- Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty to media leak—"Agent sentenced to nearly four years in prison for leaking details on US operation to foil Yemen attack plot."
- The US promised a visa to my Afghan interpreter. Now it's been revoked—"My interpreter saved my life. Now the Taliban want to kill him, and the US is stalling on his visa. This isn't right."
- Empty F-16 jet tested by Boeing and US Air Force—"Boeing has revealed that it has retrofitted retired fighter jets to turn them into drones."
- America's Creeping Police State—"Imperialism abroad is destroying what is left of our democracy at home. From warrantless wiretapping to warrantless door-busting, this is what a police state looks like."
- US: ATF misplaced 420 million cigarettes in stings—"Government agents acting without authorization conducted dozens of undercover investigations of illegal tobacco sales, misused some of $162 million in profits from the stings and lost track of at least 420 million cigarettes, the Justice Department's inspector general said Wednesday."
- Cops: HVCC student mentions bomb on social media, gets arrested
- A Rally Against Mass Surveillance in Washington, DC | Stop Watching Us—26 Oct 2013.
- To reform the NSA, fire officials who lie—"I saw this at first hand over the Pentagon Papers case: the NSA has a culture of lying. That should be Obama's first concern."
- US intelligence chiefs urge Congress to preserve surveillance programs—"Officials refuse to say in Senate testimony whether cell site data had ever been used to pinpoint an individual's location."
- Senators Push to Preserve N.S.A. Phone Surveillance—"The Senate Intelligence Committee appears to be moving quickly to pass a bill aimed at building public confidence in a once-secret National Security Agency call log program." NYT
- 12 True Tales of Creepy NSA Cyberstalking—"The NSA has released some details of 12 incidents in which analysts used their access to America's high-tech surveillance infrastructure to spy on girlfriends, boyfriends, and random people they met in social settings. It's a fascinating look at what happens when the impulse that drives average netizens to look up long-ago ex-lovers on Facebook is mated with the power to fire up a wiretap with a few keystrokes."
- NRA Lobbyist Shoots Elephant in the Face and then Celebrates With Champagne
- Barton: Second Amendment Guarantees An Individual Right To Own A Tank Or Fighter Jet
- Americans Fault Mental Health System Most for Gun Violence—"Half say gun laws should be stricter, down from 58% after Newtown."
- Conn. panel orders release of Newtown 911 tapes—The release is being appealed.
- Fox News' Hasselbeck: Navy Yard shooting shows need for video game registry, not gun control— Also, NRA's LaPierre says, "there weren't enough good guys with guns" to stop the Navy Yard shooting.
- Florida woman jailed for firing 'warning shot' at husband wins new trial
- War veteran fatally shot in struggle with Lynn police
- Road rage-related shootout leaves two dead in Ionia, police say
- Obama Makes Fun Of Republicans' Ridiculous Claims About Obamacare
- KY Gov: My State Needs Obamacare. Now.—"The Affordable Care Act was approved by Congress and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. It is the law of the land. Get over it ... and get out of the way so I can help my people. Here in Kentucky, we cannot afford to waste another day or another life." NYT
- Bernie Sanders: Obamacare is a 'good Republican program'
- Not even a government shutdown can stop Obamacare now—"Program falls under mandatory funding exempt from shutdown." Salon
- First Obamacare, Then a Single Payer System
- White House: All That Was Missing From GOP's Debt Limit Demands Was A 'Birther Bill'
- Republicans Finally Admit That The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling Has Nothing To Do With Debt
- House Republicans Issue Ransom Demand: Implement Romney Plan or the Economy Gets It
- Republican Leaders Don't Have The Votes For Their Own Hostage Plan
- House Debt-Cap Conditions Hit Resistance in Budget Fight
- Three Days From a Shutdown, the Senate Can't Even Vote About a Vote
- Shutdown Would Shave Fourth-Quarter U.S. Growth as Much as 1.4%
- The falling deficit has been a disaster for the GOP
- The GOP's Declaration Of Total War On Our System Of Government
- The Fall of the Heritage Foundation and the Death of Republican Ideas—"How the Heritage Foundation went from the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement to the GOP's bane -- and how it's hurting the party's hopes for a turnaround."
- Tea Party Support Dwindles to Near-Record Low—"Republicans ambivalent about movement, while most Democrats oppose it."
- Florida AG Apologizes For Delaying Execution To Accommodate Fundraiser
- Going Postal—"The husband of US Senator Dianne Feinstein has been selling post offices to his friends, cheap."
- How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers—"Taxpayers fund the stadiums, antitrust law doesn't apply to broadcast deals, the league enjoys nonprofit status, and Commissioner Roger Goodell makes $30 million a year. It's time to stop the public giveaways to America's richest sports league—and to the feudal lords who own its teams."
- A List of Goldman Sachs Ties to the Obama Government–including Elena Kagan
