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Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?
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10.19
Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12204-does-the-romney-family-now-own-your-e-vote
Gerry Bello, Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press: The Romneys have a direct financial interest in notoriously faulty voting machines that could decide this fall's election in the swing state of Ohio.
Dream Defenders Challenge Candidates to Tackle the "War on Youth" in Next Debate
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12208-dream-defenders-challenge-candidates-to-tackle-the-war-on-youth-in-next-debate
Sarah Jaffe, Truthout: In Boca Raton on Monday, the presidential candidates will be greeted by young activists with questions not covered in the debates - about a broken criminal justice system, an education system that leaves young people in debt for life, about immigrant detention centers and for-profit prisons.
America's Media Just Made Vote-Rigging Easier
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12213-americas-media-just-made-vote-rigging-easier
Victoria Collier, Truthout: Stealing your vote is easier than ever now that the media has decided it can't afford the exit polling that helped track irregular ballot counts in more than a third of the states. Here's why it's important, and what you can do.
The Romneys Don't Make Money; Their Money Makes Money
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12201-the-romneys-dont-make-money-their-money-makes-money
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: Entrepreneurs do create new value in the world and keep some portion of that value as a reward for their originality, risk-taking and hard work. But the Romneys are not entrepreneurs: They are rentiers - people "who siphon off wealth created elsewhere in the economy."
Atlanta Police, Occupy Activists Team Up to Defend Detective's Home
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12175-atlanta-police-occupy-activists-team-up-to-defend-detectives-home
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Teaming up with the local Occupy group, Atlanta police have formed an unlikely alliance to save a former police detective's foreclosed home. Occupy Our Homes activists hope support from local police could prevent an eviction.
The Dirty Dozen: The Top 12 Election Issues Nobody Is Talking About
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12209-the-dirty-dozen-the-top-12-election-issues-nobody-is-talking-about
Michael I. Niman, ArtVoice: I'm sick of endless pontificating about body language at debates, who "connects" with voters, or any other nonsense that diverts us from discussing crucially import issues. Here are 12 issues that should be central to political debates and discussions but are being ignored or fatally downplayed by our media and politicians.
Greg Palast | Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12210-greg-palast-mitt-romneys-bailout-bonanza
Greg Palast, The Nation: Mitt Romney may indeed have wanted to let Detroit die. But if the auto industry was going to be bailed out after all, the Romneys apparently couldn't resist getting in on a piece of the action, to the tune of a $15.3 million personal gain.
Getting Elections Right in Venezuela and the US
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12192-getting-elections-right-in-venezuela-and-the-us
Antonio Gonzalez, Truthout: The US could learn a thing or two from Venezuela when it comes to elections. Unlike the US, Venezuela encourages voter registration to all people, elections are held on Sundays for greater participation and ballots are easy to audit.
How Obama Can Smoke Out Mitt: Call for Breaking Up the Biggest Banks, and Resurrecting Glass-Steagall
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12212-how-obama-can-smoke-out-mitt-call-for-breaking-up-the-biggest-banks-and-resurrecting-glass-steagall
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: The President should counter Romney's extraordinary solicitude toward Wall Street with a proposal to cap the size of the nation's biggest banks so that no bank is ever again too big to fail; and to resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act, which once separated commercial from investment banking.
Alberta Tar Sands Illegal Under Treaty 8, First Nations Charge
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12205-alberta-tar-sands-illegal-under-treaty-8-first-nations-charge
Kristin Moe, Yes! Magazine: In 1899, First Nations in northern Alberta signed a treaty with Queen Victoria that enshrined their right to practice traditional lifeways. Today, it's the basis for a legal challenge to Shell Oil's mining of tar sands.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
DOMA Defeat Is a Victory for Marriage for All
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17584-doma-defeat-is-a-victory-for-marriage-for-all
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: At 83, Edith Windsor finally got the victory she sought: a defense of marriage equality, regardless of gender.
