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'Chilling'

In chain of cowardice, two public television bastions – WNET in New York
and Independent Television Service – help defang or defund
two
documentaries that criticize the Koch Brothers

Watch 'Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream'

Learn More About 'Citizen Koch: A Film About Money, Power and Democracy'
...coming soon to a theater near you from Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, directors
of the Oscar-nominated 'Trouble the Water' and producers on 'Bowling
for Columbine,' 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Capitalism: A Love Story'

Open Mike: Mike's Featured Bloggers

David Swanson

David Swanson

Activist and Author, War Is a Lie

May 20th, 2013

CIA: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone

There's a contradiction built into every campaign promise about transparent government beyond the failure to ...

Donna Smith

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

May 19th, 2013

Saturday Night Dead ---- Courtesy of the U.S. Health Care System

There are 123 fewer Americans watching and laughing at the 2013 season ender for Saturday Night ...

Donna Smith

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

May 16th, 2013

Tornadoes, Suicide Bombs, and the U.S. Health Care Dead and Broke

The news today is grim, to be sure.  Tornadoes in Texas with the dead and ...

Dr. Jen Gunter

Dr. Jen Gunter

OB/GYN

May 16th, 2013

No young person has ever died from Plan B, but 7 will die today from gun violence

If you are not following the Plan B saga, here’s what you need to know: ...

Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern

Retired CIA analyst

May 16th, 2013

The Deepening Shame of Guantanamo

There have been nine congressional hearings on the Benghazi controversy – with more to come ...

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Fmr. U.S. Congressman

May 16th, 2013

Trade Sell-Out: Out of the Mouths of Citizens...

If you have received my emails for a while, you know that I sometimes refer ...

Donna Smith

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

May 15th, 2013

Protecting Angelina's Honor as U.S. Health Care System Kills 123 People Daily

Yesterday I wrote about the recent revelations from Angelina Jolie about her double mastectomy.  I ...

David Vine

David Vine

American University

May 15th, 2013

Where Has All the Money Gone?: How Contractors Raked in $385 Billion to Build and Support Bases Abroad since 2001

Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. ...

Donna Smith

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

May 14th, 2013

My Breasts and My Life Not as Valuable as Angelina's

While women and men around the world applaud Angelina Jolie for her bravery in writing ...

David Swanson

David Swanson

Activist and Author, War Is a Lie

May 13th, 2013

Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet

It's not enough to point out that our political system is completely corrupted by money, ...

Nick Turse

Nick Turse

Journalist, TomDispatch

May 13th, 2013

Nuclear Terror in the Middle East: Lethality Beyond the Pale

In those first minutes, they’ll be stunned. Eyes fixed in a thousand-yard stare, nerve endings ...

Cathy Youngblood

Cathy Youngblood

Housekeeper/Activist

May 12th, 2013

How Do Mothers Do It?

Mother's Day in America has been celebrated since the early 20th century. It is the ...

Jon Schwarz

Jon Schwarz

MichaelMoore.com

May 12th, 2013

We Are So Disappointed With the Corrupt Afghan Government

I'm sure it's tough for many reasons to work for the Sulzbergers and Carlos Slim ...

Crystal Zevon

Crystal Zevon

Author

May 12th, 2013

SEARCHING FOR OCCUPY: The Voice of the Red Nations

I have determined that the heart beat, the connecting voice, to my film will be ...

Donna Smith

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

May 11th, 2013

Thousands Dead in 2013 U.S. Health System Failure

Beginning tonight, I want to create the U.S. health care death toll count for all ...

Cathy Youngblood

Cathy Youngblood

Housekeeper/Activist

May 10th, 2013

You Don't See Me, But I'm in Your Hotel Room Right Now

My name is Cathy; one of thousands of hospitality workers you meet in the hallways, ...

Donna Smith

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

May 10th, 2013

Selling Pain and Suffering to the Masses

From this point forward, as state health insurance exchanges begin to roll out their advertising ...

Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren

Author, 'We Meant Well'

May 9th, 2013

Homeland Insecurity: Seven Years, Untold Dollars to Silence One Man

Crossposted from TomDispatchWhat do words mean in a post-9/11 world? Apart from the now clichéd ...

