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William Rivers Pitt | The Insurance Industry Is Organized Crime
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t r u t h o u t | 03.06
William Rivers Pitt | Worse Than the Mob: The Insurance Industry Is Organiz=
ed Crime
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22279-william-rivers-pitt-worse-than-the-=
mob-the-insurance-industry-is-organized-crime
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Abandoning the concept of single-payer healt=
h care is the Original Sin of the Affordable Care Act. The insurance indust=
ry has less morality than a Mafia leg-breaker but far more power, and someo=
ne decided to keep it in charge of the process anyway.
Danny Glover and James Counts Early | A Year After the Death of Hugo Chavez=
Frias
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22274-hugo-chavez-frias-in-memory-solidar=
ity-commitment-to-participatory-democracy-and-justice-in-peace
Danny Glover and James Counts Early, Truthout: A year after the death of Hu=
go Ch=C3=A1vez Fr=C3=ADas, we take time to reflect about his life, his virt=
ues and limitations, his public promises, achievements and unfinished work.=
Ch=C3=A1vez was a bold thinker, uncompromising in his goal of constructing=
a new, just, economically productive Venezuela.
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Dallas Police 72-Hour Review Policy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22275-ethics-complaint-filed-against-dall=
as-police-72-hour-review-policy
Stephen Benavides, Truthout: In November 2013, a secret policy allowed Dall=
as police to take 72 hours to review any evidence before making an official=
statement. The policy was instituted in response to a police shooting repo=
rt that was contradicted by a home surveillance camera.
Profiteers Are Lining Up To Make Money Off Global Warming
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/22240-profiteers-are-lining-up-t=
o-make-money-off-global-warming
McKenzie Funk, The Penguin Press: In his book Windfall: The Blooming Busine=
ss of Global Warming, McKenzie Funk reports on the long line of individuals=
, corporations and financial investors who are betting on climate change to=
make a huge profit from catastrophe.
Denton, Texas, Citizens Group Fights for Fracking Ban
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22280-denton-texas-citizens-group-fights-for=
-fracking-ban
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: Instead of trying to get a temporary moratoriu=
m on fracking, the Denton Drilling Awareness Group plans to turn Denton int=
o a frack-free city, making it the first in Texas to ban fracking outright.
Hair-Trigger America
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22276-hair-trigger-america
William J. Astore, Truthout: A nation that used to espouse isolationism has=
morphed into one poised for hair-trigger pre-emptive war, privately armed =
to the teeth and the leading purveyor in the global arms trade.
The Pentagon's Phony Budget War: How the Military Avoided Cuts, Lied About =
Doing So, Asked for Billions More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22300-the-pentagons-phony-budget-war-how-the=
-us-military-avoided-budget-cuts-lied-about-doing-so-then-asked-for-billion=
s-more
Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch: Despite cries of doom since sequestration surfa=
ced in Washington in 2011, the Pentagon has seen few actual reductions, and=
there is no indication that will change anytime soon.
Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Facts on Petroleum Politicians, Crude Money =
and Media Spin
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22291-keystone-pipelies-exposed-the-facts-on=
-petroleum-politicians-crude-money-and-media-spin
Dave Saldana, PR Watch: From a purely economic standpoint, political contri=
butions are an astonishingly good investment for oil companies. TransCanada=
and the American Petroleum Institute have very large bank accounts, and th=
ey've been willing to open their checkbooks to tell the story their way.
President Obama Proposes 2015 Budget
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22259-president-obama-proposes-2015-budget
Jasmine Tucker, National Priorities Project: President Obama released his s=
ixth budget proposal, requesting $3.9 trillion in fiscal year 2015. At a ti=
me of conflict over federal spending, the president's budget is largely a p=
olitical document that shows Obama's priorities in detail.
Ian Haney Lopez on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22287-ian-haney-lopez-on-the-dog-whistle-pol=
itics-of-race
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: Author and legal scholar Ian Haney L=C3=B3pe=
z says dog whistle politics is "the dark magic" by which middle-class voter=
s have been seduced to vote against their own economic interests.
Labor Anger Simmers in Cambodia
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22295-labour-anger-simmers-in-cambodia
Michelle Tolson, Inter Press Service: With public gatherings banned in Camb=
odia and charges framed against 23 union leaders and activists, labor disco=
ntent within the garment worker sector may not be spilling onto the streets=
, but it is simmering.
Economic Update: Subsidizing Corporations
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/22309-economic-update-subsidizing-corpor=
ations
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update / Truthout: Updates on International Wome=
n's Day; the long-term unemployed; rich/poor cities; subsidies for the bigg=
est corporations; Google's hiring policies; Chrysler subsidies and Canada; =
the defeat of Arizona's discrimination law; and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Why Should Laboring Americans Work Hard and Play by the Rules When the Rich=
Don't?
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/why-should-laboring-americans=
-work-hard-and-play-by-the-rules-when-the-rich-don-t
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The 1% and their bought politicians lov=
e to lecture the 99% about working hard and playing by the rules. Then how =
come they don't?
