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Vermont Votes to Overturn Citizens United
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04.20
Vermont Votes to Overturn Citizens United
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8636-vermont-legislature-votes-to-overturn-citizens-united
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Progressive activists are celebrating another victory today after the Vermont Legislature became the third in the nation late Thursday to pass resolutions calling for a constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, the controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations and other groups to spend unlimited amounts of money influencing elections and gave rise to the now-infamous Super PACs."
Who Killed Shaima Alawadi?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8611-who-killed-shaima-alawadi
Arun Gupta, Truthout: "Perhaps it was an act of random hatred; perhaps it was a family dispute. What is certain is that Shaima Alawadi came to the United States for the freedom to be who she was. But instead, she apparently died because of her identity, whether it was being Muslim or Iraqi or a woman. In that regard, she joins either the thousands of other Iraqis who were killed without ever having a chance to escape homegrown dictators and US bombs, or the thousands of American women who never had a chance to escape violent partners."
The Republican Brain on the Republican Brain
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8591-the-republican-brain-on-the-republican-brain
Chris Mooney, Truthout: "The truth is that even before the book was out, conservatives were attacking it without reading it - claiming that I was calling them abnormal. I most certainly was not. All the scientific research on what is called the 'psychology of ideology' shows that we vary in a natural range on a number of traits, some of which predispose us toward liberalism, some of which have the opposite effect. But the range itself is natural and normal. It may even be a standard feature of humanity's operating system."
Former Guantanamo Psychiatrist Promotes Dubious Drug Theory on Afghan Killings
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8624-former-guantanamo-psychiatrist-promotes-dubious-drug-theory-on-afghan-killings
Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout: "Using false information; faulty interpretation of documents and innuendo; and in one case, withholding key disclosures regarding their background, these authors took a serious issue - the dangerous psychiatric and neurotoxic effects of mefloquine on some people and the history of the use of this drug by the military - and twisted it to further an agenda that just happened to match US interests in limiting speculation about the Kandahar massacre to Bales."
The US and Iran Are Talking. Why Is the New York Times Peddling Iran Islamophobia?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8628-the-us-and-iran-are-talking-why-is-the-new-york-times-peddling-iran-islamophobia
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "The New York Times has suggested to its readers that Iran's supreme leader is uniquely and intrinsically untrustworthy when he says that Iran will never pursue a nuclear weapon. Why? Because, according to the Times, Iran's leaders are Shiites and Shiites have a religious doctrine called 'taqiyya,' which allows them to lie. No scholar or analyst was cited by The New York Times in support of this argument, which should have been a red flag for Times' editors for an argument claiming that the leadership of a country against which the United States has threatened war is essentially different from us because they belong to a different religion."
Two Years After the BP Drilling Disaster, Gulf Residents Fear for the Future
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8634-two-years-after-the-bp-drilling-disaster-gulf-residents-fear-for-the-future
Jordan Flaherty, Truthout: "While it's too early to assess the long-term environmental impact, a host of recent studies published by the National Academy of Sciences and other respected institutions have shown troubling results. They describe mass deaths of deepwater coral; dolphins; and killifish, a small animal at the base of the Gulf food chain. 'If you add them all up, it's clear the oil is still in the ecosystem, it's still having an effect,' says Aaron Viles, deputy director of Gulf Restoration Network, a leading environmental organization active in the region."
National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance (Video)
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8641-exclusive-national-security-agency-whistleblower-william-binney-on-growing-state-surveillance
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: "In his first television interview since he resigned from the National Security Agency over its domestic surveillance program, William Binney discusses the NSA's massive power to spy on Americans and why the FBI raided his home after he became a whistleblower. Binney was a key source for investigative journalist James Bamford's recent expose in Wired Magazine about how the NSA is quietly building the largest spy center in the country in Bluffdale, Utah."
Afghan Screams Aren't Heard
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8640-afghan-screams-arent-heard
Hakim and Kathy Kelly, Truthout: "The monthly Global Days of Listening conversations which the youth have had with ordinary U.S., European, Middle Eastern and Australian citizens have helped change their lives person-to-person, overcoming the cold impersonal 'shoosh' of overhead rockets and under-running bloodshed. Every day, Ghulam studies, cooks, washes the dishes and lives, very normally. But some nights, in the stupor of nightmares, Ghulam shouts subconsciously, out of ear-range to the million-dollar intelligence spies, 'What kind of world is this that still insists on signing war agreements?'"
