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Rep. John Conyers Pushes for a “Full Employment” Bill as Congress Votes to End Shutdown; FBI Urged to Reopen Probe Into 1985 Assassination of Arab-American Leader Alex Odeh in California; Arab-American Attorney Abdeen Jabara: I Was Spied on by the National Security Agency 40 Years Ago. HeadlinesOctober 17, 2013 Gov’t Reopens After GOP Backs … Continued
“Totally Self-Inflicted Damage”: U.S. on Verge of Default as Pain from 16-Day Shutdown Spreads; U.S. Eases Rules on Exporting Military Technology to Secure Role as World’s Leading Arms Dealer. HeadlinesOctober 16, 2013 House Fails to Produce Plan as Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms Japan: Typhoon Wipha Kills At Least 17 Philippines: Death Toll from Earthquake … Continued
Another U.S. Whistleblower Behind Bars? Investor Jailed After Exposing Corrupt Azerbaijani Oil Deal. HeadlinesOctober 15, 2013 Senate Leaders Near Deal to End Shutdown, Raise Debt Limit Report: Social Security Rise to Be Historically Low Shutdown Hurts South Dakota Cattle Ranchers Hit by Blizzard Report: NSA Collects Millions of Email, Chat Contact Lists Brazil Gov’t … Continued
Edward Snowden Speaks Out Against NSA “Dragnet Mass Surveillance”; “Edward Snowden is a Patriot”: Ex-NSA CIA, FBI and Justice Whistleblowers Meet Leaker in Moscow. HeadlinesOctober 14, 2013 Hopes for Reopening Gov’t Shift to Senate House Democrats: GOP Changed Rules to Block Budget Vote Right-Wing Republicans Protest Shutdown at WWII Memorial IMF Head Warns of … Continued
Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize as U.S. Opposes Calls for WMD-Free Middle East; Worse Than Nixon? Committee to Protect Journalists Warns About Obama Crackdown on Press Freedom; “500 People Will Control American Democracy” If Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Law. HeadlinesOctober 11, 2013 Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize Alice Munro … Continued
3 Months After Morsi Coup & Hundreds of Deaths, U.S. Scales Back Military Aid to Egyp; Report Finds Police Worldwide Criminalize Dissent, Assert New Powers in Crackdown on Protests; “Edward Snowden Has Done This Country A Service”: ACLU Praises Leaker For Kickstarting NSA Debate; Rep. Raúl Grijalva on Gov’t Shutdown & Why the Impasse Won’t … Continued
Taking on Capitalism, U.S. Torture & Dictatorships, Costa-Gavras on Decades of Political Filmmaking. HeadlinesOctober 9, 2013 Obama Rejects GOP “Extortion” on Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Path to Short-Term Funding Deal Emerges; Dems Reject Supercommittee Debt Default Could Stall Social Security Benefits Obama Picks Yellen to Head Federal Reserve Supreme Court Weighs Limits on Individual Campaign … Continued
From Caspian Sea to Arctic to Middle East, How Oil Pipelines Threaten Democracy & Planet’s Survival. HeadlinesOctober 8, 2013 Parties Trade Blame as Government Shutdown Enters 8th Day Military Contractors Head to Work Despite Gov’t Furloughs DOJ Asks for Delay in NSA Case Due to Shutdown Brazilian President Demands Explanation from Canada over Spying … Continued
Computer Glitches Plague Obamacare Launch as New York Accidentally Says Site Won’t Be Up Until 3013; Is Obamacare Enough? Without Single-Payer, Patchwork U.S. Healthcare Leaves Millions Uninsured; Lavabit: How One Company Refused to Give FBI “Unrestricted” Access to Emails of 400,000 Customers. HeadlinesOctober 7, 2013 U.S. Forces Stage Military Raids in Libya, Somalia Al-Qaeda … Continued
“A Corporate Trojan Horse”: Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact, Would Rewrite Swath of U.S. Laws; As Congress Stalls on Immigration Deal, Obama Poised to Deport Two Millionth Immigrant; “Undocumented and Unafraid”: 30 Immigrants Detained Crossing Into U.S. at Border Protest; Max Blumenthal on “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.” HeadlinesOctober 4, 2013 … Continued