Man Tied to Virginia GOP Arrested for Voter Registration Form Destruction
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/colin_small_virginia_gop_voter_registration_fraud.php
CIA Seeks to Expand Drone Fleet, Officials Say
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-seeks-to-expand-drone-fleet-officials-say/2012/10/18/01149a8c-1949-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html?wpisrc=al_national
William Rivers Pitt | The Short Truth of Mitt Romney
View the Image at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17581-william-rivers-pitt-l-the-short-truth-of-mitt-romney
Paul Krugman | Snow Job on Jobs
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/opinion/krugman-snow-job-on-jobs.html?_r=0
Romney Cites Study Based on Repealing Almost All Middle Class Tax Breaks to Bolster His Tax Plan
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/10/19/1046711/romney-tax-study-repeal/
GOP Rep. Joe Walsh: Abortion Never Saves Mom's Life
Read the Article at Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82620.html
Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Is Showing Progress
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/20/world/europe/pakistani-schoolgirl-shot-by-taliban-showing-progress.html?hp
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>At 83, Edith Windsor finally got the victory she sought: a defense of marriage equality, regardless of gender.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S09JKQWrwABW0kwK3nkwC1rHAtv8rM0l" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></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>Man Tied to Virginia GOP Arrested for Voter Registration Form Destruction</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>CIA Seeks to Expand Drone Fleet, Officials Say</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>William Rivers Pitt | The Short Truth of Mitt Romney</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>Paul Krugman | Snow Job on Jobs</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>Romney Cites Study Based on Repealing Almost All Middle Class Tax Breaks to Bolster His Tax Plan</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>GOP Rep. Joe Walsh: Abortion Never Saves Mom's Life</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>Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Is Showing Progress</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>Gerry Bello, Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press:</strong> The Romneys have a direct financial interest in notoriously faulty voting machines that could decide this fall's election in the swing state of Ohio.</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=fZjU2YcTkgjgXMkXjSD%2F01rHAtv8rM0l" 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=K4L22YXNY6ZFM%2FMYS0HfUlrHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Dream Defenders Challenge Candidates to Tackle the "War on Youth" in Next 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>Sarah Jaffe, Truthout:</strong> In Boca Raton on Monday, the presidential candidates will be greeted by young activists with questions not covered in the debates - about a broken criminal justice system, an education system that leaves young people in debt for life, about immigrant detention centers and for-profit prisons.</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=E5zlQEsoRiejglvF0h3CiVrHAtv8rM0l" 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=L7IoikiFaMA2yXOJztiD7VrHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>America's Media Just Made Vote-Rigging Easier</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>Victoria Collier, Truthout:</strong> Stealing your vote is easier than ever now that the media has decided it can't afford the exit polling that helped track irregular ballot counts in more than a third of the states. Here's why it's important, and what you can do.</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=9xOuIcQDb4vo6dvGYifRQFrHAtv8rM0l" 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=VAWaab7prLuHLBdHFUCy%2BVrHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Romneys Don't Make Money; Their Money Makes Money</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>Salvatore Babones, Truthout:</strong> Entrepreneurs do create new value in the world and keep some portion of that value as a reward for their originality, risk-taking and hard work. But the Romneys are not entrepreneurs: They are rentiers - people "who siphon off wealth created elsewhere in the economy."</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=jZhabr34PLmWiScegxwtuVrHAtv8rM0l" 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=4G%2FDTZg5w8IKRjBjymHMvlrHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Atlanta Police, Occupy Activists Team Up to Defend Detective's Home</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Teaming up with the local Occupy group, Atlanta police have formed an unlikely alliance to save a former police detective’s foreclosed home. Occupy Our Homes activists hope support from local police could prevent an eviction.</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=m1gvnsX1Gwam13vX4rnV1lrHAtv8rM0l" 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=oD3FKjojxBNKpHmiuiqopsPHkp%2FbW8f7"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Dirty Dozen: The Top 12 Election Issues Nobody Is Talking About</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>Michael I. Niman, ArtVoice:</strong> I'm sick of endless pontificating about body language at debates, who "connects" with voters, or any other nonsense that diverts us from discussing crucially import issues. Here are 12 issues that should be central to political debates and discussions but are being ignored or fatally downplayed by our media and politicians.</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=bKAYUsNa0TBd28y9HFKqxlrHAtv8rM0l" 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=03jW0IFlEGAAzaoxKgX6QFrHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Greg Palast | Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza</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>Greg Palast, The Nation:</strong> Mitt Romney may indeed have wanted to let Detroit die. But if the auto industry was going to be bailed out after all, the Romneys apparently couldn’t resist getting in on a piece of the action, to the tune of a $15.3 million personal gain.</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=iK0Lrq7n5Owe0xN0EndnGsPHkp%2FbW8f7" 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=633JiZ1cl%2BViHO9NfTRze1rHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Getting Elections Right in Venezuela and the US</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>Antonio Gonzalez, Truthout:</strong> The US could learn a thing or two from Venezuela when it comes to elections. Unlike the US, Venezuela encourages voter registration to all people, elections are held on Sundays for greater participation and ballots are easy to audit.</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=WAsAWfmSYLpo9ktdhCkIaVrHAtv8rM0l" 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=p1TnNKG4jhn9IjR%2Fo9IMCFrHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How Obama Can Smoke Out Mitt: Call for Breaking Up the Biggest Banks, and Resurrecting Glass-Steagall</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>Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog:</strong> The President should counter Romney's extraordinary solicitude toward Wall Street with a proposal to cap the size of the nation's biggest banks so that no bank is ever again too big to fail; and to resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act, which once separated commercial from investment banking.</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=ktmsymNxFIcC%2FFAmCu13aVrHAtv8rM0l" 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=bqWYYIsDS%2F6%2Bscrf1roZMFrHAtv8rM0l"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Alberta Tar Sands Illegal Under Treaty 8, First Nations Charge</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>Kristin Moe, Yes! Magazine:</strong> In 1899, First Nations in northern Alberta signed a treaty with Queen Victoria that enshrined their right to practice traditional lifeways. Today, it’s the basis for a legal challenge to Shell Oil’s mining of tar sands.</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=y3BqU%2FIkwr%2BYEMNxudmpmVrHAtv8rM0l" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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