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John Liu Wants to Legalize Marijuana and Use the Proceeds to Make College More Accessible

In a report provided to NY1, mayoral candidate John Liu suggested that New York legalize weed and license dispensories to use the money on halving tuition at CUNY. We at Runnin' Scared think this is an inspired idea, and that Albany should get to work come next January. This comes just two days afte ... More >>

Obama Speech, Trayvon Protests Lure Rightbloggers Into Another Week of Hilarious Minority Outreach

The George Zimmerman trial is over, but Trayvonmania continues. President Obama, who'd previously said that if he'd had a son, he'd look like Trayvon, last week went further, saying that the unarmed black kid shot dead in 2012 "could have been me 35 years ago." And over the weekend "Justice for Tra ... More >>

Bloomberg Hates Eric Holder's NYPD Federal Monitor, Calls It a "Terrible Idea"

It comes as no surprise that controversy would ride the coattails of the news yesterday that Attorney General Eric Holder may suggest a federal monitor over the NYPD should stop-and-frisk be deemed unconstitutional in Floyd v. New York. Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly freaked out in a tele ... More >>

Will the Stop-and-Frisk Lawsuit Lead to a Federal Monitor for the NYPD?

Maybe the parts of the Community Safety Act that debuted on the council floor yesterday won't even be necessary. In an exclusive report by the Daily News last night, it's been discovered that Attorney General Eric Holder and his Justice Department are thinking about asking the trial judge on Floyd v ... More >>

Rightbloggers Find NSA Spying on Americans--And This Time They're Against It!

Last week many Americans discovered that their government is spying on them. We are not sure how many of them had a hunch such a thing was happening, though since 9/11, the signing of the Patriot Act, and various government snooping stories, we would guess the number to be very high. Many rightblog ... More >>

Looking for Votes, Rightbloggers Explore "Conservative Reform," Find Pretty Much Conservatism

Last week rightbloggers remained occupied with the recent D.C. scandals, which some of them expect to result in the President's impeachment; they even have a March on Washington and a shady poll to give them hope. We expect they will result in some sort of impeachment, if only of certain people's ju ... More >>

Obama's Version of "Transparency": Feds Seize AP's Phone Records [Update]

Well, we think it's fair to say that reporters at the Associated Press are none too happy with word that the government secured two months of phone records from the world's largest wire service for some murky leak investigation. "Yeah, there's a bit of a freak out," an AP reporter tells us. "Clear ... More >>

Rightbloggers Catch Filibuster Fever, Promote Paul, Denounce (or Don't) Drones

Last week a Republican Senator filibustered on civil liberties in wartime -- and, get this, he was in favor of them! This remarkable event drew such attention that the filibusterer, Rand Paul, ended the week talking about running for President. How did our friends the rightbloggers -- who generally ... More >>

White House Files Voluntary Amicus Brief, Demands SCOTUS Overturn Prop 8

Nothing like a Presidential push to get the ball rolling. Yesterday was the deadline for parties to file amicus curae briefs -- or "Here's what we think you should do" memos -- to the Supreme Court before the Nine hears the arguments facing DOMA and Prop 8 at the end of March. And, in this past wee ... More >>

Country Club Sopranos

American banks are on a massive crime spree. Obama and Romney hope you won't notice.

Medical Marijuana: Denver Moves Toward Prescription Pot Ad Ban

Yesterday proved difficult for Denver's prescription pot shops. The City Council voted 13-0 to ban outdoor advertising for medical marijuana, The Associated Press reports. What this means? Though the measure needs one more vote next week, it's likely to pass, so dispensaries would no longer be pe ... More >>

Neo-Nazis Next Door? Here's a List of New York's Hate Groups

When details began emerging about the Oak Creek, Wis. massacre, reports indicated that the suspected shooter, Wade Michael Page, was a white supremacist and had played in a neo-Nazi band called "End Apathy." The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, had been keeping tabs on Page s ... More >>

Sikh Temple Shooting: What You Need To Know About The Wisconsin Massacre (UPDATE)

Yesterday morning, a gunman entered a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis. and opened fire on congregants, killing six and wounding three -- including a police officer who is in critical condition. Since the incident, additional details have emerged about the crime. Here's what we know so far...