FBI Seizes Server From Progressive Internet Service Provider
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8642-fbi-seizes-server-from-progressive-internet-service-provider
Jamie McClelland, War Is A Crime: "Seizing this machine serves no useful purpose in tracking down or stopping the bomb threats, but it has many serious negative implications. Anonymous e-mail is an important part of the Internet. One of the benefits of Internet technology is the ability to communicate world-wide, and this communication is fundamental to the struggles of the world's people to address many of the world's ills. In a period in which our society has seen massive losses of privacy in which just about everything we do on-line can be tracked, logged, studied and used for all kinds of purposes, anonymous Internet-based communication tools provide shade from the intrusive searchlights of ubiquitous surveillance."
Locking Down an American Workforce: Prison Labor as the Past and Future of American "Free-Market" Capitalism
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8637-locking-down-an-american-workforce-prison-labor-as-the-past-and-future-of-american-capitalism
Joshua B. Freeman and Steve Fraser, TomDispatch: "'Now,' means our second Gilded Age and its aftermath. In these years, the system of leasing out convicts to private enterprise was reborn. This was a perverse triumph for the law of supply and demand in an era infatuated with the charms of the free market. On the supply side, the U.S. holds captive 25% of all the prisoners on the planet: 2.3 million people. It has the highest incarceration rate in the world as well, a figure that began skyrocketing in 1980 as Ronald Reagan became president. As for the demand for labor, since the 1970s American industrial corporations have found it increasingly unprofitable to invest in domestic production."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Karl Rove's Super PAC Under Scrutiny, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8646-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-karl-roves-superpac-under-scrutiny
In today's On the News segment, George Zimmerman out on bail, for-profit college supporters in Congress opposing student loan reforms, Colorado and California look to pass marijuana legalization laws this fall, and more.
Jim Hightower and the "Populist Moment"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8629-jim-hightower-and-the-populist-moment
Thorne Webb Dreyer, The Rag Blog: "An issue that Jim Hightower is especially concerned about is the alarming spread of privatization and the resulting impact on the public sector, on the commons. He has recently written in his Hightower Lowdown about the move to privatize the post office, about the 'corporate foreign legion' that 'has taken over America's intelligence and military functions,' and about the closing of state parks around the country. ('By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people's property,' he wrote.)"
What a Difference a Day (of Iran Talks) Makes
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8639-what-a-difference-a-day-of-iran-talks-makes
Kate Gould, Friends Committee on National Legislation: "Hardliners on all sides - in Iran, the United States, and in other countries - have sabotaged promising opportunities for diplomacy before. This time, the Senate was on the verge of passing a far-reaching Iran sanctions package that could well have undermined the talks last weekend - if it wasn't blocked by Senator Rand Paul (KY). As early as this week, Congress is expected to vote on this sanctions bill, along with dangerous resolutions that would lower the threshold for war with Iran, and endorse ultimatums that would make diplomacy all but impossible."
Student Loan Interest Rates Loom as Political Battle
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8631-student-loan-interest-rates-loom-as-political-battle
Tamar Lewin, The New York Times News Service: "President Obama begins an all-out push on Friday to get Congress to extend the low interest rate on federal student loans, White House officials said, an effort that is likely to become a heated battle along party lines. If Congress fails to act, the interest rate on the loans, which are taken out by nearly eight million students each year, will double on July 1, to 6.8 percent."
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Forget the Scary Headlines: Social Security Has More Than a $2.7 Trillion Surplus
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13454
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "An advance analysis of the report on the financial status of the program, posted on NiemanWatchdog, argues that 'last year's report projected that at the end of 2011, Social Security would have an accumulated surplus of around $2.7 trillion, which it now has. This year's report will show that it will be even higher at the end of 2012.'"
