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Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman
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t r u t h o u t | 01.02
Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman Sachs to Disney to NASCAR
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13648-eight-corporate-subsidies-in-the-fiscal-cliff-bill-from-goldman-sachs-to-disney-to-nascar
Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism: This is what the fiscal cliff is about - who gets the money.... So without further ado, here are eight corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you haven't heard of.
Debt Versus Democracy: A Battle for the Future
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13656-debt-versus-democracy-a-battle-for-the-future
Marisa Holmes, Truthout: In the US and Europe, the movement of squares has responded to attacks on the social good by debt resistance and direct democracy. In assemblies, mic checks and self-organization, they demonstrated that another world is possible. Now the movement is articulating full-scale resistance.
Who Won in the Fiscal Cliff Deal?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13651-who-won-in-the-fiscal-cliff-deal
Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: The fiscal cliff deal is a deal for the comfortable; those of us who have good jobs and advanced degrees can be satisfied. For the 80 percent of Americans who don't, it's just more bad news.
Obama's Tax Threshold Concession Bodes Ill for Debt Ceiling Talks
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13664-obamas-tax-threshold-concession-bodes-ill-for-debt-ceiling-talks
Dean Baker, the Guardian: The president won re-election promising to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000. Now he's already capitulating.
Robert Reich | The Ongoing War: After the Battle Over the Cliff, the Battle Over the Debt Ceiling
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13652-the-ongoing-war-after-the-battle-over-the-cliff-the-battle-over-the-debt-ceiling
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: The single biggest failure of the White House and the Democrats in the cliff negotiations was not getting Republicans' agreement to raise the debt ceiling. The battle over the fiscal cliff is over, but the trench warfare will continue.
The Latest Effort to Fix Election Results: Rig the Electoral College
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13665-the-latest-effort-to-fix-election-results-rig-the-electoral-college
Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: The proposed changes to how electoral votes will be allocated are only the latest effort by Wisconsin Republicans to twist the democratic process for partisan gain.
Austerity: The Phony Solution to a Phony Deficit Crisis
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13668-austerity-solution-to-phony-deficit-crisis-largely-halted-for-now
Danny Weil, Truthout: One only has to look at the austerity measures being imposed in much of Europe to see that the type of spending cuts proposed by the Tea Party would have led to massively higher unemployment, crippling recession hovering on depression and increased public deficits.
The Recent Unpleasantness at FreedomWorks
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13650-the-recent-unpleasantness-at-freedomworks
Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: The Washington tale of FreedomWorks has everything: accusations hurled and counter-hurled, handguns and multimillion-dollar payoffs. In Washington, when it comes to the bottom line, cash in hand always trumps ideology.
A Tale of Two Diplomatic Asylums: Julian Assange and Chen Guangcheng
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13667-a-tale-of-two-diplomatic-asylums-julian-assange-and-chen-guangcheng
Danny Weil, Truthout: Two dissidents, two appeals for asylum, two very different approaches and outcomes.
The Battle for 2014 Begins on Day One in the Senate
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13670-the-battle-for-2014-begins-on-day-1-in-the-senate
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: It's crucial for Democrats in the Senate to be able to pass legislation, too, to compete with the House and begin to frame debates on Democratic terms, instead of always just reacting to Republican frames.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Scrapped the Hurricane Sandy Relief Aid Package, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13671-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-house-republicans-scrapped-the-hurricane-sandy-relief-aid-package-and-more
In this week's On the News Segment: After giving billionaires a tax cut in the fiscal cliff deal, Republicans in the House went back on vacation without giving victims of Hurricane Sandy some much-needed relief; craft store chain Hobby Lobby is defying the health care requirement to provide contraceptive coverage in their plans for female employees; a Shell oil rig ran aground yesterday, threatening to dump 150,000 gallons of crude into the Gulf of Alaska; and more.
Robert Pollin: Economic Outlook for 2013
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13663-robert-pollin-economic-outlook-for-2013
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Cofounder of the Political Economy Research Institute, Bob Pollin says with austerity policies in Europe and the US and a slowdown in China and India, 2013 needs innovative policies or more recession is likely.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
In Two Months, the House Tea Party GOP Is Going to Take Obama to the Austerity Cleaners
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17724-in-two-months-the-house-tea-party-gop-is-going-to-take-obama-to-the-austerity-cleaners
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Many good things came out of the stitched-together bill passed by the House last night. But President Obama's ongoing concession negotiation style indicates he is likely to be "rolled" by the GOP in the debt talks.
Boehner Under Growing Pressure to Allow Vote on Sandy Relief Bill
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/275173-hoyer-suggests-split-with-boehner-cantor-on-sandy-bill
Renditions Continue Under Obama, Despite Due-Process Concerns
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/renditions-continue-under-obama-despite-due-process-concerns/2013/01/01/4e593aa0-5102-11e2-984e-f1de82a7c98a_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
Should Auld Civil Liberties Be Forgot?
Read the Article at Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Bill_of_Rights_Has_A_Very_Bad_Awful_Week
Who Pays for the Right to Bear Arms?
