Barack Obama

Activists Target Obama’s ‘Cheneyesque’ CIA Director

October 24, 2015 Michael Crowley, www.politico.com Resist! Barack Obama, CIA

By Michael Crowley for Politico - John Brennan was at his suburban Virginia home on an early November Sunday in 2012 when he heard a knock on the door. Dressed in jeans and a sweater, Brennan, then White House director of counter terrorism, answered to find a middle-aged couple he did not know. The woman explained she had come to talk to him about a recent trip she’d taken. “A trip to where?” Brennan asked. “Pakistan,” she replied. “Ohhh,” he said, with dawning realization. Brennan’s Sunday visitors were activists from the left wing anti-war group Code Pink.

Obama Administration Hits Back At Student Debtors Seeking Relief

October 22, 2015 Natalie Kitroeff, www.bloomberg.com Educate! Barack Obama, Student Debt

By Natalie Kitroeff for Bloomberg Business - On a day when Democratic presidential candidates sparred in a national debate over who would do more to help indebted students, the U.S. government launched a new attack on student debtors seeking loan relief. On Tuesday, the Department of Education intervened in the case of Robert Murphy, an unemployed 65-year-old who has waged a three-year legal battle to erase his student loans in bankruptcy. Unlike almost every single form of consumer debt, student loans can be erased only in very rare circumstances. Murphy’s case, which is currently being heard in a federal court in Boston, could make things a little easier for certain borrowers.

Dissecting Obama’s Most Recent TPP Lies

October 21, 2015 Dean Baker, www.cepr.net Educate! Barack Obama, TPP

By Dean Baker for CEPR - The early signals from the Obama administration are that the nonsense will be flowing fast and thick in its effort to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We got an indication of the level of the nonsense factor in a CNN article reporting on the administration's efforts to promote the still secret agreement. CNN cites a column that President Obama had in a New Hampshire newspaper that told readers: "...trade is a substantial driver of New Hampshire's economy. Over 20,000 American jobs are currently supported by goods exports from New Hampshire, with 32 percent of Made in New Hampshire goods exports shipped to TPP partners."

US Congress Must Launch Urgent Inquiry Into Obama’s Drone Use

October 16, 2015 Staff, www.amnestyusa.org Resist! Barack Obama, Drones

By Staff of Amnesty Interntional - The U.S. Congress must launch an immediate independent inquiry into the Obama administration’s drone strikes overseas, Amnesty International said following today’s publication of a series of files and documents disclosing long-standing secrets of the global killing program. “The Drone Papers,” leaked by an anonymous whistle-blower to the online media outlet The Intercept, reveal the startling human costs of armed drone use and highlight chronic flaws in the decision-making process behind the strikes carried out in multiple countries.

Obama On TPP: ‘We Are Writing The Rules,’ Who’s We?

October 15, 2015 Jim Hightower, www.creators.com Educate! Barack Obama, TPP

By Jim Hightower for Creators - The negotiations and the sales push behind Washington's latest (and biggest) "free trade" agreement amounts to Kabuki theater. What theater? Kabuki. It's a 17th-century form of Japanese drama, featuring elaborate sets and costuming, rhythmic dialogue and stylized acting and dancing. That does, indeed, nicely sum up the White House's production of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Its negotiations have been set in luxury resorts around the world, covered by elaborate secrecy; insiders wear the costumes of global corporate power; trade officials parrot rhythmic dialogue about high standards and incredible benefits for all. And the president himself is the main actor, dramatically proclaiming that TPP is "the most progressive" trade deal ever, and now he's doing a stylized political dance in hopes of winning congressional approval. What a phenomenal show!

Obama Seeks Dismissal Of Case Involving Yemeni Drone Victims

October 3, 2015 Staff, www.reprieve.org Resist! Barack Obama, Drones

By Staff of Reprieve - The US government has asked a D.C. court to dismiss the case of a Yemeni man whose family members were killed by a US drone strike, on the basis that he has no legal ‘standing’ to bring a case against them. Earlier this year, Mr bin Ali Jaber filed a lawsuit against President Obama, seeking a declaration from a federal court in Washington, D.C., that the 2012 strike was unlawful and his innocent relatives were wrongfully killed. The Obama administration yesterday filed a motion asking the court to dismiss Mr bin Ali Jaber’s case entirely. They argued that Mr Jaber has no standing – i.e. that he has no legal right to bring his case in the US – and that whether a US drone killed his relatives is a ‘political question’ that no court should review.

