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05.17
Mobilizing Military Moms Against NATO
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9150-military-moms-dead-soldiers-and-nato-2012
Sarah Lazare, Truthout: "The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are marked by widespread mental health problems among US service members, with nearly one in five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans reporting symptoms of PTSD or severe depression. The Army's own studies show an alarming spike in Army suicides which have soared past civilian rates These grim statistics continue to climb: 2011 saw the highest number of Army suicides in military history, with 164 soldiers reported to have taken their lives. This coincides with a 2011 spike in violent sexual assaults perpetrated by active duty soldiers, mostly targeting young active duty female soldiers."
Truthout Contributor Richard Wolff on Challenging Capitalism in His New Book, "Occupy the Economy"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9191-occupy-the-economy-author-richard-wolff-on-how-his-new-interview-collection-challenges-capitalism
Matt Renner, Truthout: "Can we challenge capitalism and prevail, considering that the top 1 percent control 50 percent of the available capital and the top 5 percent some 70 percent of the nation's private funds? Richard Wolff is a closely followed Truthout contributor on economics. Currently, you can obtain his just-released 'Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism' directly from Truthout."
Occupy the Farm Dug In, Dug Up
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9202-occupy-the-farm-dug-in-dug-up
Susie Cagle, Truthout: "The crowd cheered as the chains on the gates were cut open and hundreds flooded onto the Gill Tract, several acres of University of California (UC) property that have been contested for more than a decade. They brought tools, straw, chickens in portable coops and 15,000 starter plants that had been growing in green houses around Northern California for the past several months before finding their home in this Class I soil in the sleepy bedroom community of Albany, just north of Berkeley. Three weeks later, police in riot gear raided the property, arresting nine activists, including Dayaneni."
Activists Win Preliminary Injunction Blocking Enforcement of NDAA's Military Detention Provision
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9197-journalists-activists-who-sued-obama-over-ndaa-provision-win-preliminary-injunction-blocking-its-enforcement
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Seven journalists and activists who sued President Barack Obama earlier this year over the controversial indefinite detention provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) were handed a surprise victory Wednesday by a federal court judge who issued a preliminary injunction blocking its enforcement. Congress may go a step further. An amendment to the 2013 NDAA introduced by Reps. Adam Smith (D-Washington) and Justin Amash (R-Michigan) would eliminate the provision in the bill that authorizes indefinite military detention without trial for those captured in the US."
GOP Super PAC Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9196-gop-super-pac-weighs-hard-line-attack-on-obama
Jim Rutenberg and Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times News Service: "A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the 'super PAC' era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from. Timed to upend the Democratic National Convention in September, the plan would 'do exactly what John McCain would not let us do,' the strategists wrote."
Occupy Chicago Takes on the War at Home
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9205-occupy-chicago-takes-on-the-war-at-home
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "In a week of action before the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit hits Chicago, activists are connecting the war abroad waged by NATO and its associates with the war at home, waged by some of the 1 percent that are welcoming and profiting from bringing the summit to Chicago. 'What we have is a war in our communities and that war is done by the global 1 percent,' said Brian Bean, an activist with Occupy Chicago. 'The same people that will be meeting in McCormick Place [for the summit] in a couple of days drop bomb in Afghanistan and destroy our homes here in America. That is why we are here to fight back. Today we take back our homes, tomorrow we take back our world.'"
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Judge Rules NDAA "Indefinite Detention" Provision Unconstitutional, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9209-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-judge-rules-ndaa-indefinite-detention-unconstitutional
In today's On the News segment: College graduates see high unemployment, nuclear contamination fears in Japan increase, a Washington lawmaker is barring women from an abortion bill hearing, JPMorgan Chase reports an additional $1 billion loss, and more.
Court Ruling May Force Advocacy Groups to Disclose Secret Donors
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9204-court-ruling-may-force-advocacy-groups-to-disclose-secret-donors
Matea Gold, The Los Angeles Times: "Election law lawyers expect most groups will now try to find alternative methods of communicating rather than reveal the sources of their funding. But just the possibility that the curtain will be pulled back to reveal who has been driving campaign-related ads has buoyed reform advocates. 'It's the first major breakthrough in overcoming the massive amounts of secret contributions that are flowing into federal elections,' said Fred Wertheimer, president of the reform group Democracy 21. 'It certainly gives us momentum.'"
Kucinich: NDAA Authorizes War Against Iran
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9206-kucinich-ndaa-authorizes-war-against-iran
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, The Office of Dennis Kucinich: "This week, Congress is considering two pieces of legislation relating to Iran. The first undermines a diplomatic solution with Iran and lowers the bar for war. The former Chief of Staff of Secretary of State Colin Powell has stated that this resolution 'reads like the same sheet of music that got us into the Iraq war.' The second authorizes a war of choice against Iran and begins military preparations for it. A plain reading of these provisions in H.R. 4310 taken together with H.R. 568 makes it clear: Congress is setting the stage for war with Iran."
