NBC News: The Iran hikers chose the city of Oakland and the Occupy movement as the backdrop for a rare public appearance Monday. Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal said they will be at Frank Ogawa plaza at 5 p.m. to take part in an Occupy Oakland rally. Up until now Occupy rallies have [...]
He’s trying too hard, tossing out too many disclaimers “I hope the campaign pays attention (to the movement)”, “The White House…has to catch up (to us)”. He’s doing all this, is so hyper-conscious of doing it, because the precise opposite is true, Obama helped plan and organize this whole movement, a movement meant to blame [...]
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C-Net News: Hackers released personal information on the head of Citigroup today in retaliation for the arrest of protesters during the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations this weekend. Video of the arrests in question: The data on Vikram Pandit, Citigroup chief executive officer, includes phone numbers, address, e-mail address, family information, and some legal and financial [...]
Beltway Confidential: The Occupy D.C. protests, as Conn noted the other day, continue to violate federal law by camping out on National Park Service Land. Law enforcement officials from the alphabet soup of agencies that police D.C. are letting them get away with it. You could say they haven’t harmed anyone here downtown, except that [...]
Politico: David Axlerod took a swing at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain Monday, saying that he thought Cain’s 9-9-9 proposal would hurt the poor and the middle class. The senior Obama adviser called Cain an “intruiging personality” on “Morning Joe,” but took a shot at the Republican candidate’s tax proposal, saying, “I think his plan [...]
The Hill: Greensboro, North Carolina’s burgeoning Wall Street protest movement, which attracted 600 demonstrators on Sunday, will get a chance to showcase its strength in front of President Obama on Monday. According to a report in the News & Record of Greensboro, about 200 protesters agreed unanimously to intensify the group’s efforts and consider picketing [...]
Gallup: PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 50% of Americans now say the use of marijuana should be made legal, up from 46% last year. Forty-six percent say marijuana use should remain illegal. When Gallup first asked about legalizing marijuana, in 1969, 12% of Americans favored it, while 84% were opposed. Support remained in the mid-20s [...]
“We are being pulled from the familiar place and comfort place of “I have a dream” to focus on another aspect of Dr. King’s life. Perhaps,the postponement [of the original dedication] was a divine interuption to remind us of the King that moved us beyond the dream of racial justice to action and work of [...]
