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t r u t h o u t | 05.14
Exclusive Dispatch: Private Water Industry Says Water Bills "Have to Go Up"
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30724-exclusive-dispatch-private-water-i=
ndustry-says-water-bills-have-to-go-up
Aaron Miguel Cant=C3=BA, Truthout: At a regional gathering hosted by the Na=
tional Association of Water Companies, the "voice of the private water indu=
stry," privatization advocates used the logic of austerity to argue for rai=
sing Americans' water utility bills in order to pay for infrastructure cost=
s.
A Pipeline Strikes Deep in the Heart of Texas
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30723-a-pipeline-strikes-deep-in-the-=
heart-of-texas
Alyce Santoro, Truthout: Residents of one of the last unspoiled regions in =
Texas face construction of a pipeline wider than the Keystone XL pipeline t=
o supply Mexico with fracked gas from the US. But who will ultimately benef=
it from the Trans Pecos Pipeline?
Why Did Mexican Police Make 43 Student Teachers Disappear?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30731-why-did-mexican-police-make-43-stu=
dent-teachers-disappear
Frederick Linden, Truthout: The young rural student teachers challenged the=
lucrative private school industry, serving corporate, religious and small =
business interests. Many fear they were deemed "inconvenient" to Mexico's d=
ominant powers.
How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30785-how-can-you-get-an-ethical-manicur=
e-support-worker-organizing
Michelle Chen, The Nation: In an industry that forces one woman's chronic p=
ain to subsidize the momentary glamor of another, it is crucial to stand in=
solidarity with workers pushing for community-led solutions. In the city's=
struggle for beauty, everybody's troubles go hand in hand.
John Kiriakou | Closing the Door on Torture
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30782-closing-the-door-on-torture
John Kiriakou, OtherWords: There's still time for President Obama to order =
the Justice Department to prosecute perpetrators of torture. And there's a =
clear precedent in how the government has confronted similar actions in the=
past: The Defense Department has previously convicted a soldier of torture=
.
Our Decrepit Rail System Makes Another Amtrak Crash Likely
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30783-our-decrepit-rail-system-makes-=
another-amtrak-crash-more-likely
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: While countries like China,=
Japan and Germany are surging ahead with high-speed trains that are shatte=
ring records left and right, we're stuck here in the US with outdated techn=
ology and crumbling tracks. No magical privatization scheme is going to sol=
ve the problem.
As Internal Documents Show Major Overreach, Why Is FBI Spying on Opponents =
of Keystone XL Pipeline?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30796-as-internal-documents-show-major-o=
verreach-why-is-fbi-spying-on-opponents-of-keystone-xl-pipeline
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: A new report confirms f=
or the first time that the FBI spied on activists in Texas who tried to sto=
p the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Documents from the FBI reve=
al it failed to get approval before it cultivated informants and opened its=
investigation.
How US Private Prisons Profit From Immigrant Detention
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30804-how-us-private-prisons-profit-from=
-immigrant-detention
Melanie Diaz and Timothy Keen, Council on Hemispheric Affairs: Private pris=
on corporations have garnered an infamous reputation for profiting from the=
government-subsidized business of immigrant detention. For-profit prison c=
orporations lobby and provide exorbitant political contributions so that Co=
ngress will appropriate more money into immigration enforcement, fueling th=
eir revenue.
The US Military Uncontained: Chaos Spread, Casualties Inflicted, Missions U=
naccomplished
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30798-the-us-military-uncontained-chaos-=
spread-casualties-inflicted-missions-unaccomplished
William J. Astore, TomDispatch: No military should ever be trusted and no m=
ilitary should ever be left uncontained. The founders of the United States =
knew this lesson. Dwight D. Eisenhower took pains in his farewell address t=
o remind us of it again. How did we come to forget it?
