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Investor Kicked Out, WellPoint Refuses Further Disclosure of Toxic Political Spending
WellPoint executives hemmed and hawed at questions pertaining to political spending at Wednesday’s annual shareholders’ meeting. Health plan members and union leaders, who represent members with WellPoint health insurance, …
Wisconsin’s Billionaires Make a Sacrifice?
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay. Something has to give, say people backing Wisconsin's governor, Scott Walker. And that something just …
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Marijuana Advocates Spend Big and Defeat Drug War Proponent in Oregon
As we’ve covered before at Republic Report, one of the reasons why marijuana remains illegal and the drug war continues to rage is because special interest groups like police …
Whose Firebombs? Inside the Alleged “Conspiracy“
The Associated Press has the best report I’ve seen about the alleged firebombing conspiracy in Bridgeport, noting that defense lawyers say there were police infiltrators who stayed in the …
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Seven Hundred and Eighty Caterpillar Workers Unexpectedly Go on Strike in Illinois
Joliet, Illinois -“You’re a rotten animal, that’s what you are. You are a piece of a road kill. Stay off my picket line scab!” shouted Caterpillar worker Gareth Beeson, …
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How Citizens United Is Leading to More Racism in TV Campaign Ads
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's longtime pastor, during a speech at the …
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First Unplanned Arrests in Chicago NATO Week of Action Have Activists Saying Police Overreacted
In what may be the first unplanned arrests during the NATO week of action, two activists were arrested after protesters from an action at the headquarters of Immigration and …
Romney Has Public and Private Morality Upside Down
He doesnu2019t want to regulate where regulation is necessary ... yet he wants to regulate where regulation is least appropriate - at the level of the individual.
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How Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Remains in “Command” and Continues to “Strike Fear“
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sat stone silent inside the courtroom at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, refusing to answer routine questions from the judge presiding over his arraignment …