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The Bureau and the Journalist: Victor Riesel's Secret Relationship
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t r u t h o u t | 02.14
The Bureau and the Journalist: Victor Riesel's Secret Relationship With the FBI
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14545-the-bureau-and-the-journalist-victor-riesels-secret-relationship-with-the-fbi
Aaron Leonard, Truthout: Journalist Victor Riesel's work in the 1940s to 1980s as an FBI-friendly news source - creating suspicion of dissidents and dividing labor from student activists - is continued today by his many intellectual heirs.
Nick Turse Describes the Real Vietnam War
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14544-nick-turse-describes-the-real-vietnam-war
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: Journalist Nick Turse speaks with Bill Moyers about his personal mission to compile a complete and compelling account of the Vietnam War's horror as experienced by all sides.
States Cut Prison Budgets but Not Prison Populations
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14278-states-cut-prison-budgets-but-not-prison-populations
Victoria Law, Truthout: Budget shortfalls are prompting California and other states to close prisons and shift inmates, pushing some facilities' populations dramatically over capacity.
The Obama Administration's Dick Cheney Moment
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14520-the-obama-administrations-dick-cheney-moment
Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout: The rationale behind the administration's assassination-by-drone program sounds eerily reminiscent of former VP Cheney's "1 percent doctrine."
Do Companies Lay People Off Because of Taxes or a Minimum Wage Rise?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14548-do-companies-lay-people-off-because-of-taxes-or-a-minimum-wage-rise
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: Opponents of President Obama's proposal to increase minimum wage are using job-scare to fight it.
Private Debt - Not Government Debt - Will Destroy America
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14566-private-debt-%E2%80%93-not-government-debt-%E2%80%93-will-destroy-america
Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: "There are two kinds of debt. One that's relatively harmless. And one that can destroy us all."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republican War on Women Went into Overdrive in Arkansas, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14567-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-republican-war-on-woman-went-into-overdrive-in-arkansas-and-more
In today's On the News segment: It may come as a surprise to Wayne LaPierre, but the NRA is not a political party; Arkansas's legislature has passed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans; Georgia Rep. Paul Broun really, really wants you to forget about his record; and more.
Lessons from Megabanks' Megascandals
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14568-lessons-from-megabanks-megascandals
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update: Wolff and his guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally, in relation to the economic crisis. Updates on big-bank misdeeds, an internet provider monopoly, the social effects of unemployment and an expose on the real goals of austerity policies are part of this latest segment.
Frederick Douglass Day: Time to Give Credit Where It's Due
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14564-frederick-douglass-day-time-to-give-credit-where-its-due
Joel Boyce, Care2: "Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on (or around) Valentine's Day in 1818. In his 70-odd years of life, he escaped his captivity, became one of the most outspoken opponents of slavery and ultimately lived to see its abolishment."
Britain Says Equine Drug May Have Entered Food Chain
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14565-britain-says-equine-drug-may-have-entered-food-chain
Stephen Castle, The New York Times News Service: The food crisis in Europe intensified Thursday when tests found that a powerful equine drug, potentially harmful to human health, has entered the food chain in small quantities.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
When Big Banks Like HSBC Are Not Prosecuted Criminally, It May Be Killing Us
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17807-when-big-banks-like-hsbc-are-not-prosecuted-criminally-it-may-be-killing-us
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: In a number of commentaries, BuzzFlash at Truthout has warned of the dangers of Wall Street Bankers not being prosecuted for likely crimes. Matt Taibbi confirms the Department of Justice knowingly gives big banks and their executives a get-out-of-jail-free card.
No More Truthless Heroes
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17804-no-more-truthless-heroes
More Civil Disobedience at the White House Over Keystone XL
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/172884/more-civil-disobedience-white-house-over-keystone-xl
Do GMO Crops Really Have Higher Yields? New Study Says No
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/02/do-gmo-crops-have-lower-yields
Congress Is Trying to Kill Internet Privacy Again
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/congress-is-trying-to-kill-internet-privacy-again-20130213
An Incubator for Peace
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17805-an-incubator-for-peace
The GOP's Epic Gamble
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/02/13/the-gops-epic-gamble/?hpid=z2
Fox Mocks 102-Year-Old's Long Wait to Vote
Read the Article at Media Matters for America
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/02/13/fox-mocks-102-year-olds-long-wait-to-vote/192658
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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 Is Trying to Kill Internet Privacy Again</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>An Incubator for Peace</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 GOP's Epic Gamble</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>Fox Mocks 102-Year-Old's Long Wait to Vote</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>Aaron Leonard, Truthout:</strong> Journalist Victor Riesel's work in the 1940s to 1980s as an FBI-friendly news source - creating suspicion of dissidents and dividing labor from student activists - is continued today by his many intellectual heirs.</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=E1xwHgVNeLyfo6OxPJ9trDaji2oOOCXV" 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=3Tw%2B1OQJlYD5RoqQIncrHDaji2oOOCXV"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Nick Turse Describes the Real Vietnam War</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, Moyers & Company:</strong> Journalist Nick Turse speaks with Bill Moyers about his personal mission to compile a complete and compelling account of the Vietnam War’s horror as experienced by all sides.</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=UCr63G5xVcjTHWuteGdW9Daji2oOOCXV" 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>Victoria Law, Truthout:</strong> Budget shortfalls are prompting California and other states to close prisons and shift inmates, pushing some facilities' populations dramatically over capacity.</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=AJc1KF4ZBtNVU9yOVRxqljaji2oOOCXV" 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=TfysL4HG3Ksr7aPD5r4TDla3AL21mLqy"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Obama Administration's Dick Cheney Moment</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>Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout:</strong> The rationale behind the administration's assassination-by-drone program sounds eerily reminiscent of former VP Cheney's "1 percent doctrine."</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=FCilGe%2BxKOVNy34CZIZi2Daji2oOOCXV" 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=IjSs1u0r7B6NHUlZy1GyQjaji2oOOCXV"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Do Companies Lay People Off Because of Taxes or a Minimum Wage Rise?</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>Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> Opponents of President Obama's proposal to increase minimum wage are using job-scare to fight it.</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=82ECOWMzbJPhvvFB6NSMrDaji2oOOCXV" 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=%2BLu%2FJvz7dVLcEKPLXYamgTaji2oOOCXV"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Private Debt - Not Government Debt - Will Destroy America</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, The Daily Take:</strong> "There are two kinds of debt. One that’s relatively harmless. And one that can destroy us all."</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> It may come as a surprise to Wayne LaPierre, but the NRA is not a political party; Arkansas's legislature has passed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans; Georgia Rep. Paul Broun really, really wants you to forget about his record; 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=m83kpeD1umL9qeSxrzEg6Taji2oOOCXV" 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=WsbO44lIOh3G%2FjYqXDCE5Daji2oOOCXV"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Lessons from Megabanks' Megascandals</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, Economic Update:</strong> Wolff and his guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally, in relation to the economic crisis. Updates on big-bank misdeeds, an internet provider monopoly, the social effects of unemployment and an expose on the real goals of austerity policies are part of this latest segment.</p>
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