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News For Kids: How a law stops being a law

July 11, 2008 - Hey kids! Remember a couple years back when we found out that the president was breaking the law by illegally wiretapping citizens anytime he felt like it? Well, as of this week...

From The Room: FISA: Your Silent, Watching Best Friend!

July 10, 2008 - You may not have heard because it's not really being covered by the news, but the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been passed! And--this is the awesome part--telecom immunity. That means that corporation...

From The Room: Obama's Subconscious Explains His FISA Stance

July 10, 2008 - The crowd roars as Obama takes the stage in a local town hall somewhere in middle America, where people know their neighbors, and the word "value" still means something other than a goddamn dollar sign. He is in rare form: eloquent, poised, truly transcendent. He addresses the roaring crowd...

From The Room: Obama's New Centrist Position Paper

July 5, 2008 - In his continuing campaign to move toward what Republicans define as "the center," and in order to further alienate his supporters, Democratic candidate Barack Obama released an omnibus position paper today. The highlights are as follows: Oil company profits, paid for by high gas prices, ar...

Badass Obama is back and he won't take no death penalty for pedophiles for an answer!

June 29, 2008 - Barack Obama has been inching towards the sweet political center. First, he irritated Glenn Greenwald with his support of the FISA bill. Then, he ruffled feathers when he agreed with the S...