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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 …
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35 Killed and Others Injured in Two Attacks North of Baghdad
Thirty-five people were killed and 28 others were wounded Tuesday in a twin explosion in Taji, a town 20 kilometers to the north of the Iraqi capital. …
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Pakistan’s Spies Tied to Slaying of a Journalist
Islamabad, Pakistan - Obama administration officials believe that Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ordered the killing of a Pakistani journalist who had written scathing reports about the infiltration of militants …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: CEO Pay Up 23 Percent for 200 Largest Corporations, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Gaza Flotilla Activists Vow to Proceed Despite Greek Ban
Demonstrators on the American boat, "The Audacity of Hope," which plans to be part of the international flotilla to Gaza, at a port near Athens, Greece, June 30, 2011. …
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Hugo Chavez Returns to Venezuela Vowing to Beat Cancer
Hugo Chavez speaking on January 22, 2009. (Photo: Bernardo Londoy) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez capped a four-day public relations blitz Monday with a triumphant return home after …