indefinite military detention of us citizens not blocked by the senate for the second time
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washington -- the senate on thursday blocked a second attempt to spare us citizens from potential indefinite military detentions and was set to vote on a third effort to do the same later in the day under a provision of the mammoth defense authorization bill the military would be granted the authority to detain and hold anyone indefinitely if that individual is suspected of having ties to al qaeda including any american arrested in the united states

seniors react - huskystarcraft
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support your seniors subscribe comment like ampamp favoritenew videos every tuesdayhave a video suggestion leave a commentfeatured video:huskystarcraft - naniwa vs zenio - g4 - pvz - terminus - starcraft 2http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ermqk34ruekthanks to our seniors:loisdiannerayrev debkentimolivirlarrytrishkimspecial thanks:fraternal order of eaglesquotpeople helping peoplequothttp:wwwfoecommusic by udiesounddialectgmailcom seniors react - luke ampamp nick films 2012

how obama can fight money in politics
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senator obama promised to fight the influence of lobbyists and money in politics when he was campaigning to be a candidate for the democratic nomination for president will president obama deliver the young turks host cenk uygur breaks it down including how obama can make it happenhttp:politicssaloncom20120205the_tyranny_of_tiny_minds_and_big_moneysingletonfight money in politics: http:wwwwolf-paccomhelp overturn citizens united: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=qzgy15mqzgc

holder defends execution without charges
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via glenn greenwald of saloncom: quotin a speech at northwestern university yesterday attorney general eric holder provided the most detailed explanation yet for why the obama administration believes it has the authority to secretly target us citizens for execution by the cia without even charging them with a crime notifying them of the accusations or affording them an opportunity to respond instead condemning them to death without a shred of transparency or judicial oversight the administration continues to conceal the legal memorandum it obtained to justify these killings and as the new york times039 charlie savage noted holder039s quotspeech contained no footnotes or specific legal citations and it fell far short of the level of detail contained in the office of legal counsel memoquot the young turks host cenk uygur breaks it downhttp:wwwsaloncom20120306attorney_general_holder_defends_execution_without_chargessingletonhttp:wwwnytimescom20120306uspoliticsholder-explains-threat-that-would-call-for-killing-without-trialhtml_r=2ampamphpsubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ifind out how to watch the young turks on current by clicking here: http:wwwcurrentcomgettyt the largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

unconstitutional ndaa provision blocked by federal judge
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via the huffington post: quota day before congress weighs an amendment to end indefinite military detentions in the us a federal judge wednesday ruled the law that allows the practice unconstitutional saying the measure has quotchilling impact on first amendment rightsquot us district judge katherine forrest of new york039s eastern district found that a group of reporters and activists who brought the lawsuit had no way of knowing whether they could be subjected to it that makes it an unconstitutional infringement on the first amendment039s free speech right and the fifth amendment039s right to due process forrest said in a written opinion the lead plaintiffs -- pulitzer prize winner chris hedges of the nation institute and tangerine bolen who runs the website revolutiontruth -- argued that they conceivably could be grabbed under the law because they deal with sources that us authorities may deem to fall under the law section 1021 of the 2012 national defense authorization actquot the young turks host cenk uygur breaks it downread more from michael mcauliff: http:wwwhuffingtonpostcommichael-mcauliff

a billion dollars to buy democracy
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money is destroying our politics and our political system our electoral system has become such a joke that two late-night comedians created their own superpac and generated great laughter just by showing how one operatestwo years ago in a case known as citizens united the five-man republican majority of the supreme court ruled that corporations are quotpersonsquot under the first amendment and that no act of congress can restrict the amount a corporation can spend in an election this would have staggered our founding fathers corporations in their present form did not even exist in 1789 when the bill of rights was ratified the bill of rights was written to protect individuals from the power of government it was never intended to give artificial entities any right to participate in our electionsto save our democracy we must get the influence of money out of our elections since the supreme court majority is opposed to such reform the answer is a constitutional amendmenthouse joint resolution 100 which i introduced is a constitutional amendment that will require all campaigns for the federal offices of president vice-president senator and representative to be financed exclusively with public funds it will prohibit any expenditures from any other source including the candidate my amendment would be ratified by quotconventionsquot of the various states the same procedure by which our constitution was ratified the people of each state will elect representatives to a convention for the sole purpose of voting on the amendment that way it will be the people not the politicians who will decide this issuesave our democracy support joint resolution 100

