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Dahr Jamail | Assigning a Cost to BP's Gulf Oil Spill, Four Years
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t r u t h o u t | 11.05
Assigning a Cost to BP's Gulf Oil Spill: Four Years On, Debate Continues
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27247-assigning-a-cost-to-bp-s-gulf-oil-=
spill-four-years-on-debate-continues
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: With billions of dollars riding on the number, BP ha=
s been quick to assert that independent scientific estimates of the amount =
of oil the Deepwater Horizon spill released are wrong, but slow to offer co=
untervailing evidence.
Common Core Betrays the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27250-common-core-betrays-the-civil-r=
ights-movement
Nicholas Tampio and Yohuru Williams, Truthout: Common Core is harming a gen=
eration of young African-Americans by draining educational budgets, narrowi=
ng the curriculum and turning students into little test-taking machines. Th=
is is no way to advance the civil rights legacy.
Radical Sanctuary: Faith Groups Rally Around Migrant Youth
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27248-radical-sanctuary-faith-groups-rally-a=
round-migrant-youth
Puck Lo, Tikkun: All over the country, people in communities of faith are o=
n the front lines of a growing movement pushing for legalization for some 1=
1 million migrants living in the United States.
There's No Republican Mandate for More War
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27269-there-s-no-republican-mandate-for-m=
ore-war
Robert Naiman, Truthout: The best way to thwart big media spin that Republi=
cans have a mandate for more war is to force Republicans to speak on the re=
cord - where the American people can hear them - on whether they support or=
oppose specific "more war" policies.
Many Hurdles Ahead Before Countries Can Sign a New World Climate Agreement
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27232-many-hurdles-ahead-before-countrie=
s-can-sign-a-new-world-climate-agreement
Nick Fillmore, Truthout: Release of the United Nation's most critical repor=
t ever on the threat of global warming means that the world's nations will =
have to overcome serious hurdles if they are to sign a binding climate deal=
by the end of 2015.
Bay Area Protesters Block Israeli Ship at Port of Oakland
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27255-bay-area-protesters-block-israeli-=
ship-at-port-of-oakland
Adam Hudson, Post News Group: On October 26, about 200 people blocked the d=
ocking of a container ship from the Israeli-owned ZIM shipping company in p=
rotest against Israel's ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip and occupation o=
f the West Bank.
How Much of a Difference Did New Voting Restrictions Make in Yesterday's Cl=
ose Races?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27264-how-much-of-a-difference-did-new-v=
oting-restrictions-make-in-yesterday-s-close-races
Wendy R. Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice: The Republican electoral sweep=
in yesterday's elections has put an end to speculation over whether new la=
ws making it harder to vote in 21 states would help determine control of th=
e Senate this year.
DAILY TAKE
The End of the Drug War - or a New Cartel of Cartels?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27245-the-end-of-the-drug-war-or-a-new-c=
artel-of-cartels
Benjamin T. Smith, Dissent: Media spin has a long history in Mexico. But no=
w, combined with historical amnesia, it threatens to cover up the return to=
the state-cartel cooperation status quo. The question is, are US authoriti=
es quietly writing their own script for the next phase of the drug war?
"We Couldn't Possibly Be Poor": How a Doctor Fell Into Poverty
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27258-we-couldn-t-possibly-be-poor-how-a-=
doctor-fell-into-poverty
Robin Dickinson, YES! Magazine: Suddenly a medical doctor realizes that aft=
er a serious illness, her family has fallen into poverty when they found th=
emselves "choosing between rice, oatmeal, or potatoes for every meal."
Federal Reserve Policy Keeps Fracking Bubble Afloat and That May Change Soo=
n
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27256-federal-reserve-policy-keeps-fracking-=
bubble-afloat-and-that-may-change-soon
Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog: Legislation initiated under George W. Bush's presid=
ency provided near-free money from the Federal Reserve to the fracking indu=
stry. But the party may soon be over as the Fed has announced a change in p=
olicy.
Gated Communities Lock Cities Into Cycles of Inequality
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27257-gated-communities-lock-cities-i=
nto-cycles-of-inequality
S=C3=A9verine Deneulin and Roy Maconachie, The Conversation: The Mexican th=
riller film, La Zona, offers an alarming insight into life in Latin America=
, where the urban center populations - and inequality - are skyrocketing.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
2014 National Elections Took Place Amidst Ratcheting Up of Fear That Favors=
Republicans
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/2014-national-election-took-p=
lace-against-ratcheting-up-of-fear-that-favors-republicans
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: In the absence of a compelling national=
vision from Democrats, the GOP was able to revive the war on terrorism as =
a campaign issue.
