Flogging climate alarmism - the crescendo continues
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ACLU to Obama: No, You Can't Just Murder an American Overseas by Jon Queally “Responding to news report, civil liberty group say White House 'killing program has gone far beyond what the law permits.'" |
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Missing from Presidents’ Day: The People They Enslaved by Clarence Lusane "US presidents bought, sold, and bred enslaved people for profit. Of the 12 presidents who were enslavers, more than half kept people in bondage at the White House." |
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Marching Forward as One: North Carolina's Moral Movement Wants to Change America by Lauren McCauley "Rev. William Barber: 'We must begin to see ourselves as existing in society not as isolated selves but as part of the whole.'" |
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The Other NRA: National Restaurant Association Eviscerates Rights of Customers, Workers, and Children by Michele Simon & Saru Jayaraman "What you don't know about the industry's lobbying efforts will surprise and infuriate you." |
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Latest Gas Explosion Keeps Fossil Fuel Disaster Streak Alive by Jon Queally "Five natural gas or coal-related accidents in just four days this week (and counting)." |
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The Real Problem with US Common Core: It Further Outsources Education by Ana Marie Cox "New York is the latest to revolt against Common Core. What's especially scary is more business intrusion into the classroom." |
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Bridge Fuel? New Study Shatters Natural Gas Talking Point by Andrea Germanos "The amount of methane leaking from natural gas emissions is far higher than previously estimated, a new study shows, more evidence, as one expert says, that urgent action must be taken to reduce these greenhouse gas emissions." |
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10 Reasons To Call For More Than $10.10 as a Minimum Wage by Richard Eskow "Make the case for what is right – and do it fearlessly, because it is right. When the time for expediency arrives, you may find that the limits of the possible have changed." |
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'Today We Fight Back': Global Action Against Mass Surveillance by Jon Queally "Surveillance can and does threaten human rights. Even laws intended to protect national security or combat crime will inevitably lead to abuse if left unchecked and kept secret."." |
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Whose Distressed Baby Is It? by Amy Davidson "AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s controversial rationale is really just a riff on how much higher profits would be if you didn’t have to hire human beings." |
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Chomsky Describes US Domestic Policy in Two Words: 'Pure Savagery' by Jacob Chamberlain "Cuts to food stamps and jobless benefits are predictable results of a 'neoliberal assault' on American people, says Chomsky." |
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Think Metadata Isn't Intrusive? Read This by Kade Crockford "Graphs by MIT students show the enormously intrusive nature of metadata." |
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After 20 Years of NAFTA Poverty, Lawmakers Move to Fast-Track TPP by Sarah Lazare "The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be an unmitigated disaster for everything from the environment to internet freedom and working families." |
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American Jihad 2014: On the New National Security State Fundamentalists by Tom Engelhardt "Put it all together and what you have is a description of a militant organization whose purpose is to carry out a Washington version of global jihad, a perpetual war in the name of the true faith." |
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Another Fiery Derailment Hits Booming Crude-by-Rail Business by Andrea Germanos "It’s beyond irresponsible to ignore. The combination of unsafe rail cars, mixed with exceptionally dangerous oil, is a recipe for disaster." |
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I Wear the Badge of Socialist With Honor by Kshama Sawant "Again, throughout the length and breadth of this land, working people are mobilizing for a decent and dignified life for themselves and their children." |
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'Burglars' Revealed: Sixties Activists Who Stole FBI COINTELPRO Files by Jon Queally "Vietnam War protestors broke into an FBI office and stole hundreds of government documents that shocked a nation." |
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Study: Polarization and Gridlock Work Well for the Wealthiest Americans by Joshua Holland "Inequality is self-reinforcing, so as the rich become richer, Congress’s inability to pass legislation that could change that situation gets worse." |
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Investigation Confirms Widespread Fears about Fracking by Sarah Lazare "Despite roadblocks by industry and state officials, well water contamination found in four states." |
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Peak Oil Is Dead, Long Live Peak Oil! by Michael T. Klare "The bottom line: as companies exploit increasingly tough, hard-to-reach reserves, global peak oil remains in our future." |
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The Peaceful Protest US Govt Doesn't Want World to Know About by Sarah Lazare "First it was the force-feedings, genital searches, and transfers to solitary confinement. Then came the media blackout." |
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The Great American Class War by Bill Moyers "In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether “we, the people” is a moral compact embedded in a political contract or merely a charade." |
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Whistleblowers to US Intelligence Agents: 'Follow Your Conscience' by Lauren McCauley "Daniel Ellsberg, Thomas Drake, Jesselyn Radack, Ray McGovern among others who publish open letter to those whose jobs are affront to democracy" |
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Reformer or Hypocrite? Understanding Pope Francis by Sonali Kolhatkar "While he is tilting toward progressive ideals, it should be noted that this pope understands that the real crisis of credibility facing the Catholic Church is one of image." |
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'Dumb' & 'Cruel': Budget Deal Attacks America's Most Vulnerable by Jon Queally "This deal asks essentially nothing of the richest Americans while placing terrible burdens on the unemployed as well as new federal employees." |
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Let's Get This Straight: AIG Execs Got Bailout Bonuses, but Pensioners Get Cuts by Dean Baker "The bonus beneficiaries were among the leading villains in the economic disaster that is still inflicting pain across the country." |
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Movement Rises to Kick 'Corporate Reform' Out of Public Schools by Sarah Lazare "Billed as the largest yet national day of action to reclaim the promise of public education, the series of events aims to introduce a counter-narrative and political push-back to the corporate-backed 'education reform' platform that has dominated policy." |
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The End of the Internet As We Know It by Jenn Topper "Unless the FCC protects net neutrality, the biggest Internet providers will run amok." |
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Obama's Covert Drone War Attacks Wedding Party in Yemen by Jack Serle "A reported US drone attack in Yemen Thursday is the bloodiest air strike reported in the country so far this year." |
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How History Will Remember Obama (Hint: Not Well) by William Pfaff "The wars that he has not ended and the moral climate he has sustained in American government, in succession to George Bush, will be the remembered qualities of his presidency." |
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