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Bob and Tom Thaves | Is This a Trick Question? / americanprogress.org

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:37 — Dave Culver


 

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Updates: 'Gasland' Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House GOP

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:58 — Dave Culver

  • Journalists Arrested at Congressional Hearing
  • Watch Capitol Hill Police Arrest a Journalist for Filming a Public Hearing

Zach Carter, Huffington Post

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This image, taken by a Democratic source, shows Josh Fox being arrested by Capitol Hill police.

In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary crew that was attempting to film a Wednesday hearing on a controversial natural gas procurement practice. Initial reports from sources suggested that an ABC News camera was also prevented from taping the hearing; ABC has since denied that they sent a crew to the hearing.

Josh Fox, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary "Gasland" was taken into custody by Capitol Hill police this morning, along with his crew, after Republicans objected to their presence, according to Democratic sources present at the hearing. The meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment had been taking place in room 2318 of the Rayburn building.

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Watch Capitol Hill Police Arrest a Journalist for Filming a Public Hearing, Zach Carter, Huffington Post
 

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FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 17:41 — Dave Culver

Obama administration spying on FDA staffers critical of poor regulation that protected industry.

Ellen Nakashima and Lisa Rein, Washington (DC) Post

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The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that they believed posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show.

The surveillance — detailed in e-mails and memos unearthed by six of the scientists and doctors, who filed a lawsuit against the FDA in U.S. District Court in Washington last week — took place over two years as the plaintiffs accessed their personal Gmail accounts from government computers.

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Breaking: Oakland Arrestees Tortured

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 15:57 — Dave Culver

  • This is of course in addition to attacks on protesters on Saturday (Jan 28) by the Oakland Police Department (OPD).
  • Corralling people then tear gassing them, firing rubber bullets or beanbag rounds at them, and throwing flashbangs.

AoTFollow, Daily Kos

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I just got word from a friend of a friend about the conditions that arrestees from the actions.  It isn't pretty, in fact it's disgusting.

"Just got out of Santa Rita Jail last night the prisoners from the Oakland Commune were being denied medications (some had seizures) while the guards said they didnt care if they died. Some people were brutally beaten. The put tear gas in the vents of my cell twice. They were keeping people without restrooms forcing them to shit and piss themselves or puke all over and stay in the same area...."

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Police Violence Targets Occupy Oakland Demonstration
, The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF)

  • The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) Demands Action From The Monitor On Police Misconduct
  • The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) condemns Oakland Police (OPD) and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) violence, mass arrests and abuses against Occupy demonstrators at Saturday’s (Jan 28) demonstration.
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Adam Zyglis | Promise in Compromise / media.caglecartoons.com

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 20:36 — Dave Culver

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Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting Vicious Death Threats?

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 20:17 — Dave Culver
  • Even before the judge's decision, Jessica Ahlquist had been ostracized, bullied, and even occasionally threatened over her lawsuit. But when the court ruling came down last week, the climate of harassment and hostility against her escalated out of control, into widespread vilification, venomous bile, and explicit threats of violence, rape and death.
  • Jessica Ahlquist: American Hero(ine)
  • Teen stands tall for First Ammendment

Greta Christina, AlterNet

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If you take away just two things from the story about atheist high school student Jessica Ahlquist, and the court case she won last week (Jan 8-14) to have a prayer banner taken out of her public school, let it be these:

  • The ruling in this case was entirely unsurprising. It is 100 percent in line with unambiguous legal precedent, established and re-established over many decades, exemplifying a basic principle of constitutional law.
  • As a result of this lawsuit, Jessica Ahlquist is now being bullied, ostracized and threatened with violence in her community. She has been called "evil" in public by her state representative, and is being targeted with multiple threats of violence, rape and death.

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Jessica Ahlquist: American Hero(ine), by J, A Way Less Walked
You may not have heard of Jessica Ahlquist, which is unfortunate if such is the case.

Teen stands tall for First Amendment, Freedom From Religion Foundation

  • "I’m a junior in high school at Cranston West, which is in Rhode Island."
  • Transcript of Jessica's speech and Q&A
     
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