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Without Paper Ballots, Fear of Vote Rigging Clouds 2016 Primaries
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t r u t h o u t | 02.09
Without Paper Ballots, Fear of Vote Rigging Clouds 2016 Primaries
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34754-without-paper-ballots-fear-of-vote=
-rigging-clouds-2016-primaries
Ben Ptashnik, Truthout: In Iowa, the Democratic caucus process, which did n=
ot provide voters with paper ballots, left many questioning whether Hillary=
Clinton really won. To protect the integrity of any election, officials sh=
ould use paper ballots, counted in public and recounted or audited when nec=
essary.
Regulating Banks vs. Displacing Them: Where Clinton and Sanders Disagree on=
Wall Street
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34753-regulating-banks-vs-displacing-=
them-where-clinton-and-sanders-disagree-on-wall-street
Geoff Gilbert, Truthout: Amid the campaign rhetoric, it can be hard to deci=
pher how the Democratic presidential contenders would handle Wall Street di=
fferently. Bernie Sanders wants to radically change US financial institutio=
ns, while Hillary Clinton wants to largely leave them be, but regulate them=
more stringently.
Mapping Study Pins Wild Bee Decline on Intensive Farming Practices
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34755-mapping-study-pins-wild-bee-declin=
e-on-intensive-farming-practices
Marissa Gawel, Seedstock: A national study suggests that the conversion of =
grassland and pasture to land used for intensive farming is perhaps the gre=
atest danger to wild bee survival. The good news, however, is that the stud=
y concludes the decline in abundance of wild bees is not irreversible.
Ladydrawers: The Gresham Experiment, Part 1
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34760-ladydrawers-the-gresham-experiment=
-part-1
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Sheika Lugtu, Truthout: In this installment of the=
Ladydrawers' "Growing Season" series, the comics journalists explore an is=
sue that hits close to home for them: food access in the Chicago neighborho=
od of Auburn Gresham, and how a scarcity of healthy food options relates to=
street violence.
Ordinary Americans Fought Big Money and Won in 2015
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34756-ordinary-americans-fought-big-mone=
y-and-won-in-2015
Jessica Mason, PR Watch: The pernicious influence of big money on the US po=
litical system is set to be one of the major themes of 2016, a presidential=
election year, and the issue clearly resonates with politicians and voters=
across the political spectrum.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Court Rules That Corporations Should Pay to=
Clean Up Their Disasters, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34768-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann
In today's On the News segment: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that=
corporations, not taxpayers, should pay to clean up their own disasters; M=
aine will get to vote on marijuana legalization this November; Canada will =
protect 85 percent of British Columbia's rain forest from development and d=
estruction; and more.
Amid College Lawsuits, Obama Administration to Establish "Student Aid Enfor=
cement Union"
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34762-amid-corporate-college-lawsuits-ob=
ama-admin-looks-to-establish-student-aid-enforcement-union
Sam Knight, The District Sentinel: There are currently 8,424 outstanding bo=
rrower claims against institutes of higher education. To address this, the =
Department of Education announced that it is creating a new organization to=
"respond more quickly and efficiently to allegations of illegal actions" b=
y US colleges.
The Secret Deaths of Dozens at Privatized Immigrant-Only Jails
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34764-the-secret-deaths-of-dozens-at-pri=
vatized-immigrant-only-jails
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: A shocking new investig=
ation about private prisons has revealed staggering levels of medical negle=
ct inside these facilities in recent years. The investigation documents mor=
e than 100 deaths at private, immigrant-only prisons since 1998.
=C2=A0
Welcome to the United States of Flint: A Coast-to-Coast Toxic Crisis
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34757-welcome-to-the-united-states-of-fl=
int-a-coast-to-coast-toxic-crisis
David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, TomDispatch: Across the US, children hav=
e been and continue to be imperiled by a century of industrial production, =
commercial gluttony and abandonment by the local, state and federal governm=
ents that should have protected them. This "crisis" seldom comes to public =
attention.
The Conservative Playbook for Keeping "Dark Money" Dark
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34763-the-conservative-playbook-for-keep=
ing-dark-money-dark
Robert Faturechi, ProPublica: "Never call it dark money - 'private giving' =
sounds better." Suggestions like this appear in internal documents from con=
servative groups that are coaching activists to fight state legislation tha=
t would impose more transparency on the secretive nonprofit groups reshapin=
g US campaign finance.
=C2=A0
Squatter's Rights: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Fight Over Omaha Tribal=
Land
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34758-squatter-s-rights-supreme-court-he=
ars-arguments-in-fight-over-omaha-tribal-land
Suzette Brewer, Indian Country Today Media Network: Can the geographic boun=
daries of=C2=A0Native=C2=A0reservations be redrawn by judicial fiat rather =
than by treaties enacted by Congress? Nebraska v. Parker, which was argued =
before the US Supreme Court, could have grave implications for hundreds of =
Indigenous groups in areas where non-Native people have taken up residence.
