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Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult
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Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult
http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all-reflections-gop-operative-who-left-cult/1314907779
Mike Lofgren, Truthout: "Both parties are rotten - how could they not be, given the complete infestation of the political system by corporate money on a scale that now requires a presidential candidate to raise upwards of a billion dollars to be competitive in the general election? Both parties are captives to corporate loot... But both parties are not rotten in quite the same way. The Democrats have their share of machine politicians, careerists, corporate bagmen, egomaniacs and kooks. Nothing, however, quite matches the modern GOP."
Files Note Close CIA Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit
http://www.truth-out.org/files-note-close-cia-ties-qaddafi-spy-unit/1315061145
Rod Nordland, The New York Times News Service: "Documents found at the abandoned office of Libya's former spymaster appear to provide new details of the close relations the Central Intelligence Agency shared with the Libyan intelligence service - most notably suggesting that the Americans sent terrorism suspects at least eight times for questioning in Libya despite that country's reputation for torture."
Will Top Obama Economist Fight for Jobs?
http://www.truth-out.org/will-top-obama-economist-fight-jobs/1315057040
Ari Berman, The Nation: "The Obama administration's selection of Alan Krueger to lead the Council of Economic Advisers was greeted with applause from progressive economists, including Paul Krugman and Jared Bernstein... Next week Obama will lay out his ideas to create jobs, which will likely include the extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, a tax cut for companies that hire new workers, an infrastructure bank to spur new construction jobs and job training for the long-term unemployed, reports Bloomberg News and the Washington Post."
China Benefits as US Solar Industry Withers
http://www.truth-out.org/china-benefits-us-solar-industry-withers/1315063642
Keith Bradsher, The New York Times News Service: "The bankruptcies of three American solar power companies in the last month, including Solyndra of California on Wednesday, have left China's industry with a dominant sales position - almost three-fifths of the world's production capacity - and rapidly declining costs. Some American, Japanese and European solar companies still have a technological edge over Chinese rivals, but seldom a cost advantage, according to industry analysts."
How Prisons Imperil Black Voting Power in Post-Katrina Louisiana
http://www.truth-out.org/how-prisons-imperil-black-voting-power-post-katrina-louisiana/1315059173
Zoe Sullivan, New America Media: "For criminal justice advocates, this discrepancy between eligible voters and counted population is a stark example of how prisons are skewing Louisiana's political process, shifting power from urban areas to rural ones and further disenfranchising African-American communities suffering from the historic legacy of racism and the recent calamity of Hurricane Katrina."
US Awash in Oil and Lies, Report Charges
http://www.truth-out.org/us-awash-oil-and-lies-report-charges/1315072790
Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service: "The country's oil industry is primarily interested in who will pay the most on the global marketplace. They call that 'energy security' when it suits, but in reality it is 'oil company security' through maximising profits, say energy experts like Steve Kretzman of Oil Change International, an NGO that researches the links between oil, gas and coal companies and governments."
Get Out of the Way of Eric Schneiderman!
http://www.truth-out.org/get-out-way-eric-schneiderman/1315074538
Thom Hartmann, The Big Picture With Thom Hartmann: "Meet Eric Schneiderman - he's our best shot at making sure banksters pay for the crimes they committed on Wall Street - crimes that have led to millions of Americans losing their jobs, homes, and livelihoods. Crimes that SO FAR - have gone unpunished. Earlier this week - Schneiderman - who is New York's Attorney General - was kicked off a panel of state officials from around the country who are working with the Obama administration to come up with a one-time settlement for banksters to pay up for their crimes."
Beyond PTSD: Soldiers Have Injured Souls
http://www.truth-out.org/beyond-ptsd-soldiers-have-injured-souls/1315066215
Diane Silver, Miller-McCune: "Thousands [of veterans] grapple with what some call 'the war after the war' - the psychological scars of conflict. Working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and private organizations, these men and women are employing treatments both radically new and centuries old. At the center of their journey is a new way of thinking that redefines some traumas as moral injuries."
Quick Things to Bring Manufacturing Jobs Home
http://www.truth-out.org/quick-things-bring-manufacturing-jobs-home/1315073319
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: "Here is a fact about bipartisanship and civility in Washington: the Republicans in Congress will obstruct anything President Obama proposes to create jobs and help the economy, period... The President can and should 'go big' and make dramatic proposals to Congress for job-creation. Doing so will draw contrasts so the public has a clear choice in the coming elections. Fortunately there are things the President can do right now, without the approval of Congress, that will have a big impact on job-creation now and in the future."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
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Wounded Syrian Protesters Abused in Hospital
Read the Article at The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-doctors-20110903,0,1944377.story
Time to Up the Ante: Restrict Individual Assets in US to One Billion Dollars
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12982
Under the Gun, Obama Tells Congress to Pass Major Transporation Bill
Read the Article at The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0903/Under-the-gun-on-jobs-Obama-tells-Congress-to-pass-major-transportation-bill
Iran Speeding Up Nuclear Program, Investigators Say
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-said-to-speed-up-nuclear-program/2011/09/02/gIQAAc17wJ_story.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet
AFL-CIO and Others Object to Georgia "Work" Program Rumored for Inclusion in Obama Jobs Speech
Read the Article at Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/02/1012918/-AFL-CIO-and-others-object-to-program-rumored-for-inclusion-in-Obama-jobsspeech
Conservative Columnist: Registering Poor To Vote "Like Handing Out Burglary Tools To Criminals"
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/columnist_registering_poor_to_vote_like_handing_out_burglary_tools_to_criminals.php?ref=fpb
Battles in Sudan Continue to Rage
Read the Article at AP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4lq-GPtCRjmmAitrKcSZVPRV_MQ?docId=CNG.69bf9eeb4d81c1c65f3cf0d6f2e11eb7.161
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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p>Saturday 03 September 2011</p>
<font><strong>Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult</strong></font><br />
