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ALEC's Unwelcome Party in Chicago
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t r u t h o u t | 08.14
ALEC's Unwelcome Party in Chicago
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18155-alecs-unwelcome-party-in-chicago
James Anderson, Truthout: A wide coalition of labor, activist and social justice grassroots groups along with concerned individuals turned out in Chicago last week to protest the now-infamous American Legislative Exchange Council's 40th anniversary conference.
USA vs. NSA: Legislative Efforts to Curtail Spying
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18122-the-nsa-vs-usa
Shahid Buttar, Truthout: In the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, members of Congress have proposed a litany of bills to put an end to domestic spying. Rather than creating bills that support each other, Congressional members' multiple bills must compete against each other and have clouded the debate.
The Drug War Post-Snowden: Holder Backpedals on Mandatory Minimums amid Intelligence Laundering Controversy
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18165-the-drug-war-post-snowden-holder-walks-back-from-mandatory-minimums-amid-dea-intelligence-laundering-controversy
Candice Bernd, Truthout: Despite Eric Holder's announcement that mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent, minor drug offenders will no longer be imposed, recent revelations of intelligence laundering between the DEA and the NSA and Holder's track record on the Fair Sentencing Act are reasons to retain a healthy degree of skepticism.
John Nichols and Robert McChesney: Progressives Ask for Too Little, Not Too Much in Age of Plutocratic Rule
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/18173-progressives-have-asked-for-too-little-not-too-much-in-an-age-of-plutocratic-rule
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Truthout discusses with John Nichols and Robert McChesney the daunting challenge of maintaining a vibrant democracy when wealth can buy the media, the elections and the government.
Libertarian Capitalism Killed My Best Friends
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18199-libertarian-capitalism-killed-my-best-friends
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:
"Our country needs to seriously reconsider unregulated libertarian capitalism and think about the safety of people, everyday people, as a higher priority than the profits of hustlers and giant corporations."
Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy Economy Is Inevitable
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18134-carbon-free-nuclear-free-energy-economy-is-inevitable
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly will we get there.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Our National Deficit Is Shrinking, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18201-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-our-national-deficit-is-shrinking-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Contrary to GOP rhetoric, our national deficit is actually shrinking; weather-related power failures cost our nation between $18 billion and $33 billion every year and much more during years with superstorms like Sandy; the Justice Department says no to another airline monopoly; and more.
13 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests and the Moral Monday Movement Sweeping North Carolina
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18177-13-weeks-1000-arrests-and-the-moral-monday-movement-sweeping-north-carolina
Tanya Glover, Occupy.com: North Carolinians have become fully aware of the Republican-controlled Legislature's actions in Raleigh. July 29 was the final scheduled Moral Monday, but Forward Together Movement leader Rev. Dr. William Barber says the fight is far from over.
The Rape of Detroit: City Was Forced to Default so Rich Could Profit
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18193-the-rape-of-detroit-city-as-forced-to-default-so-rich-could-profit
Gaius Publius, America Blog: Is your city black and sitting on public treasure? What happened to Detroit will happen to you. Is your city white and sitting on public treasure? The rich have their eye on it, says Gaius Publius.
ALEC's Attempts to Thwart Obamacare
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18191-alecs-attempts-to-thwart-obamacare
Lauren Feeney, Moyers & Company: Lauren Feeney interviews health-insurance-executive-turned-industry-whistleblower Wendell Potter to learn about ALEC's efforts to influence the health care debate and undermine the Affordable Care Act.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
US Government Threatens California City Trying to Save Homeowners From Foreclosure
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18143-us-government-threatens-california-city-trying-to-save-homeowners-from-foreclosure
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Instead of trying to save communities through grassroots action against predatory banking practices, the Obama administration is threatening a California city with a mortgage blackout. The Federal Housing Finance Authority is siding with banks too big to fail in an effort to shutter houses rather than let their owners buy them back at market value.
Darkness in North Carolina: a Vision of the World the GOP Seeks to Create
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18142-darkness-nc-world-gop-create
Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create "Business Opportunities"
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/08/raytheon-climate-change-security
Video of Arrested Wisconsin Activists That Will Make You Proud
Read the Article at The Everlasting GOP-Stoppers
http://www.theeverlastinggopstoppers.com/2013/08/video-arrested-wisconsin-activists-proud/
Pentagon to Announce Equal Benefits for Married Gay Couples
Read the Article at NBC News
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20010408-pentagon-to-extend-benefits-to-same-sex-military-couples-including-10-days-of-marriage-leave?lite
NSA Snooping? What About the FBI Bugging My Bedroom?
