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William Rivers Pitt | Cliven Bundy: Clown Car or Trojan Horse?
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t r u t h o u t | 05.02
William Rivers Pitt | Cliven Bundy: Clown Car or Trojan Horse?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23444-william-rivers-pitt-cliven-bundy-cl=
own-car-or-trojan-horse
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: The ongoing saga of freeloading Nevada ranch=
er Cliven Bundy is, on the surface, a perfect masterpiece of right-wing, cl=
own-car stupidity. But Mr. Bundy's most dedicated supporters were a couple =
of billionaire brothers named Charles and David Koch.
Noam Chomsky | Red Lines in Ukraine and Elsewhere
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23448-noam-chomsky-red-lines-in-ukrai=
ne-and-elsewhere
Noam Chomsky, Truthout: This era's most extreme international crime, the US=
-UK invasion of Iraq, was not a break in world order because the aggressors=
didn't cross Russian or Chinese red lines. In contrast, Putin's takeover o=
f the Crimea and his ambitions in Ukraine cross US red lines.
In Colombia, Free Trade Brings More Poverty and More Killings
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23408-in-colombia-free-trade-brings-more-pov=
erty-and-more-killings
David Bacon, Truthout: The free trade agreement between the United States a=
nd Colombia has produced a significant trade surplus for the United States,=
but a plan to protect Colombians has been totally ignored.
Economy Adds 288,000 Jobs in April, Sharp Drop in Labor Force Leads to Plun=
ge in Unemployment
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23451-economy-adds-288000-jobs-in-april-shar=
p-drop-in-labor-force-leads-to-plunge-in-unemployment
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research: The economy added 288,=
000 jobs in April. With upward revisions to the prior two months' data, thi=
s brings the three-month average to 234,000. Voluntary part-time employment=
has been rising, which is a predictable effect of the Affordable Care Act.
Brown's Bittersweet Legacy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23446-browns-bittersweet-legacy
Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins, OtherWords: What a bittersweet=
60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Educati=
on ruling. After making great progress toward integrating public schools, o=
ur nation reversed course. Resegregation gradually replaced integration as =
a leading educational indicator over the past 25 years.
The Economic Plans of the Kiev Government Will Spell Ruin for a Great Many =
in Ukraine
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23449-the-economic-plans-of-the-kiev-=
government-will-spell-ruin-for-a-great-many-in-ukraine
Renfrey Clarke, Truthout: Ukraine's "turn to the West," in combination with=
austerity measures that will sharply reduce demand from the population and=
further cripple industry, will deindustrialize Ukraine and turn it into an=
agricultural and raw materials appendage of the EU.
Don't Let Net Neutrality Become Another Broken Promise
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23460-dont-let-net-neutrality-become-=
another-broken-promise
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: The problem with the FCC=
is that "business and government are now so intertwined that public offici=
als and corporate retainers are interchangeable." FCC officials, including =
Tom Wheeler, transit back and forth through the revolving door between publ=
ic service and lucrative private commerce.
Tornado Survival Tips
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23450-tornado-survival-tips
Matthew Stein, Truthout: With thousands of flattened homes and numerous dev=
astated communities in the aftermath of this week's widespread tornadoes, i=
t is worthwhile to revisit tornado safety tips.
"Indigenous People's Day" Will Be the Day We Regain Our Lands
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23447-indigenous-peoples-day-will-be-the=
-day-we-regain-our-lands
Marta Molina, Waging Nonviolence: In Brazil, April 19 is "The Day of the In=
dian," a commemoration imposed by whites in Brazil to supposedly remember t=
he importance of indigenous cultures for the country. But the indigenous Gu=
aran=C3=AD people of Brazil have nothing to celebrate.
Five Videos Worth Watching From the Senate Dark Money Hearing
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23445-five-videos-worth-watching-from-the-se=
nate-dark-money-hearing
John Light, Moyers & Company: In yesterday's hearing on dark money, some ve=
ry smart people shared their thoughts about big money's corrupting influenc=
e on our democracy and what might be done to limit it. Former Supreme Court=
Justice John Paul Stevens was one of them.
