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Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on the Refugee Crisis?
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t r u t h o u t | 01.14
Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on the Refugee Crisis?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34418-where-do-the-presidential-candidates-stand-on-the-refugee-crisis
Candice Bernd, Truthout: The Democratic presidential candidates and the Green Party's Jill Stein have all called for an end to the Obama administration's deportation raids on Central American immigrants this month. But not all candidates support the United States extending temporary protective status to asylum seekers.
Oil Train Civil Disobedience Case Puts Climate Destruction on Trial, a First in the US
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34423-oil-train-civil-disobedience-case-puts-climate-destruction-on-trial-a-first-in-the-us
Martha Baskin, Truthout: The Washington State trial of five activists, known as the Delta 5, has the potential to set a precedent in the US. The jury could determine that climate destruction provides a "necessity defense," protecting those who engage in civil disobedience on behalf of the planet.
Rosa Luxemburg Explains Capitalism Using Spoons
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/34411-rosa-luxemburg-explains-capitalism-using-spoons
Kate Evans, Verso Books: The many elements of Rosa Luxemburg's life, from her economic theories to her constant opposition to war, leap off the page in "Red Rosa," a new graphic biography about the revolutionary socialist. In this excerpt, the teenage Luxemburg teaches her family about Marx's "Das Kapital."
US Supreme Court Shuts Down Florida's Death Penalty System
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34412-us-supreme-court-shuts-down-florida-s-death-penalty-system
Llowell Williams, Care2: In an undeniable victory for anti-death penalty activists, the US Supreme Court has ruled that Florida's capital punishment system is unconstitutional. The decision came with a vote of 8-1, with Justice Samuel Alito being the sole dissenter.
Aliso Canyon: How Bad Is the California Gas Leak Disaster?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34375-aliso-canyon-how-bad-is-the-california-gas-leak-disaster
Sophie Yeo and Rosamund Pearce, Carbon Brief: Since October 23, 2015, natural gas has been leaking into Aliso Canyon from a ruptured storage well owned by the Southern California Gas Company. The gas may be invisible, but the impacts will be as unmistakable as BP's oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
GOP Tickles the Dragon's Tail
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34424-gop-tickles-the-dragon-s-tail
Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: After years of tickling the dragon's tail by flirting with the demagoguery of the right wing in the United States, the dragon has started to breathe fire. The result is the maddening success of raving nativist Donald Trump and to a lesser extent, Sen. Ted Cruz.
Experts Say US Government Caves to Meat Industry in New Dietary Guidelines
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34419-experts-say-us-government-caves-to-meat-industry-in-new-dietary-guidelines
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: Health and environmental experts are accusing the Obama administration of caving to the meat industry in its new dietary guidelines. While the guidelines recommend consuming less sugar, they do not recommend eating less meat.
Obama's Last State of the Union and the Myth of Bipartisanship
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34410-obama-s-last-state-of-the-union-and-the-myth-of-bipartisanship
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: President Obama still hasn't learned his lesson about Republicans. Case in point: his conclusion to Tuesday night's State of the Union address. Obama thinks that Lincoln and FDR were great presidents because they were "bipartisan." This is just flat-out wrong.
Doubling Down on a Failed Strategy: The Pentagon's Dangerous "New" Base Plan
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34414-doubling-down-on-a-failed-strategy-the-pentagon-s-dangerous-new-base-plan
David Vine, TomDispatch: The Obama administration is considering a Pentagon proposal to create a "new" and "enduring" system of military bases around the Middle East. Though this is being presented as a response to the rise of ISIS, there's remarkably little that's new about the plan.
Hollow Reforms and Growing Outrage in Chicago Policing Scandal
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34417-hollow-reforms-and-growing-outrage-in-chicago-policing-scandal
Kari Lydersen, teleSUR: The bottom line is that it is not the specific Chicago Police Department tools and policies that are the problem, but rather the culture and lack of accountability that allow officers to ignore and defy even existing policies.
Winning the Fight for $15 in 2016
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34416-winning-the-fight-for-15-in-2016
Jill Reese, OtherWords: The national campaign for a $15 minimum wage emerged as a leading economic justice issue last year. The momentum to raise the minimum wage will only increase in 2016 as public support grows. This is the year to make all wages living wages.
The Most Dangerous Year for Muslims in the United States
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34420-the-most-dangerous-year-for-muslims-in-the-united-states
Abby Martin, The Empire Files: Dr. Deepa Kumar, a professor of media studies at Rutgers University and author of "Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire," discusses the reality behind Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims, and how Islamophobia is a basis for the structures of empire.
Nevada's Right Wing Could Get Burned Trying to Shut Solar Power Down
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34415-nevada-s-right-wing-could-get-burned-trying-to-shut-solar-power-down
Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future: Solar panel customers learned last month that they're going to get jolted with new punitive charges designed to discourage rooftop solar installations, thanks to a ruling by Nevada's Republican-controlled Public Utilities Commission. But now there's a grassroots effort to get those charges struck down.
