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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Taxes in America Are at a 30-Year Low, and More
In today's On the News segment: Taxes in America are at a 30-year low, Georgia is close to executing a mentally disabled inmate, climate-change deniers infiltrate Canada, and more. TRANSCRIPT: …
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John Deere, CVS Caremark, HP, MillerCoors and Best Buy Drop ALEC
Today, five new companies have pledged to stop funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). They include John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy.
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DoD Report Confirms Interrogators Pulled “Deliberate Ruse” on Jose Padilla; Convinced Him Flu Shot Was “Truth Serum“
In 2006, a lawyer for convicted terrorist Jose Padilla made an explosive claim in a federal court filing: the enemy combatant was given drugs against his will, believed to …
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Midwest Drought May Spark Food Inflation
Experts warn it could mean higher costs for everything from a hamburger to a gallon of milk in the months ahead.
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National Reconnaissance Office Accused of Illegally Collecting Personal Data
The office is so intent on extracting confessions that officials have rewarded polygraphers with cash bonuses.
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EXCLUSIVE: DoD Report Reveals Some Detainees Interrogated While Drugged, Others “Chemically Restrained“
Detainees in custody of the US military were interrogated while drugged with powerful antipsychotic and other medications that
Rachel Maddow | Richard Engel: What is Really Happening in Syria?
Richard Engel, foreign correspondent for NBC news, talks with Rachel Maddow about the balance of power in Syria as he observed it after sneaking into the country from Turkey.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Rick Perry Announces He Will Refuse to Expand Medicaid to Cover 1.2 Million More Low-Income Texans
In today's On the News segment: The Libor rate-fixing scandal could grow, Rick Perry announces he will refuse to cover 1.2 million more low-income Texans, Democrats are fighting back …
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Americans for Prosperity Rally Calls for “Nullifying” Health Care Law (With Help From ALEC)
The evening after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Wisconsin chapter of the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity held a "Hands Off My …
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Bank Scandal Turns Spotlight to Regulators
Politicians in both London and Washington are questioning whether regulators allowed banks to report false rates in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis and afterward.