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/opinion/who-pays-for-the-right-to-bear-arms.html?_r=0
The Man Who Could Have Saved Organized Labor
Read the Article at The New Republic
http://www.tnr.com/blog/alec-macgillis/111488/the-man-who-tried-save-organized-labor#
US Internet Users Pay More for Slower Service
Read the Article at Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-27/u-s-internet-users-pay-more-for-slower-service.html?utm_source=Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=199c16ba81-DD_1_2_131_2_2013&utm_medium=email
Federal Judge Rules Texas May Cut Off Funding to Planned Parenthood's Family Planning Program
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/01/02/texas-can-cut-funding-to-planned-parenthood-court-rules
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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>Renditions Continue Under Obama, Despite Due-Process Concerns</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>Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism:</strong> This is what the fiscal cliff is about - who gets the money.... So without further ado, here are eight corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you haven’t heard of.</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=SoH28JETG3M6ZpJtnn6EaIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><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=5VQTrzrKHrxHP48NcwJa14t%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>Debt Versus Democracy: A Battle for the Future</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>Marisa Holmes, Truthout:</strong> In the US and Europe, the movement of squares has responded to attacks on the social good by debt resistance and direct democracy. In assemblies, mic checks and self-organization, they demonstrated that another world is possible. Now the movement is articulating full-scale resistance.</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=g1V0yHdU5XQJl0UT8DSV1Yt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><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=vzSJ6Womzd%2FPw5IqzZLoxIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>Who Won in the Fiscal Cliff Deal?</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, Inequality.org:</strong> The fiscal cliff deal is a deal for the comfortable; those of us who have good jobs and advanced degrees can be satisfied. For the 80 percent of Americans who don’t, it's just more bad news.</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=g3%2FxbP5gahiZSvlEviPiyIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>Obama's Tax Threshold Concession Bodes Ill for Debt Ceiling Talks</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, the Guardian:</strong> The president won re-election promising to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000. Now he's already capitulating.</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>Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog:</strong> The single biggest failure of the White House and the Democrats in the cliff negotiations was not getting Republicans' agreement to raise the debt ceiling. The battle over the fiscal cliff is over, but the trench warfare will continue.</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=jyY5wt6DVH%2FAd8JeiYE4MYt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><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=mzPCOkezofVm1ckpHhUfnIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>The Latest Effort to Fix Election Results: Rig the Electoral College</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>Brendan Fischer, PRWatch:</strong> The proposed changes to how electoral votes will be allocated are only the latest effort by Wisconsin Republicans to twist the democratic process for partisan gain.</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=lObd1%2Bjn8lD%2BgzPmtf8j%2FIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><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=xyCaHi9qJiKHrXnieptdWot%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>Austerity: The Phony Solution to a Phony Deficit 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>Danny Weil, Truthout:</strong> One only has to look at the austerity measures being imposed in much of Europe to see that the type of spending cuts proposed by the Tea Party would have led to massively higher unemployment, crippling recession hovering on depression and increased public deficits.</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=U8L20LN%2FIaq1rEcZNytc%2BIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>The Recent Unpleasantness at FreedomWorks</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 Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> The Washington tale of FreedomWorks has everything: accusations hurled and counter-hurled, handguns and multimillion-dollar payoffs. In Washington, when it comes to the bottom line, cash in hand always trumps ideology.</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=F9%2BwtYX%2Fwj5voVSBtM3CeIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>A Tale of Two Diplomatic Asylums: Julian Assange and Chen Guangcheng</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> Two dissidents, two appeals for asylum, two very different approaches and outcomes.</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=F%2BolM1vhFU1RY%2F0E1kGX5ot%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>The Battle for 2014 Begins on Day One in the Senate</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> It's crucial for Democrats in the Senate to be able to pass legislation, too, to compete with the House and begin to frame debates on Democratic terms, instead of always just reacting to Republican frames.</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=yadg8jgfeQPjB5NA7NmTWIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><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=Gr0IhljfHN5kIhsXhaUNdvFvmgi7jQiG"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Scrapped the Hurricane Sandy Relief Aid Package, 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> After giving billionaires a tax cut in the fiscal cliff deal, Republicans in the House went back on vacation without giving victims of Hurricane Sandy some much-needed relief; craft store chain Hobby Lobby is defying the health care requirement to provide contraceptive coverage in their plans for female employees; a Shell oil rig ran aground yesterday, threatening to dump 150,000 gallons of crude into the Gulf of Alaska; and more.</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=ZdBPZ6FhWOV5ZDnCMZdQYot%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xEGaP097vUw1C3LFIhA9UIt%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>Robert Pollin: Economic Outlook for 2013</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> Cofounder of the Political Economy Research Institute, Bob Pollin says with austerity policies in Europe and the US and a slowdown in China and India, 2013 needs innovative policies or more recession is likely.</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=GN9ghAwIQ%2Bz0HMfcHGAUHot%2B1LaYLFA%2B"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
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