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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Millionaires and Billionaires in France ask for a Tax Increase, and More
In today's On the News segment: French government introduced a new debt reduction package that includes a 3 percent income tax increase on people making more than $720,000 a …
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War: Too Big to Fail
Troops lined up in formation, preparing to get on a plane bound for Iraq. (Photo: j. botter) A pair of vitally important news reports were lost recently …
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Rich Guy “Deeply Resents” Helping Pay for Democracy
Hey here's a real dog bites man story for you: a really, really rich guy says to readers of billionaire Murdoch's Wall Street Journal that he "deeply resents" paying …
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5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes East Coast
An earthquake sent tremors from the nation’s capital to New York City and New England Tuesday afternoon, the result of what officials said was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake based …
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Violence Brings Pakistan’s Women Advocates to Aid Religious Minorities
Islamabad - In spite of real dangers for those working as advocates with Pakistan’s religious minorities, a number of people have been speaking out against religious discrimination and the …
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Obama FCC Kills “Fairness Doctrine” Dead, as Requested by Congressional Republicans
In apparent response to GOP leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee who requested in June that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Julius Genachowski "strike the Fairness …
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Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
An estimated 2,000 people have signed up to hold sit-ins and commit other acts of civil disobedience.
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Attorney General of N.Y. Is Said to Face Pressure on Bank Foreclosure Deal
Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, has come under increasing pressure from the Obama administration to drop his opposition to a wide-ranging state settlement with banks …
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From Sacrilege to Sacredness: What’s the Big Deal About Snowmaking?
This is not the first time I’ve traveled up this mountain. My once-lover Dark Cloud and I hiked, camped and made love in these old Ponderosa and Fir …
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Para-Business Gone Bananas: Chiquita Brands in Columbia
In March 2007 in a U.S. District Court, Chiquita Brands International pled guilty to one count of “Engaging in Transactions with a Specially-Designated Global Terrorist.”[i] The banana giant confessed to …