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How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe
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04.18
How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8558-the-european-stabilization-mechanism-or-how-the-goldman-vampire-squid-just-captured-europe
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "Goldman Sachs and the financial technocrats have taken over the European ship. Democracy has gone out the window, all in the name of keeping the central bank independent from the 'abuses' of government. Yet, the government is the people - or it should be. A democratically elected government represents the people. Europeans are being hoodwinked into relinquishing their cherished democracy to a rogue band of financial pirates, and the rest of the world is not far behind.... Last November, without fanfare and barely noticed in the press, former Goldman executive Mario Draghi replaced Jean-Claude Trichet as head of the European Central Bank."
ALEC Disbands Most Insidious Task Force After Public Pressure and Loss of Sponsors
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8595-alec-disbands-most-insidious-task-forces-after-public-pressure-and-loss-of-sponsors
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: "Under growing public pressure and the departure of multiple corporate members, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has announced it is disbanding the Task Force that has been responsible for some of the organization's most controversial pieces of legislation.... For at least three decades, the corporations, special interest groups, and legislators on the ALEC Public Safety & Elections Task Force (known as the Criminal Justice Task Force until 2009) have approved model bills that promote for-profit prisons and lengthen prison sentences, criminalize immigrants, expand the 'war on drugs,' thwart evidence-based pre-trial release programs in favor of for-profit bail-bonding, and many other policies."
Secret Donor Gave Anti-Obama Group $10 Million, Watchdogs Demand IRS Crackdown
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8608-secret-donor-gave-anti-obama-group-$10-million-watchdogs-demand-irs-crackdown
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "The name Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies is misleading: much of the Karl Rove-affiliated group's funding comes from megarich donors, not a grassroots political movement, and campaign finance reformers say the group is deliberately using its nonprofit status to hide the names of its donors from the public as the election season heats up. Two watchdog groups asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week to investigate Crossroads GPS and other groups on both sides of the political spectrum after Crossroads GPS tax filings revealed the organization has received dozens of multimillion-dollar checks from unknown donors to pay for ads attacking President Obama and Democratic policies."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Passes Congressman Paul Ryan's Budget for the Rich, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8610-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-in-response-to-pressure-from-several-progressive-organizations-alec-dismantles-its-non-economic-task-forces-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) dismantles its non-economic task forces, the House passed Congressman Paul Ryan's budget for the rich, more bad news is coming from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the EPA is taking on frackers with its new pollution standards, and more.
Women With HIV Build Safe, Healthy Lives
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8465-women-with-hiv-build-safe-healthy-lives
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: "Having a place to get concrete information and support is imperative for ever-increasing numbers of HIV-positive women. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), more than 290,000 US women have the virus and nearly a quarter of all newly diagnosed cases - 23 percent - occur among women and girls... The Foundation further confirms that women of color are particularly at risk: 57 percent of the newly diagnosed are African-American; 18 percent are Latina. And they're often young. KFF reports that 39 percent are between the ages of 13 and 29, with those aged 20-24 claiming the highest number of diagnoses of any age group."
The Landscape of May Day in New York
http://truth-out.org/op-ed/item/8587-the-landscape-of-may-day-in-new-york
Nathan Schneider, Waging Nonviolence: "Ever since the idea of working toward May Day started catching on in Occupy Wall Street last January, it has been infused with the impulse of creating the vision of a radically different kind of city. The visionary impulse, however, has also mixed with things more mundane. Over the course of the May Day planning process in New York, in at least two meetings each week, OWS organizers have been patiently patching together an historic joint rally and march with labor unions, immigrants' rights groups and community organizations, many of which were invited to participate in the planning process since the beginning."
Occupy the Courts: Corporate Personhood Reconsidered
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8597-occupy-the-courts-corporate-personhood-reconsidered
Stephen F. Diamond, Dissent Magazine: "The Occupy movement was widely lampooned by critics for failing to bring forward a coherent set of demands. But a random survey of participants in the protests that spread across the country late last year would likely turn up a large number who agree that ending the recognition of corporations as legal 'persons' is a critically needed reform. Ballot measures in Boulder, Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin calling for an end to corporate personhood passed last year."
Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig on RT: Are EPA Fracking Regulations Hurting Jobs?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8606-mike-ludwig-on-rt-are-epa-fracking-regulations-hurting-jobs
Mike Ludwig, RT: "On Tuesday the battle of new regulations on the hydraulic fracturing technique continued on Capitol Hill. The EPA put the finishing touches on new rules that are intended to protect the environment from the pollution believed to be caused by fracking. Many think that these new regulations will only choke the industry and prevent the creation of much needed jobs. Mike Ludwig, a reporter for Truthout, gives us his take on the new regulations."
Jim Hightower | Mitt Romney and the Citizens United Gang
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8600-the-citizens-united-gang
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate: "Unlike the James Gang, the Dalton Boys and other robbers of yore who stole from banks and railroads, these thieves are bankers and high-rolling railroaders. Thanks to the Supreme Court's edict in the infamous Citizens United case, they are now able to use unlimited amounts of their corporate wealth to create Super PACs, which are proving to be devastating weapons against democracy.... To the barricades, people! The Citizens United Gang's goal is not simply to put Romney in the Oval Office, but to impose a plutocracy over our land."
Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog Fighting, and Eating Animals
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8459-thinking-about-mitt-romney-and-seamus-michael-vick-and-dog-fighting-and-eating-animals
Gary L. Francione, Truthout: "Although there is a great deal of disagreement about moral issues, no one disagrees with the notion that it's wrong to inflict unnecessary suffering on an animal. We need a good reason to inflict suffering on an animal. We might disagree about whether necessity exists in any given situation and what constitutes a good reason, but we would all agree that enjoyment or pleasure cannot constitute necessity or serve as a good reason. This is part of our conventional moral wisdom. The problem is that eating animals is, as a matter of moral analysis, no different from dog fighting."
Bill Moyers Essay: Capitalism With a Conscience
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8599-bill-moyers-essay-capitalism-with-a-conscience
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "At least one man demonstrated that money doesn't always corrupt one's integrity or intentions: Bernard Rapoport. A 'capitalist with a conscience' with an authentic connection to the struggles and values of everyday Americans, Rapoport died this month at 94.... A friend and long-time supporter of Bill Moyers' work on public television, Rapoport gave millions to help low-income children in Waco, Texas ... He urged the politicians he supported to raise his taxes, and felt morally obligated to argue against his own privilege. In this essay, Moyers pays tribute to the man he admired, and the vital causes they shared."
What About the Real (or Surreal) Thing?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8598-what-about-the-real-or-surreal-thing
Michael R. Powers, Truthout: "The world of risk and insurance - replete with cagey underwriters, callous claim adjustors, and canny actuaries - is often viewed as staid and cheerless. In Acts of God and Man, Michael R. Powers challenges this perception, espousing a science of risk based upon both a 'fundamentalist Bayesian' (i.e., subjective/judgmental) approach to modeling uncertainty and a 'personalized scientific method' free of the restrictions of more orthodox paradigms. Readers of Truthout likely will be interested in the book's focus on the boundary between 'knowable' and 'unknowable' aspects of risk, explored in the excerpt below by embracing the paranormal in the service of science."
Behind Closed Doors, Broadcasters Battle Online Disclosure of Political Ad Buys
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8602-behind-closed-doors-broadcasters-battle-online-disclosure-of-political-ad-buys
Justin Elliott, ProPublica: "The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote April 27 on whether to require TV stations to post online public information about political ad buys. Some form of the rule seems likely to pass, but the industry and others are lobbying the FCC to alter the nature of the final rule....The wording is subject to change based on input from interested parties. That's why the National Association of Broadcasters has been paying visits to key FCC officials this month. A group of influential Republican senators has also told the FCC they oppose the proposed rule."
How the War on Women Became Mainstream
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8603-how-the-war-on-women-became-mainstream
Staff, People For the American Way: "One year ago, People For the American Way issued a report on the unprecedented barrage of antichoice bills being unleashed by newly empowered state legislatures. In the year since, perhaps sensing that their window of opportunity might be drawing to a close, far-right national and state lawmakers, in coordination with Religious Right activists, have expanded their attacks. They are targeting not just abortion rights, but also access to birth control and preventative care, as well as contemporary views of women's roles in the workplace, the family and the halls of power. What follows are dispatches from the varied fronts in the growing War on Women."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Is Rick Santorum Trying to Abort a Romney Presidency?
