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William Rivers Pitt | Ted Cruz9h&dfxqqqqqqq
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29826-ted-cruz9h-dfxqqqqqqq
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "Not to put too fine a point on it, but Ted Cruz is - to all intents and purposes - the true demon spawn of Joe McCarthy, Phyllis Schlafly, several small rocks and an under-watered cactus that nobody ever really loved ... and now he is going to be in my kitchen for at least a year."
Laura Flanders | Building Movements Without Shedding Differences: Alicia Garza of #BlackLivesMatter
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29813-building-movements-without-shedding-differences-alicia-garza
Laura Flanders, Truthout: "A love note to our people." That's how #BlackLivesMatter started, explains its cofounder Alicia Garza, in this interview with GRITtv. Garza is also special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Nine Billionaires Are About to Remake New York's Public Schools
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29829-nine-billionaires-are-about-to-remake-new-york-s-public-schools
George Joseph, The Nation: One man's ambition and a few other men's power overrode the decades-long demands of millions of New Yorkers for fully funded public schools. But what does such a profoundly anti-democratic approach mean for the state's public school system?
Island States Shouldn't Have to Pay for Australian Prime Minister's High-Carbon "Lifestyle Choice"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29783-small-island-states-like-vanuatu-shouldn-t-have-to-pay-for-abbott-s-high-carbon-lifestyle-choice
Alison Lowe, Truthout: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott suggests the Australian government should not "endlessly subsidize the lifestyle choices" of Aboriginal people, apparently unconscious that island and coastal peoples globally are paying for his own "lifestyle choices."
The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico (and the United States)
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29831-can-you-say-blowback-in-spanish-the-failed-war-on-drugs
Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch: Just like US military adventures in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the US-Mexico war on drugs has only left a larger problem in place. Meanwhile, both states use drug cartel violence to justify the demonization of immigrants and the militarization of borders.
Israelis and Republicans Teach Each Other Politics
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29833-netanyahu-s-us-or-them-is-nothing-but-trouble
Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: "It's us or them" was the slogan Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud spread during this recent campaign. They said they meant the Labor and Zionist Union opposition but its roots are deeper and more atavistic than that. It's a core philosophy more suitable to the cave than a rational civilization.
Amy Goodman | UN Warns of Civil War in Yemen, US Evacuates From the Country
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29837-yemen-in-crisis-us-closes-key-drone-base-and-withdraws-forces-as-un-warns-of-civil-war
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: After touting its "successful" counterterrorism model in Yemen, the United States has evacuated its remaining personnel, including 100 Special Operations troops from a military base seen as key in the drone war against al-Qaeda.
New Documentary Trailer Shows How Denton, Texas, Upstaged the Oil and Gas Industry
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29836-new-documentary-trailer-shows-how-denton-texas-upstaged-the-oil-and-gas-industry
Garrett Graham, Don't Frack With Denton: Garrett Graham and his partner, Truthout's assistant editor and reporter Candice Bernd, are producing the forthcoming documentary film, "Don't Frack With Denton," which chronicles how their hometown became the first city in Texas to ban fracking after a landslide election victory last November. The film will premiere this coming May.
Showdown Nears on Fast Tracking the Biggest Free Trade Deal Yet
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29825-showdown-nears-on-fast-tracking-the-biggest-free-trade-deal-yet
Cynthia Phinney, Labor Notes: This spring, the battle is coming to a head over several threatening trade deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a "NAFTA of the Pacific." Organized labor is united in opposition.
Why "Cert. Denied" Can Be the Sweetest Two Words
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29824-why-cert-denied-can-be-the-sweetest-two-words
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice: Sometimes the sweetest sounds in the home of the brave are the words "cert. denied," especially when the US Supreme Court leaves in place reasonable disclosure laws that inform the public about who is trying to influence their vote.
Will Democrats Back Obama's UN Push for Two States in Israel-Palestine?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29844-will-democrats-back-obama-s-un-push-for-two-states-in-israel-palestine
Robert Naiman, Truthout: The US may support a UN resolution that lays out parameters for a diplomatic resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the US may support a resolution against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. If the Obama administration makes such a move, will Democrats support it?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: California's Water Supply Dwindles, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29841-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-california-s-water-supply-dwindles-and-more
In today's On the News segment: California's water supply will be gone before we know it, and Gov. Jerry Brown is asking for help; lawmakers in West Virginia are scaling back regulations on chemical storage tanks; the United Nations announces support for the growing fossil fuel divestment movement; and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Chicago Police Department Stops and Frisks People of Color Four Times More Than NYPD
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/chicago-police-department-stops-and-frisks-people-of-color-four-times-more-than-nypd
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: A shocking new study by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois reveals that the discriminatory practice of police stopping and frisking people of color happens at even higher rates in Chicago than in New York.
