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Army Reservist Told He’s Barred From Re-Enlistment for Speaking to Truthout About Guantanamo
Pfc. Albert Melise was accused by the US Army of leaking classified information to Truthout during an interview about Guantanamo. (Photo courtesy of Albert Melise) The US …
Christian Parenti: Unstable Climate, Unstable People
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Amnesty for the Indefensible
They will get away with it, at least in this life. “They” are the Wall Street usurers, people of a sort condemned in Scripture, who have brought …
Matt Taibbi Exposes How Securities and Exchange Commission Shredded Thousands of Investigations (Video)
An explosive new report in Rolling Stone magazine exposes how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission destroyed records of thousands of investigations, whitewashing the files of some of the …
Ending Wars on Time Would Save $200 Billion, One-Sixth of Debt Reduction Goal
By Thanksgiving, the Congressional “Super Committee” is supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion in debt reduction over the next ten years. The Super Committee can include anything it …
TV Networks “Monetize” Politics
Already the 2012 projections are in – not for who is going to win the election – but for how much it is likely to cost. Public …
Fed’s $1.2 Trillion in Financial Sector Loans “A Classic Case of Moral Hazard“
During the 2008 financial crisis, when the nation's banking system seemed on the verge of collapse, President George W. Bush authorized a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Demonstrators in Front of White House Continue Their Push Back Against Proposed TransCanada Oil Pipeline, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
Covering Up Wall Street Crimes: Matt Taibbi Exposes How SEC Shredded Thousands of Investigations
An explosive new report in Rolling Stone magazine exposes how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission destroyed records of thousands of investigations, whitewashing the files of some of the …
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Verizon Goes From Wireless to Shameless
It was only a matter of time before the “pull down” NAFTA and WTO trade agreements on U.S. wages and jobs would be followed by “pull down” contract demands …