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13449
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Although Rick Santorum claims to be anti-choice, he appears to be trying to abort a Romney victory in 2012. A fundraising letter for Santorum just showed up in Iowa - after he withdrew from the GOP presidential race - declaring to supporters, 'It truly frightens me to think what'll happen if Mitt Romney is the nominee.'"
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Mitt Romney, American Parasite
http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-04-18/news/Mitt-Romney-american-parasite/
Read the Article at The Village Voice
Citigroup Shareholders Reject Executive Pay Plan
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/citigroup-shareholders-reject-executive-pay-plan/?hp
Stealth Evangelicals in the Digital Age
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13447
Birthday Fundraiser for Ann Romney Hosted by Man Who Once Barbecued a Dog
Read the Article at Addicting Info
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/04/17/birthday-fundraiser-for-ann-romney-hosted-by-man-who-once-barbecued-a-dog/
Five Reasons the Very Rich Have Not Earned Their Money
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13446
Ted Nugent Remarks on Obama Draw Secret Service Scrutiny
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/ted-nugent-obama-secret-service_n_1432009.html
Ten Things Republicans Don't Want You to Know About Taxes
Read the Article at DailyKos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/17/1084191/-10-Things-Republicans-Don-t-Want-You-to-Know-About-Taxes
Click here for more BuzzFlash headlines: http://www.buzzflash.com/
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<p>Wednesday 18 April 2012</p>
<font><strong>How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe</strong></=
font><br />
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "Goldman Sachs and the financial technocrats have ta=
ken over the European ship. Democracy has gone out the window, all in the n=
ame of keeping the central bank independent from the 'abuses' of government=
. Yet, the government is the people - or it should be. A democratically ele=
cted government represents the people. Europeans are being hoodwinked into =
relinquishing their cherished democracy to a rogue band of financial pirate=
s, and the rest of the world is not far behind.... Last November, without f=
anfare and barely noticed in the press, former Goldman executive Mario Drag=
hi replaced Jean-Claude Trichet as head of the European Central Bank."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
qcuOcbzu2Mha%2BUawmlGFyHsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>ALEC Disbands Most Insidious Task Force After Public Pressure=
and Loss of Sponsors</strong></font><br />
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: "Under growing public pressure and the departure=
of multiple corporate members, the American Legislative Exchange Council (=
ALEC) has announced it is disbanding the Task Force that has been responsib=
le for some of the organization's most controversial pieces of legislation.=
... For at least three decades, the corporations, special interest groups, =
and legislators on the ALEC Public Safety & Elections Task Force (known as =
the Criminal Justice Task Force until 2009) have approved model bills that =
promote for-profit prisons and lengthen prison sentences, criminalize immig=
rants, expand the 'war on drugs,' thwart evidence-based pre-trial release p=
rograms in favor of for-profit bail-bonding, and many other policies."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
Jbpr9DOjOCk2YCLK4CpLG3sYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Secret Donor Gave Anti-Obama Group $10 Million, Watchdogs Dem=
and IRS Crackdown</strong></font><br />
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "The name Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies=
is misleading: much of the Karl Rove-affiliated group's funding comes from=
megarich donors, not a grassroots political movement, and campaign finance=
reformers say the group is deliberately using its nonprofit status to hide=
the names of its donors from the public as the election season heats up. T=
wo watchdog groups asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week to in=
vestigate Crossroads GPS and other groups on both sides of the political sp=
ectrum after Crossroads GPS tax filings revealed the organization has recei=
ved dozens of multimillion-dollar checks from unknown donors to pay for ads=
attacking President Obama and Democratic policies."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
E32oIQgoDFcxO%2BUVoGf7JHsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Passes Congressman Paul=
Ryan's Budget for the Rich, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment: The American Legislative Exchange Council (=
ALEC) dismantles its non-economic task forces, the House passed Congressman=
Paul Ryan's budget for the rich, more bad news is coming from the Fukushim=
a nuclear plant in Japan, the EPA is taking on frackers with its new pollut=
ion standards, and more.
