New White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was on CNN yesterday defending Obama administration coverups. He was asked about a letter from the Society of Professional Journalists and other organizations which scolded the White House for “politically driven suppression of news and information about federal agencies.” Earnest proclaimed that he is “definitely committed” to helping […]
Archive | July, 2014
Killing in Lieu of Surveilling
Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles deserves another Pulitzer Prize for this superb cartoon. Some people are singing hallelujahs over the Supreme Court’s recent decision that police cannot automatically search people’s cell phones. However, the Supreme Court has done nothing to negate the government’s prerogative to kill people based on secret memos, secret evidence, and utter bunk. […]