Are JPMorgan's Losses a Canary in a Coal Mine?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9199-are-jpmorgans-losses-a-canary-in-a-coal-mine
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "That sound of shattered glass you've been hearing is the iconic portrait of Jamie Dimon splintering as it hits the floor of JPMorgan Chase. As the Good Book says, 'Pride goeth before a fall,' and the sleek silver-haired, too-smart-for-his-own-good CEO of America's largest bank has been turning every television show within reach into a confessional booth. Barack Obama's favorite banker faces losses of $2 billion and possibly more - all because of the complex, now-you-see-it-now-you-don't trading in exotic financial instruments that he has so ardently lobbied Congress not to regulate."
Preying on the Poor: How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9198-preying-on-the-poor-how-government-and-corporations-use-the-poor-as-piggy-banks
Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch: "It's not just the private sector that's preying on the poor. Local governments are discovering that they can partially make up for declining tax revenues through fines, fees, and other costs imposed on indigent defendants, often for crimes no more dastardly than driving with a suspended license. And if that seems like an inefficient way to make money, given the high cost of locking people up, a growing number of jurisdictions have taken to charging defendants for their court costs and even the price of occupying a jail cell."
Pilots as Lab Rats: The Reprehensible Risk-Taking on the F-22 Raptor
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9195-pilots-as-lab-rats-the-reprehensible-risk-taking-on-the-f-22-raptor
Dina Rasor, Truthout: "But the Air Force hates to admit that their highly classified stealth - their major justification for every new airplane they have bought for the last thirty years - could poison and condemn their workers, mechanics and pilots to cancer. Instead, they circled the wagons around the 'hypoxia' theory, then ordered the pilots back into the air without knowing or fixing the root cause. Asked about the danger to pilots' lives, the generals declared the risks acceptable, citing the need to keep flying to collect data in the hopes of getting to the bottom of their problem. In other words, they were comfortable with using their highly F-22 trained pilots as lab rats."
Abu Ghraib and Hiroshima by PowerPoint and Lectern
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9185-abu-ghraib-and-hiroshima-by-powerpoint-and-lectern
Michael L. Weinstein, AlterNet: "This latest revelation from JFSC constitutes an open call for the genocide of over a billion and a half men, women, and children. An 'elect nation' arrogance, wrought from the insuperable alloy of fundamentalist Christian extremism and American exceptionalism, systemically bathes the halls of the Pentagon, military academia, and our approximately 1,000 military installations scattered around the world in about 150 countries. Let us call it what it is: a racist, bigoted repugnance."
Not in My Backyard! As Local Government Attacks on Women's Health Increase, Citizens Are Fighting Back
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9201-not-in-my-backyard-as-local-government-attacks-on-womens-health-increase-citizens-are-fighting-back
Jenny Dodson, RH Reality Check: "These cases serve as strong reminders that while we keep our eyes on the state and national stages, it's important to be vigilant in our own backyards. These battles show that attacks are taking place at the local level - and advocacy here can have a direct and powerful impact. Regular people who don't have the time or energy left over at the end of their day to focus on the national battles become energized and angry when the war on women comes to their city."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
NRA Double Standard: Black Woman Sentenced to 20 Years for "Standing Her Ground" in Florida
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13505
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Marissa Alexander, a black victim of domestic violence, just received the full brunt of the racial double standard on 'Stand Your Ground' NRA/ALEC laws. In Florida, where Trayvon Martin was killed, Alexander was just sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing off a warning shot to fend off her abusive husband. It's important to note that Alexander received a sentence in jail, even though she was allegedly defending herself - and no one was hit or injured by the shot."
