The 5 Nastiest Things the White House Has Said About Snowden If there were any doubts as to how President Obama feels about Edward Snowden, he laid them all to rest in a Friday news conference, dismissing the NSA whistleblower as no patriot. Obama denies bad relationship with ‘bored kid’ Putin President Barack Obama … Read more
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy The city of Detroit, Mich., has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest city in the history of the United States to do so. If Detroit Were a Country, Would It Be a Failed State? The city of Detroit has sorrows to spare. Its government — officially, as of Thursday — can’t … Read more
86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying Today, a bipartisan coalition of 86 civil liberties organizations and Internet companies ? including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, reddit, Mozilla, FreedomWorks, and the American Civil Liberties Union ? are demanding swift action from Congress in light of the recent revelations about unchecked … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: US government’s spy programme uncovered | 10/06/2013 After the revelations about the surveillance programme Prism, an employee of the US National Security Agency on Sunday revealed that he was the one who leaked details to the press. The newspapers The Washington Post and The Guardian reported on Friday that in addition to recording … Read more
Obama’s counterterrorism policy, by the numbers According to the New York Times, President Barack Obama will use his big counterterrorism speech on Thursday to sharply curtail the administration’s targeted killings. Going forward, the strict criteria used for approving strikes on American citizens abroad will govern drone strikes on all suspected militants. ***************** Republicans to make … Read more
Teachers Carrying Elementary Students out of School Leveled by Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma My brother’s friend after the tornado standing in front of his former house. A teacher finds one of his students among the rubble caused by the tornado in Moore, OK. (i.imgur.com) Massive tornado strikes Oklahoma City A powerful tornado struck a suburb … Read more
Churnalism: discover when the “news” you’re reading is a press-release from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Syrian Electronic Army takes credit for hacking AP Twitter account from FP Passport After the Associated Press tweeted, “Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured,” it literally took only seconds for people to … Read more
Social media and the Boston bombings: When citizens and journalists cover the same story from Nieman Journalism Lab by Hong Qu Editor?s note: Hong Qu is a user experience designer who was part of the startup team that built YouTube. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Nieman Foundation, working on an application to … Read more
Czech ambassador clarifies that Czech Republic is not Chechnya from FP Passport by Marya Hannun Brothers in arms: A brief history of sibling terror plots from FP Passport by Colin Daileda Using Facial-Recognition Technology to Track Down the Boston Bombers (and Why Humans Are Still Better at It) from Bilişim Hukuku Günlüğü … Read more
How many American think tanks are run by women? from FP Passport by Blake Hounshell Wealth disparity in America: an inch of bar-graph for the 90%, 4.9 miles’ worth for the top 0.01% from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Cairo and Washington engage in ?twitter war? from Hurriyet Daily News A row erupted between Cairo and Washington … Read more
Report: U.S. Muslim Terrorism Was Practically Nil in 2012 from Wired Top Stories by Spencer Ackerman There were only 9 incidents of terrorism in the U.S. by American Muslims in 2012, involving 14 people, down for the third straight year, according to new research. U.S. President Barack Obama Supports Immigration Reform from Global Voices Online … Read more
Gun Control Petition is Most Popular Ever Posted to White House Site from Mashable! by Nextgov Residents of All 50 States Have Filed Secession Petitions from Mashable! by Nextgov Iran: Netizens Reflect on Four More Years for Obama from Global Voices Online by Arseh Sevom Originally published at Arseh Sevom by Peyman Majidzadeh The confetti … Read more
Election 2012 ? the ?Patchwork Nation? vote map from CyberJournalist.net by Jonathan Dube WNYC is tracking the national vote by each county and its Patchwork Nation community type ? from Monied ?Burbs to Service Worker Centers. Hover over each state to see state returns. Hover over the community tool bar to see the vote by … Read more
Obama?s Celebration Moment Is Most-Liked Facebook Photo Ever Obama?s ?Four More Years? Tweet is Most Popular of All Time [REPORT] from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder Donald Trump calls for revolutionary overthrow of American government from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow He deleted it, but Wil Wheaton saved it for posterity. Triumph of the Nerds: Nate … Read more
The 6 Sets of Numbers That Will Decide Election 2012 from Mashable! by Quartz Ustream and Video the Vote Encourage Voters to Film Election Day Injustice from Mashable! by Fran Berkman Share the Vote: Show Friends You Participated in Election 2012 from Mashable! by Meghan Peters The 10 Most Memorable Moments of the 2012 Election … Read more