Starting on Monday, February 1st, NewsJunkiePost will be launching a new program called the Progressive Unity Project. 7 new writers will be coming onboard as weekly contributors, each one devoted to writing from the perspective of the environment, labor, LGBT, immigration, science, the drug war, and secularity.

Political junkies and media mavens enjoyed a spicy TV brunch as liberal queen of the blogosphere Arianna Huffington and Fox News conservative king maker Roger Ailes served up the punches on ABC’s “This Week” with guest host Barbara Walters

The FX drama “Damages” returns for an explosive and intriguing third season. The drama– which this season will find high profile attorney Patty Hewes ( Glenn Close) taking on a powerful family swept up in a Madoffesque Ponzi scheme– airs Mondays at 10 pm on FX network. Check station website or local cable guide for re-broadcasts. The first two seasons are available on DVD.

You have to be in Haiti to see for yourself that no where in Port-au-Prince are troops present or actively helping survivors.

China vehemently protested early Saturday morning against a US decision to sell $6.4 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan. Chinese representatives said it would cause “serious damage to relations and cooperation between the two countries”. The Chinese embassy in Washington sent an urgent petition to the State Department.
“The sale constitute a gross intervention into China’s [...]