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Brain Damage: Children Suffer the Consequences of Anti-Regulation
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t r u t h o u t | 01.07
Populism as an Electoral Strategy: From Howard Dean to Hillary Clinton
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34327-populism-as-an-electoral-strategy-from-howard-dean-to-hillary-clinton
Michael Corcoran, Truthout: As Hillary Clinton ramps up her populist rhetoric, the argument over her authenticity intensifies among primary voters. The sordid records of past Democratic "populists" show why voters need to be skeptical of politicians who claim to advocate for the people.
Brain Damage: Children Suffer the Consequences of Anti-Regulation in Michigan
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34307-brain-damage-children-suffer-the-consequences-of-anti-regulation-in-michigan
Brian Moench, Truthout: The scandal of toxic levels of lead in Flint, Michigan's municipal water supply reveals how dangerous right-wing, anti-regulation mantras become when put into practice. Thousands of children are now facing the largely irreversible consequences of lead poisoning due to government failures to protect public health.
The Battle to Save New Mexico's Last Wild River
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34331-the-battle-to-save-new-mexico-s-last-wild-river
Chris Williams, Truthout: The Gila River, the last free-flowing river in New Mexico, is being threatened by a diversion and water storage project, which, if approved, would imperil native endangered species and radically alter the local ecology. Activists, including some elected officials, are fighting back.
Beware of Philanthro-Capitalists Bearing Gifts
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/34321-beware-of-philanthro-capitalists-bearing-gifts
Linsey McGoey, Verso Books: Despite the unparalleled global influence of the Gates Foundation, legislators are mostly silent about the negative repercussions of large-scale giving. In Washington, DC, the "appetite for reform" of the philanthropic sector is weaker than it has been for decades. The philanthro-capitalists have silenced their critics.
Bernie Sanders' Plan to Tame Wall Street Riles Team Clinton
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34324-bernie-sander-s-plan-to-tame-wall-street-riles-team-clinton
Mary Bottari, PR Watch: Rather than relying on regulators to do a better job of policing the massive financial services sector, Sanders' plan would downsize and leash the largest players on Wall Street and overhaul the Federal Reserve in an effort to put the US central bank to work for working families.
TransCanada Sues the US for Rejecting Keystone XL; Will This Be the New Normal Under TPP?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34329-transcanada-sues-the-us-for-15b-for-rejecting-keystone-xl-will-this-be-the-new-normal-under-tpp
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: On Wednesday, TransCanada Corporation filed a lawsuit in US federal court alleging President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline exceeded his power under the US Constitution. TransCanada also filed legal action under the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
How Corporate Greed Caused the Massive California Methane Leak
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34298-how-corporate-greed-caused-the-massive-california-methane-leak
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The problem with the leak goes way back to 1979, when the Southern California Gas Company had the original safety valve removed from the gas well, and then didn't bother to replace it. The company didn't replace the valve because it wasn't required to by law.
The US Revisits the Dark Side: Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34325-the-us-revisits-the-dark-side-candidates-compete-to-promise-the-most-torture
Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch: From the look of the presidential campaign, war crimes are back on the US agenda. In the wake of the brutal attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the promises being openly made to commit future crimes have only grown more forthright.
How Much Could Obama's Gun Moves Affect Gun Violence? Nobody Knows
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34326-how-much-could-obama-s-gun-moves-affect-gun-violence-nobody-knows
Lois Beckett, ProPublica: The executive actions on guns unveiled on Tuesday by President Obama drew predictable praise from gun control advocates and bile from gun rights supporters. But the actions themselves are extremely modest, raising questions about how much they will really do to stem gun violence.
TransCanada's Hopes for Keystone XL Pipeline Revived as South Dakota Validates Expired Permit
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34323-transcanada-s-hopes-for-zombie-keystone-xl-pipeline-revived-as-south-dakota-validates-expired-permit
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to keep TransCanada's hopes for the Keystone XL pipeline alive by validating its permit certification that expired in 2014. The chair of the commission concluded TransCanada could still meet all the conditions of its expired permit.
Bleak Prospects for Latin America Under Trans-Pacific Partnership
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34322-bleak-prospects-for-latin-america-under-trans-pacific-partnership
Ian Gustafson, Council on Hemispheric Affairs: The Trans-Pacific Partnership, agreed to on October 5, 2015, by the 12 participating countries, is likely to prove disastrous for the Latin American states - Chile, Mexico and Peru - that have joined the pact up to now.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wind Energy Production Hits an All-Time High in the US, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34328-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-wind-energy-production-hits-an-all-time-high-in-the-us-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Extreme weather events take place over Christmas weekend; according to science, blue-eyed humans may all come from a single ancestor; wind energy production has reached a new high; and more.
