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New Spy Software Coming On-Line: "Surveillance in a Box" Makes its Debut

globalresearch.ca — You've heard of the FBI's "Quantico Circuit" and were outraged by illegal warrantless wiretapping by Bushist minions. To no avail, you flooded Congress with emails and phone calls, angered by the bipartisan "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" and the swell party thrown by AT&T for "Blue Dog" Democrats in Denver this week for the convention.

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Georgia and Kosovo: A Single Intertwined Crisis

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Support the Employee Free Choice Act

Sign the petition to support the Employee Free Choice Act, and make America work for working families again.

Labor Day is here, yet working families in America are having more trouble than ever before making ends meet. Meanwhile, conservatives have undermined the rights of working Americans, and undermined the collective bargaining that once helped working Americans fight for fair and safe workplaces. The system for bargaining with employers and forming unions has been intentionally broken. The Employee Free Choice Act is a chance to fix it. more »

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For NIXONLAND Nerds

I'm at the American Political Science Association convention in Boston so I won't be blogging today—but check back here early and often next week, when I'll be typing up a storm from the Republican convention in St. Paul. more »

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Bed-wetter Nation (2)

A while back I did apost that got a lot of attention on how much more confidence and character the American nation enjoyed before the conservative ascendency turned us all into a bunch of pants-piddling cowards. Here's another interesting illustration, from roundabout San Diego, courtesy of more »

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What Would You Do If You Had Guaranteed Health Care?

This was the Campaign for America's Future's Big Afternoon at the Big Tent. CAF took over the Digg Stage (the entire upstairs floor of The Big Tent) for a series of four panels addressing some of the Big Questions we wrestle with here. more »

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New U.S. Census Data: Same Reality

Newly released data by the United States Census Bureau continues to show how much President George W. Bush has ravaged the American economic landscape. more »

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Fuel for the Fire

A friend of mine who grew up in Michigan and still has lots of family there pointed me to this New York Times article from a few weeks back about how rising fuel prices have eaten up any savings manufacturers might have realized from offshoring j more »

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The Big Con on your Teevee

I did a man-on-the-street interview with the local Fox affiliate this morning in my neighborhood, Hyde Park (where the Obamas live), and after the "What did you think of Michelle's speech" the reporter asked me three questions about the apparent plot to kill Barack Obama, which "authorities" seem alone in more »

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EMK

A quick canvas of right-wing reactions to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's speech from Denver. more »

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After Biden, The Economic Debate Takes Shape

The least wealthy member of the Senate took the stage of the Democratic convention hall Wednesday night to accept the vice-presidential nomination, and sharpened the contrast between the progressive and conservative economic visions. The pressure will now be on Republican Sen. John McCain next week to either defend the conservative vision or acknowledge its failures and respond with new ideas. more »