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This is the McCain I used to know

May 13, 2011 By irishfury

I've always credited John McCain's primary campaign for the 2000 presidential election as the entity that sucked me into the political realm.  Prior to that I had only been a middle school kid with a geek's interest in history and a largely … [Read more...]

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The actual purpose of the Bush torture policies

March 23, 2011 By kirth

Jessen's notes, prepared for an Air Force survival training course that he later "reverse engineered" when he helped design the Bush administration's torture program, however, go into far greater detail than the Armed Services Committee's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush.jessen, sere, torture

Bradley Manning – Hero or Traitor?

September 25, 2010 By AmberPaw

There is a Bradley Manning Support Website which has videos, links to news coverage, and more.  There is also a Congressman from my home state of Michigan calling for Bradley Manning's execution Who is Bradley Manning?  It appears … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bradley-manning, first-amendment, free-press, honor, morality, torture, whistle-blower

Feds to Probe Canton Torture Chamber

March 1, 2010 By farnkoff

For those who might have seen the movie or read the book "A Clockwork Orange", the principle underlying the Rotenberg Center is almost exactly the same as that which was behind fictional Alexander DeLarge's treatment. The only difference is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, children, disabled, electric-shocks, judge-rotenberg-center, pain, shock, torture

Underpants bomber cooperating – no waterboarding required!

February 3, 2010 By David

A popular right-wing meme is that you can only get useful information out of alleged terrorists by torturing them. Oh, what's that, Scott? Waterboarding isn't torture? All right, then -- by using "enhanced interrogation … [Read more...]

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Scott Brown’s manly pose on prosecution and torture

February 3, 2010 By Charley on the MTA

This is the latest edition of Scott WRONG Brown.Brown, 1/11/10“To think we’d give people who want to kill us constitutional rights and lawyer them up at our expense, instead of treating them as enemy combatants to get as much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brown, scott-brown, senate, terrorism, torture

Scott Brown, Civil Liberties, and ACLU conference

January 21, 2010 By ACLUm blog

Scott Brown did not respond to the ACLU's Senate candidate survey on civil liberties last year, but statements like the one above give cause for concern.  On the other hand, Brown proposed legislation at the State House to prohibit the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, civil-liberties, lgbt, national, scott-brown, torture, waterboarding

This may be the closest we come.

September 26, 2009 By Christopher

Last night's season premiere of Law & Order had the DA's office attempting to prosecute Bush administration officials for torture.  It reruns tonight at 8:00 on NBC.  Now if only we could bring this into the real world … [Read more...]

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What was that all about?

September 17, 2009 By farnkoff

I've been thinking a bit about the recent terror raid in New York City. Obviously it's difficult to form a good opinion or talk too much about this episode because of the limited information we have, but I thought I'd try to post on it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: act, afghanistan, nyc, obama, patriot, queens, raid, rendition, suspects, terror, terrorism, torture

Accountability for Torture, Part Two

August 24, 2009 By driendeau_aclu

It's a major news day here at the ACLU of Massachusetts - we just found out that Attorney General Eric Holder going to go forward with the previously reported CIA prisoner abuse cases, and he's already appointed a prosecutor. John Durham, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., advanced-interrogations, eric-holder, john-durham, torture

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OTR: Diana DiZoglio discusses potential retaliation from Mass. Legislature over audit https://www.masspolicyreport.com/2023/04/03/otr-diana-dizoglio-discusses-potential-retaliation-from-mass-legislature-over-audit/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter @masspolicy #MApoli #Massachusetts

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A huge pleasure to join @RepDylan as he launched the #Massachusetts Friends of UK Legislative Caucus at the home of the @FCDOPeterAbbott. It was wonderful to talk about how we can collaborate to benefit constituents and deepen long-standing ties! #mapoli

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If you're familiar with #mapoli I have questions for you!

My intern is applying for an internship there - obvs I'm thrilled. 😊 What should she know about how the MA legislature is staffed? What other essential knowledge would you pass along?

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It's April in #mapoli which means budget season is in full swing. The House will soon pitch a tax relief proposal alongside their 2024 fiscal plan.
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