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First Congress Member Allowed to Read Secret Treaty Says “There Is No National Security Purpose In Keeping This Text Secret … This Agreement Hands The Sovereignty of Our Country Over to Corporate Interests”

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

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If We Can't Stop Corporations from Hiding in Cayman Islands to Avoid Taxes, We All Need to Become Pirates

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Paolo Cirio - Jun. 17 (Opinion) - As usual, G8 members will advance measures aimed at maintaining, rather than resolving, these contradictions. Their proposals will not contain any changes that might distress corporate interests. A mere 100 miles southeast of the summit, Dublin serves as a tax haven and a center of massive tax evasion for many of the wealthiest corporations.

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Secret Trade Agreements Threaten to Undo Our Last Shreds of Food Safety

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Katherine Paul, Ronnie Cummins - Jun. 15 (Special Report) - Under two new trade agreements, currently in negotiation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could be powerless to shut down imports of unsafe food or food ingredients. And if it tries, multinational corporations will be able to sue the U.S. government for the loss of anticipated future profits. More frightening? Negotiations for both agreements are taking place behind closed doors

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The Dangers of Corporations Controlling National Secrets

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Thom Hartmann - Jun. 15 (Opinion) - corporations, by and large, are accountable only to profits.They’re opaque, and don't give a damn about “We the People,” except for the people who run them. There once was a time, before Reagan put us on a privatization binge, when our national security was run by our government and answerable to “We the People.”

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The Latest Outrageous Waste of Money for the Pentagon's Playthings

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Medea Benjamin, James Marc Leas - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Is the Vermont Air National Guard being used for corrupt purposes having nothing to do with its military mission? The answer is yes. Big time. And for big money. In the article, “Those who 'Fudged' Should not be Allowed to Judge” we described how military brass fudged their own scoring process to get Senator Leahy’s home state of Vermont on the list as the “preferred alternative” for basing the F-35.

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The Shocking Amount of Wealth and Power Held by 0.001% of the World Population

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Andrew Gavin Marshall - Jun. 13 (Special Report) - The global elite are of course not defined by their wealth alone, but through the institutional, ideological and individual connections and networks in which they wield their influence. The most obvious example of these types of institutions are the multinational banks and corporations which dominate the global economy. In the first scientific study of its kind, Swiss researchers analyzed the relationship between 43,000 transnational corporations and “identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.”

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For conservative Republicans, immigration becoming a political balancing act

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Nakamura - Jun. 13 (Comment) - Sen. Rand Paul opened his remarks to a group of conservative Latinos on Wednesday by joking about his stilted “Spanglish.” So he switched from Spanish to English to be clear that he had empathy for the plight of the nation’s 11 million illegal ...

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Outside Attacks in Massachusetts

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Robert Farley - Jun. 13 (News) - New ads from outside Democratic groups attacking Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez distort his positions on Social Security and taxes. An ad from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee claims Gomez “supports protecting special tax breaks for corporations and multimillionaires – like himself.” But Gomez has supported the elimination of special … More >>

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Spot What's Wrong With Rand Paul's NSA Fundraising Email

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By David Corn - Jun. 12 (Comment) - That didn't take long. Rand Paul is exploiting the NSA controversy for fundraising. On Sunday, the Republican senator and libertarian firebrand from Kentucky declared that he planned to file a class action lawsuit against the Obama administration, claiming the NSA surveillance programs that intercept internet communications (for supposedly foreign targets) and sweep up the phone records of Americans are "unconstitutional." Such a lawsuit may be tough to pull off . But—coincidentally?—it's a vehicle for Paul's prodigious fundraising. On Tuesday, he sent out a "Dear Patriot" fundraising email asking recipients to join his lawsuit—and to make a contribution to his political action committee. The email is full of demagogic and apocalyptic rhetoric, seemingly designed to scare people into sending their hard-earned bucks to Paul to prevent Big Brother from taking over tomorrow. Noting that he fears for "our fragile Republic" and that "this is an absolutely critical and defining ...

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Silicon Valley intensifies lobbying on immigration bill

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

finance.yahoo.com - By Rachelle Younglai, Caren Bohan - Jun. 12 (News Report) - The bill also boosts the number of visas available for highly skilled foreigners, which will benefit those with expertise in the so-called STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The tech industry says such a step is badly needed. "Even through the depth of the great recession, we struggled to fill jobs," said Ardine Williams, Intel's vice president for human resources, before making her case for the bill to lawmakers on Wednesday.

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Digital Blackwater: How the NSA Gives Private Contractors Control of the Surveillance State