We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks
The Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like the bail-in template originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011.
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Revolving Door: Koch and Halliburton Are Lobbying Hard to Block a Carbon Tax
Despite an array of conservative economists and former Republican lawmakers, Koch and Halliburton lobbyists are funding the campaign against it.
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Nation On Fire: Climate Change And The Burning Of America
Huge, explosive fires are becoming commonplace because climate change is setting the stage with higher temperatures, widespread drought, earlier snowmelt and spring vegetation growth.
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Global Power Project, Part 9: Banking on Influence With Morgan Stanley
The bank that has committed a raft of fraud, illegal foreclosures, energy price fixings and food market speculations took in more than $107 billion of U.S. taxpayer funds in the bailouts.
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Egypt's Tamarod Leaders Step Up: "From Protest Movement To Pressure Movement"
Tamarod launched the petition that got 22 million Egyptian signatures and led to President Mohamed Morsi's ouster. Now the young group is using its street appeal and new political weight to become part of the reform process.
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Obama's Abuse of the Espionage Act is Modern-Day McCarthyism
Is it justice when the U.S. president prosecutes whistleblowers with a legal relic, while administration officials leak with impunity?
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Former EPA Directors Tell Government To Act Now on Climate Change
The costs of inaction on climate change are undeniable. The current political debate in Washington is either detail, which we can resolve, or purposeful delay, which we should not tolerate.
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8 Ways Privatization has Failed America
The myth that privatization of public services benefits most Americans is an outright lie.
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Unity sans Convergence (Political Self-organization Models for Hyperlinked Multitudes)
Do revolutions work like our brains do? Since the birth of the 15M movement, we’ve spent more than two years experimenting with radically new modes of mass organization.
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What Are Exxon, Shell And ConocoPhillips Doing With Their Billions In Q2 Profits? Lobbying, Of Course
Three of the five Big Oil companies released second quarter profits last week, raking in a combined $11.4 billion this quarter for a total of $31 billion on the year.