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
GKPI9%2BWgtcmPoAR34ovxEXsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video=
and Read the Transcript</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Women With HIV Build Safe, Healthy Lives</strong></font><br /=
>
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: "Having a place to get concrete information and=
support is imperative for ever-increasing numbers of HIV-positive women. A=
ccording to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), more than 290,000 US women =
have the virus and nearly a quarter of all newly diagnosed cases - 23 perce=
nt - occur among women and girls... The Foundation further confirms that wo=
men of color are particularly at risk: 57 percent of the newly diagnosed ar=
e African-American; 18 percent are Latina. And they're often young. KFF rep=
orts that 39 percent are between the ages of 13 and 29, with those aged 20-=
24 claiming the highest number of diagnoses of any age group."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
D%2BkL41FqF2AllqlpTmyJqnsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>The Landscape of May Day in New York</strong></font><br />
Nathan Schneider, Waging Nonviolence: "Ever since the idea of working towar=
d May Day started catching on in Occupy Wall Street last January, it has be=
en infused with the impulse of creating the vision of a radically different=
kind of city. The visionary impulse, however, has also mixed with things m=
ore mundane. Over the course of the May Day planning process in New York, i=
n at least two meetings each week, OWS organizers have been patiently patch=
ing together an historic joint rally and march with labor unions, immigrant=
s' rights groups and community organizations, many of which were invited to=
participate in the planning process since the beginning."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
4AqzFJTDogoWAWujd%2BVPdHsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Occupy the Courts: Corporate Personhood Reconsidered</strong>=
</font><br />
Stephen F. Diamond, Dissent Magazine: "The Occupy movement was widely lampo=
oned by critics for failing to bring forward a coherent set of demands. But=
a random survey of participants in the protests that spread across the cou=
ntry late last year would likely turn up a large number who agree that endi=
ng the recognition of corporations as legal 'persons' is a critically neede=
d reform. Ballot measures in Boulder, Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin calli=
ng for an end to corporate personhood passed last year."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
qgyiKsKGuikhIHRZS9NvQnsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig on RT: Are EPA Fracking Regulat=
ions Hurting Jobs?</strong></font><br />
Mike Ludwig, RT: "On Tuesday the battle of new regulations on the hydraulic=
fracturing technique continued on Capitol Hill. The EPA put the finishing =
touches on new rules that are intended to protect the environment from the =
pollution believed to be caused by fracking. Many think that these new regu=
lations will only choke the industry and prevent the creation of much neede=
d jobs. Mike Ludwig, a reporter for Truthout, gives us his take on the new =
regulations."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
TWB5AzRsyEuc9e4%2B4rVlMnsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video=
</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Jim Hightower | Mitt Romney and the Citizens United Gang</str=
ong></font><br />
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate: "Unlike the James Gang, the Dalton Boys =
and other robbers of yore who stole from banks and railroads, these thieves=
are bankers and high-rolling railroaders. Thanks to the Supreme Court's ed=
ict in the infamous Citizens United case, they are now able to use unlimite=
d amounts of their corporate wealth to create Super PACs, which are proving=
to be devastating weapons against democracy.... To the barricades, people!=
The Citizens United Gang's goal is not simply to put Romney in the Oval Of=
fice, but to impose a plutocracy over our land."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
OzEC1eGQ4TAyFb2HD40MWHsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog F=
ighting, and Eating Animals</strong></font><br />
Gary L. Francione, Truthout: "Although there is a great deal of disagreemen=
t about moral issues, no one disagrees with the notion that it's wrong to i=
nflict unnecessary suffering on an animal. We need a good reason to inflict=
suffering on an animal. We might disagree about whether necessity exists i=
n any given situation and what constitutes a good reason, but we would all =
agree that enjoyment or pleasure cannot constitute necessity or serve as a =
good reason. This is part of our conventional moral wisdom. The problem is =
that eating animals is, as a matter of moral analysis, no different from do=
g fighting."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
sCkE%2FiKf0n3vyXFazvgqxToKBuZqz%2Brt"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Arti=
cle</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Bill Moyers Essay: Capitalism With a Conscience</strong></fon=
t><br />
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "At least one man demonstrated that money doesn'=
t always corrupt one's integrity or intentions: Bernard Rapoport. A 'capita=
list with a conscience' with an authentic connection to the struggles and v=
alues of everyday Americans, Rapoport died this month at 94.... A friend an=
d long-time supporter of Bill Moyers' work on public television, Rapoport g=
ave millions to help low-income children in Waco, Texas ... He urged the po=
liticians he supported to raise his taxes, and felt morally obligated to ar=
gue against his own privilege. In this essay, Moyers pays tribute to the ma=
n he admired, and the vital causes they shared."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
p4GCHqveRQkOoGJcDmKS33sYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video a=
nd Read the Transcript</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>What About the Real (or Surreal) Thing?</strong></font><br />
Michael R. Powers, Truthout: "The world of risk and insurance - replete wit=
h cagey underwriters, callous claim adjustors, and canny actuaries - is oft=
en viewed as staid and cheerless. In Acts of God and Man, Michael R. Powers=
challenges this perception, espousing a science of risk based upon both a =
'fundamentalist Bayesian' (i.e., subjective/judgmental) approach to modelin=
g uncertainty and a 'personalized scientific method' free of the restrictio=
ns of more orthodox paradigms. Readers of Truthout likely will be intereste=
d in the book's focus on the boundary between 'knowable' and 'unknowable' a=
spects of risk, explored in the excerpt below by embracing the paranormal i=
n the service of science."