Committee Insider On Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

September 20, 2015 Alister Doyle and Stine Jacobsen, www.reuters.com Educate! Barack Obama, Nobel Prize, Peace, Wars and Militarism

By Alister Doyle and Stine Jacobsen for Reuters. Oslo, Norway - The effect of giving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama fell short of the nominating committee's hopes, and several awards in the past 25 years were even more questionable, the committee's former secretary says in a new book. Geir Lundestad, lifting a veil on the secretive five-member panel, also reveals that former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, late Czech president Vaclav Havel and several rock stars were among those who were considered for the award but never won. Lundestad writes in "Secretary of Peace" that the prize to Obama was the most controversial during his time as director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute from 1990-2015. He attended committee meetings but had no vote.

Newsletter – We Have A Duty To Fight For Our Freedom

May 9, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Barack Obama, Cove Point, fast track, FERC, FERCus, Fracking, Gas, Human Rights, killed by police, Militarization, police brutality, Police violence, TPP

Chelsea Manning writes this week about the lack of transparency and declining press freedom in the United States. Transparency and press freedom are fundamental to democracy. Manning also connects these issues to our right to criticize our government without fear. Assata Shakur, who is currently living in exile in Cuba, says something we've been hearing a lot lately: "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains."

Net Neutrality Protests Sweep US, Opposing FCC’s Leaked Plan

November 7, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Organize! Barack Obama, Net Neutrality, Tom Wheeler

Hundreds of Internet users - holding their lit up cell phones and laptops aloft in protest - joined more than 30 demonstrations across the U.S. on Thursday night. The protests were organized in just a few days after the leaking of an inadequate proposal being floated by Chair of the FCC, Tom Wheeler. People took to the streets in an outpouring of anger over reports that the Federal Communications Committee is planning to push a “hybrid” net neutrality proposal that opens the door for cable company censorship and abuse. Crowds turned out in dozens of other cities as well including Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Anchorage, AK; Chicago, IL; and New York, NY. They promised the protests would escalate unless the FCC recommends full reclassification of the Internet as a common carrier where there can be no discrimination and equal access for all. More than 100 people gathered in front of the White House in Washington, DC with lit-up signs reading “SAVE THE INTERNET,” chanting “Hey hey! Ho ho! Tom Wheeler has got to go.”

Latino Organizations Boycott Meetings With Obama

September 8, 2014 NHLA, www.nationalhispanicleadership.org Resist! Barack Obama, Immigrant Rights, Immigration

In its continued efforts around its Latinos United for Immigration Reform campaign, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of 39 of the nation's preeminent Latino organizations, strongly encourages the President to listen to the perspectives of the Latino and undocumented community as he considers policy options on immigration matters. With 97 percent of the deportation population being Latino, the impact of separations due to the Administration’s deportation policy is hitting Latino families particularly hard. Underscoring NHLA’s commitment to an inclusive approach, the coalition decided at its quarterly board meeting last month to formally endorse the national boycott of meetings with the President on immigration matters if they do not include representatives of undocumented immigrants. Accordingly, NHLA will make every effort to include undocumented representatives in any meeting it has with President Obama on immigration matters. If the White House will not meet with undocumented immigrants, then NHLA members will decline to meet with the President. “NHLA stands with the hundreds of thousands of families that need President Obama to take swift action on deportation relief. Any delay of affirmative relief, as some have urged on the President, should not be contemplated before consulting directly with members of the Latino and undocumented communities as they would be the ones most seriously and irrevocably harmed," said Hector Sanchez, NHLA Chair and Executive Director, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement.

John Brennan Must Go

August 22, 2014 Brave New Films, www.youtube.com Petitions and Online Actions Barack Obama, CIA, Surveillance, Torture

A Short Film by Brave New Films on the Lies of John Brennan Not only did Brennan obstruct justice and spy on the Senate Committee, which was tasked to oversee the agency’s use of torture, but he also claimed that there has been no civilian casualties caused by United States drones. Brennan’s statements have been proven false through the media and through the Inspector General. President Obama MUST Fire Him. John Brennan’s lies do more than just tarnish his name, his lies tarnish an entire agency which is steeped in secrecy. If the American people are to believe that these are the only fabrications he has made, we’re sadly mistaken. Brennan’s lies send the message that the CIA is an untouchable agency and not accountable to anyone. We remain concerned that Brennan will do whatever it takes to protect his best interest. We must reign in Brennan’s rouge leadership. It's time for CIA Director John Brennan to go. TELL OBAMA TO FIRE HIM!

