Jon Queally

Afraid To Stoke Populist Ire, Obama Abandons ‘Inequality’ Rhetoric

Guided by pollsters and consultants, top Democrats tack to the right on economic issues.

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作者 Jon Queally

As reported by the Washington Post on Saturday, President Obama is heeding the instructions and advice of pollsters and political consultants as the administration abandons its flirtation with populist rhetoric and a brief White House push to make the scourge of economic inequality a political issue. Instead, according to officials who spoke to

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Climate Activists Mourn Victims Of Lac-Mégantic Tragedy

Groups: ‘Lac-Megantic’s struggle is a grim reminder to us all: Big oil will stop at nothing to extract, transport, and burn every drop of oil in the ground.’

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作者 Jon Queally
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On the one year anniversary of the oil train derailment and explosion that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, residents of the community and family members of the victims commemorated the horrific tragedy with a solemn 'silent march' in the early hours on Sunday. A ceremony was held at a local church before hundreds of people walked through

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US ‘Troubled’ By Video Of Israel Forces Beating American Teen

Video footage shows American teen, whose Palestinian cousin was murdered last week, being severely beaten by Israeli police forces .

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作者 Jon Queally

Israel has detained six individuals on Sunday who may have ties to the murder of a Palestinian teenager, Mohammad Abu Khdair, who was abducted near his home in East Jerusalem earlier this week and later found burned to death in a wooded area outside the city. Still image from amateur video shows Israeli soldiers beating Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15,

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Panel: NSA Bulk Spying Edges ‘Constitutional Unreasonableness’

PCLOB review report is informative but flawed, say critics.PCLOB review report is informative but flawed, say critics.

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作者 Jon Queally

A government panel tasked to examine how a controversial program of the National Security Agency is executed has determined the Section 702 program has been "effective" in improving aspects of "national security," but that the manner in which it performs its unwarranted and bulk collection of telephone and digital communications place it on the

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Last Minute US Govt Claims Put Halt To Greenwald ‘Bombshell’

Journalist says his team is investigating objections raised.

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作者 Jon Queally

At midday on Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald announced that revelations he has termed among "the most important" to result from documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden would be published at midnight. After 3 months working on our story, USG today suddenly began making new last-minute claims which we intend to investigate before

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Supreme Court Ruling A ‘Slap In The Face’ To Public Unions

Conservative majority sides with anti-union groups, though it stops short of worst-case scenario.

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作者 Jon Queally

Though not as damaging to public sector unions as a more aggressive decision would have been, a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday has dealt a significant blow to organized labor with 5-4 decision that again fell along the court's ideological divide. "Today’s decision to limit workers’ freedom to form unions is a slap in the face to the

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Best Case Against Attacking Iraq? The Last Attack On Iraq

As Obama continues to “weigh” airstrikes, anti-war critics demand honest accounting of previous fiasco.

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作者 Jon Queally

As the latest reporting from both Baghdad and Washington, D.C. reveal diplomatic machinations paving the way for possible U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, increasing numbers of people are asking President Obama—and the American people—to look at the repeated and failed policy of military intervention in the region as the best argument against making the

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