CBS, “Huge anti-Obama protests met with tear gas, stun grenades”
Left-wing and anarchist groups who organized the protest had planned to reach the U.S. embassy in Athens. But authorities banned demonstrations in a large swath of the city to ensure that protesters came nowhere near Mr. Obama, who was attending a dinner at the residence of Greek President Procopis Pavlopoulos. Continue Reading
Stuart Schrader: The Liberal Solution to Police Violence: Restoring Trust Will Ensure More Obedience
The Liberal Solution to Police Violence: Restoring Trust Will Ensure More Obedience Stuart Schrader, The Indypendent, June 30, 2015 reprinted with permission “No justice, no peace,” goes the chant. From Ferguson to Baltimore, widespread protests over police killings of unarmed Black men and women have not only denounced the crimes of individual officers but […]
Democratic Government: It Works!
It’s over. Yesterday, Washington’s political/business elite conjured up the 60 votes needed to end debate in the Senate on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the fast-track negotiating power the White House needs to ram its most cherished project, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), through Congress once the secret negotiations for the deal are complete. A week-long […]
The Washington Times, “Boehner: Obama siding with ‘anarchists’ on Keystone,” February 11, 2015
Boehner: Obama siding with ‘anarchists’ on Keystone by Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times, February 11, 2015 House Speaker John A. Boehner accused President Obama of “listening to … anarchists” in his threat to veto the bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, ahead of a final vote in Congress later Wednesday on the long-stalled project. […]