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I highly doubt that President Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence out of compassion – and suspect it was just one more slap in America’s face on his way out the door. Out of all the possible beneficiaries of his presidential pardon pen, why would...

From the Keyboard of Surly1 Originally published on the Doomstead Diner on August 5, 2013 Discuss this article here in the Diner Forum.   First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out– Because I was not a Socialist...

Although it seems somewhat less certain now that the FBI has reopened their investigation into her emails, I’m assuming that Hillary Clinton is going to win the election on November 8. That’s the bad news. The good news is that it might then be possible...

There's an uneasy alliance of the Obama administration and the media. This special report originally appeared on the Committee to Protect Journalists website, and is reprinted here with their permission. * * * U.S. President Barack Obama came into...

By the Committee to Protect Journalists. October 10, 2013. Published at CPJ.org. Leak investigations and surveillance in post-9/11 America U.S. President Barack Obama came into office pledging open government, but he has fallen short of his promise...