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Latif Autopsy Report Calls Gitmo Death a Suicide: Questions Remain
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t r u t h o u t | 11.26
Latif Autopsy Report Calls Gitmo Death a Suicide: Questions Remain
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12967-latif-autopsy-report-calls-gitmo-death=
-a-suicide-mystery-endures
Jason Leopold, Truthout: The cause of death has been ruled a suicide, the m=
anner of death has not yet been disclosed. The list of unanswered questions=
grows.
Will the FCC Give Rupert Murdoch the Powerful Gift of Media Consolidation?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12882-will-the-fcc-give-rupert-murdoch-the-p=
owerful-gift-of-media-consolidation=20
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is consi=
dering changes to media cross-ownership rules that watchdogs say could good=
give Rupert Murdoch's massive conglomerate News Corporation the go-ahead =
to acquire more big media outlets.
If the Budget Debate Had a Nate Silver =20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12950-if-the-budget-debate-had-a-nate-sil=
ver=20
Dean Baker, Truthout: A Nate Silver of the budget debates might force peopl=
e on both sides to acknowledge that the large short-term budget deficits ar=
e simply the result of the economic downturn caused by the collapse of the =
housing bubble.
After Black Friday's Strikes, What's Next for Walmart? =20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12968-after-black-fridays-strikes-whats-n=
ext-for-walmart=20
John Logan, Truthout: For the first time in its half-century history, Walma=
rt is facing labor strife that will not leave the company unchanged. =20
Obama Has Power but Risks Republican Wrath Gaining Mideast Peace =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12969-let-it-begin-with-me-republicans-th=
wart-mideast-peace
Ira Chernus, Truthout: Barack Obama may call the shots in the Middle East, =
but investigations reveal a curious conundrum about who calls the foreign p=
olicy shots in the US. The GOP blocks peace.
The Obama Election: Lessons for a Political Movement =20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12852-the-obama-election-lessons-for-a-po=
litical-movement=20
Harriet Fraad, Truthout: Obama was elected to arrest US fascism, not becaus=
e he can deliver hope, jobs, prosperity or a fulfilling life to the majorit=
y who elected him; but that majority can become a movement that will achie=
ve those goals.
Chris Hedges | Stand Still for the Apocalypse =20
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12949-chris-hedges-stand-still-for-the-apoca=
lypse=20
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: The continued failure to respond aggressively to cl=
imate change will mean that the planet will inevitably warm by at least 4 d=
egrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, ushering=
in an apocalypse.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Florida Republicans Admit to Planned Voter =
Suppression, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12971-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-up-to-1=
0000-us-troops-to-remain-in-afghanistan-after-2014-and-more
In today's On the News segment: As many as 10,000 US troops and several tho=
usand NATO troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2014 to "assist" with Afgha=
n security forces and police; a number of Republicans have come forward in =
recent days to disavow Grover Norquists's pledge to never raise taxes; Repu=
blicans in Florida confess the whole plan on Election Day was to suppress v=
oters; and more.
Help Obama Find His Shoes=20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12964-help-obama-find-his-shoes =
=20
Amy Dean, In These Times: Obama once promised to stand with workers on the =
issue of collective bargaining rights. Progressives need to pressure Obama =
to stick up for workers as promised.
Walmart's Hunger Games =20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12970-walmarts-hunger-games=20
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Walmart hosts its very own "Hu=
nger Games" every Black Friday, waged by poor and working class people - to=
get discounted appliances, clothes and toys for their kids. But this time =
the working poor are fighting back.
As Gaza Is Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC's Role =20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12935-as-gaza-is-savaged-again-understand=
ing-the-bbcs-role=20
John Pilger, Truthout: In the Middle East, the Israeli state has successful=
ly intimidated the BBC into presenting the theft of Palestinian land and th=
e caging, torturing and killing of its people as an intractable "conflict" =
between equals.
