Maddow hails ‘signs of life’ from Dems on jobs and voting rights
Rachel Maddows uses a speech by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and the president criticizing the GOP for holding meaningless votes when the U.S. economy is in a state of emergency to demonstrate that maybe they are finally finding their voices.
Bernanke on ‘Occupy Wall Street’: Fed not part of the problem
The Federal Reserve Chairman sympathized with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement’s dissatisfaction with economic inequality at a press conference Wednesday, but said protesters should not blame the Fed for bailing out the banks.
Texas judge confesses to beating disabled daughter
Video of a Texas judge beating his disabled daughter in 2004 has recently gone viral, but he’s says “it’s not as bad as it seems.” Hillary Adams told KRIS-TV that she posted the video late last month after years of abuse by her father, Aransas County Judge William Adams.
Iraq war vet: Scott Olsen injury created ‘collective rage’
Iraq War veteran Joshua Shepherd, a friend of the veteran injured by police at an “Occupy Oakland” protest, says that the police brutality that led to Scott Olsen's injuries created a sense of “collective rage.”
Stop Online Piracy Act 'threatens' human rights activists
Human rights activists and whistle blowers could be "major casualties” of a copyright protection bill proposed by the House Judiciary Committee in late October, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
Georgia militia group planned ricin attack to ‘save the Constitution’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says that four members of a fringe militia used a book written by Fox News “expert” Mike Vanderboegh as a basis for a plot to commit domestic terrorism.
