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William Rivers Pitt | Hey, Joe
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t r u t h o u t | 10.11
William Rivers Pitt | Hey, Joe
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12047-hey-joe-the-debate-faceoff-between-biden-and-ryan
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: More than 70 million people watched last week as Obama poorly countered Mitt Romney's barrage of lies. Tonight, the political universe is looking toward Joe Biden to see if he can right the course of Obama's campaign ship.
What Everyone Needs to Know Before Watching the VP Debate
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12055-what-everyone-needs-to-know-before-watching-the-vp-debate
Annie-Rose Strasser, ThinkProgress: Get the facts straight ahead of the Vice Presidential debate with a set of 12 positions that Paul Ryan supports.
Romney's $2-Trillion Defense Increase Won't Buy More Defense, Just More Waste
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12042-romneys-$2-trillion-defense-increase-wont-buy-more-defense-just-more-waste
Dina Rasor, Truthout: Mitt Romney hopes to raise the defense budget by $2 trillion in order to purchase more Cold War-style weapons that have no relevance to our modern security threats.
Independent Observers: Venezuela's Election a Model of Democracy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12074-independent-observers-venezuelas-election-a-model-of-democracy
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: Despite media reports to the contrary, observers who monitored the election process in Venezuela say the system was free, fair, efficient and a model for democracy that bears watching.
Enterprising Cities: Left, Right and Center
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/12053-america-beyond-capitalism-book-excerpt-enterprising-cities
Gar Alperovitz, Truthout: With massive Bush-era cutbacks in federal funding hitting cities and states, the pressure is on for governments to become more entrepreneurial in order to find revenues for public services.
Nick Turse: Will Blowback From Drone Warfare End Up Killing Americans?
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/12050-will-blow-back-from-drone-warfare-end-up-killing-americans
Mark Karlin, Truthout: For many Americans, drones seem like a distant concern. However, their potential for blowback as their technology becomes available to other nations - and likely terrorist groups - may have a profound impact on making the planet less secure in the coming years.
Affirmative Action: A Tale of Two Supreme Courts
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12073-affirmative-action-a-tale-of-two-supreme-courts
Danny Weil, Truthout: As the fate of affirmative action policies in the nation's universities hangs in the balance with the US Supreme Court, the Brazilian government, backed by its own highest court, has enacted the most sweeping higher education admissions legislation in the Western Hemisphere.
Why Chavez Was Re-elected in Venezuela
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12061-why-chavez-was-re-elected
Mark Weisbrot, The International Herald Tribune: Hugo Chavez's control over the national oil industry has resulted in economic benefits that have likely played a role in his re-election.
Paul Krugman | Pain, and Not Only in Spain
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12046-pain-and-not-only-in-spain
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Europe continues to act under the false theory that the economic crisis is a fiscal issue and that austerity measures will solve the problem.
Don't Ask and Don't Tell: Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won't Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12054-dont-ask-and-dont-tell-six-critical-foreign-policy-questions-that-wont-be-raised-in-the-presidential-debates
Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch: Our disasters abroad could be thwarted if we learned from our recent history in order to avoid making the same mistakes. With this in mind. Peter Van Buren proposes six foreign policy questions for the upcoming presidential debates.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Private Health Insurers Are Preying on Medicare, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12072-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-private-health-insurers-are-preying-on-medicare-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Expect Paul Ryan to act just like Mitt Romney, private health insurers are preying on Medicare, Walmart workers strike is gaining momentum, Republican voter suppression efforts, IMF Director Christine Lagarde is beginning to walk back austerity, telecom corporations have once against escaped any sort of punishment for spying on Americans, and more.
Walmart Workers in 12 States Stage Historic Strikes, Protests Against Workplace Retaliation
http://truth-out.org/video/item/12066-wal-mart-workers-in-12-states-stage-historic-strikes-protests-against-workplace-retaliation
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy NOW!: In 12 states and 28 stores, Walmart workers have launched historic labor protests that will likely only increase.
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Romney: "We Don't Have People Who Die Because They Don't Have Insurance"
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/11/990281/romney-uninsured-hospital/
GOP Congressman Admits House GOP Cut Funding for Embassy Security: "You Have to Prioritize Things"
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/jason-chaffetz-embassy_n_1954912.html
TransCanada Transforms Area Around Tar Sands Blockade Into Police State
Read the Article at Firedoglake
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/10/10/transcanada-transforms-area-around-keystone-xl-pipeline-construction-into-police-state/
Empire and Its Consequences
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17569-empire-and-its-consequences
South Carolina Voter ID Law Blocked for 2012
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/south-carolina-voter-id-law-blocked-for-2012
House GOP Outs Undercover CIA Operation in Libya on C-SPAN
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-letting-us-in-on-a-secret/2012/10/10/ba3136ca-132b-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html?hpid=z2
Could California's Proposition 37 Kill Monsanto's GM Seeds?
