MEDIA ROOTS — NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg stood up for the police state in a recent radio interview, where he defended the NYPD’s targeted discriminatory surveillance of Muslim communities in New York and New Jersey. He cites rhetoric from the 9/11 Commission Report as justification to ignore constitutional protections of free speech as outlined in the Handschu agreement of 1985. … Read More
Media Roots Radio – Nuclear Weapons & Fear, Iran War Propaganda, Drones & Party Loyalists by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Abby and Robbie Martin discuss nuclear weapons: living in a perpetual Cold War mentality, MAD, stockpiling, labs and mismanagement, how nuclear fear and control underpin US imperialism; the manufactured GOP debate on contraception as a distraction from real issues; … Read More
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MEDIA ROOTS — The number of deeply impoverished Americans has exploded since Obama took office, according to Panorama, BBC’s weekly investigative news program. In fact, the U.S. is more unequal now than any other time since the Great Depression. Three million are newly unemployed while one-fifth of the wealth is earned by just one percent of the population. Additionally, nearly … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Doubtless, many have heard of the U.S. targeted killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki under Obama. But many may not know that al-Awlaki wasn’t the last U.S. citizen arbitrarily killed by the state, as investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill recently reported: “You know, President Obama authorised strikes that resulted in three U.S. citizens being killed within less than … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Residents in the Carroll Boone Water District (CBWD) of Arkansas might soon have fluoride removed from their water supply. According to Rene Fonseca, a licensed operator with CBWD, the corrosive additive has been proven to leach lead from aging distribution pipes which is likely causing increased lead contamination in the region’s water supply. Several other areas in … Read More
