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Low Friends in High Places: Triad of Business, Cops and Politicians Attack Occupy
A police officer rests while demonstrators are arrested behind him. (Photo: a c o r n / Flickr) A political campaign by San Francisco’s well-heeled “property owners” …
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93-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Who Cleaned State Capitol for 30 Years Denied Voter ID
A 93-year-old Tennessee woman who cleaned the state Capitol for 30 years, including the governor’s office, says she won’t be able to vote for the first time in decades …
Brominated Battle: Soda Chemical Has Cloudy Health History
Marietta, Georgia - It's Monday night at the Battle & Brew, a gamer hangout in this Atlanta suburb. The crowd is slumping in chairs, ears entombed in headphones, eyes …
Whistleblowers: Software Monitoring Keystone XL Pipeline’s Safety Contains Deliberate Errors
Investigative Journalist Greg Palast. (Photo Courtesy of Greg Palast) Whistleblowers have told Britain's “Dispatches” that the safety software on major US pipelines contains deliberate errors - and …
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A Brief Guide to Class Conflict
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Occupy Ellis Island
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US Drug Agents Launder Profits of Mexican Cartels
Washington - Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico's fight against drug cartels, according …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Republicans Voted Not to Extend Tax Cuts for Middle-Class Americans, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republican's effort to crash the economy suffered a serious blow today, Senate Republicans voted down extending tax cuts for middle-class Americans, Senate passed …
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The Long Game: Payroll Taxes, Hostage-Taking, and Social Security
Yesterday Thom Hartmann and I discussed the proposal to extend and expand what Democrats have called the ‘payroll tax holiday.’ (Video is below.) There are no heroes in this …