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New Bipartisan Bill Could Give Any President the Power to Imprison U.S. Citizens in Military Detention Forever
A new Authorization to Use Military Force, supposedly aimed at restricting presidential power, could expand it in a terrifying way. By Jon Schwarz.
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Who's Who Of American War Criminals Endorse Haspel To Run CIA
An array of former intelligence and other government officials signed a letter to the Senate intelligence committee in support of Gina Haspel for CIA director. By Kevin Gosztola.
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On the Silencing of Julian Assange
Legendary filmmaker and journalist John Pilger and Christine Assange, mother of Julian Assange, spoke to Dennis J. Bernstein and Randy Credico on April 5, about the latest attempt to silence the Wikileaks founder.
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The Washington Post’s ‘Breakthrough’ on the MLK Murder
The Washington Post broke with recent corporate media practice by daring to raise questions about who killed Martin Luther King Jr., as William F. Pepper and Andrew Kreig explain.
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Bobby Kennedy's moving speech on the night of Martin Luther King's murder
‘Let’s dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.’ By Joe Sommerlad .
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The Martin Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis
Acting as Probe's correspondent, Jim Douglass covered every session of these proceedings in Memphis; he was the only journalist to do so. This is his report. (Apr. 15, 2000)
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How Israel Rules The World Of Cyber Security
U.S. intelligence agencies accuse Russia of hacking the 2016 presidential election, a Ben Ferguson travels to Tel Aviv to find out how Israel is on its way to becoming the world's top cyber superpower.
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Kochs and ALEC Behind Criminalization of Dissent Bills in Five [U.S.] States
Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma,Wyoming, Minnesota and Louisiana have introduced or passed legislation to criminalize environmental dissent. There is evidence that bill mill organizations such as ALEC and the bipartisan group Council of State Governments (CSG) had their hand in shaping these bills says investigative journalist Steve Horne. By Sharmini Peries.
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How Congress Censored the Internet
In Passing SESTA/FOSTA, Lawmakers Failed to Separate Their Good Intentions from Bad Law. By Elliot Harmon, EFF.
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Yasha Levine on Surveillance Valley
Once, the internet was a utopia, a new intellectual commons. Then it was a goldmine, where new businesses would stake their claim. For the past couple years, we’ve been been covering it as a swamp...
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First, Brazilian activist is shot — then the lies start
Marielle Franco had made plenty of enemies on the right with her prominent accusations of police brutality in the favelas. By Sebastian Smith.
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Did you know the CIA _____?
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say the CIA was “involved” with the shooting of Bob Marley or the death of Frank Olson, since we don’t know for sure exactly what happened? No, it would not. Malcolm Harris on Errol Morris and the hot cold war.
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Josef K. in Washington
David Luban reviews "Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable" by Erwin Chemerinsky.
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America Was Founded on Secrets and Lies
Espionage, kidnapping, and the dark art of spycraft is as American as George Washington. By Stephen F. Knott.
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“She Tortured Just for the Sake of Torture”
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou on Trump’s New CIA Pick Gina Haspel.
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Surveillance Valley
If the Internet is truly such a revolutionary break from the past, why are companies like Google in bed with cops and spies? By Yasha Levine.
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Six Ways Government Is Going After Environmental Activists
Thanks in large part to the indigenous-led mass mobilization at Standing Rock, there has been a major shift in public awareness and celebrity support for environmental activism. In turn, the government has gone to new lengths to suppress and criminalize this brand of activism. With President Trump’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, the FBI, along with local law enforcement agencies, could ramp up its attacks and surveillance of environmentalists in the near future. So far, the government methods have been downright chilling… By Jenna Bitar, ACLU.
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How Hedge Funds (Secretly) Get Their Way in Washington
Fake grass roots. An inflatable rat. Testimony with hidden ties. Billionaires are using DCI Group to make their bets pay off—while keeping the public in the dark. By Zachary Mider and Ben Elgin.
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Farewell to a Scoundrel
What Lorin Stein’s resignation from The Paris Review over sexual misconduct reveals about the true index of male power. By Wesley Yang.
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Cop Purged Dead Girl’s Texts at Scene of Her Death, Prosecutors Say
“You can’t do this to me,” the cop allegedly messaged over and over. “You can’t.” By Kelly Weill.
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