It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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20,000-Barrels Spilled in North Dakota Pipeline Rupture
North Dakota officials are trying to determine if Tesoro Corp. knew about potential problems with a pipeline that leaked more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil in a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota.
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JPMorgan Chase Fined Historic $13 Billion for Mortgage Fraud
The settlement between America's largest bank and the Department of Justice was greater than the anticipated $11 billion, and will not release the bank from facing further criminal liability charges for its role in helping bring down the US economy.
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Why Two Massive Solar Projects Could Transform Energy In the Southwest
Two enormous solar thermal power plants are coming online, proving that solar is happening.
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Snowden Reveals NSA Spying on Mexican Government and President
The NSA intercepted Mexican government communications, read text messages and listened to phone calls of President Enrique Pena Nieto, and hacked private email servers across Latin America.
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"Ag-Gag" Laws Criminalize Whistleblowers Who Expose Factory Farm Abuse
"Ag-gag” laws seek to silence people who reveal what goes on behind factory farm closed doors, labeling them "eco-terrorists."
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How Domestic Workers Won Their Rights: 5 Big Lessons
For the first time ever, domestic workers will be guaranteed a federal minimum wage and overtime pay. Their victories in recent weeks have implications for larger portions of the workforce like contractors, nontraditional and temporary employees.
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Taking the Fight for Electronic Privacy to the Streets
On Oct. 26, a bipartisan coalition will stage the nation's biggest domestic protest against mass surveillance as thousands march on Capitol Hill to demand the right to private communication.
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Why Big Media Lied to Americans About the Government Shutdown
The shutdown was anything but an “ideological battle” as the L.A. Times and others tried to make us believe. Why don't the media lay proper blame?
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Of Moose and Madness: What the Die-Off Means
The moose die-off is new, complex and often described by the same word people use when they mention climate change: mysterious. That insects like the tick can be a major force wiping out the mighty moose is worth pondering.
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40 Arrests, Police Turn Violent, As Frack Protest Continues in New Brunswick
Since Sept. 30, activists and members of the Elsipogtog and Mi'kmaq First Nations tribes have blocked a New Brunswick road used by employees of the energy company SWN Resources Canada, which wants to frack the area.