Students, Your Interest Rates Are Safe... For Now

Have a massive IOU to pay off? Well, we have somewhat good news for you.Back in April, the Voice reported on the impending student loan crisis that would have to be solved before July 1st - the day when the interest rates on 7 million students' federal loans would double to 6.8%. With the SCOTU ... More >>

Woodward, Bernstein and the Media "Witch Hunt" Warning

Happy 40 years, Deepthroat!Tomorrow marks the official 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal; a story that started with a small crack in a much larger shell that eventually brought down a President. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post duo and investigative journalism heroes, wil ... More >>

Obama's DOJ Compares a "Reporter's Privilege" For Leaks to Buying Drugs

The Obama administration has had a tough time fighting the War on Leaks. From Bradley Manning's arrest in the WikiLeaks controversial to the successful subpoenaing of Twitter, critics have heralded the Presidency as one of the most anti-leak executive reigns in recent history.And a new chapter was w ... More >>

The Voice Talks Gay Marriage and Race on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show [AUDIO]

After publishing our piece yesterday "5 Reasons Why Touré Is Wrong On Blacks, Gay Marriage and Obama," we had the chance to talk about the president's new support fo marriage equality with WNYC's Brian Lehrer. We took calls from black listeners and talked to Lehrer about the many reasons why we b ... More >>

New York Times Criticizes NYPD In Editorial; NYPD Says Times Is 'Wrong'

The New York Times commended Attorney General Eric Holder in an editorial this weekend for investigating the NYPD's Muslim surveillance practices, and called on the Justice Department to examine some of the department's other practices, including stop-and-frisk, the marijuana arrest initiative, and ... More >>

Mayor Bloomberg On Muslim Surveillance Critics: 'It's a Made-For-Television Thing'

The loud critics of the New York Police Department's practice of spying on Muslims are speaking out because it's good publicity. That's what Mayor Mike Bloomberg said this morning on his weekly radio show with John Gambling. "You know, it's a made-for-television thing. It gets you publicity. If ... More >>

Rightbloggers Celebrate America's Great National Holiday: Black Friday

We hope you had a nice Thanksgiving and if you went shopping the next day you weren't trampled. You may have heard that President Obama got some grief from conservatives for failing to mention God in his Thanksgiving proclamation. But for our rightblogger subjects, this was not the worst outrage of ... More >>

Begging Your Pardon, President Obama!

White House turns back on clemency, including reduced sentences

Iran Accused of Sponsoring Plot to Assassinate Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Ambassador

​Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged two men with conspiracy to assassinate Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, in what they allege is an Iranian government-backed plot. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri with co ... More >>

Court Orders Immediate Halt to Don't Ask, Don't Tell

​ The military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy barring gay and lesbian soldiers from serving openly seems to have been dealt a mortal blow yet again. Legally, it was substantially wounded last year when U.S. Judge Virginia Philips issued an injunction and refused to grant a stay during its ap ... More >>

James Risen, New York Times Reporter, 'Commanded' to Out Source in CIA Case

Another CIA leak, but prettier​New York Times reporter James Risen could be forced to testify in court about his CIA sources if the government has their way, thereby disregarding everything he's supposed to be protected from as a journalist. Attorney General Eric Holder approved a subpoena ser ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden Killing Was 'Cold-Blooded,' 'One-Sided' in New Versions of Raid Story

​Because every morsel of information about the U.S. raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan earlier this week has been closely considered and scrutinized, the shifting nature of the White House's story has been extra apparent. By Thursday morning, the initial tales of a 40-minute firefigh ... More >>

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Won't Be Tried in New York City, But at Guantanamo Bay

​The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, will not be tried in a New York City civilian court as previously announced by the Obama administration in November 2009, but will instead face war crimes charges, along with four others, at Guantanamo Bay. Th ... More >>

Obama Decides Defense of Marriage Act is Unconstitutional

​Attorney General Eric Holder released a statement today explaining that President Obama will no longer "defend the constitutionality" of the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that bans gay marriages. There are two suits currently filed in the Second Circuit court challenging the law, which ... More >>

Barack Obama's Shift on Gay Marriage, and What It Means

​ Today's announcement that President Barack Obama's Justice Department will stop defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) seemed to come out of nowhere — unless you think the administration was emboldened by the election of alum Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago. ... More >>

Obama's Super Bowl Party Sounds Like a Nightmare

​It sounds like President Barack Obama is going to have the worst Superbowl ever. His beloved Bears didn't make the cut for the big game so he said he's "remaining neutral." Watching a game and not rooting for either team? Who do you cheer for then, the Black Eyed Peas? His horrible situation ... More >>

Why the Mafia Still Matters

The feds' big new sweep is just one more try

Mobster Bragged of Dangling Mom-in-Law Off the Roof

​ There are thousands of pages to wade through, but so far the catch of the day in the 127-defendant Mobapalooza takedown by the feds is a caught-on-tape conversation in which a mobster describes how he took care of a major menace: his mother-in-law. Peter Pace Jr., a Genovese crime family ass ... More >>

WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard -- and, Worst of All, the Media