It's Mostly Punishment: Testimonies by Veterans of the Israeli Defense Forc=
es From Gaza =20
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12956-it%E2%80%99s-mostly-punishment-testimo=
nies-by-veterans-of-the-israeli-defense-forces-from-gaza =20
Oded Naaman, TomDispatch: Among the people best qualified to correct our mi=
sconceptions of the situation in the Middle East are the individuals who ha=
ve been charged with executing a state's policies - in this case, Israeli s=
oldiers themselves.
The Fiscal Cliff Is an Artificial Crisis
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12957-the-fiscal-cliff-is-an-artificial-cris=
is=20
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: There isn't any cliff to go off, but for p=
eople who believe that a crisis is an opportunity, in order to get the oppo=
rtunity to shift the taxes more onto the middle class, they have to call it=
a crisis, says Michael Hudson.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Most American Voters Elected a Democratic House, but We Got a Tea Party Con=
gress
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17656-most-american-voters-e=
lected-a-democratic-house-but-we-got-a-tea-party-congress
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The majority doesn't always rule. Take =
Congress, for example.The Tea Party is still holding America hostage, even =
though more Americans voted for Democrats for the House.
Corporate Payrolls Dwarf the Take-Home Pay of Working Stiffs=20
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17655-corporate-payrolls=
-dwarf-the-take-home-pay-of-working-stiffs
Supreme Court Blocks Illinois Law Prohibiting Taping of Police
Read the Article at the Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-supreme-court-rejects=
-plea-to-prohibit-taping-of-police-20121126,0,686331.story?track=3Drss
Congress Damns Corzine but Lets Him off the Hook
Read the Article at Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-25/congress-damns-corzine-but-lets-hi=
m-off-the-hook.html
US Plans to Keep 10,000 Troops in Afghanistan After 2014
Read the Article at the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/26/us-afghanistan-troops-10000-lon=
gterm
Paul Krugman: Fighting Fiscal Phantoms and Ulterior Motives
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/opinion/krugman-fighting-fiscal-phantoms.=
html
Melinda Gates: Why Birth Control Is Still a Big Idea
Read the Article at Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/26/why_birth_control_is_still=
_a_big_idea
The Supreme Court Justices This Week Will Decide Whether to Rule on Whether=
Gays and Lesbians Have a Constitutional Right to Marry=20
Read the Article at The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019765490_samesexbenefits26.html
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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>The majority doesn't always rule. Take Congress, for example.The Tea Party is still holding America hostage, even though more Americans voted for Democrats for the House.</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>Congress Damns Corzine but Lets Him off the Hook</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>US Plans to Keep 10,000 Troops in Afghanistan After 2014</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: Fighting Fiscal Phantoms and Ulterior Motives</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>Melinda Gates: Why Birth Control Is Still a Big Idea</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>The Supreme Court Justices This Week Will Decide Whether to Rule on Whether Gays and Lesbians Have a Constitutional Right to Marry</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AfGdsHTFYt4lopnCmGeDy6zSkp6B5G0W"><strong>Read the Article at The Seattle Times</strong></a></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>Jason Leopold, Truthout:</strong> The cause of death has been ruled a suicide, the manner of death has not yet been disclosed. The list of unanswered questions grows.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Nu623ORVxAxnKKH2jGGOwazSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YMiCppWMyibeuJMEfStyPazSkp6B5G0W"><strong>Will the FCC Give Rupert Murdoch the Powerful Gift of Media Consolidation?</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> The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering changes to media cross-ownership rules that watchdogs say could good give Rupert Murdoch's massive conglomerate News Corporation the go-ahead to acquire more big media outlets.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cDjEUWtXWY37UZIq%2BmcCdazSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nE1xvjS%2BEVpqqGFhEMiNsqzSkp6B5G0W"><strong>If the Budget Debate Had a Nate Silver</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>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> A Nate Silver of the budget debates might force people on both sides to acknowledge that the large short-term budget deficits are simply the result of the economic downturn caused by the collapse of the housing bubble.