Monthly Archives: October 2014

RT
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The rate at which the United States economy grew last quarter has surpassed the expectations of experts, and a surge in military spending is said to be the culprit.

On Thursday, the US Commerce Department announced … Read More

by Rena Silverman, New York Times
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Tomas van Houtryve was reading about the thousands of combatant and civilian deaths from United States military drone strikes when he wondered what the aftermath of these bombings looked like. But when … Read More

by Shane Bauer, Mother Jones
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BY 7:30 ON THURSDAY MORNING, the capacious ground-floor convention center of the Oakland Marriott was filled with SWAT teams. Mostly men, mostly white, dressed in camouflage or black fatigues, they stood in … Read More

by Rep. Hank Johnson, Huffington Post
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In a fundamentally misguided effort to stop Americans from using drugs, the United States Department of Defense has provided over $4 billion in surplus military equipment — often from warzones overseas … Read More

by Terrence McCoy, Washington Post
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Just before midnight on Aug. 19, a longtime local cop named Ray Albers trained his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on a protester in Ferguson, Mo., and told him he was about to die. “I will f——- … Read More

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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police have been brushing up on constitutional rights and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury’s decision about whether to charge a white police officer who … Read More

by Bryce Covert, Think Progress
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Tens of thousands of stories about cancelled White House tours. Endless cable news handwringing about travel delays.Hashtag campaigns to blame the whole thing on Obama.

Last year, sequestration made constant headlines. Congress allowed the across the … Read More