to a report put out last week by the state’s own auditing office. Cynthia Chandler, co-founder of the Oakland-based group Justice Now, which has been raising concerns about prison sterilization […]
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Obama Requests Nearly $60 Billion to Continue Endless War
President Obama on Thursday announced he would ask Congress for $58.6 billion in war funding for the 2015 fiscal year. A White House statement outlining the request for what is formally called the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) notes that it is $20.9 billion less than what had been figured in an earlier budget. The OCO—re-branded […]
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Israel Attacks Gaza's Leading Hospital
Developing… An Israeli air strike on Monday hit the building complex that houses Gaza’s leading hospital, according to Palestinian officials and eye-witnesses quoted in numerous media reports. It is not immediately clear how many people were killed and wounded in the attack on Shifa Hospital, located in Gaza City. Reporters are being blocked from filming […]
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Trump: I don't need celebrities at inauguration, just 'the people'
President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE called out “the so-called ‘A’ list” celebrities he says are looking to attend his inauguration in a […]
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