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Archives for October 2012

The Fight In Libya: Remember Bani Walid

For courageous Jamahiriya fighters, it’s their finest hour. Despite overwhelming force, use of chemical and other illegal weapons and U.S.-sponsored mass murder, they hang on valiantly. Western major scoundrels shamelessly ignore the slaughter or misreport it. More on that below. A previous article called what’s happening one of history’s great crimes. It’s a Nuremberg level […]

Stephen Lendman
By Stephen Lendman
A Libyan militiaman fires his heavy machinegun in the air to disperse a demonstration in front of Libya's parliament Sunday Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)

For courageous Jamahiriya fighters, it's their finest hour. Despite overwhelming force, use of chemical and other illegal weapons and U.S.-sponsored mass murder, they hang on valiantly. Western major scoundrels shamelessly ignore the slaughter or misreport it. More on that below. A previous article called what's happening one of history's

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High Court Weighs New Look At Voting Rights Law

Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans. Now, opponents of a key part of the Voting Rights Act are asking the high court to finish off that provision. The basic question is whether state and […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
In this Aug. 6, 1965, photo, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a ceremony in the President's Room near the Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans. Now, opponents of a key part of the Voting Rights Act are asking the high court to finish off that provision. The basic question is whether state and local governments

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Obama Stand On The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has remained a largely unspoken topic on the campaign trail — even though the Court plays a critical function in Americans’ lives. (This past June’s Affordable Care Act ruling, anyone?) The next president could very well appoint one or two new justices. And who steps down first could also depend on who’s elected. […]

Suevon Lee
By Suevon Lee
The Supreme court of the United States. Washington, DC. (Photo by Kjetil Ree)

The Supreme Court has remained a largely unspoken topic on the campaign trail — even though the Court plays a critical function in Americans' lives. (This past June's Affordable Care Act ruling, anyone?) The next president could very well appoint one or two new justices. And who steps down first could also depend on who's elected. Mitt

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Why Freddie Mac Resisted Refis

Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant, made it harder for millions of Americans to refinance their high-interest-rate mortgages for fear it would cut into company profits, present and former Freddie Mac officials disclosed in recent interviews. In closed door meetings, two Republican-leaning board members and at least one executive resisted a mass refi policy for […]

Jesse Eisinger
By Jesse Eisinger
The Freddie Mac's corporate offices are seen in McLean, USA. (Photo Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP/file)

Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant, made it harder for millions of Americans to refinance their high-interest-rate mortgages for fear it would cut into company profits, present and former Freddie Mac officials disclosed in recent interviews. In closed door meetings, two Republican-leaning board members and at least one executive

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Documents Found in Meth House Bare Inner Workings Of Dark Money Group

By Kim Barker, ProPublica, and Rick Young and Emma Schwartz, Frontline The boxes landed in the office of Montana investigators in March 2011. Found in a meth house in Colorado, they were somewhat of a mystery, holding files on 23 conservative candidates in state races in Montana. They were filled with candidate surveys and mailers […]

Kim Barker
By Kim Barker
In this Nov. 29, 2010 file photo, Gwinnett County, Ga., police confiscate methamphetamine at a home they raided in Norcross, Ga., after being tipped meth was being produced there. (AP Photo/Gwinnett County, Ga., Police Department, File)

By Kim Barker, ProPublica, and Rick Young and Emma Schwartz, Frontline The boxes landed in the office of Montana investigators in March 2011. Found in a meth house in Colorado, they were somewhat of a mystery, holding files on 23 conservative candidates in state races in Montana. They were filled with candidate surveys and mailers that said

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Lone Star State Threatens To Take Action Against Election Observers

(NEW YORK) MintPress – In 1999, the Texas Tourism Board ran an ad campaign featuring Lyle Lovett singing the refrain “That’s Right, You’re Not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway.” Fast forward to today and officials in the state have quite a different message for a certain group of outsiders: You are not welcome here. On Thursday, Texas’ […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
A banner is shown at the NAACP annual convention Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – In 1999, the Texas Tourism Board ran an ad campaign featuring Lyle Lovett singing the refrain "That's Right, You're Not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway.” Fast forward to today and officials in the state have quite a different message for a certain group of outsiders: You are not welcome here. On Thursday, Texas'

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