by Jude Cowell
"An army turned inward can quickly become an instrument of tyranny."
So stated Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice. One of her primary concerns: the Insurrection Act of 1807 and its easily abused presidential powers intended to quell protests, riots, assaults, and upheavals against the government or, to quash, harm, and discourage a dissenting population. So in
Tag: Amy Goodman
Dystopian Nightmare: Eyewitness Decries Police Repression at G20 Summit …
July 7, 2017: Amy Goodman reports for Democracy Now:
Jeremy Scahill on Trump Team: A Cabal of Religious Extremists, Privatization Advocates, and Racists – interview
Published online in January 2017, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of The Intercept, concerning the Trump team, Erik "Blackwater" Prince, and his sibling Betsey DeVos, newly installed privatization advocate, as head of the US Department of Education.
This is an excerpt from Mr. Scahill’s eye opening interview so avoid watching if you prefer to remain in La La
Meet the Republican Elector Who Is Refusing to Vote for Trump – interview
When the Electoral College meets December 19, 2016 to decide whether (the unqualified) Mr. Trump is a demagogue and thus unfit to be US president, there is the possibility that ‘faithless electors’ may intervene and refuse to vote Trump which is precisely why Alexander Hamilton championed the Electoral College method–to deny demagogues the presidency in times when a gullible public is swayed.
In Historic Shift, US Government to End Use of..Private Prisons – clip
Here is Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman interviewing Mother Jones and The Nation reporters concerning an announced shift away from the Department of Justice’s use of costly, ineffective private prisons, an overdue improvement if the plan is carried through:
Amy Goodman interviews Joseph Stiglitz June 6, 2012 (video)
On Global Governance, Madrid 2012, and the Evils of Inequality
by Jude Cowell
Having much respect for the journalistic work and integrity of Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, I am pleased to bring you her June 6, 2012 interview with economist Joseph Stiglitz in which topics included in his book The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future are discussed.
You’ll find
Koch Bros Exposed (video w Bernie Sanders)
~:~Progressives:Thom HartmannDemocracy Now!David Pakman
Inauguration 2009 horoscope w Occupy Wall Street (9.17.11)
The horoscope of Inauguration 2009 (January 20 @ noon Capitol Building) is shown here with the transits of the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS), September 17, 2011, solar (sunrise) chart set for Manhattan, NY; OWS is aka, the 99% Movement.Click chart to enlarge and you’ll see the OWS Moon 19Tau23 and Jupiter 9Tau49 snugged about the Inaugural ASC (President’s Oath of Office =
Leaving behind No Child Left Behind, ‘Tea Party Downgrade’, and London
Three Cheers Hurrah! August 8, 2011
by Jude Cowell
Well, the first item is what I consider good news for a Monday with little of it to spare!
The Obama administration will grant waivers to allow interested states to end-run around the ridiculous, teach-to-test-impart-no-knowledge No Child Left Behind Act that Bush & crew put in place to dumb down the US populace and destroy our educational
Patriot Act extended as US Pluto rises 5.26.11
It’s quite a horoscope that describes President Obama’s extension by auto-pen signing of the main provisions of the US ‘Patriot’ Act just minutes before expiration at midnight. I’m looking at a chart set for the Capitol Building, Washington DC, at 11:59 pm edt, May 26, 2011. The president was awakened from his slumbers while in France in order to sign the extension of the draconian spying act