the ed show - citizens united the sequel
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june 25 2012the supreme court upheld quotcitizens unitedquot and made it clear states could not create their own limits on massive corporate cash montana governor brian schweitzer and msnbc contributor ej dionne join edc schultz to talk about where we go from here

citizens against government waste 2010 commercial
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wwwcagworg citizens against government waste 2010 political commercial comment approval is on casuse some people have to be nasty assholes

military could detain americans indefinitely
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a provision in the national defense authorization act would allow the military to detain terrorism suspects including american citizens indefinitely with no real trial cenk uygur and ben mankiewicz discuss on the young turkshttp:wwwhuffingtonpostcom20111129senate-votes-to-let-military-detain-americans-indefinitely_n_1119473htmlsubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ithe largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

infamous bundy family join militiamen occupying oregon wildlife refuge are not opposed to violence
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after two ranchers were convicted for arson in harney county oregon militiamenhave taken over the malheur wildlife refuge to protest and not the peaceful kind of protest

moment of zen - cnn039s choose the news - the daily show with jon stewart - 022811 - video clip comedy central
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cnn provides news story options for viewers to vote to watch in detail airdate - 022811

explosions reported in russia across the border from ukraine - youtube
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abc news correspondent marcus moore discusses details regarding possible strikes within russiarsquos borderswatch the abc news live stream here: https:wwwyou

story of citizens united v fec the critique
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this is a critique of quotthe story of citizens united v fecquot by annie leonard http:youtubek5khacjrdey i previously debunked her video titled quotthe story of stuffquot that four-part series can be seen below along with other links for referencesi also debunked quotthe story of cosmeticsquot http:youtuberxo3bpnywzo demonstrating that annie is either dishonest or she is unaware of an fda study that debunks most of what she claimssee critique belowpart 1http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=c5ujgg05xuypart 2http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=zzzhu3zfttypart 3http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=aglrzc7cws8part 4http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=8xew5ilk-9yi challenge annie to a debate: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=kucaghun_xyglenn beck interview: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=mekpvxv0syslou dobbs interview: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=9vtjdpbuyhylinks and credits to citizens united:actual citizens united decision: http:googlnrwtflisten to the oral arguments: http:googlt3c4ihttp:wwwvolokhcomhttp:wwwcato-at-libertyorghttp:wwwijorg

china: why they must free our parents from concentration camps nyt opinion
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in the video op-ed above three chinese citizens whose parents disappeared demand their release from chinas re-education camps the government is estimated to have detained over one million people the goal: to force chinas uighur ethnic minority to assimilatechinas decades-long campaign against the uighur minority has surged in recent years through the construction of hundreds of detention camps even outside of detention centers millions of uighurs in chinas xinjiang region live in a virtual prison the surveillance state deploys sophisticated technology including facial recognition tracking compulsory apps that monitor mobile phones and even dna collectionchina has justified its actions as a fight against religious extremism within the predominantly muslim ethnic minority the state has also defended the camps as boarding schools for job retraining yet community leaders including secular citizens and academics have been targeted for detentionthe international communi

please give me one million dollars - success
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craig rowin will no longer be asking millionaires for one million dollars why because one millionaire has agreed to give him a check for one million dollars it will be given to craig live on stage at the ucb theatre on wednesday february 2nd at 8pm come celebratethere will be a free raffle since craig will be a millionaireto give me another one million dollars email: pleasegivemeonemilliondollarsgmailcomwwwcraigrowincom