The Shadow of the Hegemon
We are getting closer, girls and boys.
from democracy now:
Senate Moves to OK Detention of U.S. CitizensThe Bush administration has slipped in a major change to the Senate bill on interrogations that would allow U.S. citizens to be detained as enemy combatants. Initially the bill defined an enemy combatant as anyone who engaged in hostilities against the United States or its allies but the definition has been expanded to include anyone who has materially supported hostilities against the United States or its allies. The Washington Post reports that human rights experts expressed concern that the language in the new provision would be a precedent-setting congressional endorsement for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens. Meanwhile on Monday, a group of activists from Code Pink stood up in protest over the bill during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The activists stood with their backs toward the Senators while wearing t-shirts that spelled out the phrase "No Torture." The activists called on the Senators to remove a section of the bill that strips detainees of the right to habeas corpus.
GOP Ad Claims Martin Luther King Was a Republican
In other political news, a group calling itself the National Black Republican Association has begun taking out radio ads in Maryland and Ohio urging African Americans to vote Republican. The ads allege that Martin Luther King was a Republican.