Amy Goodman | Brown Student Lena Sclove Speaks Out After School Lets Her Ac=
cused Rapist Return to Campus
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23456-brown-student-lena-sclove-speaks-out-a=
fter-school-lets-her-accused-rapist-return-to-campus
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: The issue of sexual assault on college campuse=
s has been in the spotlight this week with a White House task force urging =
schools to take action. But long before celebrities and senators entered th=
e picture, the battle against sexual assault on college campuses was led by=
students who rose up to hold their schools accountable.
The Lobbyists Behind Senate Failure to Advance Minimum Wage Increase
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23453-the-lobbyists-behind-senate-failure-to=
-advance-minimum-wage-increase
Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: On Wednesday, the Harkin-Miller =
$10.10 minimum wage increase met its day on the Senate floor. In a 54 to 42=
vote, the bill failed to advance - with the vote being split mostly along =
party lines.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Too Big to Jail Continues: DOJ May Charge Two Banks With Criminal Acts, but=
Not Hold Them Criminally Accountable
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: One of those breathless New York Times =
"insider" articles predicts that the Department of Justice will finally get=
at least two big banks to plead guilty to criminal charges. However, the f=
orecast is that there will not be any significant criminal consequences.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/too-big-to-jail-continues-doj=
-may-charge-two-banks-with-criminal-acts-but-not-hold-them-criminally-accou=
ntable
Eugene Robinson | The Gruesome Inhumanity of the Death Penalty=20
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/eugene-robinson-the-gruesome-=
inhumanity-of-the-death-penalty
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Carbon Dioxide Levels in Atmosphere Reach Terrifying New Milestone
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/01/mauna_loa_atmosphere_mea=
surements_carbon_dioxide_levels_above_400_ppm_throughout.html
Read the Article at Slate
Plumbing the Depths of Horror: The Hidden History of the United States
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/plumbing-the-depths-of-the-da=
rk-side
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Paul Krugman | Why Economics Failed
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/opinion/krugman-why-economics-failed.html=
?_r=3D0
Read the Article at The New York Times
William Greider | Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power
http://www.thenation.com/blog/179571/justice-sotomayor-speaks-truth-white-p=
ower#
Read the Article at The Nation
Virginia Oil-Train Wreck Brings Demands for More Regulation
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140501/train_derailment-virginia-8a4b45b=
6bb.html
Read the Article at The Associated Press
How to Convince Conservative Christians That Global Warming Is Real
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/inquiring-minds-katharine-ha=
yhoe-faith-climate
Read the Article at Mother Jones
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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>Too Big to Jail Continues: DOJ May Charge Two Banks With Criminal Acts, but Not Hold Them Criminally Accountable </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>One of those breathless <em>New York Times</em> "insider" articles predicts that the Department of Justice will finally get at least two big banks to plead guilty to criminal charges. However, the forecast is that there will not be any significant criminal consequences.</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=Pdy2cKjOIYxCyuEbrKrejPrc%2FQvsVCCH" 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>Eugene Robinson | The Gruesome Inhumanity of the Death Penalty</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>Carbon Dioxide Levels in Atmosphere Reach Terrifying New Milestone</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>Plumbing the Depths of Horror: The Hidden History of the United States</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>Paul Krugman | Why Economics Failed</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>William Greider | Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power</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>Virginia Oil-Train Wreck Brings Demands for More Regulation</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 to Convince Conservative Christians That Global Warming Is Real</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> The ongoing saga of freeloading Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is, on the surface, a perfect masterpiece of right-wing, clown-car stupidity. But Mr. Bundy's most dedicated supporters were a couple of billionaire brothers named Charles and David Koch.</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=SWcw10EJgkUgmFy9CzK9XG%2B8phezPOTs" 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=vOgvMBSh46hVCYUsRtV1fvrc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Noam Chomsky | Red Lines in Ukraine and Elsewhere</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>Noam Chomsky, Truthout:</strong> This era's most extreme international crime, the US-UK invasion of Iraq, was not a break in world order because the aggressors didn't cross Russian or Chinese red lines. In contrast, Putin's takeover of the Crimea and his ambitions in Ukraine cross US red lines.</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=2U73BKSohvQWulz599ngUPrc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=YdKxZTXvsjr%2F1MkdXCJpyvrc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In Colombia, Free Trade Brings More Poverty and More Killings</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>David Bacon, Truthout:</strong> The free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia has produced a significant trade surplus for the United States, but a plan to protect Colombians has been totally ignored.