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Where Do “Black Friday” Revenues Go? Corporate Campaign Spending After Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Another “Black Friday” blitz of sales and shopping, some of it sadly of the violently “competitive” variety, has passed us by. Consumer spending for the “holiday” was at record …
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Kasich, Koch and Big-Industry Bucks: Why Ohio Is the Next Fracking Frontier
Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at a press conference with his running mate at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio, November …
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Agent Orange on Okinawa – New Evidence
In September 2011, The Asia-Pacific Journal published my research into the presence of US military defoliants, including Agent Orange, on Okinawa during the 1960s and early ‘70s.#1 Drawing on …
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Power Ceded, Yet President of Yemen Declares Amnesty
Sana, Yemen - Ignoring calls by his opponents to stop announcing decisions that affect the country, President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared a general amnesty on Sunday for people who …
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Super PAC Man Gobbles Up Regulators’ Time, Patience
In the peculiar post-Citizens United world of political money, Josue Larose has assumed a new alter-ego: Super PAC man. Since the Supreme Court ruling paved the …
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Postcard from Dadaab, Somalia
As a result of Kenya’s recent invasion of Somalia, the situation in Kenyan refugee camps has sharply deteriorated and is now on the verge of a full-scale humanitarian crisis. …
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Half of GOP’s Biggest Bundlers Still Haven’t Picked a Presidential Candidate to Back
For the last three presidential elections, mega bundler Rudy Boschwitz has helped raise millions of dollars for Republicans running for the White House. But this time around, …
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Dimming the Lights in Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi - It was late at night, and my relatives were tired after their seven-hour journey from Pensacola, Fla. Within minutes came the inevitable comment. "It …
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Wall Street Banks Earned $13 Billion in Profits from Secret Fed Loans Worth $7.7 Trillion
In the lead-up to the financial crisis that crippled the American economy and plunged the country into a recession, the Federal Reserve made trillions in undisclosed loans to struggling …
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What Country Do We Want to Keep?
Presented this 21st day of November 2011 in Washington, DC, by admirers of the example set by former CIA analyst, Sam Adams (who exposed the intentional undercounting of Viet …