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US for First Time Acknowledges Role in Deaths of Americans in Drone Strikes
The Obama administration sought to justify the killing of only one and said nothing about the other three.
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Resistance in Ohio, Fracking’s Dumping Ground
Ohio has become a fracking dumping ground, with 179 wells absorbing more than 1 billion gallons of hazardous wastewater from the process from several states, and now legislators and …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Senate Judiciary Committee Has Advanced a So-Called “Comprehensive” Immigration Plan, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a so-called comprehensive immigration plan; yesterday, the US House of Representatives voted to provide support for veterans; …
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WikiLeaks Cables Reveal State Department Promoting GMOs Abroad
Darcey O'Callaghan: US embassies are aggressively and systematically promoting biotechnology and GMO food abroad.
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Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to US, Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis
In their new book, ‘The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills,’ economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of austerity across the globe.
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Obama’s Attack on Whistleblowers Criminalizes News Gathering
Kathleen McClellan: Some former Bush administration officials were quoted as saying, we'd never be able to get away with what the Obama administration has done.
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Foreclosure Victims Protesting Wall Street Impunity Outside DOJ Arrested, Tasered
Hundreds of foreclosed homeowners and housing rights activists rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday, May 20, to demand that Attorney General Eric Holder prosecute the Wall Street bankers …
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Voter Vigilante Group Says IRS Targeted Its “Verify the Recall” Effort in Wisconsin
The Texas-based Tea Party group True the Vote is claiming they were one of the groups inappropriately “targeted” by the IRS since their application for charitable status has been …
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Military Quietly Grants Itself the Power to Police the Streets Without Local or State Consent
The lines between the military and law enforcement have blurred even further.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Oklahoma Tornado Highlights Need to Address Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment: Yesterday, the city of Moore, Oklahoma was devestated by a monster tornado; Apple may also be the biggest tax-dodger in history; and more. …