US Accuses Israel of Spying, Colluding With Congress to Subvert Iran Nuclear Talks
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/24/israel-spied-on-us-over-iran-nuclear-talks?CMP=ema_565
Jon Stewart Fillets Ted Cruz's Presidential Ambitions
Watch the Video at Comedy Central
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/videos/video/jon-stewart-filets-ted-cruz-s-presidential-ambitions
Jim Hightower: Debt Buyers Bury Hard-Hit Consumers in Lies
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/debt-buyers-bury-hard-hit-consumers-in-lies
"Crack Cocaine for the Pentagon": Meet the Secret Slush Fund That's Getting Hawks High
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/24/crack_cocaine_for_the_pentagon_meet_the_secret_slush_fund_thats_getting_hawks_high/?source=newsletter
Philadelphia Cops Shoot and Kill People at Six Times the Rate of the NYPD
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/philadelphia-police-officer-involved-shootings
It's Official: Firing Squads in Utah Allowed
Read the Article at USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/03/24/official-firing-squads-utah-allowed/70366174/
Indiana Governor Pence Poised to Sign Yet Another Controversial Anti-Gay Bill
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pence-indiana-religious-freedom-bill
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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>Jon Stewart Fillets Ted Cruz's Presidential Ambitions</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>Jim Hightower: Debt Buyers Bury Hard-Hit Consumers in Lies </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>"Crack Cocaine for the Pentagon": Meet the Secret Slush Fund That's Getting Hawks High</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>Philadelphia Cops Shoot and Kill People at Six Times the Rate of the NYPD</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>It's Official: Firing Squads in Utah Allowed</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>Indiana Governor Pence Poised to Sign Yet Another Controversial Anti-Gay Bill</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> "Not to put too fine a point on it, but Ted Cruz is - to all intents and purposes - the true demon spawn of Joe McCarthy, Phyllis Schlafly, several small rocks and an under-watered cactus that nobody ever really loved ... and now he is going to be in my kitchen for at least a year."</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=OQGGHFjoA4YquqGNphehKBi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Laura Flanders | Building Movements Without Shedding Differences: Alicia Garza of #BlackLivesMatter</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>Laura Flanders, Truthout:</strong> "A love note to our people." That's how #BlackLivesMatter started, explains its cofounder Alicia Garza, in this interview with GRITtv. Garza is also special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance.</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=xKaC80jSckyJdMAVPDQyGBi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=VMi5wp3ZRe6u5IpvlB5gpRi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Nine Billionaires Are About to Remake New York's Public Schools</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>George Joseph, The Nation:</strong> One man's ambition and a few other men's power overrode the decades-long demands of millions of New Yorkers for fully funded public schools. But what does such a profoundly anti-democratic approach mean for the state's public school system?</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=RZ1flTijdeshkP0XUxuKkBi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=FZsbO8qC5CEJbK8ROo5%2BS1ko5Vpd%2BKez" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Island States Shouldn't Have to Pay for Australian Prime Minister's High-Carbon "Lifestyle Choice"</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>Alison Lowe, Truthout:</strong> Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott suggests the Australian government should not "endlessly subsidize the lifestyle choices" of Aboriginal people, apparently unconscious that island and coastal peoples globally are paying for his own "lifestyle choices."</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=lrPnoju%2F8I0S7h4mcVi1rxi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=S3zlgH7nTcgLxLvCo7wtAhi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico (and the United States)</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>Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch:</strong> Just like US military adventures in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the US-Mexico war on drugs has only left a larger problem in place. Meanwhile, both states use drug cartel violence to justify the demonization of immigrants and the militarization of borders.</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=GP2krL%2BYPP4pM%2FMEvKyD0xi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=3kF6F0y78sA8574aAIiD1xi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Israelis and Republicans Teach Each Other Politics</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 Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> "It's us or them" was the slogan Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud spread during this recent campaign. They said they meant the Labor and Zionist Union opposition but its roots are deeper and more atavistic than that. It's a core philosophy more suitable to the cave than a rational civilization.</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=iNB6ooZMF2%2BuSyTsoFYimRi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=EYXEW06f0qrQ%2B9fkAeYswRi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Amy Goodman | UN Warns of Civil War in Yemen, US Evacuates From the Country</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> After touting its "successful" counterterrorism model in Yemen, the United States has evacuated its remaining personnel, including 100 Special Operations troops from a military base seen as key in the drone war against al-Qaeda.</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=sLzh8mLNcLwiTKAWo1yQgRi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=NDrBLojdjKJVWC%2FZ605GaRi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>New Documentary Trailer Shows How Denton, Texas, Upstaged the Oil and Gas Industry</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>Garrett Graham, Don't Frack With Denton:</strong> Garrett Graham and his partner, Truthout's assistant editor and reporter Candice Bernd, are producing the forthcoming documentary film, <em>Don't Frack With Denton,</em> which chronicles how their hometown became the first city in Texas to ban fracking after a landslide election victory last November. The film will premiere this coming May.</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=MI%2FZi6mpBrOpun%2BpvvowSRi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>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=oAMCZOYPETnuPcCiPRorohi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Showdown Nears on Fast Tracking the Biggest Free Trade Deal Yet</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>Cynthia Phinney, Labor Notes:</strong> This spring, the battle is coming to a head over several threatening trade deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a "NAFTA of the Pacific." Organized labor is united in opposition.</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=DskO46Nl85nlc49pSTNgaVko5Vpd%2BKez" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why "Cert. Denied" Can Be the Sweetest Two Words</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>Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice:</strong> Sometimes the sweetest sounds in the home of the brave are the words "cert. denied," especially when the US Supreme Court leaves in place reasonable disclosure laws that inform the public about who is trying to influence their vote.</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=F31H9boZSfS5ZTdqkNEthxi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=HzmQMvOFrM7xxEfri2LNHRi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Will Democrats Back Obama's UN Push for Two States in Israel-Palestine?</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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> The US may support a UN resolution that lays out parameters for a diplomatic resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the US may support a resolution against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. If the Obama administration makes such a move, will Democrats support it?</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=diHjQpvtvZgziV0U%2B09KrBi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" 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=iwBveNOEkq6pTeNazqEp5Bi%2FL%2Ff4RUrN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: California's Water Supply Dwindles, 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> California's water supply will be gone before we know it, and Gov. Jerry Brown is asking for help; lawmakers in West Virginia are scaling back regulations on chemical storage tanks; the United Nations announces support for the growing fossil fuel divestment movement; and more.</p>
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