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John Yoo and The “Al Qaeda Seven”

March 10, 2010 By tedf 3 Comments

A group called Keep America Safe has published an ad (video available at KAS's website) criticising several Justice Department lawyers for having represented Guantanamo Bay detainees. I was glad to read that many prominent lawyers in … [Read more...]

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Goldsmith on torture investigations

November 26, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 31 Comments

Jack Goldsmith was one of the good guys in the Bush administration, resisting the internal push by David Addington and John Yoo to essentially legalize torture. Therefore his opinion about how to proceed with corrective and preventative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: addington, cia, jack-goldsmith, obama, terrorism, torture, yoo

A republic — if you can keep it

October 4, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 69 Comments

I recently finished Jane Mayer's The Dark Side, which recounts the ugly, ongoing history of the Bush administration's policies of torture. As to whether torture happened, there simply can be no doubt; the volume and horror of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: addington, cheney, congress, constitution, law-and-lawyers, torture, yoo

Impeach John Yoo!

April 2, 2008 By tedf 18 Comments

The text of the outrageous and infamous March 2003 torture memo drafted by John Yoo, then Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, are now available here (part 1) and here (part 2). This, you may recall, is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: impeachment, torture, yoo

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MayorDriscollKim Driscoll@MayorDriscoll·
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"The thought that the MBTA would be shopping for 25 diesel-powered locomotives โ€“ instead of efficient, less-polluting electric trains โ€“ for the commuter rail system is an idea right out ofย the last century." ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
https://www.salemnews.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-look-to-electric-not-diesel-solutions-for-rail-lines/article_9fba9e47-c7da-5fbb-92af-ba7a99fbf7e7.html

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PipelineImpactsVisualizing Pipeline Impacts@PipelineImpacts·
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this is a critical FERC response re: Weymouth.

This puts industry on notice- yes, FERC maintains oversight once certificates are issued and final.

(note to industry: stop paying your lawyers to bark up wrong trees)

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Visualizing Pipeline Impacts@PipelineImpacts

this is a critical FERC response re: Weymouth.

This puts industry on notice- yes, FERC maintains oversight once certificates are issued and final.

(note to industry: stop paying your lawyers to bark up wrong trees)

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TamiGouveiaMADr. Tami Gouveia@TamiGouveiaMA·
13 Apr

Despite the headway weโ€™ve made on climate change, it remains an existential threat to our way of life. This challenge requires a global approach and Iโ€™m glad MA is doing its part to guarantee a safer planet for future generations. #climatescience #MApoli
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jarjohJarred is "rooting for everybody black"@jarjoh·
13 Apr

If I can paraphrase, a clean, safe, and equitable Commonwealth isn't one where poor people are saddled with the costs of EVs, but one where the rich fight for electrified transit for all. #mapoli

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