Biden 2020!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 4:28pmIt's the "solution" to everything!
The Evening Blues - 1-18-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 3:23pm
How the U.S. helped create another huge humanitarian crisis
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 2:41pmThe headline says it all: Fears of mass killings as IS advances in Syria's Deir Ezzor
New Williams Institute study
Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 2:18pmThe Williams Institute is a think tank on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy located at UCLA School of Law.
The Death of Progressivism
Submitted by Strife Delivery on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 1:05pmTo begin, I apologize. This essay will mostly just be a stream of consciousness rant, so any contradictions or irregularities...well they will just be baked into the cake.
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them
Philip K. Dick
It has to be said: Progressive is dead.
Yes, it is.
Standing Rock: Army Corps Files “Notice of Intent” for Environmental Impact Statement
Submitted by blazinAZ on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 11:11amThis is big news. We heard yesterday that the official filing for the “Notice of Intent” was being considered, and today Energy Transfer Partners (the owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline) is in court trying to stop the Environmental Impact Statement investigation from proceeding. Among the things ETP wanted was for the Army Corps of Engineers to not officially publish the document in the Federal Register. We don’t know the outcome of the court hearing yet, but the official publication has happened. This is a significant victory in the struggle to stop the DAPL.
The folks who currently own the Democratic Party are busy "taking it back"
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 9:56amThe big news this week is apparently that while all the nice liberals were busy planning protests against a President who won't have done anything yet, the nice people whose campaign blunders gave us this President have been very busy keeping the Democratic Party in their own hands.
So for instance we have this piece, from Counterpunch:
Standing Rock: Cops and ND Legislature Behaving Badly
Submitted by blazinAZ on Tue, 01/17/2017 - 6:08pmOn Martin Luther King Day at Standing Rock, there were actions both at Turtle Island (the small hill where ancestors are buried) and the Highway 1806 bridge, which is a public road that is still illegally blockaded by the forces protecting the pipeline company. In both locations, the cops, mercenaries, and National Guard attacked the water protectors with mace and teargas, and fired rubber bullets at point-blank range directly at people who were only a few yards away from them.
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 01/17/2017 - 3:55pmI can honestly say that I didn't see this one coming.
"Russian Collaborators" and the MIC
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 01/17/2017 - 3:40pmcollaborator: someone who secretly helps an enemy or opponent, for example by giving them information
