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t r u t h o u t | 11.10
Dahr Jamail | Navy Plans Electromagnetic War Games Over National Park in Wa=
shington State
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27339-navy-plans-electromagnetic-war-games-o=
ver-national-park-and-forest-in-washington-state
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: The US Navy is planning to hold its Northwest Electr=
omagnetic Radiation Warfare training program over Olympic National Park and=
Olympic National Forest in Washington State, despite concerns over potenti=
ally severe impacts on human health, wildlife and the environment.
Call This Election What It Was: A Fossil Fuel Coup
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27350-call-this-election-what-it-was-a-fossi=
l-fuel-coup
Ben Ptashnik, Truthout: Let's not hesitate to say what is obvious: This was=
an entirely corrupt and rigged election. The Senate takeover was a bald-fa=
ced, outright abrogation of democracy that felt and smelled like a politica=
l coup d'=C3=A9tat.
Dean Baker | Election Results Indicate Huge Mandate for New Trade Pacts
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27337-election-results-indicate-huge-=
mandate-for-new-trade-pacts
Dean Baker, Truthout: The turn of both parties' leadership and the centers =
of elite opinion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade a=
nd Investment Pact shows the incredible contempt they have for the general =
public and the political process.
Telling Their Own Stories Illuminates Life Under Israeli Occupation
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27225-telling-their-own-stories-illum=
inates-life-under-isrtaeli-occupation
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Sixteen evocative and detailed oral histories r=
eveal the brutality of everyday life for the men, women and children living=
in the West Bank and Gaza in "Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under O=
ccupation."
Parliament Election in Ukraine Confirms Right-Wing Government and Its Civil=
War Course
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27359-parliament-election-in-ukraine-con=
firms-right-wing-government-and-its-civil-war-course
Roger Annis, Truthout: The recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine were a=
nother step in the country's wealthy power brokers' consolidation of their =
pro-Europe, pro-austerity economic course and related war against the rebel=
lious population in eastern Ukraine. The elections also confirmed right ext=
remists in power positions.
Time to Say Goodbye to Judicial Overreach
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27357-time-to-say-goodbye-to-judicial-ove=
rreach
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: It's time to reel in our ru=
naway Supreme Court, and that starts by making it accountable to "We the Pe=
ople." Congress should use their Article 3, Section 2 power to regulate the=
Supreme Court, and to make sure it stays within its boundaries.
Performance-Based Education Budgeting Fails the Test
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27279-performance-based-education-budgeti=
ng-fails-the-test
Ramin Farahmandpur, Truthout: Oregon's statutes say higher education's task=
s are to deliver high-quality education, prepare students for a democratic =
society and contribute to the economic, cultural and civic advancement of t=
he state. Performance or outcomes-based budgeting will not advance those go=
als.
The Case for Closing Down Women's Prisons
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27341-the-case-for-closing-down-women=
-s-prisons
Patricia O'Brien, The Conversation: Women make up just 7 percent of the tot=
al prison population. This means that these women are disproportionately af=
fected by a system designed for men. Could women's prisons actually be elim=
inated in the United States, where the women's incarceration rate has risen=
?
Maui v. Monsanto: Hawaii County Voters Defy Agriculture Giant's Spending to=
OK Landmark Ban on GMO Crops
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27345-maui-v-monsanto-hawaii-county-voters-d=
efy-agriculture-giant-s-spending-to-ok-landmark-ban-on-gmo-crops
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: In a victory for food safet=
y advocates, Hawaii's Maui County passed one of the strongest anti-GMO meas=
ures ever, despite the opposition outspending supporters by a ratio of 87 t=
o 1. The moratorium calls for a complete suspension of GMO crops until stud=
ies prove they are safe.
What the Midterms Mean for the Climate Movement
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27340-what-the-midterms-mean-for-the-climate=
-movement
Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence: The 2014 midterm elections weren't all ba=
d news for the climate movement. However, there needs to be some real talk =
about what the results of the November 4 elections mean for climate organiz=
ers, especially in light of the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Clim=
ate Change report.
