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William Rivers Pitt | Making Sport of Veterans for Profit and
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William Rivers Pitt | Making Sport of Veterans for Profit and Ratings
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19701-making-sport-of-veterans-for-profit-and-ratings
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "I have a better idea for how Fox can honor the veterans tonight. Send Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and all of Murdoch's other henchmen out to home plate during the seventh-inning stretch. Have them get on their knees and beg forgiveness from the thousands of American soldiers they helped kill."
Food Companies and Monsanto Spend Millions to Defeat Washington GMO Labeling Initiative
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19698-revealed-big-processed-food-companies-spend-millions-to-defeat-washington-gmo-labeling-initiative
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Members of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, which was forced to create a political committee to comply with Washington state law, have contributed more than $11 million to No on 522, the campaign opposed to a labeling initiative.
Activists of Color Lead Charge Against Surveillance, NSA
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19695-activists-of-color-at-forefront-of-anti-nsa-movement
Rania Khalek, Truthout: The mainstream media has failed to report that the communities with the deepest experience of state surveillance - communities of color - are deeply engaged in the movement to "Stop Watching Us."
Obamacare: The Biggest Insurance Scam in History
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19692-obamacare-the-biggest-insurance-scam-in-history
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The development of the Affordable Care Act has followed the six steps of a confidence scam. Health care is a human right, and it is at the center of the conflict of our times, the battle between the people and corporate interests.
Dr. Ben Carson "Jumps Jim Crow"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19681-dr-ben-carson-jumps-jim-crow
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout: Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson says the Affordable Care Act is the worst thing to happen to America since slavery. Dr. Wilmer Leon begs to differ.
America Was Once a Superpower - Now It's Not
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19713-america-was-once-a-superpower-now-its-not
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Since the founding of the republic, our economy was built on a system of tariffs, which are small taxes on importing goods. These tariffs protected American manufacturing. But now, the TPP would complete the transformation of our economy from one that produces wealth to one that bleeds wealth.
The Short Life and Drone-Delivered Death of Tariq Aziz
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19703-the-short-life-and-drone-delivered-death-of-tariq-aziz
Neil Williams, Truthout: "Secure within the Margalla Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, I sat talking to 16-year-old Tariq Aziz, a schoolboy from the tribal regions in North Waziristan. 'How many drones do you see a week?' I asked, expecting him to say three or four. 'I see around ten or more, not a week, each and every day.'"
Waste Management Reaps Treasure From Your Trash and Taxes
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19702-waste-management-reaps-treasure-from-your-trash-and-taxes
Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch: The for-profit company Waste Management recently has been embroiled in a trashy dispute with the city of Mobile, Alabama. This isn't the first time the company has been involved in a major accounting controversy.
Immigration "Bed Mandate" Requires 34,000 People Detained Each Day
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19706-immigration-bed-mandate-requires-34000-people-detained-each-day
Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: Under the Obama administration, more undocumented immigrants have been deported than under any other president: 1.5 million people were deported as of last year, with the ACLU putting that figure as approaching 2 million deportations. That's an all-time record.
Hurricane Sandy One Year Later: Lessons Learned and Unlearned
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19710-one-year-later-lessons-learned-and-unlearned
John Light, Moyers & Company: In the chaos following Sandy's landfall, as government agencies and traditional relief organizations like the Red Cross struggled to respond, community groups picked up the slack. Those efforts continue today.
The Revolution Will Not Be (Russell) Brand-ed
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19711-the-revolution-will-not-be-russell-brand-ed
Suey Park and Isabelle Nastasia, Youngist: Over the past couple of weeks, actor and comedian Russell Brand has been praised by several blogs and social media users for his viral video and last week's New Statesman manifesto calling for revolution. As young organizers and radical thinkers, the question on our lips is: Why is Brand getting so much attention?
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Readers Tell CNN, "We Want More Coverage of Income Inequality" - And Get It
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: CNN asked its online readers what was the most important topic to write a web series on. The answer was resoundingly income inequality - and the articles even include suggestions such as raising taxes on the rich and increasing the minimum wage.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18282-readers-tell-cnn-we-want-more-coverage-of-income-inequality-and-get-it
The Mormon Church Quietly Re-Enters the Gay Marriage Fight
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/mormon-church-gay-marriage-hawaiii
How Republicans Are Sabotaging Obamacare's Navigators
Read the Article at The National Journal
http://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/the-fight-of-obamacare-s-navigators-against-republican-hurdles-20131030
Jimmy Fallon on the German Phone Tapping Ruckus
Watch the Video at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/10/30/jimmy-fallon-on-the-german-phone-tapping-ruckus-video/
US Intelligence Officials Point Fingers at White House in Overseas Wiretapping Scandal
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/world/officials-say-white-house-knew-of-spying.html
Sixteen-Hour Shifts, but Not a Real Worker?