Mike Lofgren, Truthout: "Both parties are rotten - how could they not be, given the complete infestation of the political system by corporate money on a scale that now requires a presidential candidate to raise upwards of a billion dollars to be competitive in the general election? Both parties are captives to corporate loot... But both parties are not rotten in quite the same way. The Democrats have their share of machine politicians, careerists, corporate bagmen, egomaniacs and kooks. Nothing, however, quite matches the modern GOP."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=c1b6AVq4oU4kY4xwcSaOPRaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Files Note Close CIA Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit</strong></font><br />
Rod Nordland, The New York Times News Service: "Documents found at the abandoned office of Libya’s former spymaster appear to provide new details of the close relations the Central Intelligence Agency shared with the Libyan intelligence service - most notably suggesting that the Americans sent terrorism suspects at least eight times for questioning in Libya despite that country’s reputation for torture."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wHVFjFoGsH8jG3wJL%2BbxbRaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Will Top Obama Economist Fight for Jobs?</strong></font><br />
Ari Berman, The Nation: "The Obama administration’s selection of Alan Krueger to lead the Council of Economic Advisers was greeted with applause from progressive economists, including Paul Krugman and Jared Bernstein... Next week Obama will lay out his ideas to create jobs, which will likely include the extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, a tax cut for companies that hire new workers, an infrastructure bank to spur new construction jobs and job training for the long-term unemployed, reports Bloomberg News and the Washington Post."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zWSV%2B2scThuizi%2FtQeW5SRaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>China Benefits as US Solar Industry Withers</strong></font><br />
Keith Bradsher, The New York Times News Service: "The bankruptcies of three American solar power companies in the last month, including Solyndra of California on Wednesday, have left China’s industry with a dominant sales position - almost three-fifths of the world’s production capacity - and rapidly declining costs. Some American, Japanese and European solar companies still have a technological edge over Chinese rivals, but seldom a cost advantage, according to industry analysts."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RIwY2cDYx%2BM2Nm74xb7pwBaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>How Prisons Imperil Black Voting Power in Post-Katrina Louisiana</strong></font><br />
Zoe Sullivan, New America Media: "For criminal justice advocates, this discrepancy between eligible voters and counted population is a stark example of how prisons are skewing Louisiana’s political process, shifting power from urban areas to rural ones and further disenfranchising African-American communities suffering from the historic legacy of racism and the recent calamity of Hurricane Katrina."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BdxgJEO%2F2k1mQYdOn6RxkxaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>US Awash in Oil and Lies, Report Charges</strong></font><br />
Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service: "The country's oil industry is primarily interested in who will pay the most on the global marketplace. They call that 'energy security' when it suits, but in reality it is 'oil company security' through maximising profits, say energy experts like Steve Kretzman of Oil Change International, an NGO that researches the links between oil, gas and coal companies and governments."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mEhN1sdFm2mDSs31INIBrhaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Get Out of the Way of Eric Schneiderman!</strong></font><br />
Thom Hartmann, The Big Picture With Thom Hartmann: "Meet Eric Schneiderman - he's our best shot at making sure banksters pay for the crimes they committed on Wall Street - crimes that have led to millions of Americans losing their jobs, homes, and livelihoods. Crimes that SO FAR - have gone unpunished. Earlier this week - Schneiderman - who is New York's Attorney General - was kicked off a panel of state officials from around the country who are working with the Obama administration to come up with a one-time settlement for banksters to pay up for their crimes."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rn1bV%2F%2F07L30JxhogxKr7xaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Beyond PTSD: Soldiers Have Injured Souls</strong></font><br />
Diane Silver, Miller-McCune: "Thousands [of veterans] grapple with what some call 'the war after the war' - the psychological scars of conflict. Working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and private organizations, these men and women are employing treatments both radically new and centuries old. At the center of their journey is a new way of thinking that redefines some traumas as moral injuries."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tae2KvlaEZWduaxPMZHd9RaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Quick Things to Bring Manufacturing Jobs Home</strong></font><br />
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: "Here is a fact about bipartisanship and civility in Washington: the Republicans in Congress will obstruct anything President Obama proposes to create jobs and help the economy, period... The President can and should 'go big' and make dramatic proposals to Congress for job-creation. Doing so will draw contrasts so the public has a clear choice in the coming elections. Fortunately there are things the President can do right now, without the approval of Congress, that will have a big impact on job-creation now and in the future."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YnXfrF5YXqlg%2BnavMhzwkhaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
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<p><strong>Wounded Syrian Protesters Abused in Hospital<br />
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<p><strong>Time to Up the Ante: Restrict Individual Assets in US to One Billion Dollars<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=v%2BBX6prs5QOjSasILfZTqBaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Under the Gun, Obama Tells Congress to Pass Major Transporation Bill<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TcnXLm7WplGWltcjbMQktRaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The Christian Science Monitor</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Iran Speeding Up Nuclear Program, Investigators Say<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0pD%2BrfqUebTVTyGTJfjd%2FhaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The Washington Post</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>AFL-CIO and Others Object to Georgia "Work" Program Rumored for Inclusion in Obama Jobs Speech<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ppxso5VOJf7I1UptVXqIShaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at Daily Kos</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Conservative Columnist: Registering Poor To Vote "Like Handing Out Burglary Tools To Criminals"<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qIREm5d7EcR5%2FCXGcvWGJxaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Battles in Sudan Continue to Rage<br />
</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r3hJLKRIXSuyQJ%2F0OPZFEBaMWofGJtDw"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at AP</font></a><br />
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