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On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Wildlife Services Is Killing Millions of Animals With No Accountability to the American Public, and More
In today’s On the News segment: US Wildlife Services is killing millions of animals with no accountability to the American public; President Obama explained that the lack of economic mobility …

The Government Puts Cyanide Back Into the Romanian Parliament
The Government is again planning the destruction of Rosia Montana and advances a new law proposal to boost cyanide mining in Romania.

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New Guardian Docs Show ALEC Misled Press, Public
Over the past two years ALEC has been losing corporate members, suffering from major funding shortfalls, and anticipates legal trouble with ethics rules and its charitable tax status.

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COP19 Promotes Carbon Colonialism With New REDD+ Deal
REDD+ jeopardizes the rights and resources of local communities throughout the global south, because of the prevalence of carbon-market-driven land grabs.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: ALEC’s 2014 Legislative Agenda, and More
The American Legislative Exchange Council has one heck of an agenda for 2014, and it all centers around one idea - profit over people, and more.

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Sorry, Tea Party: Conservatives Don’t Agree With You on Climate Change
A new report details how climate change denial is large strategy in conservative circles like that of the Tea Party.

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Syria’s Criminal Rebels
Syria's insurgency is drifting into the kind of organized criminal enterprise that created insolvable insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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US Government Has Secret Kill Switch for Communications
Unbeknownst to most Americans, the President has the authority to shut down everyone's internet and phone service in one fell swoop.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Banksters Could Be Forced to Pay Billions for Crashing the Economy, and More
The banksters could be forced to pay tens of billions of dollars more in settlements for crashing our economy, and more.

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Will Congress Make College Textbooks Free?
The government may subsidize the cost of text books as skyrocketing prices have become a burden on already financially stressed students.