Malcolm X's b-day. At 4yrs old, white supremacists in East Lansing, MI set his house on fire. FD, all white, just stood by & watched it burn

May 19th
10:32 PM
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RT @wastedsummers: @MMFlint Lots of people assuming Kanye meant new in the sense of recent, he means new in the sense of post-legal America…

May 19th
4:34 AM
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"@Myrone07: Yes he did!! They'll be mad once they run the tape again. Watch & see." I agree. West Coast-u will not see(onTV)what we just saw

May 19th
12:56 AM
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RT @marionbarryjr: @MMFlint Not "new". The slavery loophole has been active since the passage of 13th amend. We need to take profit out of …

May 19th
12:53 AM
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RT @PleasureDanger: @MMFlint except...it's not new....the racist prison industrial complex has been locking up black/brown ppl in dispropor…

May 19th
12:52 AM
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Wow. Kanye! Did that just air on TV? Amazing. "We da new slave." #SNL (CCA = Correction Corporation of America - the private prison system)

May 19th
12:48 AM
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So it turns out the War on Terror is never going to end: http://t.co/SWMx4HKjmI Why? See Fahrenheit 9/11: http://t.co/3G3PqrrMNo

May 18th
4:06 PM
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Great time last night on Bill Maher (& @galifianakisz !). Sat next to good-looking brainiacs S.E Cupp & Andrew Ross Sorkin. May've worn off.

May 18th
4:04 PM
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Going on Bill Maher in 20 min! HBO. Live.

May 17th
9:41 PM
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Tonight! It's yours truly & Zach Galifianakis on Bill Maher, 10pm ET/PT (rerun at 11:30pm ET/PT) on HBO (corrected times)

May 17th
6:03 PM
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If you haven't seen it, please read about Chris Heyman, 17, & his parents' decision to release photos of his murder http://t.co/CcxEkiBXvu

May 17th
10:25 AM
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In case you missed it, here's the podcast I did with Jeff Garlin from Curb Your Enthusiasm: http://t.co/Dp4zJRnu1x

May 17th
9:15 AM
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A great finale episode to The Office tonight. Thanks to all who worked on this show. Can't wait to see what u each do next. #TheOffice

May 17th
1:38 AM
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RT @BaselYHamdan Bowling For Columbine II is practically writing itself: http://t.co/wuCNU5YJRc

May 15th
7:48 PM
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RT @PubliiusClodius: @mmflint ....Just walked to the kitchen and back....it was epic...

May 13th
10:00 AM
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RT @MaryJDavis007: @MMFlint Thanks to you, I'm walking 1-5 miles a day instead of taking cabs and buses. I'd forgotten how much fun it is t…

May 13th
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RT @Winzipper: @MMFlint just done my first one hour walk here in England. Thanks for giving me the incentive Mike.

May 13th
9:59 AM
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If you read just one thing today, please read this (also, everyone should stop using the benign word "austerity"): http://t.co/veOvKkS26Z

May 13th
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"Parks and Rec's" @Nick_Offerman, live via Skype on the screen @ the showing of his film in our State Theatre tonight in TraverseCity, MI!

May 13th
3:41 AM
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RT @seabeeWWII: @MMFlint I celebrated my 86th birthday by marking 130 miles since the first of the year thanks to your encouragement.

May 13th
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Read this blockbuster New Yorker article about how public TV cowardice helped defang one documentary criticizing the Koch Brothers and then defund another...

May 20th
8:21 AM
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Tonight! It's yours truly and Zach Galifianakis on Bill Maher, 10 PM ET/PT (rerun at 11:30 PM ET/PT) on HBO. HBO: Real Time with Bill Maher: Homepage...

May 17th
6:59 PM
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ICYMI -- It's time to re-up our walks! Got the flu in March & that threw off my routine. Decided to get back at it. Join me! We're on twitter at...

May 16th
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The Deepening Shame of Guantanamo ...by Ray McGovern www.michaelmoore.com We have been spared hearings on how 86 of the remaining 166 prisoners at Guantanamo...

May 16th
8:04 AM
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I just signed this, and hope you will too: Urge NYT Public Editor to Investigate Biased Reporting on Venezuela & Honduras | NYTimes eXaminer...

May 15th
9:19 AM
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My Breasts and My Life Not as Valuable as Angelina's ...by Donna Smith www.michaelmoore.com What of the women like me who do not have insurance or enough...

