With the Republican Primary for US Senate only a few months away, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is slipping in the polls and at least three Republican upstarts are chomping at the bit to take his job. Graham has been beating on the Obama administration, using the Benghazi tragedy as a club. Will that be enough to hold on to his cushy job in Congress?
Also, in May 2013 after protesting a sting operation targeting sex workers in Phoenix known as "Project ROSE," transgender rights activist Monica Jones was falsely arrested for "manifestation of prostitution" as part of the sting. Is this tactic something we can expect to happen again as the powers that be continue to crack down on protest of any sort?
HSBC Bank, says that the world's coal, oil and natural gas may be over valued by as much as 60%. This is because the air we breathe can only handle so much pollution, and burning all that fossil fuel will put us over the edge. So why are we drilling in the Arctic ocean, building pipelines across the nation and fracking the ground beneath our feet?
Although there has been scant coverage from the US based corporate media, a Congressional hearing on America’s drone warfare abroad took place today in Washington, DC which featured victims from Pakistan who put a face and voice to those commonly referred to as “collateral damage”. This follows sixteen-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai visit to the White House a few weeks ago where she asked President Obama to stop the drone strikes in her country. Representative Alan Grayson, a Democrat out of Florida, organized the hearing.
In local news, Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley plans to continue violating campaign ethics laws in the state.
This news and more today as we Occupy The Microphone!