Oil Industry Caused 2005 Swarm of California Earthquakes
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34759-oil-industry-caused-2005-swarm-of-=
california-earthquakes
Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog: Oil and gas wastewater disposal has been tied to =
a series of earthquakes in California for the first time, according to a ne=
w study. Furthermore, researchers warn, wastewater injection could be respo=
nsible for larger, more dangerous quakes in the future.
Obama's Last Budget May Be Ignored by the GOP
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34761-obama-s-last-budget-may-be-igno=
red-by-the-gop
Robin Marty, Care2: For the first time ever, congressional Republicans are =
indicating they will ignore this year's presidential budget. If the GOP can=
't govern and can only block legislation, it's the American people who will=
suffer from a government that grinds to a halt. The budget battle is just =
the first sign of a crisis just waiting in the wings.
Corporate-Managed Trade Deals Screw the US
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34752-corporate-managed-trade-deals-s=
crew-the-us
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: Through so-called "free tra=
de" that's really corporate-managed trade, we're letting big business decid=
e what's important for our economy and it's destroying the lives of million=
s of hardworking Americans. It's time to put this failed experiment with fr=
ee trade to rest once and for all.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Right-Wing Think Tanks Are Factories of Cruel Ideas
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/latest-cruel-idea-from-right-=
wing-think-tank
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Right-wing think tanks are often produc=
tion lines whose finished product is the peddling of greedy and soulless pu=
blic policy positions.=20
Ted Cruz's Chief Dirty Trickster and the Degradation of Politics=20
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ted-cruz-s-chief-dirty-tricks=
ter-and-the-degradation-of-politics
Why Did Mississippi Police Release Two Versions of Fatal Shooting Report?=
=20
Read the Article at the Guardian US
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/09/mississippi-fatal-police-sho=
oting-ricky-ball?utm_source=3Desp&utm_medium=3DEmail&utm_campaign=3DGU+Toda=
y+USA+-+Version+CB+header&utm_term=3D155778&subid=3D14675834&CMP=3Dema_565
It's Primary Day in New Hampshire, and the Early Results Are in
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-dixville-notch-midnight-v=
ote_us_56b979d2e4b01d80b247a0ed?
Black History Month: Honoring Those With Disabilities
Read the Article at Access Living
https://www.accessliving.org/1410ga449
Gruesome Tumors on Sea Turtles Linked to Climate Change and Pollution=20
Read the EcoWatch Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/gruesome-tumors-on-sea-turtle=
s-linked-to-climate-change-and-pollution
UN Agency Proposes Limits on Airlines' Carbon Emissions
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/business/energy-environment/un-agency-pro=
poses-limits-on-airlines-carbon-emissions.html?_r=3D1
Planned Parenthood Clinic to Reopen After Deadly Shooting
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2016/02/09/planned-parenthood-clinic-reop=
en-deadly-shooting/?&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dreality&utm_content=3D=
8+-+Planned+Parenthood+Clinic+to+Reopen+Afte&utm_campaign=3Ddaily-enews-2-9=
-2016&source=3Ddaily-enews-2-9-2016
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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>It's Primary Day in New Hampshire, and the Early Results Are in</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>Black History Month: Honoring Those With Disabilities</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>Gruesome Tumors on Sea Turtles Linked to Climate Change and Pollution</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>UN Agency Proposes Limits on Airlines' Carbon Emissions</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=0WIfHKiFf76afKIerAHbYXuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Planned Parenthood Clinic to Reopen After Deadly Shooting</strong></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>Ben Ptashnik, Truthout:</strong> In Iowa, the Democratic caucus process, which did not provide voters with paper ballots, left many questioning whether Hillary Clinton really won. To protect the integrity of any election, officials should use paper ballots, counted in public and recounted or audited when necessary.</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=2WYRCe34WLINXnyz2Mj1p3uASbOw7Z96"><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=V5jCwPa1IkIhV3Vs6o1UVKOTb2zUCnlC"><strong>Regulating Banks vs. Displacing Them: Where Clinton and Sanders Disagree on Wall Street</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>Geoff Gilbert, Truthout:</strong> Amid the campaign rhetoric, it can be hard to decipher how the Democratic presidential contenders would handle Wall Street differently. Bernie Sanders wants to radically change US financial institutions, while Hillary Clinton wants to largely leave them be, but regulate them more stringently.</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=mKYsatvlMz6xy4fuS3%2Bqb6OTb2zUCnlC"><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=e1AzGikwtVElqq3wNJKH1nuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Mapping Study Pins Wild Bee Decline on Intensive Farming Practices</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>Marissa Gawel, Seedstock:</strong> A national study suggests that the conversion of grassland and pasture to land used for intensive farming is perhaps the greatest danger to wild bee survival. The good news, however, is that the study concludes the decline in abundance of wild bees is not irreversible.</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=O0cN6FgBXKVYqcETKjW%2FYHuASbOw7Z96"><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=0LJr7qzSxVZw8Z6Jg3SNtnuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Ladydrawers: The Gresham Experiment, Part 1</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 Sheika Lugtu, Truthout:</strong> In this installment of the Ladydrawers' "Growing Season" series, the comics journalists explore an issue that hits close to home for them: food access in the Chicago neighborhood of Auburn Gresham, and how a scarcity of healthy food options relates to street 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=hK%2FpTZZPfn7bOWXC3NRT93uASbOw7Z96"><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=GNUo61xC9NUxFDMdol%2BJXHuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Ordinary Americans Fought Big Money and Won in 2015</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>Jessica Mason, PR Watch:</strong> The pernicious influence of big money on the US political system is set to be one of the major themes of 2016, a presidential election year, and the issue clearly resonates with politicians and voters across the political spectrum.