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Could Florida Become the New Fracking Frontier?
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t r u t h o u t | Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Could Florida Become the New Fracking Frontier?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21642-fracking-florida-could-florida-become-=
the-new-fracking-frontier
Roger Drouin, Truthout: As industry interest in bringing fracking to the Su=
nshine State intensifies, environmental groups worry about risks including =
contaminated groundwater, disruption to some of the county's most bio-diver=
se ecosystems and aquifers sucked dry.
Democrats Introduce Bill to Restore FCC's Net-Neutrality Rules
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21659-democrats-introduce-bill-to-restore-fc=
cs-net-neutrality-rules
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation th=
at would restore net-neutrality rules struck down last month by a federal a=
ppeals court. But the bill faces a steep uphill battle in the House, where =
some Republicans oppose any expansion of regulatory power at the FCC.
Vermont Becomes 12th State With Legislation Targeting NSA Spying
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21641-vermont-becomes-12th-state-with-legisl=
ation-targeting-nsa-spying
Michael Boldin, Truthout: On January 28, Vermont state representatives intr=
oduced legislation that would block some of the practical effects of mass d=
ata collection by the National Security Agency.
A Dirty Energy Emancipation Proclamation: In Utah?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21639-a-dirty-energy-emancipation-proclamati=
on-in-utah
Dr. Brian Moench, Truthout: On January 25, away from the spotlight of Washi=
ngton DC and the news media, one of the largest and most significant enviro=
nmental protests in years took place in the most unlikely of places - Salt =
Lake City.
The EU Presidency and the Bottom of the Aegean Sea
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21568-the-eu-presidency-and-the-bottom-of-ae=
gean-sea
Dimitris Dalakoglou and Anna Christofidi, Truthout: The growing ideological=
intimacy between centrist-right and extreme-right parties throughout Europ=
e provides fertile ground for the increasingly brutal treatment of refugees=
and migrants - most recently in Greece.
The GOP's Coke Freak-Out
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21667-the-gops-coke-freak-out
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Republicans are outraged that Co=
ca=C2=AD-Cola would dare "tarnish" a patriotic American anthem with foreign=
languages. The fiasco that was the conservative reaction to Coke's Super B=
owl ad is symbolic of a bigger issue: The Republican Party has become the l=
ast refuge of bigots.
"Mitt": New Documentary on Netflix Whitewashes the 2012 Campaign
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21564-mitt-new-netflix-documentary-whitew=
ashes-the-2012-campaign
Anis Shivani, Truthout: Simple-minded devotion to so-called "behind the sce=
nes" consultations among candidate Romney and his family plunges the docume=
ntary "Mitt" into the abyss of know-nothing, self-affirming reality TV.
Violence in Fallujah: Poisoned Fruit of US Occupation?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21586-violence-in-fallujah-poisoned-fruit=
-of-us-occupation
Michael Z. Youhana: Contrary to conventional wisdom, US actions in Fallujah=
during - and even before - the Iraq War played a role in bringing the late=
st eruption of violence to the city.
The Public-Private Profiteers
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21655-the-public-private-profiteers
Barbara Garson, TomDispatch: Health care isn't the first boon that Presiden=
t Obama tried to give us through a public-private partnership. When he took=
office, more than 25 percent of US home mortgages were underwater. The pre=
sident offered those homeowners debt relief through banks and shied away fr=
om direct government aid.
Debate: State Department Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, but Does Con=
flict of Interest Taint Report?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21661-debate-state-dept-moves-keystone-xl-cl=
oser-to-approval-but-does-conflict-of-interest-taint-report
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Should the Obama administration approve the Ke=
ystone XL pipeline? Amy Goodman hosts a debate between Erich Pica of Friend=
s of the Earth and Cindy Schild of the American Petroleum Institute.
NPR's "The Salt" Blog Muddies the Issue of Sewage Sludge
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21648-nprs-the-salt-blog-muddies-the-issue-o=
f-sewage-sludge
Rebekah Wilce, PRWatch: In a muddled attack on the Center for Media and Dem=
ocracy and those who are concerned about produce grown in sewage sludge, "T=
he Salt," NPR's James Beard award-winning food blog, parroted sewage sludge=
industry PR and misled readers.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Internet Companies Are Fighting to Restore =
Public Trust, and More=20
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21666-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-interne=
t-companies-are-fighting-to-restore-public-trust-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Internet companies are fighting to restore =
public trust; the state of California just announced its most severe water =
restrictions ever; more than a million people are calling on the FCC to pro=
tect internet freedom; and more.
