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GOP Senators: U.S. Faces Terrorist Attack if Holder Probes Bush's Torture Program

Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. August 26, 2009.
In a craven attempt to keep CIA abuses under wraps, nine senators wrote to the attorney general warning him not to appoint a special prosecutor.

Sen. Lindsey Graham to Sotomayor: "Unless You Have a Complete Meltdown, You're Going to Get Confirmed"

John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2009.
"And I don't think you will (have a complete meltdown)."

Note to GOP Blowhards: All Judges Are 'Activist Judges'

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 13, 2009.
All justices rely on their past experiences, ideologies, biases, prejudices, and yes -- the most dreaded of human qualities -- empathy.

Will the Fight Over Gay Marriage Be the End of Right vs. Left Thinking?

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. June 2, 2009.
"The first thing that happens in a revolutionary era is the great figures of the old era get discredited."

Obama's Top Law Enforcer Is Preoccupied with Bush's War on Terror

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 16, 2009.
In his confirmation hearing, Holder called waterboarding "torture," but his support for preventive detention and warrantless spying is bad news.

Ban on HIV+ Visitors and Immigrants in the U.S. is One Step Closer to Being Repealed

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 17, 2008.
After a decade long fight the Senate takes us one step farther from legalized discrimination.