An Election - and a Nation - Lost in Afghanistan and Vietnam
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/an-election-and-a-nation-lost=
-in-afghanistan-and-vietnam
Fracking Bans Pass in Denton, Texas, Two California Counties and One Ohio T=
own
Read the Article at EcoWatch
http://ecowatch.com/2014/11/05/fracking-ban-passes/?utm_source=3DEcoWatch+L=
ist&utm_campaign=3D8e4b7cab7d-Top_News_11_5_2014&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_ter=
m=3D0_49c7d43dc9-8e4b7cab7d-85955433=20
Newsy Ballot Measure Results: An Election 2014 Highlight Reel
Read the Article at The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/11/the-united-states-of-ba=
llot-measures-an-election-2014-highlight-reel/382395/=20
Can Obamacare Survive a Republican-Controlled Senate?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/can-obamacare-survive-a-repub=
lican-controlled-senate
The New GOP Senate Is Already Gearing Up to Cause Climate Mayhem
Read the Article at Grist
http://grist.org/politics/the-new-gop-senate-is-already-gearing-up-to-cause=
-climate-mayhem/?utm_source=3Dnewsletter&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3DDail=
y%2520Nov%25205&utm_campaign=3Ddaily
Mark Udall's Loss Is a Blow for Privacy, but He Can Go Out With a Bang: Lea=
k the CIA Torture Report
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/05/mark-udall-loss-privac=
y-cia-torture-report?CMP=3Dema_565
Struggling Together With Mothers and Grandmothers Fighting for Justice
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/struggling-together-with-moth=
ers-and-grandmothers-fighting-for-justice
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2014 National Elections Took Place Amidst Ratcheting Up of Fear That Favors Republicans </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>In the absence of a compelling national vision from Democrats, the GOP was able to revive the war on terrorism as a campaign issue.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nki5WHiKT%2BPllJoRejaYLcCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>An Election - and a Nation - Lost in Afghanistan and Vietnam</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FTJAf4BsvVV6LgTjXppZPJsPQC5pT141" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Fracking Bans Pass in Denton, Texas, Two California Counties and One Ohio Town</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7QEbfpJf5d5SCCmpNh%2FhHZsPQC5pT141" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at EcoWatch</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Newsy Ballot Measure Results: An Election 2014 Highlight Reel</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ctWDqxUdlAkEL4%2FcL3V6l8Ccz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Atlantic</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Can Obamacare Survive a Republican-Controlled Senate?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=q6CbEuwLR%2B143Rv86mDSTcCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The New GOP Senate Is Already Gearing Up to Cause Climate Mayhem</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=u3ZNHsAj6taXX%2FixV7RxYpsPQC5pT141" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Grist</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mark Udall's Loss Is a Blow for Privacy, but He Can Go Out With a Bang: Leak the CIA Torture Report</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d5bH1tQhTTQxzu%2FzYpuofsCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Guardian</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Struggling Together With Mothers and Grandmothers Fighting for Justice</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k9B1i0CrfnOgzmarlcLn6sCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1VbSU%2BstvPtxZ%2BDpRfr0HcCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Assigning a Cost to BP's Gulf Oil Spill: Four Years on, Debate Continues</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dahr Jamail, Truthout:</strong> With billions of dollars riding on the number, BP has been quick to assert that independent scientific estimates of the amount of oil the Deepwater Horizon spill released are wrong, but slow to offer countervailing evidence.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uY2fVO504AUe9fHY2ApXUMCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3jAd7nEHdSFErbUaT4LbJcCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Common Core Betrays the Civil Rights Movement</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Nicholas Tampio and Yohuru Williams, Truthout:</strong> Common Core is harming a generation of young African-Americans by draining educational budgets, narrowing the curriculum and turning students into little test-taking machines. This is no way to advance the civil rights legacy.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=j7Ary6D7JIelxR%2FvUZszRsCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=19tOf9zmLp5InwDwiWX5qcCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>There's No Republican Mandate for More War</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> The best way to thwart big media spin that Republicans have a mandate for more war is to force Republicans to speak on the record - where US citizens can hear them - on whether they support or oppose specific "more war" policies.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KYJQ6rhvQmsws%2FmlGfnO9cCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QAuV%2BKqUBqsEdVOST0xTRcCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Many Hurdles Ahead Before Countries Can Sign a New World Climate Agreement</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Nick Fillmore, Truthout:</strong> Release of the United Nation's most critical report ever on the threat of global warming means that the world's nations will have to overcome serious hurdles if they are to sign a binding climate deal by the end of 2015.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FrlUnf3ZW4AbhGHLe9J7%2BsCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Sb8l5JwOYn3hfzPGvYdIj8Ccz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bay Area Protesters Block Israeli Ship at Port of Oakland</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Adam Hudson, Post News Group:</strong> On October 26, about 200 people blocked the docking of a container ship from the Israeli-owned ZIM shipping company in protest against Israel's ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip and occupation of the West Bank.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QUWvWCBox9qQ7%2FUfIE1Ig8Ccz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RWWCqgvUoQ3UAcjHdr7KEMCcz0EN0COb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How Much of a Difference Did New Voting Restrictions Make in Yesterday's Close Races?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Wendy R. Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice:</strong> The Republican electoral sweep in yesterday's elections has put an end to speculation over whether new laws making it harder to vote in 21 states would help determine control of the Senate this year.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0Np1bUT2Y3KHsQXNDWR%2Fy5sPQC5pT141" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> The most depressing thing about this year’s election is probably the fact that we have outsourced our political process to factions. Actual candidates and actual campaigns no longer run the show; billionaires and dark money do.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Benjamin T. Smith, Dissent:</strong> Media spin has a long history in Mexico. Now, combined with historical amnesia, it threatens to cover up the return to the state-cartel cooperation status quo. The question is, are US authorities quietly writing their own script for the next phase of the drug war?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Robin Dickinson, YES! Magazine:</strong> Suddenly a medical doctor realizes that after a serious illness, her family has fallen into poverty when they found themselves "choosing between rice, oatmeal, or potatoes for every meal."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog:</strong> Legislation initiated under George W. Bush's presidency provided near-free money from the Federal Reserve to the fracking industry. Yet the party may soon be over as the Fed has announced a change in policy.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Séverine Deneulin and Roy Maconachie, The Conversation:</strong> The Mexican thriller film, <i>La Zona</i>, offers an alarming insight into life in Latin America, where the urban center populations - and inequality - are skyrocketing.</p>
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