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Dahr Jamail | Does the US Government Actually Regulate Pipelines?
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t r u t h o u t | 12.07
Does the US Government Actually Regulate Pipelines?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33924-does-the-us-government-actually-re=
gulate-pipelines
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: A natural gas pipeline project in far west Texas is =
generating an emotionally charged grassroots resistance among ranchers, art=
ists, environmentalists and residents. Yet the federal agency charged with =
overseeing potential environmental impacts has, technically, never blocked =
the construction of a proposed pipeline.
Critical Exposure: Cameras in Hand, Palestinian Women Document Daily Abuses
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33935-critical-exposure-cameras-in-hand-=
palestinian-women-document-daily-abuses
Michelle Chen, Truthout: Co-directors Emmy Scharlatt and Judith Montell dis=
cuss their documentary, "In the Image," which features the work of Palestin=
ian women who have been documenting routine human rights abuses by filming =
the actions of Israeli soldiers and civilians in the occupied West Bank.
=20
The Fed Competes With Robots for Taking Our Jobs
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33925-the-fed-competes-with-robots-fo=
r-taking-our-jobs
Dean Baker, Truthout: While folks worry that at some point in the future, l=
arge segments of the workforce will be unemployed because technology has di=
splaced them, the Federal Reserve Board is about to raise interest rates wi=
th the explicit purpose of keeping people from getting jobs.
What's in a Frame? The Perils of "Domestic Terrorism"
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33923-what-s-in-a-frame-the-perils-of=
-domestic-terrorism
Kay Whitlock and Michael Bronski, Beacon Broadside: "Terrorism" and its han=
dmaiden, "domestic terrorism," have been used against the very communities =
progressives seek to protect - to squelch justice movements that authoritie=
s find troublesome. With that frame, authorities don't look for racial, gen=
der and economic justice; they look for terrorists.
=20
COP21: A Rallying Cry - No Climate Justice Without Full Indigenous Rights
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33926-cop21-a-rallying-cry-no-climate=
-justice-without-full-indigenous-rights
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine: Indigenous peoples and their allies have b=
een calling for policies that result in real emissions reductions by those =
who are creating the pollution, and rejecting approaches that undermine the=
livelihoods of the people who live in the world's most biologically divers=
e places.
=20
"Meeting a Man Like That, You Can't Help Wanting to Do More": A Visit With =
Political Prisoner Oscar L=C3=B3pez Rivera
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33936-meeting-a-man-like-that-you-can=
-t-help-wanting-to-do-more-a-visit-with-political-prisoner-oscar-lopez-rive=
ra
Jan Susler, Truthout: After visiting Oscar L=C3=B3pez Rivera, a Puerto Rica=
n independentista who has been incarcerated for 34 years in US prisons, two=
New York civil rights attorneys articulate a greater sense of action and u=
rgency in struggling to free him.
=20
Welcoming Refugees Is the Best Strategy Against ISIS
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33931-welcoming-refugees-is-the-best-str=
ategy-against-isis
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: French journalist and author Nicolas H=C3=A9ni=
n spent 10 months as an ISIS hostage. "Welcoming refugees is not a terror t=
hreat to our country," he says. "It is like a vaccine to protect us from te=
rrorism, because the more interactions we have between societies, between c=
ommunities, the less tensions [we will have]."
Obama's Terrorism Speech, Translated Into Candor
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33930-obama-s-terrorism-speech-transl=
ated-into-candor
Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog: Following the San Bernadino shooting=
, President Obama addressed the issue of terrorism on Sunday night from the=
Oval Office. Here is a condensed version of the president's speech, unoffi=
cially (and satirically) translated into plain English.
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Why Counting Mass Shootings Is a Bad Way to Understand Gun Violence in the =
US
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33928-why-counting-mass-shootings-is-a-b=
ad-way-to-understand-gun-violence-in-america
Lois Beckett, ProPublica: According to recent articles, there has been an a=
verage of one mass shooting every day in the United States: 355 so far this=
year. It's a jarring statistic, but it glosses over the broader reality of=
who is most at risk of being murdered with guns.
Koch-Funded Special Interest Groups and Utilities Bankrolling ALEC Meeting
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33929-koch-funded-special-interest-group=
s-and-utilities-bankrolling-alec-meeting
Jamie Corey, PR Watch: Koch-funded groups and utilities are bankrolling the=
American Legislative Exchange Council's closed-door winter meeting. The ga=
thering is bringing together lobbyists and legislators to plan their bill a=
genda for the upcoming legislative session. Here are the known funders of t=
his meeting.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Credit Checks Are Discriminatory, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33937-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-cre=
dit-checks-are-discriminatory-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Using credit scores to deny people homes or=
work is simply wrong; Marco Rubio thinks that women don't need a law manda=
ting equal pay for equal work; Senate Democrats are outraged over the US Ju=
stice Department's weak settlement deal with a predatory, for-profit colleg=
e; and more.
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Advancing Food Sovereignty to Transform Economies
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33927-advancing-food-sovereignty-to-t=
ransform-economies
Mamadou Go=C3=AFta, Other Worlds: Food sovereignty can transform markets an=
d allow us to create wealth, both in production and knowledge. We have esta=
blished the principles and a declaration for food sovereignty, but there's =
a lot of research to do on the conditions required to make it a reality.
