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Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source
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Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13600-nuclear-roulette-the-truth-about-the-most-dangerous-energy-source-on-earth
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Author Gar Smith debunks the myths of nuclear power as a "clean, safe" source of energy and puts forward an alternative to this dangerous industry.
Protests Organized Across India Over Death of Gang Rape Victim
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13605-protests-organized-across-india-over-death-of-gang-rape-victim
Heather Timmons, Sruthi Gottipati and Anjani Trivedi, The New York Times News Service: As India awoke to the death of a 23-year-old woman, the country's young, social-network-savvy population sprang into action, organizing and advertising protests, candlelight vigils and marches across the country.
Presenting America's Top Ten Greediest of 2012
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13607-presenting-americas-top-ten-greediest-of-2012
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: Some of today's greediest are running giant multinational corporations. Some are just running their mouths. Their stories remind us just how much needs to change, economically and politically, in the year ahead.
Senate Leaders Set to Work on a Last-Minute Tax Agreement
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13604-senate-leaders-set-to-work-on-a-last-minute-tax-agreement
Jonathan Weisman and Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times News Service: If the Senate is able to produce a bill that is largely bipartisan, there is a strong belief among House Republicans that the same measure would easily pass the House, with a large number of Republicans.
Border Patrol's New Strategy Highlights Agency's Lack of Clear Direction
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13603-border-patrols-new-strategy-highlights-agencys-lack-of-clear-direction
Tom Barry, Truthout: Increasing segments of the public are more frequently condemning anti-immigrant policies and practices, and states and communities are rejecting harsh federal drug laws. Yet the border security buildup - which is almost exclusively focused on stemming immigration and on drug enforcement - continues.
New Poll Shows Surge in Support for Gun Control
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13608-new-poll-shows-surge-in-support-for-gun-control
Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times: Public support for stricter gun laws is at its highest point in eight years, but a majority of Americans still oppose an outright ban on guns.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Civil Liberties Were Once Again Defeated in the Senate on Thursday, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13606-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-civil-liberties-were-once-again-defeated-in-the-senate-on-thursday-and-more
In this week's On the News Segment: Civil liberties were defeated in the Senate on Thursday, as three amendments to bring more transparency and accountability to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) were voted down in the upper chamber; the first casualties of going over the so-called "fiscal cliff" will be more than two million unemployed Americans; Michigan Gov. Snyder signed a new financial managers law; and more.
UN's Last Stand on Arms Trade Treaty
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13609-uns-last-stand-on-arms-trade-treaty
Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service: Amidst a debate on gun control in the US, the United Nations will meet in March to finalize an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) after nearly two decades of negotiations.
Anti-Fracking Activist Discusses the Connection Between Human Rights and the Environment
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13612-anti-fracking-activist-discusses-the-connection-between-human-rights-and-the-environment
Maureen Nandini Mitra, Earth Island Journal: Environmental contamination is a human rights problem, says Sandra Steingraber. We can't change the scale of the problem, so that means you have to change the scale of your actions.
Fiscal Cliff: Going Nuclear and the Grand Betrayal
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13610-fiscal-cliff-going-nuclear-and-the-grand-betrayal
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Bill Black, an associate professor of economics and law, says the GOP threatens to use the debt ceiling as leverage to create conditions for more austerity measures by Obama.