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/10/california-prop-37-monsanto-gmo-labeling
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TransCanada Transforms Area Around Tar Sands Blockade Into Police State</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>South Carolina Voter ID Law Blocked for 2012</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>House GOP Outs Undercover CIA Operation in Libya on C-SPAN</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Could California's Proposition 37 Kill Monsanto's GM Seeds?</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> More than 70 million people watched last week as Obama poorly countered Mitt Romney's barrage of lies. Tonight, the political universe is looking toward Joe Biden to see if he can right the course of Obama's campaign ship. </p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QMb7qJ8Q84lCRjBWVxiezwk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=j22YPWNNZSY%2Bo%2FytTCAku%2FDVtJNoPRMt"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>What Everyone Needs to Know Before Watching the VP Debate</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Annie-Rose Strasser, ThinkProgress:</strong> Get the facts straight ahead of the Vice Presidential debate with a set of 12 positions that Paul Ryan supports.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1gwX%2FE3rbmrbeYD%2BXlVFMgk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AphzMHQVWZumQMFnoRsKZQk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Romney's $2-Trillion Defense Increase Won't Buy More Defense, Just More Waste</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dina Rasor, Truthout:</strong> Mitt Romney hopes to raise the defense budget by $2 trillion in order to purchase more Cold War-style weapons that have no relevance to our modern security threats.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Cxj3Z1vNfwrKoUwqcrY4TAk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BwSoZblGzjc%2FXp%2Bev26LSAk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Independent Observers: Venezuela's Election a Model of Democracy</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Yana Kunichoff, Truthout:</strong> Despite media reports to the contrary, observers who monitored the election process in Venezuela say the system was free, fair, efficient and a model for democracy that bears watching.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ur7FNj4F1rNW8fluf3MkGAk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B0ZrtAiHMgS5Pj%2Fn0elxzfDVtJNoPRMt"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Enterprising Cities: Left, Right and Center</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Gar Alperovitz, Truthout:</strong> With massive Bush-era cutbacks in federal funding hitting cities and states, the pressure is on for governments to become more entrepreneurial in order to find revenues for public services.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0%2BPLypmqULAOXnh31X6inAk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oOzE8Af7m%2F3pkHrUroNJ5Qk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Nick Turse: Will Blowback From Drone Warfare End Up Killing Americans?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> For many Americans, drones seem like a distant concern. However, their potential for blowback as their technology becomes available to other nations - and likely terrorist groups - may have a profound impact on making the planet less secure in the coming years.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1uDnMicvu4clyA1M682dXPDVtJNoPRMt" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sktPL0Do973gGLbAFAb%2F6gk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Affirmative Action: A Tale of Two Supreme Courts</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Danny Weil, Truthout:</strong> As the fate of affirmative action policies in the nation's universities hangs in the balance with the US Supreme Court, the Brazilian government, backed by its own highest court, has enacted the most sweeping higher education admissions legislation in the Western Hemisphere.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sOpVZLcckLgStoPYpROmlgk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BqKp9i5s5q0sXk%2FeYetuagk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why Chavez Was Re-elected in Venezuela</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mark Weisbrot, The International Herald Tribune:</strong> Hugo Chavez's control over the national oil industry has resulted in economic benefits that have likely played a role in his re-election.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1RdfivWQd3ag0rLlYOKkfQk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7wa3dQJMpNar6qKxjpOOPgk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | Pain, and Not Only in Spain</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wxKFbChQ1fcdu0or1Uk2Awk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Don't Ask and Don’t Tell: Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch:</strong> Our disasters abroad could be thwarted if we learned from our recent history in order to avoid making the same mistakes. With this in mind. Peter Van Buren proposes six foreign policy questions for the upcoming presidential debates.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=anHPo7ZEJ1UxQQnIMi76ygk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Private Health Insurers Are Preying on Medicare, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Expect Paul Ryan to act just like Mitt Romney, private health insurers are preying on Medicare, Walmart workers strike is gaining momentum, Republican voter suppression efforts, IMF Director Christine Lagarde is beginning to walk back austerity, telecom corporations have once against escaped any sort of punishment for spying on Americans, and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cNfDtwTyy17CF%2B3whkfGzQk4CgJvx%2FWP" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qCdEFXhijxY%2FFqRa9torrwk4CgJvx%2FWP"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Walmart Workers in 12 States Stage Historic Strikes, Protests Against Workplace Retaliation</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy NOW!:</strong> In 12 states and 28 stores, Walmart workers have launched historic labor protests that will likely only increase.</p>
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