C/O David Kramer I guess the Republicans are to blame for this, Terri: (All of the following articles views expressed by left-wing, progressives.) Obamas War on medical marijuana rollingstone/politics/news/obamas-war-on-pot-20120216 But over the past year, the Obama administration has quietly unleashed a multi-agency crackdown on medical cannabis that goes far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush. New Report Finds Obama Spends $180K Per Day Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws huffingtonpost/steph-sherer/obama-medical-marijuana-cost_b_3443095.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false “Whats the Cost? confirms how much the U.S. Justice Department has spent over three presidential administrations to investigate, raid, arrest, prosecute, and imprison hundreds of medical cannabis patients and their providers — nearly half a billion dollars. Far outspending all of his predecessors, the report reveals that President Obama has dedicated nearly $300 million to such enforcement efforts, despite his repeated pledges to not use Justice Department funds in this way.” huffingtonpost/2013/12/03/bill-clinton-marijuana_n_4380086.html “Clintons successor, President Barack Obama, has spent more taxpayer money fighting medical marijuana than former President George W. Bush did during his two terms, according to a June 2013 report released by the pro-medical marijuana group Americans For Safe Access. In August, the White House announced Obama does not support changes to the legal classification of marijuana, despite growing evidence of its medical benefits.” Obama Administration suing to keep Black people in prison guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/23/us-v-blewett-obama-justice-department-shame “Last month, President Obama quietly did something that should shake every American to the core. Seeking to enforce federal crack cocaine laws that have since been repealed, the Obama administration asked a federal appeals court to ensure that thousands of human beings, mostly poor and mostly black, remain locked in prison — even though everyone agrees that there is no justification for them to be there.” Obamas War on whistleblowers motherjones/politics/2012/06/obamas-whistleblowers-stuxnet-leaks-drones Obama’s war on watchdogs washingtontimes/news/2014/may/2/bovard-obamas-war-on-watchdogs/ Obamas Drone War on innocent civilians in Asia nytimes/2012/10/14/public-editor/questions-on-drones-unanswered-still.html The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in Britain has estimated that, in the first three years after President Obama took office, between 282 and 535 civilians were credibly reported killed by drone strikes — including more than 60 children. droneswatch.org/2013/01/20/list-of-children-killed-by-drone-strikes-in-pakistan-and-yemen/ democracynow.org/2013/1/22/dirty_wars_jeremy_scahill_and_rick We’re looking right now at a reality that President Obama has essentially extended the very [drone war] policies that many of his supporters once opposed under President Bush, says Scahill. Obama to boost US military in Iraq stripes/news/middle-east/in-reversal-obama-says-he-will-boost-us-military-support-in-iraq-1.250643 The White House Has Been Covering Up the Presidency’s Role in Torture for Years https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/13/president-obama-covering-presidencys-role-torture-4-years/ Obamas War on civil liberties m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/26/drones-yemen-fbi-occupy-terrorism salon/2010/05/13/citizens_2/ Noam Chomsky: Obamas Attack on Civil Liberties Has Gone Way Beyond Imagination alternet.org/civil-liberties/noam-chomsky-obamas-attack-civil-liberties-has-gone-way-beyond-imagination?paging=off Obama is Bad on Civil Liberties, But That Shouldnt Surprise Anyone motherjones/kevin-drum/2013/06/obama-bad-civil-liberties-shouldnt-surprise-anyone “Obama voted for the 2008 FISA amendments, a position that outraged liberals at the time. He continued the Bush-era surveillance of communications networks. He ramped up the war in Afghanistan. He vastly increased drone use overseas. Hes declared a war on leakers. He participated in the assault on Libya. Hes approved the assassination of American citizens abroad. His DOJ has aggressively made use of the state secrets privilege. Hes fought relentlessly to block lawsuits challenging privacy violations and presidential abuses.” Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches washingtonpost/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/19/obama-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-warrantless-cellphone-searches/ Obama protects Wall Street bankers from going to jail guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/23/untouchables-wall-street-prosecutions-obama Obama still hasnt closed Gitmo washingtonpost/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052104045.html Obama promised to close Guantánamo. Instead, hes made it worse guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/06/obama-promise-close-guantanamo-worse What Excuse Remains for Obama’s Failure to Close GITMO? https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/06/03/excuse-remains-obamas-failure-close-gitmo/ Obamas War on U.S. citizens with drone attacks guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/21/coming-drone-attack-america?INTCMP=SRCH Obama Has Already Broken His Pledge on Surveillance Reform theatlantic/politics/archive/2013/08/obama-has-already-broken-his-pledge-on-surveillance-reform/278613/ Bloggers, Surveillance and Obama’s Orwellian State time/2976711/obama-press-surveillance/
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