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Assassination of Afghan President’s Half Brother Leaves Void
Kabul, Afghanistan - Ahmed Wali Karzai, the powerful half brother of Afghanistan’s president, was assassinated Tuesday, removing from the political scene a divisive power broker who was accused of …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Banksters Laying Groundwork for Second Financial Crisis, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Egyptian Revolution Back to Square One
A couple enter Tahrir Square just before dawn to get married, in Cairo, July 11, 2011.Almost 6 months after the Egypt revolution that successfully saw the toppling of former …
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Gordon Brown Alleges Shuttered Murdoch Paper Hired “Known Criminals“
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused The Sunday Times - owned by News International, the British subsidiary of Mr. Murdoch’s News Corporation - of employing "known criminals" to …
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Tea Party Group Admits It Wants to “Shut Down Public Schools“
As ThinkProgress has documented, a tightly-knit group of right-wing Political Action Committees (PACs) and corporate foundations have unleashed an assault on public education, pushing school voucher schemes nationwide that …
Super-PACs and Dark Money: ProPublica’s Guide to the New World of Campaign Finance
More money will be flowing from more players with more opportunities to hide the source.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Cut Off Money for High-Speed Rail, and More
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Feds Report That Massey Hid Mine Violations Through Two Sets of Safety Records
Rocky Moore, a mine safety inspector, checks a rescue chamber at a coal mine in Hazard, Kentucky owned by the Teco Energy company, which is not affiliated with Massey. …
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Monsanto and Gates Foundation Push GE Crops on Africa
Joel Mbithi (left), farm manager of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute's Kiboko Research Station, and Yoseph Beyene, CIMMYT maize breeder, discuss experimental plots. They are developing drought tolerant top-cross …
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Murdoch Gets Rich Off High-Profile Evangelicals
Here's what you might not know about Rupert Murdoch: he’s one of the leading religion publishers in the world. Maybe one day soon Murdoch will go to …