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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate to Vote on Bill That Allows the US Military to Capture Civilians Anywhere in the World Without Charges or Trial, and More
In today's On the News segment: Occupy Los Angeles is still camped outside of City Hall, the Senate is getting closer to giving the president more powers to detain …
Senator Charles Schumer: Republicans Poised to Raise Taxes on Middle Class
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Republicans in Congress want to let the payroll tax holiday raising taxes on middle class Americans, while …
Thom Hartmann Talks with Bill Moyers
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Bureaucracy Has Blossomed in Military’s War on Rape
Washington - Under the political gun, the Pentagon has bulked up its anti-rape campaign far more than many people realize. It's expensive, aggressive and imperfect. Training on …
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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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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 …
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Will Rogers on Occupy Wall Street
My all time favorite Cherokee, Will Rogers, wrote that in 1924. Today, most of the fellows plowing fields in Claremore, Oklahoma, are still Cherokee — but a lot fewer …
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Questions to Ask the Candidates
Pity the pundits. It must be hard to pretend to be a journalist and live in constant fear of being one question or comment away from joining the jobless. …
The Public Intellectual: Sophia A. McClennen
Sophia A. McClennen Is There a Way to Be Good Again? How to Be a Man After the Penn State Pedophilia Scandal Monday 28 November 2011 by: Sophia A. …