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Henry A. Giroux | Fascism in Donald Trump's United States
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Tue Dec 8 16:14:10 2015
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:14:08 -0500 (EST)
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t r u t h o u t | 12.08
Fascism in Donald Trump's United States
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33951-fascism-in-donald-trump-s-united-s=
tates
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: In his latest act of racist demagoguery, Republi=
can presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed banning Muslims from e=
ntering the United States. Trump's political ideology has a foundation in f=
ascism, which has been gaining traction within the right wing of the US for=
decades.
In Wake of HIV Outbreak, Congress Moves to Lift Ban on Federal Funding for =
Syringe Exchanges
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33941-in-wake-of-hiv-outbreak-congress-m=
oves-to-lift-ban-on-federal-funding-for-syringe-exchanges
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House are qui=
etly moving to partially lift the longstanding ban on federal funding to su=
pport syringe exchange programs, months after an HIV outbreak devastated a =
rural community in Indiana. Lifting the ban would be a long-awaited victory=
for public health advocates.
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Superbug Apocalypse: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Harms Public Health
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33938-superbug-apocalypse-how-the-trans-=
pacific-partnership-harms-public-health
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Laura =C4=B6eni=C5=86=C5=A1, Truthout: If you thou=
ght the only reason to be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership was=
eight years of government secrecy surrounding the trade deal, think again:=
The TPP's relation to the growing likelihood of antibacterial-resistant st=
rains of bacteria in our food is the stuff of nightmares.
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Bank Crimes Pay: Under the Thumb of the Global Financial Mafiocracy
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33942-bank-crimes-pay-under-the-thumb-of=
-the-global-financial-mafiocracy
Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: Big banks - along with large insurance c=
ompanies and asset management firms - do not simply act as a cartel in term=
s of engaging in illegal activities. They form a functionally interdependen=
t network of global financial and corporate control.
Heat on EPA as National Study on Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water Is Chal=
lenged
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33943-heat-on-epa-as-national-study-on-f=
racking-s-risks-to-drinking-water-is-challenged
Julie Dermansky and Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog: Be wary of the differences be=
tween the Environmental Protection Agency's highlighted summaries and the d=
etails buried in the fine print of its reports. Again and again, EPA studie=
s on the oil and gas industry's environmental impacts have been used to jus=
tify a hands-off approach to the drilling industry.
Against ISIS in Syria, President Obama's Diplomacy Push Is Crucial
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33939-against-isis-in-syria-president=
-obama-s-diplomacy-push-is-crucial
Robert Naiman, Truthout: President Obama paid short lip service to diplomac=
y in his terrorism speech Sunday night. Yet without a diplomatic agreement,=
there can be no sustainable, significant reduction in the territory contro=
lled in Syria by ISIS. Diplomacy to end the Syrian civil war isn't just a n=
ice idea; it's the only way out.
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Top Climate Expert: Crisis Worse Than We Think; Scientists Are Self-Censori=
ng to Downplay Risk
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33953-top-climate-expert-crisis-worse-th=
an-we-think-scientists-are-self-censoring-to-downplay-risk
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: The climate crisis is more severe than even ma=
ny scientists have acknowledged. Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre for C=
limate Change Research says many scientists are self-censoring their work t=
o downplay the severity of climate change.
Major Electric Utility Dumps ALEC Over Clean Power Plan
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33947-major-electric-utility-dumps-alec-=
over-clean-power-plan
Nick Surgey, PR Watch: The American Legislative Exchange Council has suffer=
ed the loss of another major corporate sponsor, with the utility American E=
lectric Power announcing it will no longer provide the climate change denia=
l group with funding from 2016. The company is the 107th identified corpora=
tion to have withdrawn funding.
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Bringing Solutions to COP21: A Conversation With Cooperation Jackson's Bran=
don King
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33948-bringing-solutions-to-cop21-a-c=
onversation-with-cooperation-jackson-s-brandon-king
Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence: Brandon King, a member of the diverse It =
Takes Roots delegation to COP21 and lead organizer with Cooperation Jackson=
, discusses what the delegation and Cooperation Jackson are hoping to bring=
to and take away from the Paris climate talks.
President Obama Can Expose Corporate Election Spending
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33945-president-obama-can-expose-corp=
orate-election-spending
Marge Baker, OtherWords: President Obama can help bring secret money into t=
he light with just the stroke of a pen. All it would take is an executive o=
rder requiring companies - including at least 70 of the Fortune 100 - that =
get federal contracts to disclose their secret political spending. Will he =
act in time?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Each Day in the US, 89 People Die From Gun =
Violence, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33950-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-eve=
ry-day-in-the-us-89-people-die-from-gun-related-violence-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Each day in the US, 89 people die because o=
f gun-related violence; Big Oil gets to write its own energy policy in the =
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Costco will not sell geneti=
cally modified salmon; and more.
Don't Put All the Blame for War Fever on Conservatives
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33946-don-t-put-all-the-blame-for-war=
-fever-on-conservatives
Ira Chernus, MythicAmerica: In the wake of the attacks in Paris, many liber=
als have accused conservatives of warmongering. But before they point finge=
rs, liberals should take a good look in a mirror framed by historical persp=
ective and consider their own role in the move toward wider war.