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gB8hCM4cN7AX%2B1wEvbyPQqzSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wniG0zAC4LHG21k5%2FO9Y4azSkp6B5G0W"><strong>After Black Friday's Strikes, What's Next for Walmart?</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>John Logan, Truthout:</strong> For the first time in its half-century history, Walmart is facing labor strife that will not leave the company unchanged.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HKrDJLwpNgtL8utT78InOKzSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uyi9qTXbZiawlfe1qijmNKzSkp6B5G0W"><strong>Obama Has Power but Risks Republican Wrath Gaining Mideast Peace </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>Ira Chernus, Truthout:</strong> Barack Obama may call the shots in the Middle East, but investigations reveal a curious conundrum about who calls the foreign policy shots in the US. The GOP blocks peace.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2tjVXRAKPdHSjesjK1xHdM%2FNccrK0Xua"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ty3tDImT0QKdZVfspTbRu6zSkp6B5G0W"><strong>The Obama Election: Lessons for a Political Movement</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>Harriet Fraad, Truthout:</strong> Obama was elected to arrest US fascism, not because he can deliver hope, jobs, prosperity or a fulfilling life to the majority who elected him; but that majority can become a movement that will achieve those goals.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8WwjTIxxOQEsiqiAeaJS56zSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=j1TKYqQF%2F%2BzJmNrFOM2ndKzSkp6B5G0W"><strong>Chris Hedges | Stand Still for the Apocalypse</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>Chris Hedges, Truthdig:</strong> The continued failure to respond aggressively to climate change will mean that the planet will inevitably warm by at least 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, ushering in an apocalypse.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=R83B0U%2F9JgeWqVHiWKkLqqzSkp6B5G0W"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Florida Republicans Admit to Planned Voter Suppression, 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> As many as 10,000 US troops and several thousand NATO troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2014 to "assist" with Afghan security forces and police; a number of Republicans have come forward in recent days to disavow Grover Norquists's pledge to never raise taxes; Republicans in Florida confess the whole plan on Election Day was to suppress voters; and more.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Xk7V4edXvE8qAmz1Qe%2FQyqzSkp6B5G0W"><strong>Help Obama Find His Shoes</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 Dean, In These Times:</strong> Obama once promised to stand with workers on the issue of collective bargaining rights. Progressives need to pressure Obama to stick up for workers as promised.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CYLdDs2cYCut27A5vWBwQ6zSkp6B5G0W"><strong>Walmart's Hunger Games</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>Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take:</strong> Walmart hosts its very own "Hunger Games" every Black Friday, waged by poor and working class people - to get discounted appliances, clothes and toys for their kids. But this time the working poor are fighting back.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dy3Al8kpUB1hOr%2F0bZlhKazSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qb1HewXdL1aAXCzw918KIqzSkp6B5G0W"><strong>As Gaza Is Savaged Again, Understanding the BBC's Role </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>John Pilger, Truthout:</strong> In the Middle East, the Israeli state has successfully intimidated the BBC into presenting the theft of Palestinian land and the caging, torturing and killing of its people as an intractable "conflict" between equals.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tA50yW9yu9xqP9NukjZyTqzSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=73dr3pAFIePUvRFwDPAc3S%2FFwOTxU1%2Fo"><strong>It's Mostly Punishment: Testimonies by Veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces From Gaza</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>Oded Naaman, TomDispatch:</strong> Among the people best qualified to correct our misconceptions of the situation in the Middle East are the individuals who have been charged with executing a state’s policies - in this case, Israeli soldiers themselves.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=W9AdXHLizJFzOp3%2F4PhpKazSkp6B5G0W"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wpz5vowDWu5GzZcqiRpLdazSkp6B5G0W"><strong>The Fiscal Cliff Is an Artificial Crisis</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>Paul Jay, The Real News Network:</strong> There isn't any cliff to go off, but for people who believe that a crisis is an opportunity, in order to get the opportunity to shift the taxes more onto the middle class, they have to call it a crisis, says Michael Hudson.</p>
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