How a Famous 90-Year-Old Doctor Survived Hospitalization, but You Probably =
Won't
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21612-how-a-famous-90-year-old-doctor-sur=
vived-hospitalization-but-you-probably-wont
Jesse Lemisch, New Politics: We will never get good health care for all if =
we fail to face head-on the problem of superior access to health care for t=
he privileged - these are aspects of a central problem of inequality in our=
society.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Concentrated Wealth and Democracy Are Incompatible
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: When so few people own so much of the n=
ation's economic wealth, democracy ceases to exist as a functioning represe=
ntative government.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary =20
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/concentrated-wealth-and-democracy=
-are-incompatible
Tar Sands Mining Produces Pollution Two to Three Orders of Magnitude Higher=
Than Previously Calculated
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mining-tar-sands-produces-much=
-more-air-pollution-we-thought-180949565/#ixzz2sMh46qDA
Read the Article at Smithsonian Magazine
Eugene Robinson | We Are Losing This Drug War
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/eugene-robinson-we-are-losing=
-this-drug-war
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Sandra Fluke Files for Bid to Win Henry Waxman's Seat
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/sandra-fluke-henry-waxman-seat-califo=
rnia-103085.html?ml=3Dla
Read the Article at Politico
Paul Krugman | Delusions of Failure
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/opinion/krugman-delusions-of-failure.html
Read the Article at The New York Times
Obama "Paving the Way for the Antichrist," Evangelical Preacher's New Book =
Claims
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/obama-paving-the-way-for-the-=
antichrist-evangelical-preacher-s-new-book-claims
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Six Unanswered Questions About Obama's Drone War
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/6-unanswered-questions-obama-drones
Read the Article at Mother Jones
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the Future of the Death Penalty on Trial
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_and_the_future_of_the=
_death_penalty_on_trial_20140203
Read the Article at Truthdig
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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>Concentrated Wealth and Democracy Are Incompatible </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>When so few people own so much of the nation's economic wealth, democracy ceases to exist as a functioning representative government.</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=3u8QfgUhw2lt5X2JKMP3L0hAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.3"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Tar Sands Mining Produces Pollution Two to Three Orders of Magnitude Higher Than Previously Calculated</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=KqVW5eA4fxNXFAFXqNBD2khAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Smithsonian Magazine</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Eugene Robinson | We Are Losing This Drug War</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=uFatewjLF0Nh35N6Jt%2Fb8khAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Sandra Fluke Files for Bid to Win Henry Waxman's Seat</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=SXalsfDYSmqaBIYgFh7YpkhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Politico</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Paul Krugman | Delusions of Failure</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=542%2FDCB5sXoWzj6cv0zapkhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Obama "Paving the Way for the Antichrist," Evangelical Preacher's New Book Claims</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=wf8TFLRMtq7T59NDWeQIqUhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Six Unanswered Questions About Obama's Drone War</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=OZfOg%2F6MiYM7cm9aY7va4EhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the Future of the Death Penalty on Trial</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=dvzazFLNakRnXvl1t88z%2BkhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Truthdig</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>Roger Drouin, Truthout:</strong> As industry interest in bringing fracking to the Sunshine State intensifies, environmental groups worry about risks including contaminated groundwater, disruption to some of the county's most bio-diverse ecosystems and aquifers sucked dry.</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=kOZEAd6ehx4sOay%2B2GAA3khAjBknZ0jB" 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=rEbiyEPPtM6H42cejhGu5TZiUHim32sB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Democrats Introduce Bill to Restore FCC's Net-Neutrality Rules</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> Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation that would restore net-neutrality rules struck down last month by a federal appeals court. But the bill faces a steep uphill battle in the House, where some Republicans oppose any expansion of regulatory power at the FCC.</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=rzIVinhrGfPHeUbExqHktUhAjBknZ0jB" 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=qYoM%2FPqkBCrsIu%2FkJuYbokhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Vermont Becomes 12th State With Legislation Targeting NSA 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>Michael Boldin, Truthout:</strong> On January 28, Vermont state representatives introduced legislation that would block some of the practical effects of mass data collection by the National Security Agency.