May 14th
5:38 PM
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Daily Kos: Thomas Friedman, private eye www.dailykos.com Click to embiggen

May 14th
1:01 AM
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The first Mother's Day in 1870, proclaimed by Julia Ward Howe (author of Battle Hymn of the Republic), was a call for peace and disarmament: ...

May 12th
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The workers of Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors, seen during their 2008 sit down strike in 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' just opened a new...

May 12th
8:49 AM
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It's time to re-up our walks! Got the flu in March & that threw off my routine. Decided to get back at it today. Join me! We're on twitter at...

May 11th
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Please check out this post from Cathy Youngblood, a housekeeper at the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood, and the campaign she's a part of, Hyatt Hurts:
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May 10th
3:23 PM
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The workers of Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors, seen here during their 2008 sit down strike in 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' are opening a...

May 9th
8:13 AM
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Michael Moore touts Mayor Bloomberg’s gun control campaign: ‘It’s wonderful!’ www.nydailynews.com Michael Moore isn't known for his high praise of...

May 8th
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Ribbon cut on new downtown movie theater www.amny.com Filmmakers Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock Tuesday welcomed the arrival of an all-documentary theater...

May 8th
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'And Then There Was One: Imperial Gigantism and the Decline of Planet Earth' ...by Tom Engelhardt www.michaelmoore.com

May 7th
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Reminder: The U.S. Government Lies About Who Uses Chemical Weapons in the Mideast ...by Jon Schwarz www.michaelmoore.com The State Department guy who lied in...

May 6th
6:22 PM
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From This Modern World: Daily Kos: Threat assessment www.dailykos.com Click to embiggen

May 6th
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RootsAction | Nominees for Worst Government Official act.rootsaction.org Here come three new Obama nominees, and they could all be nominees in a contest for...

May 6th
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Donna Smith, seen in 'SiCKO' and a contributor to MichaelMoore.com, has a new blog: Donna SiCKO's Blog donnasicko.blogspot.com

May 5th
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Bill Maher Slams Hype Over Boston Bombing Case Don't Let Terrorist 'F-ck-Ups' Scare Us Bill Maher closed out his show tonight with an appeal...

May 4th
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Health Care Injustice in America – Painful Reality ...by Donna Smith www.michaelmoore.com So, how did I get myself to the place where I do not have coverage?

May 2nd
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Top Economist Unloads On Wall Street & White House - HuffPost Live live.huffingtonpost.com Economist and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs...

May 2nd
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The Pope Called One Of The Foundations Of The Global Capitalism System 'Slavery' www.businessinsider.com Pope Rips Bangladesh Slave Labor

May 2nd
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Ten Years Ago: Bush Declared 'Mission Accomplished'—and the Media Swooned | The Nation www.thenation.com Today marks the tenth anniversary of...

May 1st
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The Life and Death of Words, People, and Even Nature ...by Eduardo Galeano www.michaelmoore.com The following passages are excerpted from Eduardo Galeano’s...

May 1st
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RootsAction.org | Bradley Manning's Nobel Peace Prize act.rootsaction.org Whistleblower Bradley Manning has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....

Apr 30th
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O'Connor questions court's decision to take Bush v. Gore www.chicagotribune.com "Maybe the court should have said, 'We're not going...

Apr 29th
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Filmmaker Michael Moore salutes librarians at Michigan Notable Books event www.detroitnews.com Michael Moore used his keynote speech at the Library of...

Apr 28th
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Chris Heyman's mother and father decided to release photographs from the scene of their son's death in 2004 by gun violence after reading my letter...

Apr 27th
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WARNING: Graphic image. Brishell's mother Nardyne has released a photograph taken of her daughter after she was killed by gun violence in 2010. Why we...

Apr 26th
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Five Stories I Am Currently Following

Today, May 20th, 2013

KIA, Iraq

Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez was one of the first U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, on March 21, 2003

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KIA, Iraq

Wisconsin Army National Guard Spc. Michelle M. Witmer was killed in Iraq on April 9, 2004

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KIA, Iraq

Army Spc. Hai Ming Hsia was killed in Iraq on August 1, 2006

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KIA, Iraq

Army Sgt. Lerando J. Brown was killed in Iraq on March 15, 2008

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KIA, Iraq

Army Spec. David Emanuel Hickman was the last U.S. solider killed in Iraq, on November 14, 2011

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