When Bullies Win: How Do Weary US Citizens Face the Post-Election Trauma?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27336-when-bullies-win-how-do-weary-u=
s-citizens-face-the-post-election-trauma
Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet: After an ugly, protracted fight sucking up=
more money than any Senate race in the country, Republican Thom Tillis bea=
t incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan by a slim margin. A consummate bully, Tillis=
is the kind of man who allegedly shot paintballs at his neighbor's barn.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Midterm Elections Most Expensive in History=
, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27347-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-mid=
term-election-most-expensive-race-in-history-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Last week's elections were the most expensi=
ve midterms in history; the Federal Communications Commission is trying to =
split the baby on net neutrality; when many people in the United States wak=
e up to cook Thanksgiving turkeys later this month, Kmart workers will be a=
t work; and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Bush Family Hijacked US and Got Away With It, Even if George W. Loves His D=
ad
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/george-w-bush-who-destroyed-lives=
-of-millions-as-un-elected-president-writes-love-letter-to-dad
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The Bush family's most profound legacy =
is having provided the United States with a false narrative of its history,=
conducting wars and stealing elections.
The Billion Dollar a Month Club: A Runaway Transfer of Wealth to the Super-=
Rich
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-billion-dollar-a-month-cl=
ub-a-runaway-transfer-of-wealth-to-the-super-rich
Obama Urges Net Neutrality; Cruz Calls It "Obamacare for the Internet"
Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-net-neutrality-obama-fc=
c-internet-20141110-story.html=20
Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/us/police-use-department-wish-list-when-d=
eciding-which-assets-to-seize.html?hp&action=3Dclick&pgtype=3DHomepage&modu=
le=3Dsecond-column-region=C2=AEion=3Dtop-news&WT.nav=3Dtop-news&_r=3D0
Pesticide Levels on Food Unknown Due to Poor Government Testing
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/11/07/pesticide-res=
idue-levels-on-food-is-unknown-due-to-poor-government-testing/
Obama Is Doubling Down on an ISIS War With No End in Sight - Why Does He Ge=
t a Free Pass?
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/10/obama-isis-war-non-com=
bat-troops-iraq-syria?CMP=3Dema_565
Ferguson Police's Other Sin: Why Grand Jury Must Probe Brown Shooting's Aft=
ermath
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/10/mike_brown_should_have_been_rescued_inside_=
the_outrage_that_happened_after_his_shooting/?source=3Dnewsletter
Peace as a Human Right
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/peace-as-a-human-right=20
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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>Bush Family Hijacked US and Got Away With It, Even if George W. Loves His Dad </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>The Bush family's most profound legacy is having provided the United States with a false narrative of its history, conducting wars and stealing elections.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BpzoxFWI22o7eUuS4ReOD%2BptJFmwt9Gb"><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>The Billion Dollar a Month Club: A Runaway Transfer of Wealth to the Super-Rich</strong></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>Obama Urges Net Neutrality; Cruz Calls It "Obamacare for the Internet"</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pNhABoYYncjP%2BlUi8yjHNOptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FV4ylx5arRdaGr%2FQvnxLPeptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pesticide Levels on Food Unknown Due to Poor Government Testing</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qwjFIjDWX9eWi63kcYUFFeptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Obama Is Doubling Down on an ISIS War With No End in Sight - Why Does He Get a Free Pass?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tMMPkTV%2FLff%2FNP5Bf6ViaOptJFmwt9Gb"><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>Ferguson Police's Other Sin: Why Grand Jury Must Probe Brown Shooting's Aftermath</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ix7vfKeCbdwgOZybC%2BEu%2F%2BptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Peace as a Human Right</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Db85W8op5bIojJlFDy8PIuptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</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>Dahr Jamail, Truthout:</strong> The US Navy is planning to hold its Northwest Electromagnetic Radiation Warfare training program over Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in Washington State, despite concerns over potentially severe impacts on human health, wildlife and the environment.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=su73ACbB1YxtP%2FZjkQCiPeptJFmwt9Gb"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7b9b93TEAZnlP71kViZ7YOptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Call This Election What It Was: A Fossil Fuel Coup</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>Ben Ptashnik, Truthout:</strong> Let's not hesitate to say what is obvious: This was an entirely corrupt and rigged election. The Senate takeover was a bald-faced, outright abrogation of democracy that felt and smelled like a political coup d'état.