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FAA Coughs Up Info on Where Drones Are Being Flown and Who Is Flying Them
Read the Article at Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/04/20/faa-coughs-up-info-on-where-drones-are-being-flown-and-whos-flying-them/
Pentagon Propaganda Campaign Targeted Reporters Asking About Propaganda
Read the Article at The Atlantic
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/04/pentagon-launched-propaganda-campaign-against-reporters-asking-bout-propaganda/51367/
US Economic Model Broken, Says Survey
Read the Article at The Financial Times
http://liveweb.archive.org/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe692804-71d0-11e1-b853-00144feab49a.html#axzz1pd6xsnL3
An Atomic Solyndra for Obama?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13453
Rush Limbaugh Boycott Spreads to Local Advertisers and Radio Stations
Read the Article at Politicus USA
http://www.politicususa.com/rush-limbaugh-boycott-now/
Shocking Conflict of Interest: Private Water Companies Partner With Fracking Lobby
Read the Article at AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/155065/shocking_conflict_of_interest%3A_private_water_companies_partner_with_fracking_lobby?akid=8621.71875.Zhj4xN&rd=1&t=5
A Wonderful Tribute to Levon Helm
Read the Article at The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/19/levon-helm-of-the-band-obituary.html?fb_ref=article&fb_source=home_multiline
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<p>Friday 20 April 2012</p>
<font><strong>Vermont Votes to Overturn Citizens United</strong></font><br =
/>
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Progressive activists are celebrating another victo=
ry today after the Vermont Legislature became the third in the nation late =
Thursday to pass resolutions calling for a constitutional amendment that wo=
uld overturn Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, the controver=
sial 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations and other groups t=
o spend unlimited amounts of money influencing elections and gave rise to t=
he now-infamous Super PACs."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
H0Mto0NJadK7yDehUGDepCUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Who Killed Shaima Alawadi?</strong></font><br />
Arun Gupta, Truthout: "Perhaps it was an act of random hatred; perhaps it w=
as a family dispute. What is certain is that Shaima Alawadi came to the Uni=
ted States for the freedom to be who she was. But instead, she apparently d=
ied because of her identity, whether it was being Muslim or Iraqi or a woma=
n. In that regard, she joins either the thousands of other Iraqis who were =
killed without ever having a chance to escape homegrown dictators and US bo=
mbs, or the thousands of American women who never had a chance to escape vi=
olent partners."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
GzmG3v38%2FaYnbbqECPVjDSUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>The Republican Brain on the Republican Brain</strong></font><=
br />
Chris Mooney, Truthout: "The truth is that even before the book was out, co=
nservatives were attacking it without reading it - claiming that I was call=
ing them abnormal. I most certainly was not. All the scientific research on=
what is called the 'psychology of ideology' shows that we vary in a natura=
l range on a number of traits, some of which predispose us toward liberalis=
m, some of which have the opposite effect. But the range itself is natural =
and normal. It may even be a standard feature of humanity's operating syste=
m."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
yVtUbWI9koswaCkF8%2B8C5yUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Former Guantanamo Psychiatrist Promotes Dubious Drug Theory o=
n Afghan Killings</strong></font><br />
Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout: "Using false information; faulty interpretation of =
documents and innuendo; and in one case, withholding key disclosures regard=
ing their background, these authors took a serious issue - the dangerous ps=
ychiatric and neurotoxic effects of mefloquine on some people and the histo=
ry of the use of this drug by the military - and twisted it to further an a=
genda that just happened to match US interests in limiting speculation abou=
t the Kandahar massacre to Bales."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
x7yGK1ABc3zDiLOgi7OReiUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>The US and Iran Are Talking. Why Is the New York Times Peddli=
ng Iran Islamophobia?</strong></font><br />
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "The New York Times has suggested to its readers t=
hat Iran's supreme leader is uniquely and intrinsically untrustworthy when =
he says that Iran will never pursue a nuclear weapon. Why? Because, accordi=
ng to the Times, Iran's leaders are Shiites and Shiites have a religious do=
ctrine called 'taqiyya,' which allows them to lie. No scholar or analyst wa=
s cited by The New York Times in support of this argument, which should hav=
e been a red flag for Times' editors for an argument claiming that the lead=
ership of a country against which the United States has threatened war is e=
ssentially different from us because they belong to a different religion."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
5OJclFAaRzcZsTx0pKC3iyUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Two Years After the BP Drilling Disaster, Gulf Residents Fear=
for the Future</strong></font><br />
Jordan Flaherty, Truthout: "While it's too early to assess the long-term en=
vironmental impact, a host of recent studies published by the National Acad=
emy of Sciences and other respected institutions have shown troubling resul=
ts. They describe mass deaths of deepwater coral; dolphins; and killifish, =
a small animal at the base of the Gulf food chain. 'If you add them all up,=
it's clear the oil is still in the ecosystem, it's still having an effect,=
' says Aaron Viles, deputy director of Gulf Restoration Network, a leading =
environmental organization active in the region."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
i6pdaqciTNYwpuKyvEH3QCUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Grow=
ing State Surveillance (Video)</strong></font><br />
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: "In his first television interview since he re=
signed from the National Security Agency over its domestic surveillance pro=
gram, William Binney discusses the NSA's massive power to spy on Americans =
and why the FBI raided his home after he became a whistleblower. Binney was=
a key source for investigative journalist James Bamford's recent expose in=
Wired Magazine about how the NSA is quietly building the largest spy cente=
r in the country in Bluffdale, Utah."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
TuWMwnOqwqzQjOtUEPSXHCUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article =
and Watch the Video</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Afghan Screams Aren't Heard</strong></font><br />
Hakim and Kathy Kelly, Truthout: "The monthly Global Days of Listening conv=
ersations which the youth have had with ordinary U.S., European, Middle Eas=
tern and Australian citizens have helped change their lives person-to-perso=
n, overcoming the cold impersonal 'shoosh' of overhead rockets and under-ru=
nning bloodshed. Every day, Ghulam studies, cooks, washes the dishes and li=
ves, very normally. But some nights, in the stupor of nightmares, Ghulam sh=
outs subconsciously, out of ear-range to the million-dollar intelligence sp=
ies, 'What kind of world is this that still insists on signing war agreemen=
ts?'"
