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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama’s Lead Over Romney Is Growing in Key Battleground States, and More
In today's On the News segment: President Obama's lead over Mitt Romney is growing significantly in key battleground states; all hell is breaking loose in Europe, where Spanish and Greek …
Texas Tar Sands Tree-Sit Launches to Halt Keystone XL Indefinitely
Two blockaders locked down to construction equipment in Winnsboro, Texas, to defend the nine people now occupying a tree village on Texas landowner David Daniel's property.
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A Crucible of Political Disenchantment: “Dismiss Whatever Insults Your Own Soul”
Phil Rockstroh discusses how our society, detached from itself, is lost in a “Weltschmerz,” meaning a world of pain.
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Shocking Stories of Loss Motivate Mourners of Mexico’s Drug War Victims to Hold the US Responsible
Mexicans are determined to make America hear the truth about its role in Mexico's drug war.
The Israel Lobby and How It Operates
Zionist pressure bordering on blackmail and bribery goes on every day.
Thousands Surround Spanish Parliament in Bid to “Occupy Congress” and Stop Austerity
Thousands of people surrounded the Spanish Parliament in Madrid on Tuesday to protest austerity measures and the loss of public confidence in elected leaders.
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Subliminal Message: Rahm Lost
Emanuel accepts financing from groups whose goal is the destruction of teachers unions and the eventual breakup of public education itself.
Bill Moyers: More Money, Less Democracy
Bill examines how the enormous amounts of money spent on political consultants and TV ads corrupt our elections and distort our democracy.
Election Countdown 2012: Selma City Council Votes to Stop Monument to KKK Leader, and More
This week in the Election Countdown: Green Party nominee Jill Stein tours around various colleges in California this week; A 2009 lawsuit filed by former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader …
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Jim Hightower: America’s Pusillanimous Press
While newspaper reporting had already been severely weakened by drastic cutbacks in newsrooms, but the latest decline comes from newsroom managers and staff who've chosen to compromise on a …