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Senate Unanimously Votes Against Cuts to Social Security: Media
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Senate Unanimously Votes Against Cuts to Social Security: Media Don=C3=ADt =
Notice
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to-social-security-media-dont-notice
Dean Baker, Truthout: There are few areas where the corruption of the natio=
nal media is more apparent than in its treatment of Social Security. Most o=
f the elite media have made it clear in both their opinion and news pages t=
hat they want to see benefits cut.=20
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y Town=20
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the-rebranding-of-america-as-a-company-town
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s, which are designed to propel him to re-election and thus eventual victor=
y as America's CEO. If Walker prevails, you can welcome yourself to a new A=
merica: a company town with Walker as its CEO.
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Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers: It seems an appropriate time for a good,=
old-fashioned sum-up of historical context and analysis as to how we got t=
o this scary place and how things potentially could change.=20
That Giant Sucking Sound...it's the Oligarchs
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15319-that-giant-sucking-soundits-the-oli=
garchs
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: It's time to start calling our o=
ligarchs what they are - oligarchs. And tax cheats. And people who have cor=
rupted our politicians, our media and our market-based economic system.
The Day That TV News Died
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Chris Hedges, TruthDig: If I had to pick a date when commercial television =
decided amassing corporate money and providing entertainment were its centr=
al mission, when it consciously chose to become a carnival act, it would pr=
obably be Feb. 25, 2003, when MSNBC took Phil Donahue off the air because o=
f his opposition to the calls for war in Iraq.
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Sheila Bair, Moyers & Company: In her 2012 book, "Bull By The Horns: Fighti=
ng to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street From Itself," forme=
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s week on the practice of pharmaceutical firms delaying generic drug availa=
bility. How do they do this? Through large cash payments.
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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>Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers:</strong> It seems an appropriate time for a good, old-fashioned sum-up of historical context and analysis as to how we got to this scary place and how things potentially could change.</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>Chris Hedges, TruthDig:</strong> If I had to pick a date when commercial television decided amassing corporate money and providing entertainment were its central mission, when it consciously chose to become a carnival act, it would probably be Feb. 25, 2003, when MSNBC took Phil Donahue off the air because of his opposition to the calls for war in Iraq.</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=VNr1ekuUlFXg5m84JQuWcr9AMgU%2BcgiT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Richard Lichtman | The Violent Disorder of Our Public Mind</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 Lichtman, Truthout:</strong> Capitalism's failure derives from the "systematic contradiction between the two most fundamental organizing tendencies of our contemporary life. Capitalism . . . is a system of power in blatant opposition to democracy."</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=KWc7c9iH7x44FnGiv0w2Jb9AMgU%2BcgiT" 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=HFv5cPk8RmRBmA54oJ7Zb79AMgU%2BcgiT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Gap Between Rich and Poor is Jaw-Dropping</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> Minutes before 5 AM, early Saturday morning, members of the US Senate did something they haven't done in four years - they passed a budget; there is an extreme wealth divide between the 1% and the 99% in our nation but it turns out, the divide between the 1% and poorest in our nation is jaw-dropping; Rupert Murdoch has been trying to convince lawmakers to revise media ownership rules that prevent him from acquiring The Los Angeles Times; 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=Cbvbp%2FgWBlvoqJWv0CZPzb9AMgU%2BcgiT" 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=eb6MpLOzeCpyUVQgoSCpE79AMgU%2BcgiT" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Flotilla 3.0: Redeeming Obama's Palestine Speech with Gaza's Ark </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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> While President Obama's Jerusalem speech left many things to be desired, groups like Gaza's Ark are coming out of the woodwork to lead the initiative for justice that Obama made clear is going to have to come from somewhere other than him.</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=QCWOffu1GiqtxVMN0pNzQnWvyXZ9nFbe" 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=4NEZA3ShNFtZdPpa87nb5K1pHqO57Bxn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Three Ways to Tame Wall Street </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>Sheila Bair, Moyers & Company:</strong> In her 2012 book, <i>Bull By The Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street From Itself,</i> former FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair offers dozens of recommendations for reforming our regulatory system to do what it was meant to do. Weíve excerpted three of our favorites.</p>
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