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t r u t h o u t | 03.05
Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School "Reform" In LA?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14930-why-are-walmart-billionaires-bankrolling-phony-school-reform-in-la
Peter Dreier, Moyers & Company: The "school choice" movement is code for privatizing our public education system. Why are billionaires such as the the Walton family some of the biggest contributors to this push to treat schools like for-profit businesses?
Laura Flanders Talks to Gar Alperovitz About the Next American Revolution
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14929-interview-with-gar-alperovitz
Laura Flanders, Truthout: Laura Flanders welcomes us to the "spring of sequester and discontent" by speaking with political economist Gar Alperovitz about the increasing poverty in America and the revolution that is bound to happen as a result.
What If a Drone Attacked in the US? A White Paper Justification
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14899-what-if-a-drone-attacked-in-the-us
Camillo Mac Bica, Truthout: If this fictitious Iranian argument for the legality of targeted killing proves specious, then so is the DOJ's.
Why Is Obama Taking Orders From a Secretive Billionaire?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14952-why-is-obama-taking-orders-from-a-secretive-billionaire
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show: "Our national wealth, our national retirement and social safety net programs should not be handed off to Wall Street."
How the NRC Brass Refuses to Recognize Costly Lessons of Fukushima
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14759-how-the-nrc-brass-refuses-to-recognize-costly-lessons-of-fukushima
Gar Smith, Truthout: In spite of urgings by its own staff and other experts since the Fukushima reactor meltdown, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission delays ordering implementation of costly but essential safety measures to the United States' GE nuclear reactors that are identical or similar to Fukushima's.
Shadow Lives: How the War on Terror in England Became a War on Women and Children
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14932-shadow-lives-how-the-war-on-terror-in-england-became-a-war-on-women-and-children
Victoria Brittain, TomDispatch: Not planning to write about the war on terror, Brittain found her curiosity landed her in a world of Muslim women in London, Manchester and Birmingham whose husbands or sons had been swept up in Washington's war.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Americans Are Already Feeling the Pinch of Austerity, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14954-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-americans-are-already-feeling-the-pinch-of-austerity-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Only four days after the March 1 sequester deadline, people around our nation are already starting to feel the pinch of austerity; Republican lawmakers in Texas don't care if low-income residents have health care; The Dow Jones average beat its all-time high this morning, and more.
American Militarism: Costs and Consequences
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/14926-american-militarism-costs-and-consequences
Melvin Goodman, City Lights Books: A veteran of the intelligence services, including 24 years at the CIA, Melvin Goodman offers informed insight into how a bloated military endangers the United States.
Lobbyists Targeting Liberal Groups Channeled Chinese Hackers' Strategy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14951-lobbyists-targeting-liberal-groups-channeled-chinese-hackers-strategy
Lee Fang, The Nation: Media outlets recently revealed that the Chinese military is engaging in Internet spying and sabotage - but they failed to mention the similarities these operations share with a plot developed on behalf of the US Chamber of Commerce in 2011.
Paul Krugman | A Healthier, Not Endangered, American Society
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14931-a-healthier-not-endangered-american-society
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Leaving behind "traditional values" has made America a healthier society.
Three Things To Know About Obama's Pick for EPA Chief
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14950-three-things-to-know-about-obamas-pick-for-epa-chief
Beth Buczynski, Care2: Environmentalists are excited to see Gina McCarthy head up the EPA.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Wall Street Soars With Wealth as Wages Stagnate, Jobs Remain in Slump
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17843-wall-street-soars-with-wealth-as-wages-stagnate-jobs-remain-in-a-slump
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The New York Times finally admits the reality of the two economies in America: one is booming, like the roaring 20s, for the rich; the other one is filled with stagnant wages and the unemployed.
