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TYT: MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Rips CNN for “Breaking News” Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too
Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says when she was a guest on another cable news channel, the producer told her, “remember: our viewers are […]
Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?
(From a Niqash Special Correspondent in Baghdad) A number of high profile MPs have been banned from running in Iraq’s upcoming general elections – allegedly […]
Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too: UN
(By Jacob Chamberlain) An unrelenting increase in energy production, including unconventional methods such as tar sands extraction and fracking, will severely damage the world's already […]
India’s Massive Youth Vote tilting to Right Wing Hindu Nationalist
(By James Tapper) 100 million new voters are about to transform India (via GlobalPost) NEW DELHI, India — With only a few weeks until India […]
5 Signs Solar Power is Taking over the World
(By Juan Cole) Burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil) is putting 32 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually into the atmosphere. Since […]
Maddow: Duke Energy busted in N Carolina for Toxic Dumping as Enviro Groups Targeted
Rachel Maddow follows up on a report from earlier in the week about environmental activists who accused a Duke Energy power plant of dumping toxic […]
Egypt: Military Rule, Arbitrary Jailing of Protesters, and… Public Silence
(By Daniel Nour) This article will probably annoy you. Telling the truth about Egypt, speaking frankly – not appropriately, or prudently, but just plain honestly […]
Google Follows Snowden’s Advice, Encrypts All Gmail Messages
Whether you think former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor, at the very least you now know that the National Security Agency has expanded the scope of its surveillance of American citizens quite a bit. The government…
Massive increase in Israeli Squatter settlements in West Bank blamed for Collapsing Peace Talks
Israel settlements led to peace talks impasse: Palestinians (via AFP) US-sponsored peace talks with Israel have reached an impasse because of Jewish settlement activity, a […]
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