Katie Rucke Note to production: There are some great screen grabs of Tweets to Rogers here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/04/who-really-opposes-cispa KT During a Congressional hearing earlier this week on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), one of the bill’s authors, said the only people opposed to the bill are 14-year-olds tweeting in their […]
Katie Rucke Part 3 of 5 in series Mint Press felt compelled to highlight all of the deaths that have occurred as a result of war, specifically the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, about 4,500 U.S. soldiers have lost their lives in addition to the some 122,000 Iraqi civilians that were murdered. […]
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Part 3 of 5 in series
Mint Press felt compelled to highlight all of the deaths that have occurred as a result of war, specifically the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, about 4,500 U.S. soldiers have lost their lives in addition to the some 122,000 Iraqi civilians that were murdered. In
Update| By Katie Rucke President Barack Obama signed into law a $633 billion defense bill on Wednesday, despite protests from human rights advocates that the bill would prevent him from closing Guantanamo Bay, which was something he pledged to do during his campaign. Obama initially threatened to veto the bill because of the clause prohibiting the […]
Update| By Katie Rucke President Barack Obama signed into law a $633 billion defense bill on Wednesday, despite protests from human rights advocates that the bill would prevent him from closing Guantanamo Bay, which was something he pledged to do
By Joey LeMay and Katie Rucke (MintPress) – Perhaps it’s a sign of the times. Or maybe it’s a slight overreaction if history serves as an indicator. At any rate, largely peaceful demonstrations or political uprisings in the United States have a history of being quashed by police officials. But the 2012 Republican National Convention […]
By Joey LeMay and Katie Rucke (MintPress) – Perhaps it’s a sign of the times. Or maybe it’s a slight overreaction if history serves as an indicator. At any rate, largely peaceful demonstrations or political uprisings in the United States have a history of being quashed by police officials. But the 2012 Republican National Convention (RNC) and
(MintPress) – After Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and other Republican leaders alleged this week that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating the U.S. government, a few prominent politicians including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), spoke out against the letters and defended Muslim-Americans. McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, specifically addressed the letters’ accusations that State Department official Huma […]
(MintPress) – After Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and other Republican leaders alleged this week that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating the U.S. government, a few prominent politicians including Sen. John McCain
