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Abbas Says He Will Seek Palestinian State at the Security Council
The Palestinian president announced Friday that he would seek recognition of a Palestinian state at the Security Council of the United Nations next week, a move strongly opposed by …
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Leaked Documents Reveal Major Speculators Behind 2008 Oil Price Shock: Hedge Funds, Koch, Big Banks, Oil Companies
Last month, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) leaked confidential data about oil speculation to a number of media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal. Ordinarily, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republican Jobs Bill Puts Forward More Tax Cuts for Millionaires, and More
In today's On the News Segment: House Republicans continue to slam Obama's jobs bill while offering a “poor substitute” in its place, the Supreme Court denied another one of …
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New Documents Reveal FBI’s Islamophobic Counterterrorism Training
Counterterrorism agents at the FBI’s training center in Quantico, Virginia are being taught that “devout” Muslims are more likely to be “violent” and that American Muslims are likely to …
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US Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution to Duane Edward Buck
The U.S. Supreme Court just issued a brief order granting a temporary stay of execution:
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Working, but Still Poor
From the president to Congress to nearly every neighborhood in America, the focus today is on job creation. But for millions of Americans, just having a job doesn’t mean …
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“Terrorism Is Not a Religion” – Somali-American Poet Speaks Out
“See I fought for this country and still got condemned / Find myself marching with people who hated me / Yet I managed to call 'em my friend.” That’s …
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Perry and the HPV Vaccine: Selling Women’s Health (and Everything Else) to the Highest Bidder
In 2007, Governor Rick Perry shocked both public health officials and his conservative base when he signed an executive order mandating that female students in Texas be vaccinated against …
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Another Unfortunate September Anniversary
Americans respected the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C. with silence, reverence, retrospection. Sept. 11, 2001, changed the world as we knew it, …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Introduce Their Own “American Jobs Act” – a More Apt Name for It Is the “Corporate Freeloaders Act,” and More (2)
In today's On the News segment: House Republicans introduced their own “American Jobs Act” - more aptly named - the “Corporate Freeloaders Act,” Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is …