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US Withdrawal From Iraq: “In Terms of Destroying Iraq, It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’“
Juan Gonzalez: We begin today’s show in Iraq. On Thursday, the United States military announced a formal end to almost nine years of war in Iraq. Defense Secretary Leon …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: No Government Shutdown, at Least for Now, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Activists Silenced by Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act File Lawsuit
(Photo Illustration: Lance Page / Truthout) Animal rights activists filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday to challenge the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), a law they say …
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JPMorgan Chase Greedwashes Reputation With “American Giving Awards“
As the New York Times media reporter, Brian Stelter, noted on Saturday, December 9, NBC agreed to broadcast a two-hour television show fully funded and sponsored by JPMorgan Chase …
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An Offer to the President
Mr. President, we heard what you said last week in Kansas – about the dangers to our economy and democracy of the increasing concentration of income and wealth at …
Whistleblowers: Software Monitoring Keystone XL Pipeline’s Safety Contains Deliberate Errors
Investigative Journalist Greg Palast. (Photo Courtesy of Greg Palast) Whistleblowers have told Britain's “Dispatches” that the safety software on major US pipelines contains deliberate errors - and …
Vets on Veterans Day – and the Other 364
Brendan Marrocco, a 23-year-old Iraq war veteran from Staten Island, New York, watches as his physical therapist, Luis Garcia, takes off his prothetic legs after practicing walking at Walter …
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Fragile and Unbalanced in 2012
New York - The outlook for the global economy in 2012 is clear, but it isn’t pretty: recession in Europe, anemic growth at best in the United States, and …
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Media Justice and the 99 Percent Movement
It all started with one message posted on a blog on July 13, 2011. The magazine Adbusters, a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine that combats corporate consumerism, issued a call: …
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Reform vs Revolution Within Occupy
Many Occupiers have expressed a valid concern over the Obama campaign attempting to hijack the Occupy movement. To avoid this pitfall some Occupiers advocate more radical methods, ideas and …