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Fiscal Cliff: Let's Call Their Bluff!
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Fiscal Cliff: Let's Call Their Bluff!
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13401-fiscal-cliff-fiscal-cliff-lets-call=
-their-bluff
Ellen Brown, Truthout: Desperate times call for radical measures. Here are =
seven "outside the box" strategies to consider that just might work.
Former Oil Executive, Doctors and Scientists Urge Obama to Wait on Fracking=
Exports Plan
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13413-former-oil-executive-doctors-and-scien=
tists-urge-obama-to-halt-fracking-exports
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: For the first time ever, the US has the ability to b=
ecome a major exporter of natural gas, courtesy of the fracking boom. Scien=
tists, doctors, environmentalists and former industry insiders, however, ar=
e demanding time for researchers to first consider the potential impacts to=
local communities.
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Washington's Revolving Door: As Old as Li=
ncoln
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13431-washingtons-revolving-door-as-old-as-l=
incoln
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: The actual revolving doo=
r may not have been invented until 1888, more than 20 years after Lincoln's=
death, but the principle already was firmly in place back then and still t=
urning 'round today, especially among departing members of the House.
Republicans Debating Republicans: Social Welfare Cuts
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13438-fiscal-cliff-republicans-debating-r=
epublicans=20
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: With Obama putting Social Secu=
rity on the "fiscal cliff" negotiation table, we're debating which social w=
elfare programs will expire. This is the sort of debate you'd expect to see=
between a center-right Republican and far-right Republican - not between a=
Democrat and a Republican.
Report: Serious Allegations of Abuse by FBI and Other Agencies in World Cup=
Bombing Investigation
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13417-report-serious-allegations-of-abuse-by=
-fbi-and-other-agencies-in-world-cup-bombing-investigation
Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout: A new report from the Open Society Justice Initiati=
ve finds allegations that US officials - possibly including FBI officials -=
abused World Cup bombing suspects in Uganda credible enough to require "in=
dependent, impartial and transparent investigation."
How to Prevent Mass Shootings
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13351-how-to-prevent-mass-shootings-a-cas=
e-in-point
James L. Knoll IV, Truthout: Psychiatry alone cannot solve the tragic probl=
em of mass murder. Careful reflection on gun control laws, responsible medi=
a reporting and heroic reporting by intimates of potential perpetrators cou=
ld help.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The New Defense Act Will Not Include an Ame=
ndment to Protect Americans From Indefinite Detention, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13440-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-the-new=
-ndaa-will-not-include-an-amendment-to-protect-americans-from-indefinite-de=
tention-and-more
In this week's On the News Segment: The new National Defense Authorization =
Act (NDAA) will not include an amendment to protect American citizens from =
indefinite military detention; another shooting in Florida, and another deb=
ate over the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law; New Jersey could =
be the next state to legalize marijuana; and more.
The Racist Roots of "Right-to-Work" Laws
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13432-the-racist-roots-of-right-to-work-laws
Chris Kromm, Institute for Southern Studies: While Michigan's momentous dec=
ision has received widespread media attention, little has been said about t=
he origins of "right-to-work" laws, which find their roots in extreme pro-s=
egregationist and anti-communist elements in the 1940s South.
Class War Redux: How the American Right Embraced Marxist Struggle
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13424-class-war-redux-how-the-american-ri=
ght-embraced-marxist-struggle
Richard D. Wolff, the Guardian: Predictions that class struggle was a pass=
=C3=A9 concept have been proved wrong. Quite the contrary: Both the politic=
al right and left place multiple, contested analyses at the center of polit=
ics today.
Michael Moore | "Americans Kill People": Newtown Shootings and the US Cultu=
re of Violence
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13429-michael-moore-americans-kill-people-ne=
wtown-mass-shootings-and-the-us-culture-of-violence
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Legendary filmmaker Michael Moore delivers a s=
peech just hours after the Newtown, Massachusetts massacre, citing the Unit=
ed States' culture of (and acceptance of) violence in many forms as an unfo=
rtunate legacy.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Playgrounds, Not Burial Grounds for Children, in Newtown and Throughout Ame=
rica
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17705-playgrounds-not-bu=
rial-grounds-for-children-in-newtown-and-throughout-america
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It is long past time that we ensure pla=
ygrounds for our children do not become burial grounds. The enablers of thi=
s death and injury are not enemies from abroad, but advocates of gun lethal=
ity from within.
