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Hillary Clinton Declares War on Single-Payer Health Care
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34499-hillary-clinton-declares-war-on-si=
ngle-payer-health-care
Michael Corcoran, Truthout: The 2016 presidential campaign has brought sing=
le-payer health care to the center of the national debate with the release =
of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All plan. The bad news? Hillary Clinton's a=
ttacks on Sanders' single-payer plan could do long-term damage to the movem=
ent for universal health care.
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racy-is-just-a-marionette-to-be-manipulated
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but not under conditions that allow for a diversity of viewpoints and oppo=
sition to be heard. In other words, the United States now more closely rese=
mbles an oligarchy, where the wealthy minority rules, than a representative=
democracy based on the principle of one person, one vote.
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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>Rob Hager, Truthout:</strong> If his campaign for the presidency and campaign finance reform is to be successful, Bernie Sanders needs to explain to the public how Congress and the president must use their constitutional powers to prevent the Republican majority of the Supreme Court from making political decisions.</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=wxw2zoMnoaDsOjjEW2mTSkfJT43wIMC2"><strong>Fracking Industry-Linked Earthquakes in Oklahoma Crack Political Party Lines</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 grassroots group Oklahoma Coalition Against Induced Seismicity called on state lawmakers to pass a temporary moratorium on injection wells that are disposing of fracking wastewater. Instead of doing that, legislators passed a law limiting the ability of local governments to regulate oil and gas operations.</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=POVXtkJFz%2F7XMS7XiVAlpA%2BGrA%2BYzJz9"><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=Rb7ngYnFkO4pcPwPFSM0h0fJT43wIMC2"><strong>Democrats Must Bridge Urban-Rural Divide to Win 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>Thomas J. Scott, Truthout:</strong> The cultural, economic and political differences between the urban and rural United States are stark, and have grown starker in recent years. To keep control of the presidency, Democrats must maintain their base support in urban areas while also reconnecting with rural voters.</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=W2B%2FMM2KrR5b20d4ZUrpwkfJT43wIMC2"><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=phCVpPpWhVYSWgCaqGDwxUfJT43wIMC2"><strong>Detroit Rocked by Teachers' "Sickout" Protesting Dire Conditions Under Emergency Management</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 Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!:</strong> On Wednesday, 88 of Detroit's roughly 100 public schools were closed in the latest mass teacher "sickouts" protesting underfunding, black mold, rat infestations, crumbling buildings and inadequate staffing. Detroit Public Schools are under the control of unelected emergency manager Darnell Earley.</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=kQsOzrVXs%2FX4vGUUx7ViOQ%2BGrA%2BYzJz9"><strong>The Pentagon's Progress: Will US "Successes" Lead to More Iraqi Military Failures?</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 Turse, TomDispatch:</strong> What's striking is the Pentagon's strange skill when it comes to creating spectral security forces of a remarkably similar kind in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here's how the Pentagon made special "progress" and racked up "success" over the last 12 years - without actually benefitting Iraqis.</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=MJGG76A8y2L2jTnvgeIQoEfJT43wIMC2"><strong>Haiti's Fraudulent Presidential Front-Runner Seizes Land for His Own Banana Republic</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>Joshua Steckley and Beverly Bell, Other Worlds:</strong> The only man running in Haiti's fraudulent presidential election runoffs on January 24, 2016, Jovenel Moïse, dispossessed as many as 800 peasants - who were legally farming - and destroyed houses and crops, according to leaders of farmers' associations. Farmers remain homeless and out of work.</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=ZbnF3tD4%2FR7nl5m67vWgKEfJT43wIMC2"><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=CIZvrsoPtWFhOe89NoySCkfJT43wIMC2"><strong>Four of the Most Commonly Prescribed Drugs That May Be More Risky Than Big Pharma Is Letting On</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>Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet:</strong> In November, doctors at the American Medical Association's interim meeting sought a policy to address one of its biggest problems: the growing proliferation of direct-to-consumer advertisements, which are "driving demand for expensive treatments despite the clinical effectiveness of less costly alternatives." Here are four potentially risky - yet heavily advertised - medications.</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=pl6%2Brd1PtSXMcY8VoP%2FCwEfJT43wIMC2"><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=MuRWMi3lBXszXl6AGrp%2BGEfJT43wIMC2"><strong>The Tyranny of Big Oil</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> The oil industry is a powerhouse with control over land, resources, politics and more. This episode uncovers Big Oil's strong-arm reach - its growth, its crimes, its power and its impunity. It includes interviews with two investigative journalists who have covered oil disasters on the ground.</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=eGAEI2DQtetcw1FVPWtGi0fJT43wIMC2"><strong>Watch the Video</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=w5S%2FTcNQNsvI%2FqgSwHQKIUfJT43wIMC2"><strong>Sultan Erdogan vs. Noam Chomsky as Turkey Tramples on Free Speech and Arrests Academics</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>C.J. Polychroniou, Greek Reporter:</strong> Last week, a petition was circulated by Turkish academics condemning attacks against the Kurds. The president of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, singled out MIT's famous linguist and social critic, Noam Chomsky, calling him a terrorist - but also extended him an invitation to visit Turkey.</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=T9csGIJyM69GxYkxGtWTs0fJT43wIMC2"><strong>Congressional Handcuffs Should Not Block SEC From Dark Money Work</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>Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice:</strong> As we reach the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court's <i>Citizens United</i> ruling, two things are clear: 1. There's a dark money problem and 2. The Securities and Exchange Commission isn't helping to fix it yet. But it's also important to know that the SEC can still work on the issue.</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=hp4KTbf1DkURpPLC4VCHH0fJT43wIMC2"><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=SoF2%2FE%2FS5FEQV5GRxYu4zQ%2BGrA%2BYzJz9"><strong>The Frightening Prospect of a Nuclear War Is About to Become a Lot More 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>Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network:</strong> A fight now underway over newly designed US nuclear weapons highlights how far the Obama administration has strayed from its commitment to build a nuclear-free world. The fight concerns a variety of nuclear weapons that the US military is currently in the process of developing.</p>
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