Who Are The New Union Busters?

August 21, 2014 Jacob Fischler and Evan McMorris-Santoro, www.buzzfeed.com Educate! Barack Obama, Labor, Law, Unions

President Obama’s innovative, take-no-prisoners campaigns crafted an elite force of operatives, skilled in the political arts. Now that they’re done helping Obama, however, it appears they have a new goal: weakening and defeating organized labor. On Tuesday, Obama’s former top White House adviser and 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe signed on with Uber, the company known for its slick app and on-demand cars — and efforts to break taxi-union holds on urban transportation. Plouffe joins former top Obama campaign and White House communications strategist Robert Gibbs and Obama’s national press secretary for the 2012 campaign Ben LaBolt, who are using their talents in a campaign against the power of teacher’s unions. Along with them is Obama’s 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina, who went to London to work for the reelection of England’s Conservative Party government, which is campaigning on a platform that includes new rules English labor says would make it “close to impossible” to go on strike. American labor is still wary of talking on the record about Obama, but union frustration with the path Obama’s campaign dream team has taken is palpable.

Democrats Call For Iraq Vote

August 18, 2014 Alexander Bolton, www.thehill.com Organize! Barack Obama, Iraq, Politics, Wars and Militarism

Will the Senate hold a vote less than two months before the midterm elections to authorize military strikes in Iraq? Democrats in both chambers have called for Congress to take action, but it’s a vote Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) almost certainly wants to avoid as he seeks to keep the upper chamber majority in his party’s hands. Democratic strategists warn that voting on a use-of-force authorization before the election could prove disastrous to Democratic candidates in tough races. “The base doesn’t want airstrikes and Democratic swing voters who tend to be more blue-collar don’t want re-involvement in Iraq. So I think many Democrats would face a challenge voting for this thing,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster and strategist. Lake said Democrats are in a box because if President Obama continues military action without congressional approval, that is likely to have political reverberations as well. “The second problem with airstrikes is that if they’re unauthorized all the controversy hurts the president’s job performance numbers, which is bad for Democrats too. You really need the president’s job performance numbers higher,” she said.

James Risen: Obama Is ‘Greatest Enemy To Press Freedom’

August 18, 2014 Katherine Fung, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Barack Obama, Journalism, Whistleblowers

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter James Risen is not mincing words about President Barack Obama. Risen has been fighting the Obama administration's efforts to get him to testify about his sources for six years. The Department of Justice has ordered him to testify against former CIA agent Jeffrey Sterling, who it believes leaked information about a failed CIA operation in Iran that Risen reported on in his book. Risen recently lost his bid to have the Supreme Court revisit his case. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd spoke to Risen for her Sunday column "Where’s the Justice at Justice?" "How can he [Obama] use the Espionage Act to throw reporters and whistle-blowers in jail even as he defends the intelligence operatives who 'tortured some folks,' and coddles his C.I.A. chief, John Brennan, who spied on the Senate and then lied to the senators he spied on about it?" Dowd wrote. Risen had one word to describe Obama's actions: "hypocritical."

Humanitarian Emergency Does Not Suspend The Constitution

August 9, 2014 Robert Naiman, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Barack Obama, Congress, Iraq, Wars and Militarism

President Obama gave a speech last night purporting to justify today's U.S. military strikes in Iraq. Unfortunately, the president's speech failed to clearly answer key questions related to the issue of Congressional war powers under the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution; that is, he failed to clearly explain why his decision to order airstrikes in Iraq without Congressional authorization is Constitutional and legal. These questions are crucial because regardless of what you think right now of the president's current military action -- and the situation is still unfolding, and it is not at all clear right now what the limits, if any, of the president's action will be -- Americans who want the U.S. to be using military force less frequently are engaged in a "long game" against the presidency -- not just this president, any president -- about the Constitutional, legal, and political scope of the president for unilateral decisions on the use of force in the absence of an attack or imminent threat of attack on the U.S. And every time the president -- this president or any president -- is allowed to "cut corners" on the Constitutional question of Congressional war powers, it sets a bad precedent for the future, eroding a key Constitutional, democratic speed bump against unnecessary wars of choice.

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