Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak were acquitted of various state charges resulting from the beating and murder of Luis Ramirez. CNN legal analyst Jeffery Toobin is calling for a federal hate crimes investigation. “The facts and circumstances of this case certainly call for at least a federal investigation because it…

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Many Republicans pundits and politicians condemned President Obama for saying that he wanted a Supreme Court nominee that could empathize with average Americans. Jon Stewart thinks he knows why Republicans are against empathy. This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast May 4, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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New Haven Independent reported: Making parallels to the Nuremberg trials, U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd told a gathering of liberal bloggers in New Haven he’d support bringing charges against any Bush administration officials found responsible for the policy of waterboarding terrorism suspects. “I believe waterboarding is torture,” Dodd responded. Not only…

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US soldiers in Afghanistan have been filmed with local language Bibles and urged to be “witnesses for Jesus” despite anti-proselytising rules. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports. This video is from Al Jazeera, broadcast May 3, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

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NBC’s Dan Abrams talked with MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer about an interview he did with John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales where they argued that Bush-era harsh interrogations were legal. President Obama has said that some of the tactics amounted to torture. RAW STORY has more details here. This video is from…

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A Spanish Judge has opened a investigation on behalf of Spanish citizens who say they were tortured while being detained at Guantanamo Bay detention center. Fox News’ Megyn Kelly said judge Judge Baltazar Garzon had “gone rogue” by opening the investigation. Fox News invited former ambassador John Bolton to preemptively…

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Joe Scarborough thinks that Republicans who demonize President Obama are making a big mistake. “A lot of callers that call in, expect me to scream and yell and say I hate President Obama. Being against his policies for some reason with a lot of people in the base, that’s not…

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Most employees know that employers can watch their electronic messages at work but two restaurant workers in New Jersey lost their jobs for messages sent from home to a password-protected discussion group. Bartender Brian Pietrylo and his girlfriend, waitress Doreen Marino were fired from Houston’s restaurant when their employers discovered…

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Sen. Arlen Specter denied reports that he told President Obama he would loyal to the Democratic Party. “I did not say I would be a loyal Democrat. I did not say that,” Specter told NBC’s David Gregory. One example of how Specter might differ from the Democratic Party line is…

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Sen. Durbin thinks it’s too soon for count on having 60 Democratic Senators. “Sen. Cornyn has announced that he wants to see this appealed to the federal courts and beyond if necessary and in his own words, even if it takes years. To think the people of Minnesota would be…

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