</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=xaaylPTNGApz3RKQe9RVl%2Frc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=t%2Bbbo3fyst%2Beq5Eu6beKPvrc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Economy Adds 288,000 Jobs in April, Sharp Drop in Labor Force Leads to Plunge in Unemployment</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>Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research:</strong> The economy added 288,000 jobs in April. With upward revisions to the prior two months' data, this brings the three-month average to 234,000. Voluntary part-time employment has been rising, which is a predictable effect of the Affordable Care Act.</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=UcFXP9r5SRjYZyIwmEeTL%2Frc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=3ewREOHVd1zDuQ81Zpvw%2Ffrc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong><em>Brown</em>'s Bittersweet Legacy</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>Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins, OtherWords:</strong> What a bittersweet 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark <em>Brown v. Board of Education</em> ruling. After making great progress toward integrating public schools, our nation reversed course. Resegregation gradually replaced integration as a leading educational indicator over the past 25 years.</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=OsG6H%2BCTq7crvB7KbLOxiPrc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=4IkeKQyg4WHzZk91m35FbPrc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Economic Plans of the Kiev Government Will Spell Ruin for a Great Many in Ukraine</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>Renfrey Clarke, Truthout:</strong> Ukraine's "turn to the West," in combination with austerity measures that will sharply reduce demand from the population and further cripple industry, will deindustrialize Ukraine and turn it into an agricultural and raw materials appendage of the EU.</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=LHJNuztiODikOjBPBBrEc%2Frc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=grks7yFq7EGsYosLZ%2BkQeG%2B8phezPOTs" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Don't Let Net Neutrality Become Another Broken Promise</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>Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> The problem with the FCC is that "business and government are now so intertwined that public officials and corporate retainers are interchangeable." FCC officials, including Tom Wheeler, transit back and forth through the revolving door between public service and lucrative private commerce.</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=AtHqgeIK82quJ0hR8Utl2%2Frc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and 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=Wbk%2BhfP%2Fvzgt9ScBHA4o5Prc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Tornado Survival Tips</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>Matthew Stein, Truthout:</strong> With thousands of flattened homes and numerous devastated communities in the aftermath of this week's widespread tornadoes, it is worthwhile to revisit tornado safety tips.</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=dUr6fLrbDUxRpkJ6oj%2BjaPrc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=O9Y0KUlooZR29GZBvabzevrc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>"Indigenous People's Day" Will Be the Day We Regain Our Lands</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>Marta Molina, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> In Brazil, April 19 is "The Day of the Indian," a commemoration imposed by whites in Brazil to supposedly remember the importance of indigenous cultures for the country. But the indigenous Guaraní people of Brazil have nothing to celebrate.</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=yHn8%2B0M0RY4jqhxe97xGc%2Frc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=dmfP4XMnKqzYM%2BauR6bMS%2Frc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Five Videos Worth Watching From the Senate Dark Money Hearing</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 yesterday's hearing on dark money, some very smart people shared their thoughts about big money's corrupting influence on our democracy and what might be done to limit it. Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was one of them.</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=wphHX4NX50%2FtE7Mjy5SF72%2B8phezPOTs" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Videos and 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=%2FlEXD3kuOvFuS%2Fo5f94S8frc%2FQvsVCCH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Amy Goodman | Brown Student Lena Sclove Speaks Out After School Lets Her Accused Rapist Return to Campus</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> The issue of sexual assault on college campuses has been in the spotlight this week with a White House task force urging schools to take action. But long before celebrities and senators entered the picture, the battle against sexual assault on college campuses was led by students who rose up to hold their schools accountable.</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=FfJo1oLyxAyQD8sdwnyK9Prc%2FQvsVCCH" 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=ANwXvS1RH0nrqF4D72YYkm%2B8phezPOTs" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Lobbyists Behind Senate Failure to Advance Minimum Wage Increase</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> On Wednesday, the Harkin-Miller $10.10 minimum wage increase met its day on the Senate floor. In a 54 to 42 vote, the bill failed to advance - with the vote being split mostly along party lines.</p>
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