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Judge Blocks Enforcement of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/05/judge-enjoins-ndaa
NYPD Loses Face and First Occupy Wall Street Trial
Read the Article at RT
http://rt.com/usa/news/nypd-occupy-trial-lost-406/
The Ongoing Racket of Glenn Beck's Dog Whistles
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13503
Romney Ropes Off Media to Avoid Making Unscripted Gaffes
Read the Article at Businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-17/romney-ropes-off-media-to-avoid-making-unscripted-gaffes
Massachusetts Marks Eighth Anniversary of Gay Marriages
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/05/17/mass_marks_eighth_anniversary_of_gay_marriages/?p1=Well_Local_Links
Census: Minority Babies Are Now Majority in United States
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/census-minority-babies-are-now-majority-in-united-states/2012/05/16/gIQA1WY8UU_story.html?hpid=z1
Report: Obama Wants Tough Rules After JPMorgan Loss
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-obama-jpmorgan-idUSBRE84G07D20120517
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<p>Thursday 17 May 2012</p>
<font><strong>Mobilizing Military Moms Against NATO</strong></font><br />
Sarah Lazare, Truthout: "The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are marked by wid=
espread mental health problems among US service members, with nearly one in=
five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans reporting symptoms of PTSD or severe de=
pression. The Army's own studies show an alarming spike in Army suicides wh=
ich have soared past civilian rates These grim statistics continue to climb=
: 2011 saw the highest number of Army suicides in military history, with 16=
4 soldiers reported to have taken their lives. This coincides with a 2011 s=
pike in violent sexual assaults perpetrated by active duty soldiers, mostly=
targeting young active duty female soldiers."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
0eNFrY%2BEKb3QbQFdSy9Dvr1JzBDFUMUt"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Truthout Contributor Richard Wolff on Challenging Capitalism =
in His New Book, "Occupy the Economy"</strong></font><br />
Matt Renner, Truthout: "Can we challenge capitalism and prevail, considerin=
g that the top 1 percent control 50 percent of the available capital and th=
e top 5 percent some 70 percent of the nation's private funds? Richard Wolf=
f is a closely followed Truthout contributor on economics. Currently, you c=
an obtain his just-released 'Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism' di=
rectly from Truthout."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
5Qp%2FpAUxK1NrpykB4shUFunfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Occupy the Farm Dug In, Dug Up</strong></font><br />
Susie Cagle, Truthout: "The crowd cheered as the chains on the gates were c=
ut open and hundreds flooded onto the Gill Tract, several acres of Universi=
ty of California (UC) property that have been contested for more than a dec=
ade. They brought tools, straw, chickens in portable coops and 15,000 start=
er plants that had been growing in green houses around Northern California =
for the past several months before finding their home in this Class I soil =
in the sleepy bedroom community of Albany, just north of Berkeley. Three we=
eks later, police in riot gear raided the property, arresting nine activist=
s, including Dayaneni."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
TIDMp8mo4oMEKnf43Yg%2F3enfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Activists Win Preliminary Injunction Blocking Enforcement of =
NDAA's Military Detention Provision</strong></font><br />
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Seven journalists and activists who sued Presiden=
t Barack Obama earlier this year over the controversial indefinite detentio=
n provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) were hand=
ed a surprise victory Wednesday by a federal court judge who issued a preli=
minary injunction blocking its enforcement. Congress may go a step further.=
An amendment to the 2013 NDAA introduced by Reps. Adam Smith (D-Washington=
) and Justin Amash (R-Michigan) would eliminate the provision in the bill t=
hat authorizes indefinite military detention without trial for those captur=
ed in the US."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
1cJD2QBCTi0OVHYBKJOKh%2BnfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>GOP Super PAC Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama</strong></font=
><br />
Jim Rutenberg and Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times News Service: "A group of=
high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billion=
aire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the 's=
uper PAC' era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so f=
ar shied away from. Timed to upend the Democratic National Convention in Se=
ptember, the plan would 'do exactly what John McCain would not let us do,' =
the strategists wrote."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
CZo0KBKkSz%2FF%2FoBf75ZARunfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Arti=
cle</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Occupy Chicago Takes on the War at Home</strong></font><br />
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "In a week of action before the NATO (North Atlan=
tic Treaty Organization) summit hits Chicago, activists are connecting the =
war abroad waged by NATO and its associates with the war at home, waged by =
some of the 1 percent that are welcoming and profiting from bringing the su=
mmit to Chicago. 'What we have is a war in our communities and that war is =
done by the global 1 percent,' said Brian Bean, an activist with Occupy Chi=
cago. 'The same people that will be meeting in McCormick Place [for the sum=
mit] in a couple of days drop bomb in Afghanistan and destroy our homes her=
e in America. That is why we are here to fight back. Today we take back our=
homes, tomorrow we take back our world.'"
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
EfY5v7Hh0jh8YRNpru8yXunfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Judge Rules NDAA "Indefinite =
Detention" Provision Unconstitutional, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment: College graduates see high unemployment, nu=
clear contamination fears in Japan increase, a Washington lawmaker is barri=
ng women from an abortion bill hearing, JPMorgan Chase reports an additiona=
l $1 billion loss, and more.=20
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
AgtW6xFaQ2IvaWQ30NrRPunfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video a=
nd Read the Transcript</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Court Ruling May Force Advocacy Groups to Disclose Secret Don=
ors</strong></font><br />
Matea Gold, The Los Angeles Times: "Election law lawyers expect most groups=
will now try to find alternative methods of communicating rather than reve=
al the sources of their funding. But just the possibility that the curtain =
will be pulled back to reveal who has been driving campaign-related ads has=
buoyed reform advocates. 'It's the first major breakthrough in overcoming =
the massive amounts of secret contributions that are flowing into federal e=
lections,' said Fred Wertheimer, president of the reform group Democracy 21=
. 'It certainly gives us momentum.'"
