Joy Reid tacitly defends David Miranda's detention

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Tuesday August 20, 2013 · 12:23 PM PDT

2013/08/20 · 12:23

Joy Reid, the managing editor of The Grio and a frequent MSNBC contributor, filled in for host Martin Bashir on Monday. During one of the segments, Reid and guests Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post and Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post discussed the recent detention of Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, by British authorities at Heathrow Airport. I was surprised when Reid seemed to defend the detention due to Miranda's connection to Greenwald.

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Wednesday July 22, 2009 · 12:36 PM PDT

2009/07/22 · 12:36

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Forest Service to follow law on Allegheny National Forest

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Friday May 22, 2009 · 12:07 PM PDT

2009/05/22 · 12:07

Or...why right-wing paranoia has reached a fevered pitch in the Allegheny National Forest region.

There's been a lot of events that have transpired over the past year or so on the Allegheny National Forest regarding oil and gas drilling. For a primer on this issue, you can read my previous diaries here, here and here.

Long story short: 93% of the mineral rights underlying the Allegheny National Forest are privately owned and until very recently, the U.S. Forest Service has refused to conduct the appropriate environmental analysis pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) before authorizing access to and surface occupancy of the Allegheny for the exercise of private mineral rights.

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 4:01 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 16:01

Earlier today, Chris Matthews gave his own special comment regarding the whole lipstick controversy that I think deserves to get as much publicity as possible. I've disagreed with Matthews too many times to count, but when he is correct, we need to point that out as well...and he was spot on today in his assessment of this fake outrage that is distracting us from focusing on what really matters.

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 12:23 PM PDT

2008/07/18 · 12:23

The Bush administration is making a concerted effort to force Congress into lifting the legislative ban on oil and gas drilling on the outer continental shelf (OCS). Just the other day, he lifted the executive ban, in an attempt to push the issue and make the Democrats look like they are the reason gas is over four dollars a gallon.

Don't be fooled!

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Wednesday April 02, 2008 · 12:43 PM PDT

2008/04/02 · 12:43

On April 1, 2008 (April Fool's Day, no doubt), while the top oil company executives were dragged before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, the Clinton and Obama campaigns took the opportunity to blast the major oil companies that are making windfall profits due to high crude oil and natural gas prices. The oil companies defended their profits despite increasing anger from consumers at the pump.

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Wednesday June 20, 2007 · 1:16 PM PDT

2007/06/20 · 13:16

It is often difficult to navigate the tangled web of just who owns and operates oil and gas companies. I found this out recently as I was reviewing the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's "eFACTS" website. This website tracks compliance with environmental laws and permits. It is an unbelievably tedious task to sift through these records, but every once in a while it pays off.

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Sunday April 22, 2007 · 2:08 PM PDT

2007/04/22 · 14:08

The Clean Water Act established the National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process. NPDES permits are required for facilities and activities that cause pollution to enter our waterways. For instance, if you build a factory that that is going to have a pipe coming out of it for discharging treated effluent, the factory must have a NPDES permit. Similarly, construction activities associated with oil and gas development (clearing forests for road construction and well site establishment, pipeline construction, storage tank construction, etc.) are covered by the NPDES permit requirements...or, at least it used to be.

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Friday March 09, 2007 · 4:51 PM PST

2007/03/09 · 16:51

I've blogged a couple times about this over the last few months, but recent photos have prompted me to write about this again. Oil and gas drilling has reached epic proportions in northwest Pennsylvania. This is a NATIONAL ISSUE but is just not getting the attention it deserves (like many of our environmental issues). If something is not done to stop the rate of oil and gas development, Pennsylvania's only national forest, the Allegheny National Forest, will have to be renamed the Allegheny National Oil and Gas Field.

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Friday January 26, 2007 · 3:54 PM PST

2007/01/26 · 15:54

I blogged about this about a month ago here, but recent revelations have warranted a fresh entry on this matter. As the title of this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article states, oil and gas drilling is "out of control" in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest. The Allegheny stands as a sad example of what is wrong with our energy policy and how we will never drill ourselves to energy independence.

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Friday December 29, 2006 · 10:46 AM PST

2006/12/29 · 10:46

We all know that the Bush Administration's energy plan includes exploiting our public lands through increased oil and gas drilling. While much of the debate over drilling for oil and gas has focused on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Rocky Mountains, drilling for oil and gas in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest is at record levels. Of course, you wouldn't know it by the lack of media coverage, with a recent notable exception by the Pittsburgh City Paper, but make no mistake...this is one of the most serious environmental issues facing northern Pennsylvania and is a tragic example of what is wrong with our nation's energy policies.

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Friday March 03, 2006 · 2:18 PM PST

2006/03/03 · 14:18

It's no secret that Chris Matthews is a hack for this administration, but I was surprised to see the lengths that he will go to to provide cover for Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina. Read More

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