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qwjFIjDWX9eFLPnfQ7dDx%2BptJFmwt9Gb"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yocfBEDqGSaXgNiB8tQY0OptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Dean Baker | Election Results Indicate Huge Mandate for New Trade Pacts</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>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> The turn of both parties' leadership and the centers of elite opinion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Pact shows the incredible contempt they have for the general public and the political process.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lXhKtPxOrcnG688mc5KXtuptJFmwt9Gb"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6kPMjE5pI4WkAobJZmqMJeptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Telling Their Own Stories Illuminates Life Under Israeli Occupation</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>Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout:</strong> Sixteen evocative and detailed oral histories reveal the brutality of everyday life for the men, women and children living in the West Bank and Gaza in <em>Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation.</em></p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SOYKoasqKzRfeFdOOJnuW%2BptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Read the Review</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=O0jQadg5fwgpeH4qEhJ3XuptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Parliament Election in Ukraine Confirms Right-Wing Government and Its Civil War Course</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>Roger Annis, Truthout:</strong> The recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine were another step in the country's wealthy power brokers' consolidation of their pro-Europe, pro-austerity economic course and related war against the rebellious population in eastern Ukraine. The elections also confirmed right extremists in power positions.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9gu2aVFx0yiC57drxe%2FfpOptJFmwt9Gb"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=B5XlIA5qwz4ENZteeF0t2zbyk04tk9HF"><strong>Time to Say Goodbye to Judicial Overreach</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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> It's time to reel in our runaway Supreme Court, and that starts by making it accountable to "We the People." Congress should use their Article 3, Section 2 power to regulate the Supreme Court, and to make sure it stays within its boundaries.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7AV3%2Fmetb6w2jECKMdb6lOptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Performance-Based Education Budgeting Fails the Test</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>Ramin Farahmandpur, Truthout:</strong> Oregon's statutes say higher education's tasks are to deliver high-quality education, prepare students for a democratic society and contribute to the economic, cultural and civic advancement of the state. Performance or outcomes-based budgeting will not advance those goals.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BKN0R4dpFj3kOi%2FXiaS1PeptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>The Case for Closing Down Women's Prisons</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>Patricia O'Brien, The Conversation:</strong> Women make up just 7 percent of the total prison population. This means that these women are disproportionately affected by a system designed for men. Could women's prisons actually be eliminated in the United States, where the women's incarceration rate has risen?</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sDrCbiR36GbaLNKbcQl%2BdeptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Maui v. Monsanto: Hawaii County Voters Defy Agriculture Giant's Spending to OK Landmark Ban on GMO Crops</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>Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!:</strong> In a victory for food safety advocates, Hawaii's Maui County passed one of the strongest anti-GMO measures ever, despite the opposition outspending supporters by a ratio of 87 to 1. The moratorium calls for a complete suspension of GMO crops until studies prove they are safe.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oqjc4w8MVQv1B8o%2F7%2F58BeptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=D4DpVCImvikILsxRrgqoVOptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>What the Midterms Mean for the Climate 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>Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> The 2014 midterm elections weren't all bad news for the climate movement. However, there needs to be some real talk about what the results of the November 4 elections mean for climate organizers, especially in light of the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QKZCZtJZgh0cov9Fov1QAeptJFmwt9Gb"><strong>When Bullies Win: How Do Weary US Citizens Face the Post-Election Trauma?</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>Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet:</strong> After an ugly, protracted fight sucking up more money than any Senate race in the country, Republican Thom Tillis beat incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan by a slim margin. A consummate bully, Tillis is the kind of man who allegedly shot paintballs at his neighbor's barn.</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Last week's elections were the most expensive midterms in history; the Federal Communications Commission is trying to split the baby on net neutrality; when many people in the United States wake up to cook Thanksgiving turkeys later this month, Kmart workers will be at work; and more.</p>
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