For Trump, Everything Looks Like a Conspiracy
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33940-for-trump-everything-looks-like=
-a-conspiracy
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Donald Trump just isn't vulnerable to typical =
attacks from the establishment - at least during the Republican primary. Ca=
tch Trump making an utterly false assertion, and his supporters will consid=
er any pushback to be the "liberal media" conspiring against him.
The Never-Ending Death Spiral
http://www.truth-out.org/art/item/33944-the-never-ending-death-spiral
Jen Sorensen, Truthout: The never-ending cycle of mass shootings, increased=
gun sales, calls for reform and fundamental inaction on gun policies is a =
hallmark of the perpetuation of gun violence in the United States.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Police Who Brutalize and Kill People of Color Are Agents of a Racist State,=
Not Freelancers
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/police-brutalizing-and-killing-pe=
ople-of-color-is-sanctioned-by-a-racist-state
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout: Racist policing is endemic to=
law enforcement in big and small cities alike because the police in large =
part function as an occupying force in communities of color.
Rupert Murdoch's Purchase of National Geographic and the Corporate Dismembe=
rment of the News Industry
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/rupert-s-murdoch-of-national-=
geographic-and-the-corporate-dismemberent-of-the-news-industry
Chicago's "Black Site" Police Scandal Is Primed to Explode Again
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/12/rahm-emanuel-chicago-police-hom=
an-square-scandal
Right-Wingers Morphing Phony "War on Christmas" Into War on American Muslim=
s
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/right-wingers-morphing-phony-=
war-on-christmas-into-war-on-american-muslims
Not Random: Colorado Shooting Suspect Specifically Asked for Directions to =
Planned Parenthood
Read the Article at CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/planned-parenthood-shooting-suspect-robert-dear=
-asked-for-directions-to-clinic/
World Reacts to Trump's Proposed Ban on Muslims Entering US
Read the Article at The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-world-reacts-to-trumps-proposed-ba=
n-on-muslims-entering-us/2015/12/08/50eea1dc-9d4a-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_st=
ory.html
Beijing Looks Like a Climate Horror Movie Right Now
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/beijing-air-pollution-smog-photos_56661=
0f2e4b072e9d1c75257
What Hillary Clinton Didn't Tell You in Her New York Times Op-Ed
Read the Article at Wall Street On Parade
http://wallstreetonparade.com/2015/12/what-hillary-clinton-didnt-tell-you-i=
n-her-new-york-times-oped/
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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>Police Who Brutalize and Kill People of Color Are Agents of a Racist State, Not Freelancers </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>Racist policing is endemic to law enforcement in big and small cities alike because the police in large part function as an occupying force in communities of color.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=DUT9IWU1eY7TkM8rBjdYYc0FaYFtiV16"><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>Rupert Murdoch's Purchase of National Geographic and the Corporate Dismemberment of the News Industry</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>Chicago's "Black Site" Police Scandal Is Primed to Explode Again</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=CpTARZcAoywHn%2FRcCFzEsM0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Right-Wingers Morphing Phony "War on Christmas" Into War on American Muslims</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=ZDWpmkH1Os9eJcH4Eklo2s0FaYFtiV16"><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>Not Random: Colorado Shooting Suspect Specifically Asked for Directions to Planned Parenthood</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=lNWymLKfzt5Ox3BB8%2FM%2Bos0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Read the Article at CBS News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>World Reacts to Trump's Proposed Ban on Muslims Entering US</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=yep82SCYkO%2FtQ1TaIJxrRM0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Beijing Looks Like a Climate Horror Movie Right Now</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=%2FwK4iXSIk9gabboj09B2qM0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What Hillary Clinton Didn't Tell You in Her New York Times Op-Ed</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;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=gq%2BZATV10QsqBEXM87ULmM0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Read the Article at Wall Street On Parade</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>Henry A. Giroux, Truthout:</strong> In his latest act of racist demagoguery, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed banning Muslims from entering the United States. Trump's political ideology has a foundation in fascism, which has been gaining traction within the right wing of the US for decades.</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=guYnr38E55imxBhrOjhjy80FaYFtiV16"><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=IAW8tF9lUojpRaldPnA4GM0FaYFtiV16"><strong>In Wake of HIV Outbreak, Congress Moves to Lift Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchanges</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House are quietly moving to partially lift the longstanding ban on federal funding to support syringe exchange programs, months after an HIV outbreak devastated a rural community in Indiana. Lifting the ban would be a long-awaited victory for public health advocates.</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=PEyLoZazbzQ40nRLxL5N3s0FaYFtiV16"><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=APxgC%2FmVegi3dMWITNek0s0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Superbug Apocalypse: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Harms Public Health</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>Anne Elizabeth Moore and Laura Ķeniņš, Truthout:</strong> If you thought the only reason to be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership was eight years of government secrecy surrounding the trade deal, think again: The TPP's relation to the growing likelihood of antibacterial-resistant strains of bacteria in our food is the stuff of nightmares.