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North Korea warns military cleared to wage nuclear attack against US

An unnamed spokesman for the North Korean army is warning the U.S. that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using “smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear” weapons in the latest of the country’s escalating warnings. North Korea has railed for weeks against joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises taking place in South [...]

Totalitarianism is the New Normal

Activist Post – by Wendy McElroy First it was a secret “kill list” on which Nobel Peace Laureate Barack Obama names those he wishes to be assassinated. The names included American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan who died in a drone strike in Yemen on September 30th, 2011. Neither was indicted or charged with a [...]

U.S. to let spy agencies scour Americans’ finances

Reuters – by Emily Flitter and Stella Dawson and Mark Hosenball (Reuters) – The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen by Reuters. [...]

Rand Paul and the Rest of You Damn Conservatives Need to Get Off John McCain’s Lawn!

John Hawkins I asked the president, can you kill an American on American soil, it should have been an easy answer. It’s an easy question. It should have been a resounding, an unequivocal, “No.” The president’s response? He hasn’t killed anyone yet. — Rand Paul I do not believe that question deserves an answer. — [...]

Democrats push for speedy approval of CIA nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats pushed Wednesday for speedy confirmation of John Brennan’s nomination to be CIA director but ran into a snag after a Republican senator began a lengthy speech over the legality of potential drone strikes on U.S. soil. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was attempting to get a Senate confirmation vote before [...]