How the Second Circuit's Decision Changes the Legislative Game
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30802-how-the-second-circuit-s-decision-=
changes-the-legislative-game
Elizabeth (Liza) Goitein, The Brennan Center for Justice: The Second Circui=
t's ruling, which states that the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' telep=
hone records violates Section 215 of the Patriot Act, will have significant=
implications for the current legislative debate over whether and how to re=
authorize Section 215.
Russia's Stolen Future
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30800-russia-s-stolen-future
Tanya Lokshina, Foreign Policy in Focus: Under increasing pressure from Mos=
cow, Russia's civil society activists are fleeing the country in alarming n=
umbers. This exodus is a loss for Russia. These people were in fact Russia'=
s future - the future stolen from the Russian society by the powers that be=
.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Rises to 373 to 1
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Despite all the talk of closing the inc=
ome inequality gap, it is only getting vastly worse, according to an AFL-CI=
O study.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ceo-to-worker-pay-rises-to-a-=
ratio-of-373-to-one-afl-cio-finds
US Honeybee Population Plummets by More Than 40 Percent, USDA Finds
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/us-honeybee-population-plummets-b=
y-more-than-40-usda-finds
Russ Feingold Is Running for Senate
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/242053-russ-feingold-runni=
ng-for-senate
Train Approached Curve at 106 Mph, Twice the Limit
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/investigators-probe-amtrak-wreckage-aft=
er-philadephia-detrailment-6-dead/2015/05/13/cdf31d58-f957-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce=
3b3fb7_story.html?wpisrc=3Dnl_headlines&wpmm=3D1
The US Government Continues to Squander Its Legitimacy as It Militarizes
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-us-government-continues-to-sq=
uander-its-legitimacy-as-it-militarizes
Senate Cuts Deal to Pass Obama's Secretive Trade Bills
Read the Article at Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/13/senate-trade_n_7277314.html?ncid=
=3Dnewsltushpmg00000003
Analysis of Presidential Abuses of the US Constitution
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stitution/?utm_source=3Dfeedburner&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_campaign=3DFeed%3=
A+Dailycensored+%28Daily+Censored%29
"Your Brother Created ISIS!": Student Confronts Jeb Bush on George W.'s Leg=
acy
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_student_confronts_jeb_bush_on_george_ws_legacy_of_unrest_in_the_middle_eas=
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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>CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Rises to 373 to 1 </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>Despite all the talk of closing the income inequality gap, it is only getting vastly worse, according to an AFL-CIO study.</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=kEASErQrXV7vNwxVYGdICz3tjnpY45qC" 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>US Honeybee Population Plummets by More Than 40 Percent, USDA Finds</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>Russ Feingold Is Running for Senate</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>Train Approached Curve at 106 Mph, Twice the Limit</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 US Government Continues to Squander Its Legitimacy as It Militarizes</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=fSAI2mYkwzA3qVAiGLyziT3tjnpY45qC" 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>Senate Cuts Deal to Pass Obama's Secretive Trade Bills</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>Analysis of Presidential Abuses of the US Constitution</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=jPB11SN%2BfCT4zQ7MvtMJXT3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Daily Censored</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>Aaron Miguel Cantú, Truthout:</strong> At a regional gathering hosted by the National Association of Water Companies, the "voice of the private water industry," privatization advocates used the logic of austerity to argue for raising Americans' water utility bills in order to pay for infrastructure costs.</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=H8zFtymhTmnzvzCsXt%2BQXD3tjnpY45qC" 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=camuRjm92aKUKO39Q8g9ij3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Pipeline Strikes Deep in the Heart of Texas</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>Alyce Santoro, Truthout:</strong> Residents of one of the last unspoiled regions in Texas face construction of a pipeline wider than the Keystone XL pipeline to supply Mexico with fracked gas from the US. But who will ultimately benefit from the Trans Pecos Pipeline?</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=6t%2FGa7O2x2Yx5U4bg8VS6T3tjnpY45qC" 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=m7qOriBs2ayjEXM3%2FOjp5D3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why Did Mexican Police Make 43 Student Teachers Disappear?