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Uncovering the Other ALECs
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Uncovering the Other ALECs
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9033-subverting-the-statehouse-uncovering-the-other-alecs
Sarah Blaskey and Steve Horn, Truthout: "ALEC has been described as a 'corporate bill mill.' ALEC, though, is not the only 'corporate bill mill' playing this game. 'Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists' have upped the ante and skillfully advanced their agendas through bipartisan 'trade associations' for state government officials - in particular, the Council of State Governments (CSG) whose multimillion-dollar budget is mostly funded by taxpayers. Through CSG and Friends, lobbyists exploit a well-tethered network of nonprofits representing state-level officials to advance the agenda of their corporate clientele."
When Polluted Water Is Safe to Drink: Inside the Dimock Fracking Fight
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9168-when-polluted-water-is-safe-to-drink-inside-the-dimock-fracking-fight
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent the past four months testing water wells used by families in the rural community of Dimock, Pennsylvania, where residents and environmental activists have accused a gas drilling company of contaminating water supplies while drilling for natural gas in the area. The EPA found pollutants in Dimock well water ... but the agency has consistently stated the contamination levels do not pose a health concern or require immediate action from regulators."
The Battle Over CEO Pay: When the Top 1 Percent Take on the Top 0.01 Percent
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9135-the-battle-over-ceo-pay-when-the-top-1-percent-take-on-the-top-001-percent
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: "By all accounts, America's corporations are doing better than ever. Corporate profits are at all-time record highs. Corporate taxes are at record lows. So, why are the top 1 percent so angry? It may be because America's ever-rising inequality has finally caught up with them.... They're not used to making sacrifices. As the top 1 percent start to share at least some of the indignities suffered by the other 99 percent, it is likely that their quiescence about rising inequality will start to change."
Elizabeth Warren Says JPMorgan Trading Debacle Shows "We Need to Go Back to Boring Banking"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9179-elizabeth-warren-says-jpmorgan-trading-debacle-shows-we-need-to-go-back-to-boring-banking
Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress: "Massachusetts Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren reacted to the news of JPMorgan's $2 billion trading debacle by calling for the bank's CEO, Jamie Dimon, to step down from his position as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's board. Today, Warren also said that the episode makes the case for a return to 'boring banking' - separating investment banking from traditional commercial banking - which was the status quo before the deregulatory zeal of the late 1990s."
First Unplanned Arrests in Chicago NATO Week of Action Have Activists Saying Police Overreacted
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9181-first-unplanned-arrests-in-chicago-nato-week-of-action-have-activists-saying-police-overreacted
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "In what may be the first unplanned arrests during the NATO week of action, two activists were arrested after protesters from an action at the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took the streets in downtown Chicago Tuesday. 'Police grabbed two peaceful protests while they were on the sidewalk,' said Natalie Wahlberg, an activist with Occupy Chicago, and 'started yelling at someone else to get back on the sidewalk as he was standing on the sidewalk.'"
Occupy Women: Will Fourth Wave Feminism Be a Wave or a Ripple?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9188-occupy-women-will-fourth-wave-feminism-be-a-wave-or-a-ripple
Megan Boler, Truthout: "For the past 20 years, 'feminist' has been a less than popular term. During the second wave of feminism, tensions ran high about whether and how, for example, women of color were named, included, described and represented underneath the banner feminism.... But the tide seems to have turned. Feminism's re-emergence was spotted on the horizon by numerous long-term feminist organizers months ago."
Boehner Vows Another Showdown Over Debt and Taxes
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9164-boehner-vows-another-showdown-over-debt-and-taxes
David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: "House Speaker John Boehner set the stage Tuesday for another tense, partisan showdown over tax and spending policy later this year, as he vowed to insist on big spending cuts before he'll agree to a new debt ceiling - much like last summer's debt showdown debacle - and he also promised a vote before November's elections on whether to prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring at year's end, as scheduled."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Karl Rove to Launch a $25 Million Ad Campaign Blitz in Ten States, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9189-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-karl-rove-and-his-crossroads-superpac-are-launching-a-$25-million-ad-campaign-blitz-in-ten-battleground-states-on-thursday-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Karl Rove and his Crossroads SuperPAC are launching a $25 million ad campaign blitz in ten battleground states on Thursday, the American people are overwhelmingly in support of states passing medical marijuana laws, a new report concludes that a California nuclear plant is putting nearby residents at risk of radiation exposure, and more.
How Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Continues to "Strike Fear" and Remains in "Command"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9166-how-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-continues-to-strike-fear-and-remains-in-command
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sat stone silent inside the courtroom at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, refusing to answer routine questions from the judge presiding over his arraignment for war crimes. That was ... just the latest example of how, over the years, KSM 'has controlled the legal proceedings against him, organizing his fellow captives to act as a group and then putting himself in charge,' journalists Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer write in their timely and groundbreaking new book, 'The Hunt for KSM.'"
Robert Reich | Romney Has Public and Private Morality Upside Down
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9165-romney-has-public-and-private-morality-upside-down
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "[Romney has] private and public morality upside down. He doesn't want to regulate where regulation is necessary - at the highest reaches of the economy, where public immorality has cost us dearly, and will cost even more unless boardroom behavior is constrained. Yet he wants to regulate where regulation is least appropriate - at the level of the individual, in bedrooms and other intimate spaces, where private morality should govern."
House Moots Afghan Exit, Iran War, Military Budget and "Signature" Drone Strikes
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9180-house-moots-afghan-exit-iran-war-military-budget-and-signature-drone-strikes
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "The House is expected to take up consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendments will be offered to expedite military withdrawal from Afghanistan, to oppose war with Iran, to cut the military budget and to stop 'signature' drone strikes that target people without knowing who will be killed. According to the way the House operates, the authorization bill is the most open opportunity to challenge current policy. But it is difficult to otherwise alter policy when the appropriation is considered, according to the rules of the House."
At a Military Hospital, Warriors Are Not the Only Wounded
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9167-at-a-military-hospital-warriors-are-not-the-only-wounded
Michael Winship, Moyers & Co.: "The weather's getting warmer in Afghanistan and the war there is heating up again. That means - as it has meant every year for more than a decade - that the pace will quicken at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. More casualties will be brought to this largest American military hospital outside the United States. After all the years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of the doctors, nurses, and other staff at Landstuhl are exhausted or worse."
No Country for Rich Men
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9169-no-country-for-rich-men
Sam Pizzigati, Other Worlds: "Today's awesomely affluent are transient - by choice. The number of Americans who formally renounced their U.S. citizenship soared to 1,780 last year from 235 in 2008. The spark for this surge? U.S. tax officials have been clamping down on overseas tax evasion. These uber-wealthy folks shy from the notoriety of citizenship spurned. They just live their lives as if they have no nation to call their own."
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Greek Voters May Put a Dagger Into the Austerity Juggernaut
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13501
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Many Greek and European election watchers expect the surging anti-austerity Syriza Party to win on June 17 after coming in second in the May 6 balloting that ended without a government being formed. According to the BBC, the leader of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, considers surrendering to the European Union social network cuts in Greece as nonnegotiable as the price of a bailout. As the BBC reports, 'Tsipras has accused the EU and German Chancellor Angela Merkel of "playing poker with European people's lives" by insisting on austerity measures.'"
One of Gov. Scott Walker's Closest Allies Says the GOP Wanted to "Go Further" on Union-Busting
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/new_video_could_damage_walker/?source=newsletter
Moscow Police Clear Occupied Park
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/moscow-police-clear-occupied-park/2012/05/16/gIQADpAHTU_story.html
What Did JPMorgan Executives Know and When Did They Know It?
