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US government shutdown for beginners

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/30/us-shutdown-explainer-non-americans

How powerful is the Presidency? Will Obama's healthcare reforms be struck down as unconstitutional by the Supremem Court?

Video HERE of Obama warning the Supreme Court agains Judicial Activism.
Video HERE outlining the main controversey over Obama's health reforms ahead of the decision. You will probably be reading this after the decision has been made!

Obama and presidential power: Does Obama want to subvert the constitution and create an imperial presidency?

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305330-6

Synopticity, foreign policy, scrutiny and drones

Drone strike: activists seek to lift lid on open secret of targeted killings http://gu.com/p/38e8j

Obama Presidential Power, Foreign Policy, EXOP (NSA)

Drone wars and state secrecy – how Barack Obama became a hardliner | World news | The Observer: ""Obama did not reverse what Bush did, he went beyond it. Obama is just able to wrap it up in a better looking package. He is more liberal, more eloquent. He does not look like a cowboy," said James Bamford, journalist and author of numerous books about the NSA including 2008's The Shadow Factory."

'via Blog this'

Congress and president at odds over web security bill

Cispa cybersecurity bill passed by House of Representatives

http://gu.com/p/3772k

Obama imperial presidency?

Steve Chapman commentary: Obama's imperial presidency - Chicago Tribune