Predictable Backlash: Pentagon Now Fears Drones Being Used Against US
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/predictable-backlash-pentagon=
-now-fears-drones-being-used-against-us
Willie Horton Politics: Senate Votes Against Civil Rights
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/178686/willie-horton-politics-senate-votes-ag=
ainst-civil-rights
The USS Reagan Is Fukushima's Unlucky Dragon
Read the Article at Truthdig
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_uss_reagan_is_fukushimas_unlucky_dr=
agon_20140304
The Predatory Consensus of the "Deep State"
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-predatory-consensus-of-th=
e-deep-state
How Steve Stockman Pioneered the Uncampaign
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/03/steve-stockman-texas-senate-campaig=
n-over
USDA To Allow Chickens From US to Be Shipped to China for Processing and Ba=
ck to US for Consumption
Read the Article at EcoWatch
http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/05/usda-chickens-shipped-china/
Four Same-Sex Couples Challenge Wyoming's Marriage Ban
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-usa-gaymarriage-wyoming-idUSBR=
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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>The 1% and their bought politicians love to lecture the 99% about working hard and playing by the rules. Then how come they don't?</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=2%2FFyL1MvK81pBEWgPme39SMDJ%2ByFyzED" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Predictable Backlash: Pentagon Now Fears Drones Being Used Against US</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=ilvYY%2FHc7yr23LVFgbZkQCMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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>Willie Horton Politics: Senate Votes Against Civil Rights</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>The USS Reagan Is Fukushima's Unlucky Dragon</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>The Predatory Consensus of the "Deep State"</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 Steve Stockman Pioneered the Uncampaign</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>USDA To Allow Chickens From US to Be Shipped to China for Processing and Back to US for Consumption</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=%2F53xZuCIjIZqXnY3HLKD8iMDJ%2ByFyzED" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at EcoWatch</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Four Same-Sex Couples Challenge Wyoming's Marriage Ban</strong></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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> Abandoning the concept of single-payer health care is the Original Sin of the Affordable Care Act. The insurance industry has less morality than a Mafia leg-breaker but far more power, and someone decided to keep it in charge of the process anyway.</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=v%2FKLk9XVn7%2Fg82W9txRV%2FyMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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=lr%2BK1plzniLbO8ELg5A3PSMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Danny Glover and James Counts Early | A Year After the Death of Hugo Chavez Frias</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>Danny Glover and James Counts Early, Truthout:</strong> A year after the death of Hugo Chávez Frías, we take time to reflect about his life, his virtues and limitations, his public promises, achievements and unfinished work. Chávez was a bold thinker, uncompromising in his goal of constructing a new, just, economically productive Venezuela.</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=L1XFB4o3zHjkQdgWxrSB9yMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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=2GFRRgDhW1evF8M1whqw5SMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Ethics Complaint Filed Against Dallas Police 72-Hour Review Policy</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>Stephen Benavides, Truthout:</strong> In November 2013, a secret policy allowed Dallas police to take 72 hours to review any evidence before making an official statement. The policy was instituted in response to a police shooting report that was contradicted by a home surveillance camera.</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=BQzsmBG1jOVOydLXQMWaiiMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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=CuN14lweiwRM6lg%2Bsc%2Fx%2FCMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Profiteers Are Lining Up To Make Money Off Global Warming</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>McKenzie Funk, The Penguin Press:</strong> In his book <em>Windfall: The Blooming Business of Global Warming</em>, McKenzie Funk reports on the long line of individuals, corporations and financial investors who are betting on climate change to make a huge profit from catastrophe.</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=eKEuy086XYARqTKO%2BfHhLCMDJ%2ByFyzED" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Excerpt</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=7ITZkqirg3igGj407GpwoCMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Denton, Texas, Citizens Group Fights for Fracking Ban</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>Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog:</strong> Instead of trying to get a temporary moratorium on fracking, the Denton Drilling Awareness Group plans to turn Denton into a frack-free city, making it the first in Texas to ban fracking outright.</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=1tCIuzuPnQ9ozMYkcSNbJGR00204CK87" 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=Rr8iNOkPWo1qMlMxqj9f4CMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Hair-Trigger America</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 J. Astore, Truthout:</strong> A nation that used to espouse isolationism has morphed into one poised for hair-trigger pre-emptive war, privately armed to the teeth and the leading purveyor in the global arms trade.</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=hr10RL7b%2BQ6S1qCAQlQ9nSMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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=FsDQ2lNd0OjvHSalNxMzfyMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Pentagon's Phony Budget War: How the Military Avoided Cuts, Lied About Doing So, Asked for Billions 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>Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch:</strong> Despite cries of doom since sequestration surfaced in Washington in 2011, the Pentagon has seen few actual reductions, and there is no indication that will change anytime soon.</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=0mK6KpfrWw4sFAIT6JsuYiMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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>Dave Saldana, PR Watch:</strong> From a purely economic standpoint, political contributions are an astonishingly good investment for oil companies. TransCanada and the American Petroleum Institute have very large bank accounts, and they've been willing to open their checkbooks to tell the story their way.</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=QocbEBSLo8If9OXFqvhn7iMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>President Obama Proposes 2015 Budget</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>Jasmine Tucker, National Priorities Project:</strong> President Obama released his sixth budget proposal, requesting $3.9 trillion in fiscal year 2015. At a time of conflict over federal spending, the president's budget is largely a political document that shows Obama's priorities in detail.</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=s9BWMsOPIelpeYIR0VccIyMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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>Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company:</strong> Author and legal scholar Ian Haney López says dog whistle politics is "the dark magic" by which middle-class voters have been seduced to vote against their own economic 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=bQVi%2Fkl6t9Afcdts6F%2FkrCMDJ%2ByFyzED" 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=FjLEmQt92xa1WWPQ2tx31CMDJ%2ByFyzED"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Labor Anger Simmers in Cambodia</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>Michelle Tolson, Inter Press Service:</strong> With public gatherings banned in Cambodia and charges framed against 23 union leaders and activists, labor discontent within the garment worker sector may not be spilling onto the streets, but it is simmering.</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=hOvGxfs38%2FyyEjMhrMC1oSMDJ%2ByFyzED" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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