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GOP Attacks Obama With Gas Price Cudgel, While Media Ignores Refinery Closures
As the stock market and overall economy slowly improve, the GOP continues to blame President Obama for rising gas prices as November's election approaches. A barrel of oil is …
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US Subjected Manning to Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment, UN Torture Chief Concludes
Bradley Manning. (Photo: Bradley Manning Support Network / Flickr) The United States government subjected Bradley Manning to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment following his arrest in May …
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Regulators Say Fracking Wastewater Well Caused 12 Earthquakes in Ohio
Ohio regulators confirmed late last week what many observers already suspected: a fracking wastewater disposal well caused 12 earthquakes near Youngstown last year as the state threw open its …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reform and Labor Groups Announce Campaign Against Corporate Money in Politics, and More
In today's On the News segment: Exodus of advertising after Rush Limbaugh's misogynist remarks now affecting all of right-wing radio, a plurality of voters in Alabama and Mississippi believe …
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Chicago Spring Declares G8 Move a Victory
Taking nearly everyone by surprise, the White House announced last Monday that the world’s economic leaders with the G8 would not be enjoying the sights and sounds of a …
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Alleged Photos of “Clean-up” at Iran’s Parchin Site Lack Credibility
Washington - News stories about satellite photographs suggesting efforts by Iran to “sanitise” a military site that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said may have been used …
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NYPD Under Fire for Surveillance of Occupy Protesters
On Nov. 17, Kira Moyer-Sims was near the Manhattan Bridge, buying coffee while three friends waited nearby in a car. More than a dozen blocks away, protesters gathered for …
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Invisible Children Funded By Antigay, Creationist Christian Right
[Why does it matter, if Invisible Children was funded by controversial donors? Two reasons - one, we can assume those donors thought IC aligned with their agenda - which …
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President Obama on Drugs
President Barack Obama speaks at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, January 26, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) The White House teamed …
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Sixty Thousand People Protest Gov. Scott Walker
Part of the crowd in attendance at the Reclaim Wisconsin rally at the State Capitol in Madison in support of recall efforts against Gov. Scott Walker, March 10, 2012. …