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175749/nsa-snooping-what-about-fbi-bugging-my-bedroom#axzz2bxENLqwL
What War on Women? Virginia Police Department Policy Labeled All Rape Victims Liars
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/13/virginia_police_department_policy_used_to_classify_all_rape_victims_as_liars/?source=newsletter
International Olympic Committee May Join Russia in Punishing Gay Athletes
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-mcgonnigal/international-olympic-committee-russia-gay-athletes_b_3744891.html
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<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>Instead of trying to save communities through grassroots action against predatory banking practices, the Obama administration is threatening a California city with a mortgage blackout. The Federal Housing Finance Authority is siding with banks too big to fail in an effort to shutter houses rather than let their owners buy them back at market value.</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>Video of Arrested Wisconsin Activists That Will Make You Proud</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0DH5ToP%2FUYROoM96YLay2OW%2FZR%2BkGGND" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Everlasting GOP-Stoppers</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pentagon to Announce Equal Benefits for Married Gay Couples</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>NSA Snooping? What About the FBI Bugging My Bedroom?</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>What War on Women? Virginia Police Department Policy Labeled All Rape Victims Liars</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>International Olympic Committee May Join Russia in Punishing Gay Athletes</strong></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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=a4jSnuQZDz2e1JOIR4otM%2BW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>ALEC's Unwelcome Party in Chicago</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>James Anderson, Truthout:</strong> A wide coalition of labor, activist and social justice grassroots groups along with concerned individuals turned out in Chicago last week to protest the now-infamous American Legislative Exchange Council's 40th anniversary conference.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4HF2pvhynsWusTo9X0RBM%2BW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P%2BNpnuj7DUeFl6CEljmNveW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>USA vs. NSA: Legislative Efforts to Curtail Spying</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>Shahid Buttar, Truthout:</strong> In the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, members of Congress have proposed a litany of bills to put an end to domestic spying. Rather than creating bills that support each other, Congressional members' multiple bills must compete against each other and have clouded the debate.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9UxqsCCOKfO6vKSEBLkscOW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tvkTrtzA4u0t0v5bE%2F2Hk%2BW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Drug War Post-Snowden: Holder Backpedals on Mandatory Minimums amid Intelligence Laundering Controversy</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>Candice Bernd, Truthout:</strong> Despite Eric Holder's announcement that mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent, minor drug offenders will no longer be imposed, recent revelations of intelligence laundering between the DEA and the NSA and Holder's track record on the Fair Sentencing Act are reasons to retain a healthy degree of skepticism.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x1dU9p7bmwkY%2FrsC4OphMuW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FEDrByesEwkfsBv3NQpGoeW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>John Nichols and Robert McChesney: Progressives Ask for Too Little, Not Too Much in Age of Plutocratic Rule</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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Truthout discusses with John Nichols and Robert McChesney the daunting challenge of maintaining a vibrant democracy when wealth can buy the media, the elections and the government.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Dh2n1FIooMzvVFriY7uDLuW%2FZR%2BkGGND" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gi3SLv2sZHq2OtzAQOePUeW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Libertarian Capitalism Killed My Best Friends</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 Program:</strong> "Our country needs to seriously reconsider unregulated libertarian capitalism and think about the safety of people, everyday people, as a higher priority than the profits of hustlers and giant corporations."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XsWwGtNd1Gvj%2BZO0On6vseW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NgbYT7E6msgqsRJUYKLrn%2BW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy Economy Is Inevitable</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>Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout:</strong> While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly will we get there.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kSZYVYTC%2BIRIDrZxyiOyheW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BOsRxiqKXbbrsCll9cso7OW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Our National Deficit Is Shrinking, 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> Contrary to GOP rhetoric, our national deficit is actually shrinking; weather-related power failures cost our nation between $18 billion and $33 billion every year and much more during years with superstorms like Sandy; the Justice Department says no to another airline monopoly; 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r1p9QIkFLs4rVytfN07NaeW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aMPS9nOEggssP59n5%2BTILOW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>13 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests and the Moral Monday Movement Sweeping North Carolina</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>Tanya Glover, Occupy.com:</strong> North Carolinians have become fully aware of the Republican-controlled Legislature's actions in Raleigh. July 29 was the final scheduled Moral Monday, but Forward Together Movement leader Rev. Dr. William Barber says the fight is far from over.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YtdOy2486D4%2BRHdo7U05HeW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Us6lioCluC%2BOoyzSICtJ8OW%2FZR%2BkGGND"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Rape of Detroit: City Was Forced to Default so Rich Could Profit</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>Gaius Publius, America Blog:</strong> Is your city black and sitting on public treasure? What happened to Detroit will happen to you. Is your city white and sitting on public treasure? The rich have their eye on it, says Gaius Publius.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4S0nWC5s41xU6PXmwkGsAuW%2FZR%2BkGGND" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UQl3KvHDEruFa%2FRcOzvGjDNrExZ7cWFm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>ALEC's Attempts to Thwart Obamacare</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>Lauren Feeney, Moyers & Company:</strong> Lauren Feeney interviews health-insurance-executive-turned-industry-whistleblower Wendell Potter to learn about ALEC's efforts to influence the health care debate and undermine the Affordable Care Act.</p>
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