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
t%2BfJVO8eAQUf3vFBBnduACUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>FBI Seizes Server From Progressive Internet Service Provider<=
/strong></font><br />
Jamie McClelland, War Is A Crime: "Seizing this machine serves no useful pu=
rpose in tracking down or stopping the bomb threats, but it has many seriou=
s negative implications. Anonymous e-mail is an important part of the Inter=
net. One of the benefits of Internet technology is the ability to communica=
te world-wide, and this communication is fundamental to the struggles of th=
e world's people to address many of the world's ills. In a period in which =
our society has seen massive losses of privacy in which just about everythi=
ng we do on-line can be tracked, logged, studied and used for all kinds of =
purposes, anonymous Internet-based communication tools provide shade from t=
he intrusive searchlights of ubiquitous surveillance."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
r7oZG2QBdejn8fIW1FWUviUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Locking Down an American Workforce: Prison Labor as the Past =
and Future of American "Free-Market" Capitalism</strong></font><br />
Joshua B. Freeman and Steve Fraser, TomDispatch: "'Now,' means our second G=
ilded Age and its aftermath. In these years, the system of leasing out conv=
icts to private enterprise was reborn. This was a perverse triumph for the =
law of supply and demand in an era infatuated with the charms of the free m=
arket. On the supply side, the U.S. holds captive 25% of all the prisoners =
on the planet: 2.3 million people. It has the highest incarceration rate in=
the world as well, a figure that began skyrocketing in 1980 as Ronald Reag=
an became president. As for the demand for labor, since the 1970s American =
industrial corporations have found it increasingly unprofitable to invest i=
n domestic production."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
5%2FPE%2F8UaZat1e5cJjUs%2BcCUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Ar=
ticle</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Karl Rove's Super PAC Under S=
crutiny, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment, George Zimmerman out on bail, for-profit co=
llege supporters in Congress opposing student loan reforms, Colorado and Ca=
lifornia look to pass marijuana legalization laws this fall, and more.
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
ukHLvfzpxaEB7RWkRUA6kyUwfxrStSl4"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video a=
nd Read the Transcript</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Jim Hightower and the "Populist Moment"</strong></font><br />
Thorne Webb Dreyer, The Rag Blog: "An issue that Jim Hightower is especiall=
y concerned about is the alarming spread of privatization and the resulting=
impact on the public sector, on the commons. He has recently written in hi=
s Hightower Lowdown about the move to privatize the post office, about the =
'corporate foreign legion' that 'has taken over America's intelligence and =
military functions,' and about the closing of state parks around the countr=
y. ('By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people's property,' he wrot=
e.)"
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
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and Watch the Video</font></a>
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<font><strong>What a Difference a Day (of Iran Talks) Makes</strong></font>=
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Kate Gould, Friends Committee on National Legislation: "Hardliners on all s=
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promising opportunities for diplomacy before. This time, the Senate was on =
the verge of passing a far-reaching Iran sanctions package that could well =
have undermined the talks last weekend - if it wasn't blocked by Senator Ra=
nd Paul (KY). As early as this week, Congress is expected to vote on this s=
anctions bill, along with dangerous resolutions that would lower the thresh=
old for war with Iran, and endorse ultimatums that would make diplomacy all=
but impossible."
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<font><strong>Student Loan Interest Rates Loom as Political Battle</strong>=
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Tamar Lewin, The New York Times News Service: "President Obama begins an al=
l-out push on Friday to get Congress to extend the low interest rate on fed=
eral student loans, White House officials said, an effort that is likely to=
become a heated battle along party lines. If Congress fails to act, the in=
terest rate on the loans, which are taken out by nearly eight million stude=
nts each year, will double on July 1, to 6.8 percent."
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<font><strong>Forget the Scary Headlines: Social Security Has More Than a $=
2.7 Trillion Surplus</strong></font><br />
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "An advance analysis of the report on t=
he financial status of the program, posted on NiemanWatchdog, argues that '=
last year's report projected that at the end of 2011, Social Security would=
have an accumulated surplus of around $2.7 trillion, which it now has. Thi=
s year's report will show that it will be even higher at the end of 2012.'"
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<p><strong>FAA Coughs Up Info on Where Drones Are Being Flown and Who Is Fl=
ying Them<br />
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paganda<br />
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<p><strong>US Economic Model Broken, Says Survey<br />
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<p><strong>An Atomic Solyndra for Obama?<br />
</strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
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tions<br />
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