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AGYc%2Fc%2Bf2yeWB8OeyHyuF3sYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Arti=
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<font><strong>Behind Closed Doors, Broadcasters Battle Online Disclosure of=
Political Ad Buys</strong></font><br />
Justin Elliott, ProPublica: "The Federal Communications Commission is sched=
uled to vote April 27 on whether to require TV stations to post online publ=
ic information about political ad buys. Some form of the rule seems likely =
to pass, but the industry and others are lobbying the FCC to alter the natu=
re of the final rule....The wording is subject to change based on input fro=
m interested parties. That's why the National Association of Broadcasters h=
as been paying visits to key FCC officials this month. A group of influenti=
al Republican senators has also told the FCC they oppose the proposed rule.=
"
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
HtQbNElAkxmuEi7wUJwZonsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
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<font><strong>How the War on Women Became Mainstream</strong></font><br />
Staff, People For the American Way: "One year ago, People For the American =
Way issued a report on the unprecedented barrage of antichoice bills being =
unleashed by newly empowered state legislatures. In the year since, perhaps=
sensing that their window of opportunity might be drawing to a close, far-=
right national and state lawmakers, in coordination with Religious Right ac=
tivists, have expanded their attacks. They are targeting not just abortion =
rights, but also access to birth control and preventative care, as well as =
contemporary views of women's roles in the workplace, the family and the ha=
lls of power. What follows are dispatches from the varied fronts in the gro=
wing War on Women."
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3LcG%2BD56cZ01ZF1%2F4DsXnjoKBuZqz%2Brt"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Ar=
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<font><strong>Is Rick Santorum Trying to Abort a Romney Presidency?</strong=
></font><br />
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Although Rick Santorum claims to be an=
ti-choice, he appears to be trying to abort a Romney victory in 2012. A fun=
draising letter for Santorum just showed up in Iowa - after he withdrew fro=
m the GOP presidential race - declaring to supporters, 'It truly frightens =
me to think what'll happen if Mitt Romney is the nominee.'"
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
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<p><strong>Mitt Romney, American Parasite<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DF4cd1%2BUrEi03BCbrUar%2BHnsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#=
cc0000">Read the Article at The Village Voice</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Citigroup Shareholders Reject Executive Pay Plan<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DDyKilhUECnNJpHMslsJWunsYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">Read the Article at The New York Times</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Stealth Evangelicals in the Digital Age<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DmpcoJSaM7tgt6FWS8vtMIjoKBuZqz%2Brt"><font color=3D"#cc=
0000">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Birthday Fundraiser for Ann Romney Hosted by Man Who Once Barbec=
ued a Dog<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DscM9iKIm1CKniOl18m8epDoKBuZqz%2Brt"><font color=3D"#cc=
0000">Read the Article at Addicting Info</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Five Reasons the Very Rich Have Not Earned Their Money<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
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0000">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Ted Nugent Remarks on Obama Draw Secret Service Scrutiny<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DBbW88wLApIAA93mcX6jOD3sYBurNvZfu"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">Read the Article at The Huffington Post</font></a><br />
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<p><strong>Ten Things Republicans Don't Want You to Know About Taxes<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
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0000">Read the Article at DailyKos</font></a><br />
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