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If you had a ounce of doubt left11 comments

bluelyon wrote 2 weeks ago: Obama intends to rule just as W did. I posted this link on my Facebook page last night: White House … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Liberties, Politics

Torture Architect John Yoo Gets Monthly Column in Philly Inquirer

matttbastard wrote 2 months ago: by matttbastard Um, wha? John Yoo has written freelance commentaries for The Inquirer since 2005, h … more →

Tags: dick cheney, ethics, George W. Bush, John Yoo, Johnny don't surf, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Philadelphia Inquirer, Politics

Tim Geithner Rules the World3 comments

patriotdems wrote 2 months ago: G. Bush 'splainin' The George Bush administration wanted a unitary executive and sovereign i … more →

Tags: Argentina, Bailout, bush, Carlyle Group, corruption, Duopoly, Geithner, IMF, Kenya

torture (cont)1 comment

ope wrote 2 months ago: andrew sullivan at his best: The entire spirit of the UN Convention and the Geneva Conventions is no … more →

Tags: Human Rights, dick cheney, torture narrative

todays irony

ope wrote 2 months ago: hard to argue against someone committed to keeping our country safe; easy to despise someone so co … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Torture, dick cheney, partisanship

"Sovereign Immunity"3 comments

bluelyon wrote 3 months ago: Greenwald (Yes, again. He’s one of the few voices on the left actually speaking out on this): … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Liberties, obamabots, feet to the fire, New boss same as the old boss

Obama on Transparency and Scientific Integrity: Some Positive Signs with Some Mixed Signals

Peter Strauss wrote 4 months ago: One kind of issue about presidential control over executive government with proven implications for … more →

Tags: Signing Statements, OLC Opinions, Transparency

Whiplash Warning: Obama Issues First Signing Statement39 comments

bostonboomer wrote 4 months ago: You had to know this was coming–but just one day after Obama announced that he’s not go … more →

Tags: General, Barack Obama, Broken Promises, George W. Bush, Signing Statements, Whiplash

Frightening

bluelyon wrote 4 months ago: Forget my “encouraging news” comment from my post below.  Glenn Greenwald lays bare the … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Politics

John Dean: Bush terror memos close to ‘unconstitutional dictator’3 comments

nwmuse wrote 4 months ago: Raw Video: Lawyers told President Bush that he could detain anyone in the country without a warrant … more →

Tags: POTUS - George W. Bush, America - Terrorism, Government & Institutions - Corruption, America - Constitution, Features - Video, Government & Institutions - Executive Branch, nwmuse @ TPZoo, Glenn Greenwald, john dean

The Hollow Men

Neil Kinkopf wrote 4 months ago: For the better part of eight years, the Bush Administration employed distinctly muscular and macho … more →

Tags: Commentary, Commander-in-Chief power, Executive Branch Power, President, OLC, Commander in Chief, yoo, Bybee

They Let These People Out in Public? Part 2

Ian wrote 5 months ago: Republican lawyers David Rivkin and Lee Casey waste perfectly good op-ed real estate in the Washing … more →

Tags: Ian

More on "Unitary Executive" Obama, the keeper of "State Secrets"2 comments

Procrustes wrote 5 months ago: RBO wrote on February 7 about the rapid unprecedented consolidation of power in the Obama White Hous … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Bamboozle, Real Barack Obama, Politics, the real barack obama, rbo, John Conyers, Executive Order, Claire McCaskill

Bush Administration Legal Memos1 comment

Salamander wrote 5 months ago: ProPublica has published an interactive list of Bush Administration ’secret’ memos on to … more →

Tags: Politics, Law, Torture, Guantanamo, waterboarding, War crimes, eric holder, Barack Obama, George W. Bush

Yoo and Bolton Warn Us About Obama's Presidential Powers

weatherdem wrote 6 months ago: First off, a hat tip goes to Hunter who front-paged about this today.  A h/t isn’t worth diddl … more →

Tags: media, Politics, Framing, John Yoo, Corporate Media, John Bolton, presidential powers

Peace on Earth1 comment

Tobias Ziegler wrote 6 months ago: Turns out the war is over, after all. Which war? All the ones America is involved in. That’s t … more →

Tags: Politics abroad, United States of America, Separation of powers, John Bolton, John Yoo

Senator Richard Lugar to Be Honorary Co-Chair of Inauguration102 comments

bostonboomer wrote 6 months ago: It’s 28 days and counting till Barack’s big day, and the hopey-changey-unityness is just … more →

Tags: snark, General, Barack Obama, hillary clinton, Claire McCaskill, Obama Inauguration, Richard Lugar, Creeping police state

Not the Yes Man

justabovesunset wrote 6 months ago: Americans are happy optimists, or deep in denial, or maybe that’s the same thing. John Updike … more →

Tags: American Delusion, American optimism, Cheney and the Constitution, Constitutional law, The Role of the Vice President

Warning Americans about Neocons and the Noble Lie

Jesse wrote 7 months ago: “Americas rapid decent into fascist dictatorship.” [Truthtopower.tv] (For more in- … more →

Tags: Rights, Current Events, constitution, Politics, antiwar, Republican, neoconservative, CIA, hussein


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