Read the Article at ProPublica
http://www.propublica.org/thetrade/item/what-did-jpmorgan-execs-know-and-when-did-they-know-it
Whether It's Sugar Cookies or Religious Freedom, the Ridiculous Right Shouts Its View From Whatever Vantage Point It Is Able
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http://www.buzzflash.org/node/13502
Unrest Is Growing in the Run-Up to Egypt's Presidential Election
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/167884/unrest-growing-run-egypts-presidential-election
Sen. Bernie Sanders Floats Plan to Make HIV Drugs Less Costly
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76300.html#ixzz1v3h8qnhM
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<br />
<font><strong>Uncovering the Other ALECs</strong></font><br />
Sarah Blaskey and Steve Horn, Truthout: "ALEC has been described as a 'corp=
orate bill mill.' ALEC, though, is not the only 'corporate bill mill' playi=
ng this game. 'Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists' have upped the ante a=
nd skillfully advanced their agendas through bipartisan 'trade associations=
' for state government officials - in particular, the Council of State Gove=
rnments (CSG) whose multimillion-dollar budget is mostly funded by taxpayer=
s. Through CSG and Friends, lobbyists exploit a well-tethered network of no=
nprofits representing state-level officials to advance the agenda of their =
corporate clientele." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DgPzckB=
tBY0FyDT9h3CZQ8kDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>When Polluted Water Is Safe to Drink: Inside the Dimock Frack=
ing Fight</strong></font><br />
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sp=
ent the past four months testing water wells used by families in the rural =
community of Dimock, Pennsylvania, where residents and environmental activi=
sts have accused a gas drilling company of contaminating water supplies whi=
le drilling for natural gas in the area. The EPA found pollutants in Dimock=
well water ... but the agency has consistently stated the contamination le=
vels do not pose a health concern or require immediate action from regulato=
rs."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DQ%2B5X=
z12SzK5WA2x%2F%2FWvO3UDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>The Battle Over CEO Pay: When the Top 1 Percent Take on the T=
op 0.01 Percent</strong></font><br />
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: "By all accounts, America's corporations are d=
oing better than ever. Corporate profits are at all-time record highs. Corp=
orate taxes are at record lows. So, why are the top 1 percent so angry? It =
may be because America's ever-rising inequality has finally caught up with =
them.... They're not used to making sacrifices. As the top 1 percent start =
to share at least some of the indignities suffered by the other 99 percent,=
it is likely that their quiescence about rising inequality will start to c=
hange." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DItyeuf=
NvgfYBIv9xegTkzEDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Elizabeth Warren Says JPMorgan Trading Debacle Shows "We Need=
to Go Back to Boring Banking"</strong></font><br />
Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress: "Massachusetts Democratic senate candidate Eli=
zabeth Warren reacted to the news of JPMorgan's $2 billion trading debacle =
by calling for the bank's CEO, Jamie Dimon, to step down from his position =
as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's board. Today, Warre=
n also said that the episode makes the case for a return to 'boring banking=
' - separating investment banking from traditional commercial banking - whi=
ch was the status quo before the deregulatory zeal of the late 1990s."<br /=
>
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DDbAGdS=
yNdJHB%2BIwt4ciHQ0DUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>First Unplanned Arrests in Chicago NATO Week of Action Have A=
ctivists Saying Police Overreacted</strong></font><br />
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "In what may be the first unplanned arrests durin=
g the NATO week of action, two activists were arrested after protesters fro=
m an action at the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE=
) took the streets in downtown Chicago Tuesday. 'Police grabbed two peacefu=
l protests while they were on the sidewalk,' said Natalie Wahlberg, an acti=
vist with Occupy Chicago, and 'started yelling at someone else to get back =
on the sidewalk as he was standing on the sidewalk.'" <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DyzqLP6=
rjlBkqao8uP09dGkDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Occupy Women: Will Fourth Wave Feminism Be a Wave or a Ripple=
?</strong></font><br />
Megan Boler, Truthout: "For the past 20 years, 'feminist' has been a less t=
han popular term. During the second wave of feminism, tensions ran high abo=
ut whether and how, for example, women of color were named, included, descr=
ibed and represented underneath the banner feminism.... But the tide seems =
to have turned. Feminism's re-emergence was spotted on the horizon by numer=
ous long-term feminist organizers months ago."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DqSsJiv=
JAvWhlA0THSpsLSEDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Boehner Vows Another Showdown Over Debt and Taxes</strong></f=
ont><br />
David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: "House Speaker John Boehner set the s=
tage Tuesday for another tense, partisan showdown over tax and spending pol=
icy later this year, as he vowed to insist on big spending cuts before he'l=
l agree to a new debt ceiling - much like last summer's debt showdown debac=
le - and he also promised a vote before November's elections on whether to =
prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring at year's end, as scheduled." <br =