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Taking on the Nuclear Goliath
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/taking-on-the-nuclear-goliath
Texas Trooper Indicted and Faces Possible Firing in Case of Sandra Bland
Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-grand-jury-sandra-bland-20160106-story.html
Chinese Share-Trading Halt Sends Cold Ripples Across Asian Markets
Read the Article at the Guardian US
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/07/chinese-share-trading-halt-sends-cold-ripples-across-asian-markets?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Version+A&utm_term=148457&subid=14675834&CMP=ema_565a
Jim Hightower: Should Big Corporations Pay the Taxes They Owe?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/should-big-corporations-pay-the-taxes-they-owe
The Abortion Case That Could Overturn Roe v. Wade Has a Lot of Opponents
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/01/05/3736151/scotus-hb2-briefs/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tptop3&utm_term=3&utm_content=1&elq=d67692465a134186941db84bb230eca9&elqCampaignId=4731&elqaid=28676&elqat=1&elqTrackId=e53a2602748c4d178a3936ca96ce8a59
2015 Fourth Most Deadly Year on Record for Journalists
Read the Article at La Prensa
http://www.laprensasa.com/309_america-in-english/3548657_2015-fourth-most-deadly-year-for-journalists.html
House Passes Obamacare Repeal, Sending Measure to President
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/264980-house-passes-obamacare-repeal-sending-measure-to-obamas-desk
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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=wkyJF9THIXkvbpZH%2FohA2ULU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>Brain Damage: Children Suffer the Consequences of Anti-Regulation in Michigan</strong></a></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=Uh7xt6JARekgoZUpFOcGX0LU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>The Battle to Save New Mexico's Last Wild River</strong></a></p>
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<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=cqUcFAQYBhmBMZsCa3phVELU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>Read the Article</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>Mary Bottari, PR Watch:</strong> Rather than relying on regulators to do a better job of policing the massive financial services sector, Sanders' plan would downsize and leash the largest players on Wall Street and overhaul the Federal Reserve in an effort to put the US central bank to work for working families.</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=0oyd6RDZaWUyubb2py5Fk0LU%2FWRxzxWZ"><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=GdA0BCNwt65vTpfhL8NVGULU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>TransCanada Sues the US for Rejecting Keystone XL; Will This Be the New Normal Under TPP?</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> On Wednesday, TransCanada Corporation filed a lawsuit in US federal court alleging President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline exceeded his power under the US Constitution. TransCanada also filed legal action under the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.</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=xvZblle5AbvKs%2FU4cH2YKELU%2FWRxzxWZ"><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=9QQY9WJZ25MXtvQ94svx%2FkLU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>How Corporate Greed Caused the Massive California Methane Leak</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> The problem with the leak goes way back to 1979, when the Southern California Gas Company had the original safety valve removed from the gas well, and then didn't bother to replace it. The company didn't replace the valve because it wasn't required to by law.</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=E%2FUH%2BQpz4Yoz3EiRWOmGIHE8IzSW7LEg"><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=AzfJ4Og2E6dod0rWALJFWELU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>The US Revisits the Dark Side: Candidates Compete to Promise the Most 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>Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch:</strong> From the look of the presidential campaign, war crimes are back on the US agenda. In the wake of the brutal attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the promises being openly made to commit future crimes have only grown more forthright.</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=36%2F3kwaoThrzI7PSp41P30LU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>How Much Could Obama's Gun Moves Affect Gun Violence? Nobody Knows</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> The executive actions on guns unveiled on Tuesday by President Obama drew predictable praise from gun control advocates and bile from gun rights supporters. But the actions themselves are extremely modest, raising questions about how much they will really do to stem gun violence.</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=yBJ6yq1G8aoFDBwIgmGbykLU%2FWRxzxWZ"><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=%2FpzkS%2FpVvAgzjM0zuB28S0LU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>TransCanada's Hopes for Keystone XL Pipeline Revived as South Dakota Validates Expired Permit</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, DeSmogBlog:</strong> The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to keep TransCanada's hopes for the Keystone XL pipeline alive by validating its permit certification that expired in 2014. The chair of the commission concluded TransCanada could still meet all the conditions of its expired permit.</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=k1mN%2BAutfDMjEIpYVkcu1kLU%2FWRxzxWZ"><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=whChe%2Bu30WHDx1XjtOXLckLU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>Bleak Prospects for Latin America Under Trans-Pacific Partnership</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>Ian Gustafson, Council on Hemispheric Affairs:</strong> The Trans-Pacific Partnership, agreed to on October 5, 2015, by the 12 participating countries, is likely to prove disastrous for the Latin American states - Chile, Mexico and Peru - that have joined the pact up to now.</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=DJKgqBw4zkC3cDC2mrQakULU%2FWRxzxWZ"><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=ttvhVGJTY0PCcNW7gQFmnkLU%2FWRxzxWZ"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wind Energy Production Hits an All-Time High in the US, 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> Extreme weather events take place over Christmas weekend; according to science, blue-eyed humans may all come from a single ancestor; wind energy production has reached a new high; and more.</p>
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