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
zS3SXoI0onhFcJgKXf%2F9Ob1JzBDFUMUt"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Articl=
e</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Kucinich: NDAA Authorizes War Against Iran</strong></font><br=
/>
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, The Office of Dennis Kucinich: "This week, Con=
gress is considering two pieces of legislation relating to Iran. The first =
undermines a diplomatic solution with Iran and lowers the bar for war. The =
former Chief of Staff of Secretary of State Colin Powell has stated that th=
is resolution 'reads like the same sheet of music that got us into the Iraq=
war.' The second authorizes a war of choice against Iran and begins milita=
ry preparations for it. A plain reading of these provisions in H.R. 4310 ta=
ken together with H.R. 568 makes it clear: Congress is setting the stage fo=
r war with Iran."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
ttmHQh1EyjF8n%2FMWUb7znenfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video=
and Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Are JPMorgan's Losses a Canary in a Coal Mine?</strong></font=
><br />
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "That sound of shattered glass you've been heari=
ng is the iconic portrait of Jamie Dimon splintering as it hits the floor o=
f JPMorgan Chase. As the Good Book says, 'Pride goeth before a fall,' and t=
he sleek silver-haired, too-smart-for-his-own-good CEO of America's largest=
bank has been turning every television show within reach into a confession=
al booth. Barack Obama's favorite banker faces losses of $2 billion and pos=
sibly more - all because of the complex, now-you-see-it-now-you-don't tradi=
ng in exotic financial instruments that he has so ardently lobbied Congress=
not to regulate."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
3YVW4%2FghHA%2BC%2BmBnumLnL%2BnfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the =
Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Preying on the Poor: How Government and Corporations Use the =
Poor as Piggy Banks</strong></font><br />
Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch: "It's not just the private sector that's p=
reying on the poor. Local governments are discovering that they can partial=
ly make up for declining tax revenues through fines, fees, and other costs =
imposed on indigent defendants, often for crimes no more dastardly than dri=
ving with a suspended license. And if that seems like an inefficient way to=
make money, given the high cost of locking people up, a growing number of =
jurisdictions have taken to charging defendants for their court costs and e=
ven the price of occupying a jail cell."
<br /><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D=
npkVRqWqVprETjdAyl5icOnfpZn1fBSH"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article<=
/font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Pilots as Lab Rats: The Reprehensible Risk-Taking on the F-22=
Raptor</strong></font><br />
Dina Rasor, Truthout: "But the Air Force hates to admit that their highly c=
lassified stealth - their major justification for every new airplane they h=
ave bought for the last thirty years - could poison and condemn their worke=
rs, mechanics and pilots to cancer. Instead, they circled the wagons around=
the 'hypoxia' theory, then ordered the pilots back into the air without kn=
owing or fixing the root cause. Asked about the danger to pilots' lives, th=
e generals declared the risks acceptable, citing the need to keep flying to=
collect data in the hopes of getting to the bottom of their problem. In ot=
her words, they were comfortable with using their highly F-22 trained pilot=
s as lab rats."
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es an open call for the genocide of over a billion and a half men, women, a=
nd children. An 'elect nation' arrogance, wrought from the insuperable allo=
y of fundamentalist Christian extremism and American exceptionalism, system=
ically bathes the halls of the Pentagon, military academia, and our approxi=
mately 1,000 military installations scattered around the world in about 150=
countries. Let us call it what it is: a racist, bigoted repugnance."
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while we keep our eyes on the state and national stages, it's important to=
be vigilant in our own backyards. These battles show that attacks are taki=
ng place at the local level - and advocacy here can have a direct and power=
ful impact. Regular people who don't have the time or energy left over at t=
he end of their day to focus on the national battles become energized and a=
ngry when the war on women comes to their city."
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<font><strong>NRA Double Standard: Black Woman Sentenced to 20 Years for "S=
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Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Marissa Alexander, a black victim of d=
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d on 'Stand Your Ground' NRA/ALEC laws. In Florida, where Trayvon Martin wa=
s killed, Alexander was just sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing off=
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nding herself - and no one was hit or injured by the shot."
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<p><strong>The Ongoing Racket of Glenn Beck's Dog Whistles<br />
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<p><strong>Romney Ropes Off Media to Avoid Making Unscripted Gaffes<br />
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