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Corporate State
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e Teen Who Made an App That Exposes Sellout Politicians
With U.S. politics swimming in so much corporate money that it's pretty much an oligarchy, it can be hard to keep track of all the corruption. Luckily, there's an app for that.
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Detroiters Put Bodies on the Line to Stop Privatization of Their Water
The Reverend Bill Wylie-Kellerman sat down with nine others blocking the entrance of the facility where Homrich Wrecking’s water shutoff trucks were set to leave for the day.
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World of Resistance Report: Financial Institutions Fear Global Revolution
The banks that are now bigger, more dangerous and more powerful than ever are raising growing concerns about the unrest and resistance of populations – especially the global youth.
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For $28K, TransCanada Buys Town’s Silence On Tar Sands Pipeline As Cancer Rates Rise
The as-yet-unapproved Energy East pipeline – the most expensive the company has ever proposed – would carry 1.1 million barrels of tar sands crude across Canada each day.
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Toying With Climate: Greenpeace Launches Protests to Rid Shell Oil Branding from Legos
The joint Shell/Lego relationship – which involves some 16 million Lego Ferrari-branded toy cars being distributed to kids at Shell stations around the world – is worth about $116 million.
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U.S. Military Studied How to Influence Twitter Users – By Focusing on Occupy Protests
Papers leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate that U.S. and British intelligence have been deeply engaged in planning ways to covertly use social media for propaganda and deception.
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Are You Kidding – Chevron’s Lobbyist Now Runs the Congressional Science Committee?
As CEO of Dow Lohnes Government Strategies, a lobbying firm retained by Chevron to influence Congress, Stephen Sayle was paid $500,000 before taking his current gig atop the House Science Committee.
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Ahead of the Looming Foreclosure Crisis, Local Governments Are Stepping In
The glut of underwater mortgages needs to be written down to match underlying assets, not just to help homeowners but to revive the economy.
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Exclusive: Danish Magazine's Surveillance Scandal Creates New Uproar Over Data Privacy
A Danish weekly has been exposed for bribing one of its IT people to access personal communication and monitor credit and debit card transactions of politicians and celebrities.
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Raking It All In: America's CEO's Are Living Bigger and Fatter Than Ever
The average pay of a customer account specialist at cable giant Comcast is $13.26 an hour while Comcast CEO Brian Roberts pocketed $31.4 million in 2013 – more than a thousand times that salary.