Transocean Accuses BP of Cover-Up That Prolonged Gulf Spill by Two Months
Read the Article at Courthouse News
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/04/55381.htm
Gunshot Wounds and Death Cost $12 Billion a Year
Read the Article at USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/04/gunshot-wounds-medicaid-insurance-costs/1956445/
The Farm Bill: Who's Paying, Who's Profiting
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17841-the-farm-bill-who-s-paying-who-s-profiting
US Denies Report of Mass Guantanamo Hunger Strike
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-denies-report-mass-guantanamo-hunger-strike-18652504
Jeb Bush's Poorly Timed Flip-Flop on Immigration
Read the Article at National Journal
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/jeb-bush-s-poorly-timed-flip-flop-on-immigration-20130305?page=1
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Need Revenue? Tax Wall Street
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-its-time-to-tax-financial-transactions/2013/03/04/d496d738-8516-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?hpid=z2
Frequently Asked Questions: Electing a New Pope
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17842-frequently-asked-questions-electing-a-new-pope
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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>Wall Street Soars With Wealth as Wages Stagnate, Jobs Remain in Slump </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>The New York Times finally admits the reality of the two economies in America: one is booming, like the roaring 20s, for the rich; the other one is filled with stagnant wages and the unemployed.</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=jRksloZqJsXgl%2FxuZkc0EZWD4iNQ8Xy%2B"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></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>Transocean Accuses BP of Cover-Up That Prolonged Gulf Spill by Two Months</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=CqjOFMtdGdJ3jtDkhjrVbCoQeUtpxeM2"><strong>Read the Article at Courthouse News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Gunshot Wounds and Death Cost $12 Billion a Year</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=bmXddJDZ2RkYU7ZY5OYYJyoQeUtpxeM2"><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>The Farm Bill: Who's Paying, Who's Profiting</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=RYPnAMq%2FbBF4JkzPrK95RCoQeUtpxeM2"><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>US Denies Report of Mass Guantanamo Hunger Strike</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=UuW%2FxdUq4xEatbMJqUPuQCoQeUtpxeM2"><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>Jeb Bush's Poorly Timed Flip-Flop on Immigration</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=lajxWQksG%2FjwiF%2FZPxVsUSoQeUtpxeM2"><strong>Read the Article at National Journal</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Katrina vanden Heuvel | Need Revenue? Tax Wall Street</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>Frequently Asked Questions: Electing a New Pope</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=1%2FeAOXhhPXrNMZEZ94ZidCoQeUtpxeM2"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</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>Peter Dreier, Moyers & Company:</strong> The "school choice" movement is code for privatizing our public education system. Why are billionaires such as the the Walton family some of the biggest contributors to this push to treat schools like for-profit businesses?</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=Y3BEL7OenIIYPSich%2F%2FOKyoQeUtpxeM2"><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=siFEnuo6e3FBHIz0rpDKDioQeUtpxeM2"><strong>Laura Flanders Talks to Gar Alperovitz About the Next American Revolution</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>Laura Flanders, Truthout:</strong> Laura Flanders welcomes us to the "spring of sequester and discontent" by speaking with political economist Gar Alperovitz about the increasing poverty in America and the revolution that is bound to happen as a result.</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=HmT0EJojbsLriUKaFTJ0rioQeUtpxeM2"><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=z44iPYqq%2Fza8vMKQROra2SoQeUtpxeM2"><strong>What If a Drone Attacked in the US? A White Paper Justification</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>Camillo Mac Bica, Truthout:</strong> If this fictitious Iranian argument for the legality of targeted killing proves specious, then so is the DOJ's.</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=qBxY6tEASsV4O9YPjA7rkCoQeUtpxeM2"><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=p57P%2BuGVeJYdRgbPqKbI7CoQeUtpxeM2"><strong>Why Is Obama Taking Orders From a Secretive Billionaire?</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>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show:</strong> "Our national wealth, our national retirement and social safety net programs should not be handed off to Wall Street."</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=RSv3G9ex7%2BUyOaHeS3WiBCoQeUtpxeM2"><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=m3k1ZLc48eJ9WxISdwS4pCoQeUtpxeM2"><strong>How the NRC Brass Refuses to Recognize Costly Lessons of Fukushima</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>Gar Smith, Truthout:</strong> In spite of urgings by its own staff and other experts since the Fukushima reactor meltdown, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission delays ordering implementation of costly but essential safety measures to the United States' GE nuclear reactors that are identical or similar to Fukushima's.</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=VFP%2F3RFP4d1G%2Bp3k%2FXv5zSoQeUtpxeM2"><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=yAhOx47o1P9YNptuVco7nioQeUtpxeM2"><strong>Shadow Lives: How the War on Terror in England Became a War on Women and Children</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>Victoria Brittain, TomDispatch:</strong> Not planning to write about the war on terror, Brittain found her curiosity landed her in a world of Muslim women in London, Manchester and Birmingham whose husbands or sons had been swept up in Washington's war.</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=DmT4hPSasQ7uWWicViturqNadJeY78KZ"><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=CqjOFMtdGdJ2cad1Z3Xm3CoQeUtpxeM2"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Americans Are Already Feeling the Pinch of Austerity, 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> Only four days after the March 1 sequester deadline, people around our nation are already starting to feel the pinch of austerity; Republican lawmakers in Texas don't care if low-income residents have health care; The Dow Jones average beat its all-time high this morning, 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=4JmwnBhSj8tMad4TeOw2eqNadJeY78KZ"><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=mzWBfNJTMaQYM0ChMha%2BGqNadJeY78KZ"><strong>American Militarism: Costs and Consequences</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>Lee Fang, The Nation:</strong> Media outlets recently revealed that the Chinese military is engaging in Internet spying and sabotage - but they failed to mention the similarities these operations share with a plot developed on behalf of the US Chamber of Commerce in 2011.</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=hpjXXMsn3DsDZ3LwXalXmyoQeUtpxeM2"><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>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> Leaving behind "traditional values" has made America a healthier society.</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=7kwbOVPE8JtQvJ22%2FgIkWyoQeUtpxeM2"><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>Beth Buczynski, Care2:</strong> Environmentalists are excited to see Gina McCarthy head up the EPA.</p>
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