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Wendell Potter

Corporate Whistleblower and Author

March 6th, 2012

Coming Soon: The End of Health Insurers As We Know Them -- By Self-Inflicted Wounds

Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini caused quite a stir when he said at a Las Vegas conference a few days ago that the insurance industry as we know it is, for all practical purposes, a dinosaur on the verge of extinction. Time to sing, "Ding dong the witch is dead"? Not ... continue reading

Stephan Salisbury

Author

March 5th, 2012

How to Fund an American Police State: Real Money for an Imaginary War

Crossposted from TomDispatchAt the height of the Occupy Wall Street evictions, it seemed as though some diminutive version of “shock and awe” had stumbled from Baghdad, Iraq, to Oakland, California.  American police forces had been “militarized,” many commentators worried, as though the firepower and callous tactics on display were anomalies, ... continue reading

Craig Holman

Public Citizen

March 4th, 2012

Will Main Street or Wall Street get dealt a fair hand on STOCK Act?

In the weeks following an explosive “60 Minutes” expose on congressional insider trading, both chambers of Congress nearly unanimously passed the “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge” (STOCK) Act. But there is still no law. What’s the holdup? The ball is in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) court. And everyone ... continue reading

March 4th, 2012

Michael Moore Tweets About Rush Limbaugh's "Apology" to Sandra Fluke

Rush Limbaugh issues a rare (if ever?) apology: mmflint.me/zvDYzYI didn't know there was anyone on earth who had the power to tell Rush what 2 do. But then there's Bain Capital, financiers of Clear ChannelI guess Romney knew that Rush, who made the mistake of saying what most Republicans think ... continue reading

Leah Fried

UE organizer

March 2nd, 2012

It’s Not a Fluke: What We Can Learn from UE’s SECOND Window Factory Occupation

In 2008, UE Occupied the Republic Windows and Doors factory for six days.  Banks had just gotten a massive bailout that most people hated; Obama became President-Elect on a wave of hope and change; and the bosses at Republic Windows and Doors and Bank of America were no-good crooks trying ... continue reading

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

March 2nd, 2012

I Dreamed About My Cancer Docs Last Night

My sleep was restless last night except for the snippets of scenes where I was being tended to by my cancer doctors from some time ago.  In those dreams they cared for my body and comforted my fears as we worked together to overcome my illness.  Of course time had ... continue reading

Robert Greenwald

Filmmaker, Brave New Films

March 1st, 2012

Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?

By Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava Just in time for the release of Brave New Foundation's new film, Koch Brothers Exposed, Rush Limbaugh has thrown in with Charles and David Koch in their letter war with Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. No surprise there; Rush has made his fortune defending ... continue reading

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Rest in peace, Michael Hastings, author of 'The Operators': BuzzFeed Reporter Dies In Car Crash At Age 33 www.huffingtonpost.com Journalist Michael...

Jun 18th
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After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet www.washingtonpost.com After the shooting and the politics, the Barden family suffers all...

Jun 18th
4:43 PM
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From This Modern World, about Edward Snowden and the NSA: Daily Kos: Sensible thinkers www.dailykos.com Click to embiggen Support independent cartooning:...

Jun 17th
5:35 PM
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Edward Snowden Q&A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions www.guardian.co.uk The whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history is...

Jun 17th
1:36 PM
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From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Biden in 2006 debates Obama in 2013 over NSA spying program Watch then-Senator Joe Biden from 2006 as he directly...

Jun 14th
5:45 PM
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Senator caught in strip club with his pants down When money wins, we all lose. Join the fight to stop bribery & corruption at...

Jun 14th
5:42 PM
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RootsAction | No New War in Iran or Syria act.rootsaction.org Sign the petition opposing war by the United States or NATO in Iran or Syria.

Jun 14th
3:15 PM
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ICYMI -- Stop Watching Us | Stop Watching Us optin.stopwatching.us We write to express our concern about recent reports published in the Guardian about the...

Jun 13th
12:42 PM
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We really should have listened to Shia LaBeouf five years ago: Shia Labeouf: One-In-Five Phone Calls Are Recorded (2008-09-16) Clip from The Tonight Show...

Jun 13th
12:13 PM
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Bradley Manning Has Done More for U.S. Security Than SEAL Team 6 ...by Chase Madar www.michaelmoore.com Thanks to Bradley Manning, our disaster-prone elites...

Jun 11th
3:10 PM
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Historic challenge to support the moral actions of Edward Snowden ...by Norman Solomon www.sfbg.com

Jun 10th
11:48 AM
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RootsAction | Thank NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden act.rootsaction.org Sign a thank-you note that will be delivered to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. And...

Jun 10th
11:42 AM
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12pm Union Square: Rally Supporting #NSA Whistle Blower Edward Snowden www.sparrowmedia.net 12pm EST activists, journalists & concerned New Yorkers will...

Jun 10th
10:56 AM
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Daniel Ellsberg: "In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and...

Jun 10th
10:00 AM
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NSA surveillance as told through classic children's books www.guardian.co.uk As news of the NSA's secret surveillance programs spread this weekend,...

Jun 9th
7:28 PM
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Thank you, Edward Snowden -- destined to go down as one of the greatest whistleblowers in American history.

"I don't want to live in a...

Jun 9th
3:44 PM
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ICYMI -- Husain Bazzi of Mike's High School Newspaper will co-chair a panel at the 2013 Left Forum at Pace University in NYC. Today, Sunday at 3 pm,...

Jun 9th
12:34 PM
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Report by Mike's High School Newspaper from day 2 of the Left Forum in New York: Left Forum Day 2 Tweets | Michael Moore | High School Newspaper...

Jun 9th
12:33 PM
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MORE from Glenn Greenwald. Someone near top of the U.S. government is very, very worried about what the NSA is up to: Boundless Informant: the NSA's...

Jun 8th
4:45 PM
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Welcome to PRISM Internet Backup Service jcfrog.com I do hereby declare my allegiance to the USA and swear to their God that I will never try to hide any part...

Jun 8th
1:18 PM
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Jeremy Scahill's film 'Dirty Wars' opens TODAY in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. Couldn't be more timely: Dirty Wars...

Jun 7th
8:15 PM
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MORE from Glenn Greenwald. Someone near the top of the government is very worried about Obama and the ever-growing National Security State: Obama orders US...

Jun 7th
6:25 PM
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Glenn Greenwald's follow up to his blockbuster Verizon story -- it turns out the *all* the biggest internet companies (including Facebook) are turning...

Jun 7th
12:20 PM
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You probably thought Glenn Greenwald's scoop would be the biggest the biggest story about the National Surveillance State this year. Well...

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Jun 6th
7:09 PM
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Husain Bazzi of Mike's High School Newspaper will co-chair a panel at the 2013 Left Forum at Pace University in NYC. This Sunday at 3 pm, please come if...

Jun 6th
6:56 PM
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ICYMI yesterday -- Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World www.michaelmoore.com...

Jun 6th
11:57 AM
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Today/this week/this year's must read, from Glenn Greenwald and the Guardian: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily...

Jun 6th
11:52 AM
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Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World www.michaelmoore.com Shouldn't every town –...

Jun 5th
1:54 PM
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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....

Jun 3rd
10:28 AM
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Across the world, people say: thank you, Bradley Manning: Free Bradley Manning: The World Is Not The Enemy ...by Emma Kaplan www.michaelmoore.com Bradley...

Jun 1st
12:31 PM
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