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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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Cain (4)
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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 …
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Thousands March on Washington State Capitol to Protest Budget Cuts
This week, the Washington state legislature is holding a special session to deal with issues related to the state’s budget. Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) has called on the legislature …
Fukushima and Okinawa: The “Abandoned People” and Civic Empowerment
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami along the Pacific coastline of Northeastern Japan brought devastation reminiscent of the 1945 atomic and incendiary bombing that devastated whole towns, …
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NATO Raids Kill Pakistan Troops, Raising Tensions
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani officials said Saturday that NATO aircraft had killed at least 25 soldiers in strikes against two military posts at the northwestern border with Afghanistan, and …