Credit: Kyle T. Webster The outrageous behavior of Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal directed at WikiLeaks represents a much greater threat to America than any of the alleged security breaches from Julian Assange. These companies moved to cut off WikiLeaks' ability to collect donations and dist ... More >>

Attorney General Eric Holder to California Hippies: Weed Bill is a No-Go

​Obama enforcer Attorney General Eric Holder says he doesn't care how Californians vote when it comes to November's Proposition 19, which stands to legalize marijuana in the state, because he's still going to arrest them. Ex-officials from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wrote to Hold ... More >>

On Gay Rights, Barack Obama Fights the Bad Fight

Barack Obama has tried to walk a fine line between talking LGBT rights and not doing much about it, and some gays and lesbians have given him a pass on not going on the offense on their behalf during a time of two wars and a comatose economy. But the dwindling LGBT support the president has is pro ... More >>

Stuff Crazy White People Like: 3 Ways Rightbloggers Deal (or Don't) With Race

You may have noticed the controversy over last week's Voice cover story, "White America Has Lost Its Mind" by Steven Thrasher. The story has drawn at this writing more than a thousand comments, many of them devoted to proving Thrasher's proposition by example. Among the more choice reader contribu ... More >>

Koran-Burning Plan "Idiotic and Dangerous" Says Attorney General Eric Holder

​Following General David Petraeus's admonishment of the Gainesville pastor who wants to burn Korans on 9/11, at a meeting yesterday with interfaith religious leaders to discuss recent hate attacks on Muslims and mosques, Attorney General Eric Holder called Terry Jones' plan "idiotic and dange ... More >>

Times Square Car Bomb Suspect Faisal Shahzad Confesses to Plot, Charged as Terrorist

​Saturday night: a smoking PathFinder clears out Times Square in what's now understood as a failed car bombing. Three days later: there's a suspect in federal custody. And that suspect just admitted his role in what's being recognized as a terrorist plot, and has now been charged as a terroris ... More >>

George W. Obama

After his first year, Obama shows his true face

Quick hit: accused 9/11 planners to face trial in NY

​Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that 5 prisoners accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be transferred from the the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp to face trial in a civilian court in New York. Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahme ... More >>

We've Bailed out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind our Financial Collapse?

Obama DOJ Goes Easy on Medical Marijuana

The Department of Justice will not go after medical marijuana users and suppliers who are following state laws which allow them to operate, according to new DOJ guidelines examined by the Washington Post. This would seem to reverse the policy of the previous Administration, which continued to send D ... More >>

Holder's CIA Investigation Unleashes Rightblogger Rage Over 9/11, Marc Rich

​Attorney General Eric Holder is going to do a "preliminary review" of the CIA to see if any of the techniques their operatives used on detainees -- which the Inspector General's report reveals included threats to rape the detainees' female relatives in front of them and kill their children, m ... More >>

Jockbeat: Class Struggles at the Scrimmage Line

You haven't been reading much about the beginning of the NFL's labor talks, and that's a pretty good indication that you're going to be reading a lot more about it by this time next year. So get primed now.  First, there's a new sheriff in town, DeMaurice Smith -- or De Smith, as he calls himse ... More >>

U.S. Attorney General "Has No Objection" to Term Limits Overturn

More bad news for Bloomberg-stoppers: the Justice Department has issued a letter to the city's corporation counsel, saying AG Eric Holder has no objection to the city council's overturn of term limits. The review was necessitated by the Voting Rights Act. The letter, signed by Justice's voting secti ... More >>

Post Responds to Monkey Cartoon Flap; Other Flaps to Follow

The New York Post runs a small editorial this morning about Sean Delonas' ape-stimulus cartoon, which ran in the paper earlier this week and which some have characterized as a racist swipe at Barack Obama. In some quarters the editorial is called an "apology," but it's way too pugnacious for that. " ... More >>

Wall Street Journal: Ape Cartoon Innocent, Critics "Intimidate"

We're tired of the Obama-monkey-Post-cartoon story, too, but can't abandon it without calling your attention to James Taranto's brain-hurting take in the Wall Street Journal. Taranto starts by quoting Attorney General Eric Holder's recent speech about Americans being "cowards" about race. Taranto th ... More >>

What Cooked the World's Economy?

It wasn't your overdue mortgage.

Clinton In, Geithner Delayed, Holder Grilled

Hillary Clinton was this morning approved for Secretary of State by a 16-1 Senate committee vote. Her husband's multifarious international dealings only dissuaded Republican David Vitter, who would presumably prefer Bill did his deals with prostitutes. But there's still hope, albeit faint, of scuttl ... More >>

What Obama Doesn't Know

Much has been hidden from the new president by the Bush team

Blaming the Bronx D. A.

Al Sharpton Privately Accused Robert Johnson of... "Throwing the Diallo Case"