</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=W74XMYN6k7MSVoik9N1mrEhAjBknZ0jB" 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=zfok07nF1%2ByDf4eiJQxygkhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Dirty Energy Emancipation Proclamation: In Utah?</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. Brian Moench, Truthout:</strong> On January 25, away from the spotlight of Washington DC and the news media, one of the largest and most significant environmental protests in years took place in the most unlikely of places - Salt Lake City.</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=cbnst3CMpvn%2FewpdZgKj2khAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Video</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=mPEoB9MpAHSTxhtT8LdgVkhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The EU Presidency and the Bottom of the Aegean Sea</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>Dimitris Dalakoglou and Anna Christofidi, Truthout:</strong> The growing ideological intimacy between centrist-right and extreme-right parties throughout Europe provides fertile ground for the increasingly brutal treatment of refugees and migrants - most recently in Greece.</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=%2FE7KaLRTSfCNmLjkizl6qkhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and View the Photos</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=BR2MiTwi8LB6cJzeC3%2FkjEhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The GOP's Coke Freak-Out</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> Republicans are outraged that Coca-Cola would dare "tarnish" a patriotic American anthem with foreign languages. The fiasco that was the conservative reaction to Coke's Super Bowl ad is symbolic of a bigger issue: The Republican Party has become the last refuge of bigots.</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=2SigpoWpLvLRGGx%2FRRL5aEhAjBknZ0jB" 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=vWlL37mG4uZ%2F3g0U9tAGjUhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong><em>Mitt</em>: New Documentary on Netflix Whitewashes the 2012 Campaign</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>Anis Shivani, Truthout:</strong> Simple-minded devotion to so-called "behind the scenes" consultations among candidate Romney and his family plunges the documentary <em>Mitt</em> into the abyss of know-nothing, self-affirming reality TV.</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=GWihYbGZZJSHuvJaiTP660hAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Film Review</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=X%2FXBhdri4tvMoDHordze7ZO42OuvJLc7" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Violence in Fallujah: Poisoned Fruit of US Occupation?</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>Michael Z. Youhana:</strong> Contrary to conventional wisdom, US actions in Fallujah during - and even before - the Iraq War played a role in bringing the latest eruption of violence to the city.</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=FJGoCBC9LrdzJ05iQd0uOEhAjBknZ0jB" 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=Cvk2KN58FYiRL%2FMcNOeDcUhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Public-Private Profiteers</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>Barbara Garson, TomDispatch:</strong> Health care isn't the first boon that President Obama tried to give us through a public-private partnership. When he took office, more than 25 percent of US home mortgages were underwater. The president offered those homeowners debt relief through banks and shied away from direct government aid.</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=o%2FlmmKpUSWFOqOd0c3MI2TZiUHim32sB" 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=9m2A7p1p7rQPyMWtkMlD7khAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Debate: State Department Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, but Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?</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>Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!:</strong> Should the Obama administration approve the Keystone XL pipeline? Amy Goodman hosts a debate between Erich Pica of Friends of the Earth and Cindy Schild of the American Petroleum Institute.</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=0yJdAcs9lTWrBo%2BjV6ARrEhAjBknZ0jB" 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=bNHH%2BxtI4dXnF3jBk%2F%2Fhl0hAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>NPR's "The Salt" Blog Muddies the Issue of Sewage Sludge</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, PRWatch:</strong> In a muddled attack on the Center for Media and Democracy and those who are concerned about produce grown in sewage sludge, "The Salt," NPR's James Beard award-winning food blog, parroted sewage sludge industry PR and misled readers.</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=fZTRr0t6l%2BAEBrhptKp9%2BDZiUHim32sB" 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=rMArW6%2BUDpbecgsgJpGm8UhAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Internet Companies Are Fighting to Restore Public Trust, 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> Internet companies are fighting to restore public trust; the state of California just announced its most severe water restrictions ever; more than a million people are calling on the FCC to protect internet freedom; 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=dCkxhf5CdN%2BhrqdfC3EHPkhAjBknZ0jB" 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=AeS9OWcFrwSLvvjujlhHo0hAjBknZ0jB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How a Famous 90-Year-Old Doctor Survived Hospitalization, but You Probably Won't</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>Jesse Lemisch, New Politics:</strong> We will never get good health care for all if we fail to face head-on the problem of superior access to health care for the privileged - these are aspects of a central problem of inequality in our society.</p>
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