Financial TimesArgentina's Congress debates reform of spy agencyWashington PostBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's clandestine spy agency has a notoriously dark past that includes its failure to prevent a major attack on a Jewish community center, then allegedly sabotaging the investigation into what happened. Operating with …Argentine official drafted …
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Jordanian king, Obama to meet after pilot’s killing
US President Barack Obama will host Jordan's King Abdullah II later Tuesday in a hastily arranged meeting just hours after a video emerged of a caged Jordanian pilot being burned alive by the Islamic State group. The White House said Obama would welcome the king to the Oval Office …
New Bill Would Gut Regulations On West Virginia’s Storage Tanks
The Freedom Industries site in West Virginia, which released 10,000 gallons of chemicals into a drinking water supply, is seen in this Jan. 13, 2014, photo. CREDIT: AP Photo/Steve Helber West Virginia lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would scale back regulations enacted last year on aboveground storage tanks, like the one…
Walmart workers: ‘No one should have to choose between keeping their job and keeping their baby’
Walmart likes to bill itself as a family friendly company, but this is the reality workers face at the moment they can’t possibly prevent their work and their family from overlapping. Family friendly it ain’t. Add that to wages too low to support a family and unpredictable scheduling that leaves…
Michele Bachmann Has Had It With Obama Supporting Jihad By Bombing ISIS
Former Congressidiot Michele Bachmann explained in a recent interview that even when Barack Obama is trying to get one group of Muslims to bomb the hell out of another group of Muslims, he is actually advancing worldwide Islamic jihad, because of course he is. You see, Barack Obama did a…
India’s eyes on the ocean: scientists who watch out for tsunamis – Hindustan Times
Hindustan TimesIndia's eyes on the ocean: scientists who watch out for tsunamisHindustan TimesWhen Satheesh C Shenoi did his PhD in physical oceanography in 1984 from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, little did he imagine that 25 years later he would head an institution pioneering in Tsunami research and warning …
10 years after, Indonesia tsunami survivors prove their resilience – Toronto Star
Toronto Star10 years after, Indonesia tsunami survivors prove their resilienceToronto StarBANDA ACEH, INDONESIA—The facts are so shocking they bear repeating. Just before 8 a.m. local time on Dec. 26, 2004, one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded took place off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It triggered a massive tsunami, …Prayers and …
Democrats optimistic on 2016 presidential chances
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans crowed in 2004 that freshly re-elected President George W. Bush had established a "permanent governing majority" for the GOP. Eight years later, Democrats were touting the enduring power of the "Obama coalition" to keep their party in the White House.
Midwestern governors build credentials for 2016
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One group of potential candidates for president probably won't be shuffling off to Iowa, New Hampshire or other early campaign spots in the new year. They'll be hunkered down in statehouses across the Midwest, pushing bills through their legislatures.
Christmas Eve Document Dump Reveals US Spy Agencies Broke The Law And Violated Privacy
CREDIT: AP/Patrick Semansky Around 1:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, the National Security Agency released hundreds of pages of heavily-redacted reports detailing numerous instances over the past decade in which agents intentionally or unintentionally violated the law and improperly collected private data. The revelations, triggered by a Freedom of…
Midday open thread: Initial jobless comp claims fall to 14-year low, Saudi beheadings ignored
Today’s comic by Ruben Bolling is In defense of the ‘R’ word: If we turn out, we win. Chip in $3 to help Get Out The Vote for Daily Kos’ endorsed candidates: Applications for initial unemployment compensation fall to 14-year low: For the the week ending Oct. 11, seasonally adjusted initial…
Late Surge of Money Buoys Republicans in Races That Will Decide Control of … – New York Times
New York TimesLate Surge of Money Buoys Republicans in Races That Will Decide Control of …New York TimesRepublican candidates and “super PACs” are now splurging on expensive last-minute advertising, at a time when polling shows Republicans increasingly more likely to win control of the Senate. The question is whether …
Rightwing Reads NYT Headline, Declares Bush Was Right About Everything
As we noted Wednesday, the New York Times has discovered that, after invading Iraq to keep Saddam Hussein from killing everybody with his huge Weapons of Mass Destruction program, which definitely included an ongoing program of building new chemical and nuclear weapons, the Bush administration did everything it could do…
U.S. still opposed to West Africa travel ban: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States remains opposed to a ban on travel from West Africa, the White House said on Thursday, resisting pressure from some U.S. lawmakers for such a ban to limit the risk of an Ebola outbreak. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there remains a need …
Delaware Debates – UD Daily
UD DailyDelaware DebatesUD DailyCandidates for the state's congressional delegation squared off in the Delaware Debates 2014, a joint initiative of UD's Center for Political Communication and Delaware Public Media, on Oct. 15. … to answer questions posed live by Delaware Public …and more »
‘Kerry Air’ grounded again, this time in Vienna
VIENNA (AP) — The United States may be the mightiest military and economic power in the world but when it comes to shuttling its top diplomat around the globe, it's beginning to look like a poor orphan.
Jon Stewart Schools Bill O’Reilly On White Privilege
Amelia Rosch is an intern for ThinkProgress. Bill O’Reilly (left) and Jon Stewart (right) debate white privilege. CREDIT: Screenshot from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” Jon Stewart forced Fox News host Bill O’Reilly to concede the existence of white privilege during an interview on The Daily Show …
Perdue: People are upset about my outsourcing career because they’re ignorant
Georgia Republican David Perdue is getting snippy and defensive as revelations about his outsourcing career weigh down his Senate campaign. Snippy and defensive David Perdue has something in common with calm, confident David Perdue, though: They’re both really condescending. Perdue’s explanation for why his record of outsourcing jobs is drawing…