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Face Masks, Snipers and Aerial Surveillance: Chicago’s Newest Anti-Protest Measures Revealed
(Photo: Chris Smith / Flickr) Each time a new measure that the city of Chicago is preparing for the coming NATO and G8 summits is unveiled, the …
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Secrecy Loophole Could Still Weaken Bureau of Land Management’s Tougher Fracking Regulations
New regulations drafted by the federal Bureau of Land Management would increase pressure on energy companies to disclose information about the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing, a process …
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Audit Uncovers Extensive Flaws in Foreclosures
An audit by San Francisco county officials of about 400 recent foreclosures there determined that almost all involved either legal violations or suspicious documentation, according to a report released …
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Fifty Activist Groups Call for Congressional Hearings on Citizens United
Montpelier Vermont: Rally at State Capitol, Friday, January 20, protesting the Citizens United v. FEC Ruling and supporting Senator Lyons' resolution calling for an amendment to overturn it. (Photo: …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Arizona Passes a Law to Establish Its Own Militia, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Leak Reveals How Big Business Funds Climate-Change Deniers
The climate-change-denying think tank The Heartland Institute pays monthly stipends to vocal global warming skeptics, received $200,000 from the Charles G. Koch Foundation in 2011 and received a total …
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Food, Justice and Sustainability
In July, 2011, Michelle Obama rolled out a plan to bring fresh, healthy to low income communities across the United States. The plan is to partner with major food …
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The Secret, Corporate-Funded Plan to Teach Children That Climate Change is a Hoax
Internal documents acquired by ThinkProgress Green reveal that the Heartland Institute, a right-wing think tank funded by the Koch brothers, Microsoft, and other top corporations, is planning to develop …
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Commercial Banks Spent Record $62 Million on Lobbying in 2011
Commercial banks spent nearly $62 million last year on lobbying, another record total for an industry that has become one of the most active voices in the political arena. …
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Tentative Deal Reached to Preserve Cut in Payroll Tax
Washington - Members of a House-Senate committee charged with writing a measure to extend a payroll tax reduction and provide added unemployment benefits reached a tentative agreement Tuesday evening, …