It's Christmas: The Prince of Peace Would Condemn the NRA
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17703-it-s-christmas-the-pri=
nce-of-peace-would-condemn-the-nra
Chart of the Day: Poor Elderly Women to Get Screwed in Fiscal Cliff Deal
Read the Article at Feministing
http://feministing.com/2012/12/19/chart-of-the-day-poor-elderly-women-to-ge=
t-screwed-in-fiscal-cliff-deal/
Australian Gun Control Holds Lessons for US
Read the Article at USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/12/18/gun-control-port-arthur/17=
78519/
Robert Reich: Remember the Children
Read the Article at Robert Reich's Blog
http://robertreich.org/post/38172048589
Senators Review November Voting Problems
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOTING_WOES_CONGRESS?SITE=3DAP&SE=
CTION=3DHOME&TEMPLATE=3DDEFAULT&CTIME=3D2012-12-19-03-16-12
Wacky Gun Laws and Self-Serving Right-Wing Orators
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17704-wacky-gun-laws-and-sel=
f-serving-right-wing-orators
Female Afghan Cops Say They Are Raped by Fellow Officers
Read the Article at Reuters
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/19/16014720-female-afghan-cops-s=
ay-they-are-raped-molested-by-fellow-officers?lite
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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>Playgrounds, Not Burial Grounds for Children, in Newtown and Throughout America </strong></p>
<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>It is long past time that we ensure playgrounds for our children do not become burial grounds. The enablers of this death and injury are not enemies from abroad, but advocates of gun lethality from within.</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=DGN9fO%2BuVadCUnlHikmeIk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>It's Christmas: The Prince of Peace Would Condemn the NRA</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=FswDMThPMq1%2Fz2JXIUA43002AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Chart of the Day: Poor Elderly Women to Get Screwed in Fiscal Cliff Deal</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=6gqZeZUuATwuH7YPWkTABk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the Article at Feministing</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Australian Gun Control Holds Lessons for US</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=Ij761dGaxPt1GxMRjLXe4E02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the Article at USA Today</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Robert Reich: Remember the Children</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=tFnO7zURfwI%2FSzgyBcalUE02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the Article at Robert Reich's Blog</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Senators Review November Voting Problems</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=1AdFwAj3FGLl3NahiDt3lE02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the Article at the Associated Press</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Wacky Gun Laws and Self-Serving Right-Wing Orators</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=WObsdihyZzn1nCJdJvZOT002AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Female Afghan Cops Say They Are Raped by Fellow Officers</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=AcHDDk4ltN8NVbJYfu1qAE02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</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>Ellen Brown, Truthout:</strong> Desperate times call for radical measures. Here are seven "outside the box" strategies to consider that just might work.</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=Cpa%2B3fHWN0XOecy%2FeiIcYU02AuuW6gtB"><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=6i3gWDNYBIyFq9zQ%2FL6Brk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Former Oil Executive, Doctors and Scientists Urge Obama to Wait on Fracking Exports Plan</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> For the first time ever, the US has the ability to become a major exporter of natural gas, courtesy of the fracking boom. Scientists, doctors, environmentalists and former industry insiders, however, are demanding time for researchers to first consider the potential impacts to local communities.</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=Zm5aMcC2Fnhxvfgq34mxZE02AuuW6gtB"><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=aF%2FS0oeyQ1t1Dbp5gANEQk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Washington's Revolving Door: As Old as Lincoln</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>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> The actual revolving door may not have been invented until 1888, more than 20 years after Lincoln's death, but the principle already was firmly in place back then and still turning 'round today, especially among departing members of the House.</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=QGHOh2RLA5RSslDWfv9KP002AuuW6gtB"><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=GrCzpfgfg8q%2BXmneX%2B4Jtk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Republicans Debating Republicans: Social Welfare Cuts</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> With Obama putting Social Security on the "fiscal cliff" negotiation table, we're debating which social welfare programs will expire. This is the sort of debate you'd expect to see between a center-right Republican and far-right Republican - not between a Democrat and a Republican.</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=HGPfbaGRL4HfliZh0zBoXWSPI4AyKRMJ"><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=sNdp%2FfIoCP0gH8liCVuRlk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Report: Serious Allegations of Abuse by FBI and Other Agencies in World Cup Bombing Investigation</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>Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout:</strong> A new report from the Open Society Justice Initiative finds allegations that US officials - possibly including FBI officials - abused World Cup bombing suspects in Uganda credible enough to require "independent, impartial and transparent investigation.</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=lXJQ%2FEtlhDDCvwKhBVoJ4002AuuW6gtB"><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=TP%2Bn0Epp22EOePgkhVfFn002AuuW6gtB"><strong>How to Prevent Mass Shootings</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>James L. Knoll IV, Truthout:</strong> Psychiatry alone cannot solve the tragic problem of mass murder. Careful reflection on gun control laws, responsible media reporting and heroic reporting by intimates of potential perpetrators could help.</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=HGPfbaGRL4HB9ZG0YsZpaGSPI4AyKRMJ"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: The New Defense Act Will <em>Not</em> Include an Amendment to Protect Americans From Indefinite Detention, 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 this week's On the News Segment:</strong> The new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will <em>not</em> include an amendment to protect American citizens from indefinite military detention; another shooting in Florida, and another debate over the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law; New Jersey could be the next state to legalize marijuana; 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=X266KPx1le4aTSZ9MLIBpmSPI4AyKRMJ"><strong>The Racist Roots of "Right-to-Work" Laws</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 Kromm, Institute for Southern Studies:</strong> While Michigan's momentous decision has received widespread media attention, little has been said about the origins of "right-to-work" laws, which find their roots in extreme pro-segregationist and anti-communist elements in the 1940s South.</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=WClpmZEopEAgP3pM5iUCDk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Class War Redux: How the American Right Embraced Marxist Struggle</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>Richard D. Wolff, the Guardian:</strong> Predictions that class struggle was a passé concept have been proved wrong. Quite the contrary: Both the political right and left place multiple, contested analyses at the center of politics today.</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=HcsM4AXaH2PB5VCcbIBVxk02AuuW6gtB"><strong>Michael Moore | "Americans Kill People": Newtown Shootings and the US Culture of Violence</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, Democracy Now!:</strong> Legendary filmmaker Michael Moore delivers a speech just hours after the Newtown, Massachusetts massacre, citing the United States' culture of (and acceptance of) violence in many forms as an unfortunate legacy.</p>
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