(Italicize "Dark Money")
Jane Mayer Reveals History of Koch Family and the Nazis
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34413-jane-mayer-reveals-history-of-koch-family-and-the-nazis
Lisa Graves, PR Watch: Jane Mayer's new book, "Dark Money," breaks new ground on the Koch family at a time when its outsized influence on US democracy is under increased scrutiny. Mayer researched Fred Koch, the father of Charles and David Koch, two of the richest billionaires on the planet.
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Child Cardiac Patients at Risk After For-Profit Hospital System Donates to Florida GOP
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/for-profit-hospital-contribution-to-gop-puts-child-cardiac-patients-at-risk
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Florida Gov. Rick Scott is now putting children in need of cardiac surgery at risk, allegedly because of a political contribution by a for-profit hospital system.
Was Canada's Latest Earthquake the Largest Fracking Quake in the World?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/was-canada-s-latest-earthquake-the-largest-fracking-quake-in-the-world
Requiem for a News Channel
Read the Article at FAIR
http://fair.org/home/requiem-for-a-news-channel/
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Jakarta Attacks
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/isil-claims-responsibility-jakarta-attacks-indonesia-160114104322617.html
Read the Article at Al Jazeera English
Legislators Must Halt Attacks on Black Women's Bodily Autonomy
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2016/01/14/black-womens-lives-matter-legislators-must-halt-attacks-bodily-autonomy/?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reality&utm_content=8+-+For+Black+Womenrsquos+Lives+to+Matter+Le&utm_campaign=daily-enews-1-14-2016&source=daily-enews-1-14-2016
Renewables Saw More Money Invested and More Capacity Added in 2015 Than Ever Before
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/renewables-saw-more-money-invested-and-more-capacity-added-in-2015-than-ever-before
Clinton's Attacks Produce Windfall of Campaign Cash for Sanders
Read the Article at The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-attacks-produce-windfall-of-campaign-cash-for-sanders/2016/01/13/d95b3d38-ba27-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html
Exposing California's Deceptive New "Internet Voting" Ballot Initiative Scheme
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http://bradblog.com/?p=11504
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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>Michael Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> After years of tickling the dragon's tail by flirting with the demagoguery of the right wing in the United States, the dragon has started to breathe fire. The result is the maddening success of raving nativist Donald Trump and to a lesser extent, Sen. Ted Cruz.</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>Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!:</strong> Health and environmental experts are accusing the Obama administration of caving to the meat industry in its new dietary guidelines. While the guidelines recommend consuming less sugar, they do not recommend eating less meat.</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=LNPQoO9z6Mvg%2B%2Bk6ahnQMUOluo9t8Nmj"><strong>Obama's Last State of the Union and the Myth of Bipartisanship</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> President Obama still hasn't learned his lesson about Republicans. Case in point: his conclusion to Tuesday night's State of the Union address. Obama thinks that Lincoln and FDR were great presidents because they were "bipartisan." This is just flat-out wrong.</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=1WGShW6b2kJhxw%2Bzmqr3UEOluo9t8Nmj"><strong>Doubling Down on a Failed Strategy: The Pentagon's Dangerous "New" Base 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>David Vine, TomDispatch:</strong> The Obama administration is considering a Pentagon proposal to create a "new" and "enduring" system of military bases around the Middle East. Though this is being presented as a response to the rise of ISIS, there's remarkably little that's new about the plan.</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=R0PEs3J8QImXZLHZRG6hHPbQXL%2FZJ%2FWx"><strong>Hollow Reforms and Growing Outrage in Chicago Policing Scandal</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>Kari Lydersen, teleSUR:</strong> The bottom line is that it is not the specific Chicago Police Department tools and policies that are the problem, but rather the culture and lack of accountability that allow officers to ignore and defy even existing policies.</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=KyDACD%2F5z51jegjxr3k0AUOluo9t8Nmj"><strong>Winning the Fight for $15 in 2016</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>Jill Reese, OtherWords:</strong> The national campaign for a $15 minimum wage emerged as a leading economic justice issue last year. The momentum to raise the minimum wage will only increase in 2016 as public support grows. This is the year to make all wages living wages.</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=f%2FaqiOrZgpLVGSEQnlkCMEOluo9t8Nmj"><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=%2Bc6oO9uwIPuAsIH9ZOdA%2BUOluo9t8Nmj"><strong>The Most Dangerous Year for Muslims in 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>Abby Martin, The Empire Files:</strong> Dr. Deepa Kumar, a professor of media studies at Rutgers University and author of <i>Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire,</i> discusses the reality behind Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims, and how Islamophobia is a basis for the structures of empire.</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=JadhYlCI0PU%2F0sOmNed0MUOluo9t8Nmj"><strong>Nevada's Right Wing Could Get Burned Trying to Shut Solar Power Down</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>Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> Solar panel customers learned last month that they're going to get jolted with new punitive charges designed to discourage rooftop solar installations, thanks to a ruling by Nevada's Republican-controlled Public Utilities Commission. But now there's a grassroots effort to get those charges struck down.</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>Lisa Graves, PR Watch:</strong> Jane Mayer's new book, <i>Dark Money,</i> breaks new ground on the Koch family at a time when its outsized influence on US democracy is under increased scrutiny. Mayer researched Fred Koch, the father of Charles and David Koch, two of the richest billionaires on the planet.</p>
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