</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=ntg%2BnFKTg2o3PiRWlvN9CM0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Read the Comic</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=888lFtmZdgFAaf67IThOVs0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Bank Crimes Pay: Under the Thumb of the Global Financial Mafiocracy</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>Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com:</strong> Big banks - along with large insurance companies and asset management firms - do not simply act as a cartel in terms of engaging in illegal activities. They form a functionally interdependent network of global financial and corporate control.</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=%2BVYwUyYGUOQCVjOShkZHbc0FaYFtiV16"><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=xP7gf4yJW6npGGb7lvXF4s0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Heat on EPA as National Study on Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water Is Challenged</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 and Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog:</strong> Be wary of the differences between the Environmental Protection Agency's highlighted summaries and the details buried in the fine print of its reports. Again and again, EPA studies on the oil and gas industry's environmental impacts have been used to justify a hands-off approach to the drilling industry.</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=NjddM0yYtjq7PKjREzHGfc0FaYFtiV16"><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=8loyAESQg178p56BkMm1ec0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Against ISIS in Syria, President Obama's Diplomacy Push Is Crucial</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> President Obama paid short lip service to diplomacy in his terrorism speech Sunday night. Yet without a diplomatic agreement, there can be no sustainable, significant reduction in the territory controlled in Syria by ISIS. Diplomacy to end the Syrian civil war isn't just a nice idea; it's the only way out.</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=dAZ8JiBhEgb43lUxcvY7is0FaYFtiV16"><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=GvuYXsKafvzYD69ek%2Bz3mc0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Top Climate Expert: Crisis Worse Than We Think; Scientists Are Self-Censoring to Downplay Risk</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 climate crisis is more severe than even many scientists have acknowledged. Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research says many scientists are self-censoring their work to downplay the severity of climate change.</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=AA3wM6QimCNCFgFTnWZgG80FaYFtiV16"><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=T229KfFRLt9gVHw6uA5QS80FaYFtiV16"><strong>Major Electric Utility Dumps ALEC Over Clean Power Plan</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>Nick Surgey, PR Watch:</strong> The American Legislative Exchange Council has suffered the loss of another major corporate sponsor, with the utility American Electric Power announcing it will no longer provide the climate change denial group with funding from 2016. The company is the 107th identified corporation to have withdrawn funding.</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=ibMAW4KpMlsuRnd69u7os80FaYFtiV16"><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=a7h2Zp6oKwtpHcaqM8m4Cs0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Bringing Solutions to COP21: A Conversation With Cooperation Jackson's Brandon King</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>Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> Brandon King, a member of the diverse It Takes Roots delegation to COP21 and lead organizer with Cooperation Jackson, discusses what the delegation and Cooperation Jackson are hoping to bring to and take away from the Paris climate talks.</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=01h%2BaCpOnkvluzT%2FhVWpBs0FaYFtiV16"><strong>Read the Interview</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=MjhJahR%2Fc22jn6t7x2AO1c0FaYFtiV16"><strong>President Obama Can Expose Corporate Election Spending</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>Marge Baker, OtherWords:</strong> President Obama can help bring secret money into the light with just the stroke of a pen. All it would take is an executive order requiring companies - including at least 70 of the Fortune 100 - that get federal contracts to disclose their secret political spending. Will he act in time?</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=lPBQwO6cC3SRFNILSn7Jrs0FaYFtiV16"><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=1aK5fqmto3sjiUMOaReufs0FaYFtiV16"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Each Day in the US, 89 People Die From Gun Violence, 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> Each day in the US, 89 people die because of gun-related violence; Big Oil gets to write its own energy policy in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Costco will not sell genetically modified salmon; 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=LwOskAX%2Bb78OT0WkQoZSEM0FaYFtiV16"><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=%2B%2FqALpZkFDxSPrVH9OgFe80FaYFtiV16"><strong>Don't Put All the Blame for War Fever on Conservatives</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>Ira Chernus, MythicAmerica:</strong> In the wake of the attacks in Paris, many liberals have accused conservatives of warmongering. But before they point fingers, liberals should take a good look in a mirror framed by historical perspective and consider their own role in the move toward wider war.</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=7dL6Y7HkHUa5Iv%2By1AF1f80FaYFtiV16"><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=j3UYw5zW7GBANmMJ6dMjg80FaYFtiV16"><strong>For Trump, Everything Looks Like a Conspiracy</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>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> Donald Trump just isn't vulnerable to typical attacks from the establishment - at least during the Republican primary. Catch Trump making an utterly false assertion, and his supporters will consider any pushback to be the "liberal media" conspiring against 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=bwayZsw7Y53ktwdrp%2FZUns0FaYFtiV16"><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=dAZ8JiBhEgbPvyNxx01Uh80FaYFtiV16"><strong>The Never-Ending Death Spiral</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>Jen Sorensen, Truthout:</strong> The never-ending cycle of mass shootings, increased gun sales, calls for reform and fundamental inaction on gun policies is a hallmark of the perpetuation of gun violence in the United States.</p>
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