From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Declaring “I don’t quit,”‘ an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority and urged a divided Congress to boost the still-ailing economy with fresh stimulus spending. Defiant despite stinging setbacks, he said he would not abandon ambitious [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
December 10, 2009
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
A Just and Lasting Peace
Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Oslo, Norway
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The Human Rights Campaign is turning up the heat on Congress to pass the federal Employement Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) launching a new Web site: www.PassENDANow.org.
With Congressional Action looming, HRC’s No Excuses Campaign Engaged
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced today [...]
Some clarification today from the ACLU:
Dear ACLU Supporter,
Acts of courage on civil liberties should be rewarded. In 2001, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. courageously voted against the Patriot Act—a significant political risk at a time when few others dared to stand up for constitutional rights.
In an email yesterday, through a clerical error, we misstated that [...]
Disturbing news for bloggers out of Washington, D.C. today.
Okay, so why is today any different from any other day?
From Andrew LaVallee at the Wall Street Journal:
A recent amendment to the federal shield bill being considered in the Senate will exclude non-”salaried” journalists and bloggers from the proposed law’s protections.
The law, called the Free Flow of [...]
Technically, I support Alexi Giannoulias for U.S. Senate. I also supported Barack Obama for Senate. Obama is governing as a moderate so far. Obama has yet to find the courage to be liberal.
Alexi Giannoulias recently took a stand on an issue that Obama danced around: gay marriage.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias said Wednesday [...]
From WTAE in Pittsburgh (Always the first with the breaking news. So, kudos to them):
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the U.S. Attorney General may be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In a harshly worded 91-page ruling handed down Friday, the justices [...]
We may finally begin to see justice restored in the United States of America.
Breaking news from The New York Times:
The Justice Department’s ethics office has recommended reversing the Bush administration and reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, potentially exposing Central Intelligence Agency employees and contractors to prosecution for brutal treatment of terrorism suspects, according to a [...]
The Village of Park Forest will consider an item on Monday to add expand the definition of protected classes on its housing ordinance.
From ENEWSPF:
The second item [on the agenda] for action comes from Cook County. The Cook County Department of Planning and Development recently requested that the Village amend its fair housing ordinance to expand [...]
From the New York Times:
Former President Bill Clinton went to North Korea on Monday to negotiate the release of two American television journalists who were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for illegally entering North Korean territory, a person who was briefed on the mission said.
Mr. Clinton landed in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, [...]
