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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Brzezinski Warns Wealth Gap May Lead to Uprising in US Streets, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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New Guidance Allows Nations to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
A Whole Foods store in Edgewater, New Jersey, in July 2009. The initials GMO stand for genetically modified organism. Participants in the Non-GMO Project include major players in the …
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Michigan Guts Democracy and Now Aims for Workers’ Paychecks
It’s not enough that Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder took away basic democratic rights of cities and towns by imposing a “financial martial law” that can virtually abolish a …
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Closing the Hedge Fund Manager Tax Loophole Would Raise Four Billion Annually From the 25 Richest Managers
During the negotiations regarding raising the nation’s debt ceiling, congressional Republicans have gone to the mat to defend all manner of unwarranted tax breaks, including those for oil companies …
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Nuclear Workers and Fukushima Residents at Risk: Cancer Expert on the Fukushima Situation
Japan's leading business journal "Toyo Keizai" has published an article by Hokkaido Cancer Center director Nishio Masamichi, a radiation treatment specialist. The piece, entitled "The Problem of Radiation Exposure …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Pressing to Close Tax Loopholes for Corporations and Billionaires, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Rupert Murdoch’s Tabloid Involved in British Phone Hacking Scandal
For months, Britain's scandal over scoop-hungry reporters hacking into the cellphones of celebrities and politicians drew shrugs from the general public, which viewed the affair as a rarified dispute …
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Obama Summons GOP and Democratic Leaders for Deficit Reduction Talks
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden hold an economic meeting with senior advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 21, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza …
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Kansas to Pursue Abortion-Blocking Legislation Despite Court Injunction
Gov. Sam Brownback's (R) administration plans to enact new permanent regulations for abortion licensing that may be identical to the temporary rules being challenged in court. (Photo: TalkMediaNews) …
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On US-Mexico Border, Migrants Disappear – and Ransom Money, Too
In August 2007, two Mexicans tried to get their brother into the United States illegally, by hiring a people trafficker or "coyote" for a fee of 2,500 dollars for …