Three from Truthout:

William Rivers Pitt | This Is Going to Suck
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "The American people were treated on Thursday to a (mostly) full and complete reading of the Constitution of the United States from the floor of the House of Representatives. The performance was proposed and organized by the new Republican majority in that chamber for the purpose – according to them, anyway – of announcing that America is about to start going back to being America again. There's an irony in this, insofar as they chose to skip the constitutional parts about African–Americans not really being people. That portion of the document is a vital part of our shared history, so yeah, leave it to the GOP to snip, redact and edit our founding document, even if it's just in a bit of political theater."
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Truthout Report on Military "Spirituality Test" Featured by Keith Olbermann (Video)
Truthout's reporting on the Army's so–called "spiritual fitness" test was featured on Thursday by MSNBC host Keith Olbermann on Countdown. Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, discussed Jason Leopold's report detailing the forced spiritual testing of over 800,000 uniformed soldiers as part of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program.
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New in Brief: Gates Outlines Plan to Cut Military Spending, and More …
As federal officials tighten the purse strings on military expenditures, the Pentagon says it will reduce $78 billion in program spending and reduce the Army and Marine Corps by 70,000 personnel; US imposes sanctions on defeated ivory coast president; House GOP kills global warming committee; Puerto Rico and DC lose House voting rights; Facebook could go public by April 2012; Discovery and Catholic Church team up for exorcism series.
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