WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2009. President Obama today signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes significant changes to the Guantánamo military commissions. The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on the Obama administration to abandon the fatally flawed military commissions system and, where evidence of terrorism crimes exists,[Read More…]
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Media Uncritically Trumpet Lieberman’s Dubious Public Option Claims
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Attorney Reports Human Rights Abuses of GI Resisters
By Dahr Jamail t r u t h o u t | Report Attorneys and veteran’s groups are alarmed by recent reports that two US Army soldiers imprisoned at the Fort Lewis Regional Correctional Facility (RCF) have been subjected to human rights abuses and violations of their constitutional rights. Travis[Read More…]
Limbaugh’s NFL Dream Slips through His ‘Formerly Nicotine-Stained Fingers’
News Analysis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Six years after Rush Limbaugh was forced to resign in disgrace from his gig on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown for, as CNN reported at the time, "his statement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed,"[Read More…]
Limbaugh’s ‘Color-Blind’ History of Racially Charged Comments
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AARP Statement on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010. AARP Executive Vice President, Nancy LeaMond released the following statement to leaders of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, as they prepare for consideration of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for[Read More…]
Breitbart Fabricates Smear that SEIU’s Stern is ‘Sending SEIU Goons’ to ‘Beat Up Innocent Americans’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In November 8 comments posted on his Twitter account, Andrew Breitbart accused Service Employees International Union president Andy Stern of "sending SEIU goons" to "beat up innocent Americans." However, the article to which Breitbart linked offered no evidence to support the claim that Stern was involved in violence[Read More…]
WND Falsely Claimed Alleged Fort Hood Shooter ‘Advised Obama Transition’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– WorldNetDaily falsely claimed that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan "advised Obama transition" in the headline of an article by Jerome Corsi highlighting his listing as a "participant" in a report for the Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) at George Washington University’s Presidential Transition Task Force. However, Corsi[Read More…]
Mass Shooting at Fort Hood Indicates Breakdown of Military
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The $285 Billion Nonsolution: The Cost of Deportation
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010. It has been almost three years since Congress tried to reform the nation’s broken immigration system. Since then, Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have each greatly increased spending to deploy new enforcement strategies, but enforcement alone has not worked. The inherent dysfunction of our[Read More…]