=20
Emperor Weather: Turning Up the Heat on History
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33933-emperor-weather-turning-up-the-=
heat-on-history
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: For the moment, it seems, humanity still has t=
he chance to write its own history in a fashion that would allow for a perh=
aps less welcoming but still reasonably palatable world for our children an=
d grandchildren to live in. But successful negotiations in Paris can only b=
e the start of something far more sweeping.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Candidates for 2015's "Hypocrite of the Year"
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/candidates-for-2015-s-hypocri=
te-of-the-year
Illinois School District Reaches Decision to Allow Transgender Teen to Use =
Locker Room That Matches Her Gender Identity
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/12/04/illinois-school-district-reach=
es-controversial-agreement-transgender-locker-room-access/?&utm_medium=3Dem=
ail&utm_source=3Dreality&utm_content=3D24+-+Illinois+School+District+Reache=
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Native Americans' Sovereignty Is at Risk, and the High Court Must Help Save=
It
Read the Article at the Guardian US
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/07/native-american-sovere=
ignty-at-risk-supreme-court-must-save-it?utm_source=3Desp&utm_medium=3DEmai=
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With Cunning, Fear of the "Other" and Pandering to Evangelicals, Cruz Is Mo=
ving to the Front of the GOP Clown Car
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/with-cunning-fear-of-the-othe=
r-and-pandering-to-evangelicals-cruz-is-moving-to-the-front-of-the-gop-clow=
n-car
China Pollution: Beijing Issues First Red Smog Alert
Read the Article at BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35026363
What President Obama Didn't Address: Who's Funding the Hate Campaign Agains=
t Muslims?
Read the Article at Wall Street On Parade
http://wallstreetonparade.com/2015/12/what-president-obama-didnt-address-wh=
os-funding-the-hate-campaign-against-muslims/
Ronald Reagan Meets Donald Trump: The Great Communicator of Fabrications
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ronald-reagan-meets-donald-tr=
ump-the-great-communicator-of-fabrications=20
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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>Dahr Jamail, Truthout:</strong> A natural gas pipeline project in far west Texas is generating an emotionally charged grassroots resistance among ranchers, artists, environmentalists and residents. Yet the federal agency charged with overseeing potential environmental impacts has, technically, never blocked the construction of a proposed pipeline.</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>Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine:</strong> Indigenous peoples and their allies have been calling for policies that result in real emissions reductions by those who are creating the pollution, and rejecting approaches that undermine the livelihoods of the people who live in the world's most biologically diverse places.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VYu%2FCtnutEaYCQz0szMsfB%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>"Meeting a Man Like That, You Can't Help Wanting to Do More": A Visit With Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera</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>Jan Susler, Truthout:</strong> After visiting Oscar López Rivera, a Puerto Rican <i>independentista</i> who has been incarcerated for 34 years in US prisons, two New York civil rights attorneys articulate a greater sense of action and urgency in struggling to free him.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5EnrqwFGuaVa2Iev9CgE8B%2FsNvX3JXg4"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4LeQb1r0R74Pz6dQOb1zNh%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>Welcoming Refugees Is the Best Strategy Against ISIS</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> French journalist and author Nicolas Hénin spent 10 months as an ISIS hostage. "Welcoming refugees is not a terror threat to our country," he says. "It is like a vaccine to protect us from terrorism, because the more interactions we have between societies, between communities, the less tensions [we will have]."</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=62HnXsRSSukC0CdEgPkDjx%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>Obama's Terrorism Speech, Translated Into Candor</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>Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog:</strong> Following the San Bernadino shooting, President Obama addressed the issue of terrorism on Sunday night from the Oval Office. Here is a condensed version of the president's speech, unofficially (and satirically) translated into plain English.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QjdyYYSj4fmP4LwGLLRq4h%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>Why Counting Mass Shootings Is a Bad Way to Understand Gun Violence in the US</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>Lois Beckett, ProPublica:</strong> According to recent articles, there has been an average of one mass shooting every day in the United States: 355 so far this year. It's a jarring statistic, but it glosses over the broader reality of who is most at risk of being murdered with guns.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tJmD%2FwS3lO8d4kYFpUfvjB%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>Koch-Funded Special Interest Groups and Utilities Bankrolling ALEC Meeting</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>Jamie Corey, PR Watch:</strong> Koch-funded groups and utilities are bankrolling the American Legislative Exchange Council's closed-door winter meeting. The gathering is bringing together lobbyists and legislators to plan their bill agenda for the upcoming legislative session. Here are the known funders of this meeting.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LPe5MUjcuAnoL%2FQGHQ2yVB%2FsNvX3JXg4"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FJciixw1wGIsrPM6Nz2LQx%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Credit Checks Are Discriminatory, 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> Using credit scores to deny people homes or work is simply wrong; Marco Rubio thinks that women don't need a law mandating equal pay for equal work; Senate Democrats are outraged over the US Justice Department's weak settlement deal with a predatory, for-profit college; and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xpou9EhnvkZU%2FHYk%2F56sJR%2FsNvX3JXg4"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XReiDETwkZsD2ZCsy4NvKh%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>Advancing Food Sovereignty to Transform Economies</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>Mamadou Goïta, Other Worlds:</strong> Food sovereignty can transform markets and allow us to create wealth, both in production and knowledge. We have established the principles and a declaration for food sovereignty, but there's a lot of research to do on the conditions required to make it a reality.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NAvZfFiU8yHWAvc7iRvbfB%2FsNvX3JXg4"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Dq3YPzC3eu4PGXW%2BvlToGh%2FsNvX3JXg4"><strong>Emperor Weather: Turning Up the Heat on History</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>Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch:</strong> For the moment, it seems, humanity still has the chance to write its own history in a fashion that would allow for a perhaps less welcoming but still reasonably palatable world for our children and grandchildren to live in. But successful negotiations in Paris can only be the start of something far more sweeping.</p>
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