</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>Frederick Linden, Truthout:</strong> The young rural student teachers challenged the lucrative private school industry, serving corporate, religious and small business interests. Many fear they were deemed "inconvenient" to Mexico's dominant powers.</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=iRiVPiR%2Fjn1CaJ2Df1tB2D3tjnpY45qC" 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=buyxELIKxfqH1BMeD9RgYz3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing</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 Chen, The Nation:</strong> In an industry that forces one woman's chronic pain to subsidize the momentary glamor of another, it is crucial to stand in solidarity with workers pushing for community-led solutions. In the city's struggle for beauty, everybody's troubles go hand in hand.</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=tIO%2FA1DRyV0n%2BORyPUj9Iz3tjnpY45qC" 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=Z8IfcIYSyrPFuzflIwjGQT3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>John Kiriakou | Closing the Door on Torture</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 Kiriakou, OtherWords:</strong> There's still time for President Obama to order the Justice Department to prosecute perpetrators of torture. And there's a clear precedent in how the government has confronted similar actions in the past: The Defense Department has previously convicted a soldier of torture.</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=42JVv8LDVhKzFbO6%2F11ORT3tjnpY45qC" 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=XzufXWK1mql4LGNyk2FmHT3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Our Decrepit Rail System Makes Another Amtrak Crash Likely</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 Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> While countries like China, Japan and Germany are surging ahead with high-speed trains that are shattering records left and right, we're stuck here in the US with outdated technology and crumbling tracks. No magical privatization scheme is going to solve the problem.</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=lSlHb0D%2FlJkQSjZzGjXEhz3tjnpY45qC" 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=ikcEmMjjPzGtRtItT3lXZz3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>As Internal Documents Show Major Overreach, Why Is FBI Spying on Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline?</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 and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> A new report confirms for the first time that the FBI spied on activists in Texas who tried to stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Documents from the FBI reveal it failed to get approval before it cultivated informants and opened its investigation.</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=buyxELIKxfqtGeq%2FYE2G0T3tjnpY45qC" 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=fu3RJJFylqygswkoe6Mb9z3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How US Private Prisons Profit From Immigrant Detention</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>Melanie Diaz and Timothy Keen, Council on Hemispheric Affairs:</strong> Private prison corporations have garnered an infamous reputation for profiting from the government-subsidized business of immigrant detention. For-profit prison corporations lobby and provide exorbitant political contributions so that Congress will appropriate more money into immigration enforcement, fueling their revenue.</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=dSCHRMTOdIIdqsaxVQTBCD3tjnpY45qC" 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=y1m1DXVWoSUDQQNJxShTsz3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The US Military Uncontained: Chaos Spread, Casualties Inflicted, Missions Unaccomplished</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, TomDispatch:</strong> No military should ever be trusted and no military should ever be left uncontained. The founders of the United States knew this lesson. Dwight D. Eisenhower took pains in his farewell address to remind us of it again. How did we come to forget 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=6g2ZPuyo8kHY4O5hUTTROj3tjnpY45qC" 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=Zosn1QejqdVqgqRx5yD8Rj3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How the Second Circuit's Decision Changes the Legislative Game</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>Elizabeth (Liza) Goitein, The Brennan Center for Justice:</strong> The Second Circuit's ruling, which states that the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records violates Section 215 of the Patriot Act, will have significant implications for the current legislative debate over whether and how to reauthorize Section 215.</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=Hy2Zk5YeAJqA8LaQ6w1vUT3tjnpY45qC" 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=OI1ZWP5m6GCihMBKBIqwoD3tjnpY45qC" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Russia's Stolen Future</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>Tanya Lokshina, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> Under increasing pressure from Moscow, Russia's civil society activists are fleeing the country in alarming numbers. This exodus is a loss for Russia. These people were in fact Russia's future - the future stolen from the Russian society by the powers that be.</p>
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