Read the Article at In These Times
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15785/16_hour_shifts_but_not_a_real_worker
Health Chief Sebelius Apologizes for ACA Initial Website Problems
Read the Article and Watch the Video at USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/30/sebelius-health-care-house-hearing/3308771
Wendy Davis Delayed While Voting Due to New Voter Suppression Law
Read the Article at The Burnt Orange Report
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14297/wendy-davis-held-up-while-voting-due-to-new-voter-suppression-law
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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>CNN asked its online readers what was the most important topic to write a web series on. The answer was resoundingly income inequality - and the articles even include suggestions such as raising taxes on the rich and increasing the minimum wage.</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 Mormon Church Quietly Re-Enters the Gay Marriage Fight</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>How Republicans Are Sabotaging Obamacare's Navigators</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>Jimmy Fallon on the German Phone Tapping Ruckus</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>US Intelligence Officials Point Fingers at White House in Overseas Wiretapping Scandal</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>Health Chief Sebelius Apologizes for ACA Initial Website Problems</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>Wendy Davis Delayed While Voting Due to New Voter Suppression Law</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=AyOnwet6QrUkL9fX2omyBlJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>William Rivers Pitt | Making Sport of Veterans for Profit and Ratings</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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> "I have a better idea for how Fox can honor the veterans tonight. Send Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and all of Murdoch's other henchmen out to home plate during the seventh-inning stretch. Have them get on their knees and beg forgiveness from the thousands of American soldiers they helped kill."</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=fzX2bk%2BWZ3QvNW1avLX2n1J8tngcSuKc" 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=PtA%2BRhhIwZgzV0iTcANh2lJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Food Companies and Monsanto Spend Millions to Defeat Washington GMO Labeling Initiative</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Members of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, which was forced to create a political committee to comply with Washington state law, have contributed more than $11 million to No on 522, the campaign opposed to a labeling initiative.</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=M%2Bi85FIEZ%2BsS8vEiUcokG1J8tngcSuKc" 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=ql3pjeYesSuDSZ0TRK3W81J8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Activists of Color Lead Charge Against Surveillance, NSA</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>Rania Khalek, Truthout:</strong> The mainstream media has failed to report that the communities with the deepest experience of state surveillance - communities of color - are deeply engaged in the movement to "Stop Watching Us."</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=cAMiSGLkors9Q47cQta5XFJ8tngcSuKc" 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=71WPybh6HXpUe5eB%2BPDSxlJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obamacare: The Biggest Insurance Scam in History</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> The development of the Affordable Care Act has followed the six steps of a confidence scam. Health care is a human right, and it is at the center of the conflict of our times, the battle between the people and corporate interests.</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=qyn24EvWSqTD3crnEHushVJ8tngcSuKc" 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=bcH9EPBiNk9JVY8VScuWRlJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Dr. Ben Carson "Jumps Jim Crow"</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>Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout:</strong> Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson says the Affordable Care Act is the worst thing to happen to America since slavery. Dr. Wilmer Leon begs to differ.</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=l8uD%2BPxSs%2BccseJHq7Ibo1J8tngcSuKc" 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=19ma1W4fGJBOzCaU71BKWFJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>America Was Once a Superpower - Now It's Not</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> Since the founding of the republic, our economy was built on a system of tariffs, which are small taxes on importing goods. These tariffs protected American manufacturing. But now, the TPP would complete the transformation of our economy from one that produces wealth to one that bleeds wealth.</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=qycx5PdEPTnoY7Ixp7NXl1J8tngcSuKc" 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=OKuFib1kbMFeujKA2%2FEjJVJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Short Life and Drone-Delivered Death of Tariq Aziz</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>Neil Williams, Truthout:</strong> "Secure within the Margalla Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, I sat talking to 16-year-old Tariq Aziz, a schoolboy from the tribal regions in North Waziristan. 'How many drones do you see a week?' I asked, expecting him to say three or four. 'I see around ten or more, not a week, each and every day.'"</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=5Lro6ALE3ej%2FV117Un1keVJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Waste Management Reaps Treasure From Your Trash and Taxes</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>Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch:</strong> The for-profit company Waste Management recently has been embroiled in a trashy dispute with the city of Mobile, Alabama. This isn't the first time the company has been involved in a major accounting controversy.</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=SuQq0mYa%2F4%2BeQ1tK%2FjwBfVJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Immigration "Bed Mandate" Requires 34,000 People Detained Each Day</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>Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network:</strong> Under the Obama administration, more undocumented immigrants have been deported than under any other president: 1.5 million people were deported as of last year, with the ACLU putting that figure as approaching 2 million deportations. That's an all-time record.</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=Cpo0NVuNl7VmocWubVv5zVJ8tngcSuKc" 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=onlTql30TEKgFLHVzfZntFJ8tngcSuKc" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Hurricane Sandy One Year Later: Lessons Learned and Unlearned</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>John Light, Moyers & Company:</strong> In the chaos following Sandy's landfall, as government agencies and traditional relief organizations like the Red Cross struggled to respond, community groups picked up the slack. Those efforts continue today.</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=g%2Fgc%2BTux0nXMo%2BgCZR0ER1J8tngcSuKc" 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>Suey Park and Isabelle Nastasia, Youngist:</strong> Over the past couple of weeks, actor and comedian Russell Brand has been praised by several blogs and social media users for his viral video and last week's <em>New Statesman</em> manifesto calling for revolution. As young organizers and radical thinkers, the question on our lips is: Why is Brand getting so much attention?</p>
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