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Bad Deal: The White House's Last-Ditch Plan Stinks
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/28/bad_deal_the_white_houses_plan_stinks/?source=newsletter
Fearful of Ban, Frenzied Buyers Swarm Gun Stores
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fearful-ban-frenzied-buyers-swarm-gun-stores-18086623#.UN8wunemrxU
Senate Votes in Favor of $60 Billion Hurricane Sandy Emergency-Spending Bill
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/274833-senate-votes-for-60b-hurricane-sandy-emergency-spending-bill
Revealed: How the FBI Coordinated the Crackdown on Occupy
Read the Article at the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/29/fbi-coordinated-crackdown-occupy
Jim Hightower | The Ten Most Outrageous Economic Calamities of 2012
Read the Article at AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/economy/ten-most-outrageous-economic-calamities-2012?akid=9873.1084699.3NNmGV&rd=1&src=newsletter768230&t=2&paging=off
Drones, Phones and Other 2012 Privacy Threats
Read the Article at Computerworld
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234896/Drones_phones_and_other_2012_privacy_threats?source=rss_keyword_edpicks&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fs%2Ffeed%2Fkeyword%2FEditorsPicks+%28Computerworld+Editors%27+Picks%29&google_editors_picks=true
The 8 Craziest Job Openings in the Military-Industrial Complex
Read the Article at Wired
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/crazy-military-jobs/?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=tumblrclickthru&pid=1731&viewall=true
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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>Drones, Phones and Other 2012 Privacy Threats</strong></p>
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<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=baLYYD%2F%2F2GrsGtFqSaEM05foaoPgJ%2FyH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</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>Heather Timmons, Sruthi Gottipati and Anjani Trivedi, The New York Times News Service:</strong> As India awoke to the death of a 23-year-old woman, the country's young, social-network-savvy population sprang into action, organizing and advertising protests, candlelight vigils and marches across the country.</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=3mDVB7rh4EE%2FwnrYXDtSm3cUGs8dSHG1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</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>Sam Pizzigati, Too Much:</strong> Some of today’s greediest are running giant multinational corporations. Some are just running their mouths. Their stories remind us just how much needs to change, economically and politically, in the year ahead.</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=OftcAox94B56OrfnEAVtLpfoaoPgJ%2FyH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</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=EryKFKRD%2FWt3r4GdxUzGO5foaoPgJ%2FyH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Border Patrol's New Strategy Highlights Agency's Lack of Clear Direction</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>Tom Barry, Truthout:</strong> Increasing segments of the public are more frequently condemning anti-immigrant policies and practices, and states and communities are rejecting harsh federal drug laws. Yet the border security buildup - which is almost exclusively focused on stemming immigration and on drug enforcement - continues.</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=ep2UUlpjKH%2B0zAmeNef83ZfoaoPgJ%2FyH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Civil Liberties Were Once Again Defeated in the Senate on Thursday, 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> Civil liberties were defeated in the Senate on Thursday, as three amendments to bring more transparency and accountability to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) were voted down in the upper chamber; the first casualties of going over the so-called "fiscal cliff" will be more than two million unemployed Americans; Michigan Gov. Snyder signed a new financial managers law; 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=JgXhQWOcC7tyLhBI5eT4apfoaoPgJ%2FyH" 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=mzxYrxJhGMO6DsWrqqtw35foaoPgJ%2FyH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>UN's Last Stand on Arms Trade Treaty</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>Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service:</strong> Amidst a debate on gun control in the US, the United Nations will meet in March to finalize an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) after nearly two decades of negotiations.</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=i1EPsVUNhgRP4jTgCe2fspfoaoPgJ%2FyH" 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=Y4eKIpqUNJ2feSFrAYKtPZfoaoPgJ%2FyH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Anti-Fracking Activist Discusses the Connection Between Human Rights and the Environment</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>Maureen Nandini Mitra, Earth Island Journal:</strong> Environmental contamination is a human rights problem, says Sandra Steingraber. We can’t change the scale of the problem, so that means you have to change the scale of your actions.</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=ByhVva%2BqESnRXdqSILWdOJfoaoPgJ%2FyH" 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=%2BkVW6ixQxz05VplQMXk4SZfoaoPgJ%2FyH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Fiscal Cliff: Going Nuclear and the Grand Betrayal</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> Bill Black, an associate professor of economics and law, says the GOP threatens to use the debt ceiling as leverage to create conditions for more austerity measures by Obama.</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=VdEqy7vkLbf6x0i7vrzIm5foaoPgJ%2FyH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
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