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RNC Open Thread

Submitted by Bert on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 4:06pm.

I heard a rumor that 600 people have been arrested!

Wow!

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From Democracy Now!:

Submitted by Bert on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 4:52pm.

Journalist Targeted in Minnesota

Submitted by Bert on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 4:34pm.

Journalists have been targeted in the events surrounding the RNC in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Secretive Fundamentalist Group Approves Palin

Submitted by Bert on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 4:50pm.

informative segment:

Report: Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted McCain’s VP Candidate Sarah Palin
Max Blumenthal of The Nation reports last week, while the media focused almost obsessively on the DNC’s spectacle in Denver, the country’s most influential conservatives met quietly at a hotel in downtown Minneapolis to get to know Sarah Palin. The assembled were members of the Council for National Policy, an ultra-secretive cabal that networks wealthy right-wing donors together with top conservative operatives to plan long-term movement strategy. [includes rush transcript]
Max Blumenthal, Puffin Foundation writing fellow at the Nation Institute. His work has appeared in The Nation, Salon and many other publications. His latest article, ‘Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted Palin’

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