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Obama at UN, in Time of Perpetual War, a No War Conference
“The requested funds will enable the U.S. ‘defense’ establishment to expand purchases of ammunition, fuel, equipment, and combat vehicles. It will also enable the DOD to allocate money to airfields, training centers, and ranges, as well as finance at least ’28 joint and multi-national exercises which annually train more than 18,000 U.S. personnel alongside 45,000 NATO Allies.’ This is good news for major ‘defense’ contractors.
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9/11 Widow: Obama Stance on Terrorism Act “Appalling”
“Moreover, given the events that have transpired in NY/NJ in the past two days — we find the President’s continued opposition to JASTA [Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act] downright dangerous and disturbing. The fact that President Obama has held onto JASTA and not delivered his veto — thereby delaying the override vote — can only mean one thing: this man is using JASTA — a piece of powerful anti-terrorism legislation — as a political football.”
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U.S. Violation of Syrian Ceasefire Prompts Emergency UN Meeting
Foreign correspondent and book author Erlich said today: “The U.S. bombed Syrian government soldiers and a Syrian military base, with estimates off 62-90 dead and over 100 wounded. The U.S. says the attack was accidental.
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Missing the Wells Fargo Story: Employees and Customers Blew Whistle, Were Ignored
The hard work was done by the customers, by the employees, and by Los Angeles county, that brought the suit in 2015, building on these whistle– blowers. You see almost no credit for that, in the coverage. Instead these federal agencies held absolutely not a single individual accountable, there were no admissions, there were absolutely no admissions in the settlement agreement.
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Farmers Union Condemns Bayer/Monsanto Deal
“For the last several days our family farm and ranch members have been on Capitol Hill asking members of Congress to conduct hearings to review the staggering amount of pending merger deals in agriculture today. We will continue to express concern that these megadeals are being made to benefit the corporate boardrooms at the expense of family farmers, ranchers, consumers and rural economies.
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“Syria Burning”
“If you look at a map of the Arab world, there are about 22 members of the Arab League stretching from Mauritania all the way to the borders of Iran. Almost every one of those countries is an American client state. Only one is a Russian client state. That’s Syria. …
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Whistleblowers Second Jill Stein’s Call for Real 9/11 Investigation
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The Money Behind the Dakota Pipeline
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Whose Nukes to Worry About?
“President Obama — the Nobel Prize winner who pledged to lead a nuclear-free world — has committed over $1 trillion dollars to modernize America’s nuclear arsenal. Almost unreported by the press, we have been spending a bundle to make nukes ‘usable,’ by miniaturizing them. And to top it off, Obama has approved a ‘first use’ option for the U.S.”
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Why Prisoners Nationwide are Striking
“Today all across America, in at least 24 states, prisoners have called for a work strike. It might not be obvious, but the fact is that prisons are actually run by prisoners. Prisoners do the vast majority of the work it takes to run the facilities. If they slow down or stop providing labor — the actual caging of humans would be impossible.
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Howard Zinn