"Well I don’t support Obama. I wish somebody would make a documentary on what Obama’s done or just sue the president in federal court over the National Defense Authorization Act. The assault on civil liberties under the Obama administration, and this should not be a left-right divide, has been far worse under Obama than it was under George W. Bush. And yet none of that is in the film."
Chris Hedges on Dinesh D’Souza’s 2016: Obama’s America. Listen to Hedges debate D’Souza on KPFK’s Uprising. Here’s background on “2016” and here’s more on the NDA Act (and Colorado Democrat Sen. Mark Udall’s response to it). (via washingtonpoststyle)
This is an important issue that’s completely ignored. I might like Obama, but he’s done some incredibly sketchy shit, such as authorizing the killing US citizens abroad with drone strikes. That should be terrifying to you, because he’s the ‘good’ guy. The definition of ‘war’ and ‘enemy combatant’ are still blown wildly out of proportion. The US is still acting as a nation at war.
This is the new normal. Be afraid.
(via washingtonpoststyle)
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