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Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush and Cheney

Rebecca Gordon TomDispatch
Sending people to another country didn't start with Donald Trump, but with George W. Bush in the War on Terror, called "extraordinary rendition." “Extraordinary” when it occurs outside of normal legal strictures, as with Abrego García today.

Friday Nite Videos | November 15, 2024

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The Cast of SNL Is Sincerely Sorry. What a Trump DOJ Will Look Like. Separated | Trailer. We Have To Talk About Weed. Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment.

Friday Nite Videos | May 3, 2024

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Blue Bottle Baristas Are Organizing. Like a Kidney Stone | Bob Dylan and Women Journalists. Jesse Watters Math | The Daily Show. I Am Gitmo | Movie. Why Do So Many Americans Support a Neofascist?

Witnesses Call "Nitrogen Hypoxia" Execution Macabre

Jamiles Lartey The Marshall Project
“This was the fifth execution that I’ve witnessed in Alabama, and I have never seen such a violent reaction to an execution,” said journalist Lee Hedgepeth. Ultimately, the execution lasted about 22 minutes.

Closing Guantánamo? Yes, a Snail’s Pace… but a Pace

Karen J. Greenberg TomDispatch
There are still 30 detainees at Guantánamo. Sixteen of them have been deemed no longer threats to the United States and cleared for release, but arrangements have yet to be made to transfer them... Now there are tiny steps toward closure.
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