</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=cLmKC08TUUkE9abL4dJehnuASbOw7Z96"><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=zd5yW5NUDyjbVlmnRHFULXuASbOw7Z96"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Court Rules That Corporations Should Pay to Clean Up Their Disasters, 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> The DC Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that corporations, not taxpayers, should pay to clean up their own disasters; Maine will get to vote on marijuana legalization this November; Canada will protect 85 percent of British Columbia's rain forest from development and destruction; 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=3WrUhIgrV4jCu%2BooBnevL3uASbOw7Z96"><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=x9DozQkiVoji0l%2Fk81kmmHuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Amid College Lawsuits, Obama Administration to Establish "Student Aid Enforcement Union"</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>Sam Knight, The District Sentinel:</strong> There are currently 8,424 outstanding borrower claims against institutes of higher education. To address this, the Department of Education announced that it is creating a new organization to "respond more quickly and efficiently to allegations of illegal actions" by US colleges.</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=eekUnn7OYPNfbY2FSnNcvHuASbOw7Z96"><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=yBIhlf1jzdJSbQ9F6aN6pKOTb2zUCnlC"><strong>The Secret Deaths of Dozens at Privatized Immigrant-Only Jails</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 Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> A shocking new investigation about private prisons has revealed staggering levels of medical neglect inside these facilities in recent years. The investigation documents more than 100 deaths at private, immigrant-only prisons since 1998.</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=1%2Fgtnxh3TjdrVLy2RH8SeHuASbOw7Z96"><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=b9CGAYsyJcTAmoQCKDT5znuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Welcome to the United States of Flint: A Coast-to-Coast Toxic Crisis</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 Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, TomDispatch:</strong> Across the US, children have been and continue to be imperiled by a century of industrial production, commercial gluttony and abandonment by the local, state and federal governments that should have protected them. This "crisis" seldom comes to public attention.</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=tHTmdZpUOf4BoXKHCpqBTHuASbOw7Z96"><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=TgYxnj%2By0efv1xrvxYIIQKOTb2zUCnlC"><strong>The Conservative Playbook for Keeping "Dark Money" Dark</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 Faturechi, ProPublica:</strong> "Never call it dark money - 'private giving' sounds better." Suggestions like this appear in internal documents from conservative groups that are coaching activists to fight state legislation that would impose more transparency on the secretive nonprofit groups reshaping US campaign finance.</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=sBG3YyNxSYN7%2FUlH3aQNA3uASbOw7Z96"><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=ZliJChky6bdOP2E3F2tvHnuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Squatter's Rights: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Fight Over Omaha Tribal Land</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>Suzette Brewer, Indian Country Today Media Network:</strong> Can the geographic boundaries of Native reservations be redrawn by judicial fiat rather than by treaties enacted by Congress? <em>Nebraska v. Parker</em>, which was argued before the US Supreme Court, could have grave implications for hundreds of Indigenous groups in areas where non-Native people have taken up residence.</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=LRL8NHfEZZDmFbYTBqJJrXuASbOw7Z96"><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=LkvFdQY7Z0QdktQc6h9Nk3uASbOw7Z96"><strong>Oil Industry Caused 2005 Swarm of California Earthquakes</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>Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog:</strong> Oil and gas wastewater disposal has been tied to a series of earthquakes in California for the first time, according to a new study. Furthermore, researchers warn, wastewater injection could be responsible for larger, more dangerous quakes in the future.</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=R0zjYGd%2BVVxTobyVB5drbnuASbOw7Z96"><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=zj%2BwAGenltCPnxR3UZrQPKOTb2zUCnlC"><strong>Obama's Last Budget May Be Ignored by the GOP</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>Robin Marty, Care2:</strong> For the first time ever, congressional Republicans are indicating they will ignore this year's presidential budget. If the GOP can't govern and can only block legislation, it's the American people who will suffer from a government that grinds to a halt. The budget battle is just the first sign of a crisis just waiting in the wings.</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=6HFpIRu9nfIyjY7SmJFjLKOTb2zUCnlC"><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=QC6jjqIv3JvCzFu6vwOWBHuASbOw7Z96"><strong>Corporate-Managed Trade Deals Screw 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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> Through so-called "free trade" that's really corporate-managed trade, we're letting big business decide what's important for our economy and it's destroying the lives of millions of hardworking Americans. It's time to put this failed experiment with free trade to rest once and for all.</p>
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