[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrXyLrTRXso&w=560&h=315] National Day of Protest Against the NDAA February 3, 2012.  In Minneapolis at Obama’s Campaign Headquarters, 4:30 pm, 2722 University Ave SE. Uploaded by anonymous04210 on Dec 3, 2011 Dear brothers and sisters. Now is the time to open your eyes! In a stunning move that has civil libertarians stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate has just More
Sen. Franken and Conservatives Unite to Fight Indefinite Detention By Joe Picard and Jeremy Herb, The Hill   28 January 12     RSN trange bedfellows on Capitol Hill, ranging from Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) to Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.), are joining forces to change controversial detainee language that was signed into law by President Obama last More
Truthdigger of the Week: Chris Hedges Truthdigger of the Week   Posted on Jan 20, 2012  Late last year, President Obama pulled a fast one by changing his stance on the National Defense Authorization Act so suddenly and drastically that Americans were left with a bad case of legislative whiplash—and a very serious state of affairs with regard More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIjWNDlxUzE&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by UpTakeVideo on Jan 20, 2012 Occupy St. Paul had planned to deliver a protest letter to Senator Amy Klobuchar about her voting for NDAA (The National Defense Authorization Act). The plan was amended when they found out she was sponsoring a bill to remove some of the most egregious provisions of the act. They More
Occupy protesters underwhelmed after meeting with senator’s staff Miranda Leitsinger/msnbc.com Members of the Occupy movement from North Carolina ventured to Washington, D.C., for Occupy Congress. Front row left to right: Moises Serrano, Giovanna Hurtado, Amanda Porter-Cox. Back row left to right: William Murphy, Jon Ashley, Tony Ndege By Miranda Leitsinger  msnbc.com For Occupy protester More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt_SKX0pzBg&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by ncftTV on Jan 17, 2012 more: http://www.AcronymTV.com On day #1 of Occupy Congress, Sgt Shamar Thomas (of 1 Marine Vs. 30 Cops fame) joined forces with members of from both Occupations in DC and Occupy Wall Street in a protest inside of Senator Carl Levin's office today, "detaining" Sen. Levin... indefinitely for Co- Sponsoring the More
A Rainy Day in D.C., Marching to Close Guantanamo By Coleen Rowley  Posted: 1/17/12  Huffington Post It’s hard to know what to do, as mere citizens, to try and fix things so many years after the United States government decided it did not have to follow its own laws, the Geneva Conventions or More
Why I’m Suing Barack Obama By Chris Hedges  Posted on Jan 16, 2012  truthdig Detainees pray at the U.S. military detention facility known as Camp Bucca in Iraq in this 2009 photo. (AP / Dusan Vranic) Attorneys Carl J. Mayer and Bruce I. Afran filed a complaint Friday in the Southern U.S. District Court in New York More
Hundreds protest on 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prison Protesters wearing orange prison jumpsuits and black hoods march during a protest against holding detainees at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay during a demonstration on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images / January 11, 2012) More than 800 protest in Washington, and smaller protests take place elsewhere, More
 A Betrayal of the Founders By Ray McGovern (about the author)  January 4, 2011  opednews.com George Washington crossing the Delaware, in Emanuel Leutze’s iconic (though historically inaccurate) painting President Barack Obama desecrated the Constitution that he and I swore to defend when he signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which includes language violating the Bill More
 National call-in day, Friday, December 23 Tell President Obama: VETO indefinite detention without trial Call President Obama at 202-456-1111  A serious attack on our civil liberties is underway and President Obama plans to sign it into law on Monday, December 26. Congress recently passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which has a provision that allows More
Set Your Doomsday Clock to 11:51 David Swanson (about the author) Dec. 16, 2011   opednews.com The National Defense Authorization Act is not a leap from democracy to tyranny, but it is another major step on a steady and accelerating decade-long march toward a police state. The doomsday clock of our republic just got noticeably closer to More