/>
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/font></a> <br />
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<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Karl Rove to Launch a $25 Mil=
lion Ad Campaign Blitz in Ten States, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment: Karl Rove and his Crossroads SuperPAC are l=
aunching a $25 million ad campaign blitz in ten battleground states on Thur=
sday, the American people are overwhelmingly in support of states passing m=
edical marijuana laws, a new report concludes that a California nuclear pla=
nt is putting nearby residents at risk of radiation exposure, and more.<br =
/>
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4kGMyhdxpi5RI3M0DUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video and Rea=
d the Transcript</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>How Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Continues to "Strike Fear" and Rem=
ains in "Command"</strong></font><br />
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sat stone silent inside th=
e courtroom at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, refusing to answer rout=
ine questions from the judge presiding over his arraignment for war crimes.=
That was ... just the latest example of how, over the years, KSM 'has cont=
rolled the legal proceedings against him, organizing his fellow captives to=
act as a group and then putting himself in charge,' journalists Terry McDe=
rmott and Josh Meyer write in their timely and groundbreaking new book, 'Th=
e Hunt for KSM.'" <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DUM4xwx=
qZHWTtxVXBjovx0kDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Robert Reich | Romney Has Public and Private Morality Upside =
Down</strong></font><br />
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "[Romney has] private and public moralit=
y upside down. He doesn't want to regulate where regulation is necessary - =
at the highest reaches of the economy, where public immorality has cost us =
dearly, and will cost even more unless boardroom behavior is constrained. Y=
et he wants to regulate where regulation is least appropriate - at the leve=
l of the individual, in bedrooms and other intimate spaces, where private m=
orality should govern." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DAiysqX=
pthxqCoi1%2BEHqgC0DUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article and =
Watch the Video</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>House Moots Afghan Exit, Iran War, Military Budget and "Signa=
ture" Drone Strikes</strong></font><br />
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "The House is expected to take up consideration of=
the National Defense Authorization Act. Amendments will be offered to expe=
dite military withdrawal from Afghanistan, to oppose war with Iran, to cut =
the military budget and to stop 'signature' drone strikes that target peopl=
e without knowing who will be killed. According to the way the House operat=
es, the authorization bill is the most open opportunity to challenge curren=
t policy. But it is difficult to otherwise alter policy when the appropriat=
ion is considered, according to the rules of the House." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DCjePXc=
lISpgDwr%2FDTENPmzisRkXofatP"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>At a Military Hospital, Warriors Are Not the Only Wounded</st=
rong></font><br />
Michael Winship, Moyers & Co.: "The weather's getting warmer in Afghani=
stan and the war there is heating up again. That means - as it has meant ev=
ery year for more than a decade - that the pace will quicken at the Landstu=
hl Regional Medical Center in Germany. More casualties will be brought to t=
his largest American military hospital outside the United States. After all=
the years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of the doctors, nurses=
, and other staff at Landstuhl are exhausted or worse." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DFKU%2F=
bRDPK7Vr3%2FXuljg6TUDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</f=
ont></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>No Country for Rich Men</strong></font><br />
Sam Pizzigati, Other Worlds: "Today's awesomely affluent are transient - by=
choice. The number of Americans who formally renounced their U.S. citizens=
hip soared to 1,780 last year from 235 in 2008. The spark for this surge? U=
.S. tax officials have been clamping down on overseas tax evasion. These ub=
er-wealthy folks shy from the notoriety of citizenship spurned. They just l=
ive their lives as if they have no nation to call their own." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DjiSJmF=
L%2FvpUXVS9gJjrY9kDUhz7rzKtA"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> </p>
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<p><font><strong>Greek Voters May Put a Dagger Into the Austerity Juggernau=
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Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Many Greek and European election watch=
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coming in second in the May 6 balloting that ended without a government bei=
ng formed. According to the BBC, the leader of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, cons=
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onnegotiable as the price of a bailout. As the BBC reports, 'Tsipras has ac=
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opean people's lives" by insisting on austerity measures.'" <br />
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<p><strong>One of Gov. Scott Walker's Closest Allies Says the GOP Wanted to=
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<p><strong>Sen. Bernie Sanders Floats Plan to Make HIV Drugs Less Costly<br=
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