Saturday, April 19, 2014

RSN: What the 1% Don't Want You to Know, CIA Psychologist Breaks Silence to Defend Torture, State Department to Delay Keystone XL Pipeline Decision.....et al

FOCUS | Paul Krugman: What the 1% Don't Want You to Know
Paul Krugman being interviewed by Bill Moyers. (photo: Moyers & Co.)
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Excerpt: "Krugman adds: 'We're seeing inequalities that will be transferred across generations. We are becoming very much the kind of society we imagined we're nothing like.'"
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Bernie Sanders Raises Battle Cry Against Citizens United: 'I Vote for Democracy!'
Bernie Sanders would inject liberal passion into a primary. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
John Nichols, The Nation
Nichols writes: "Citizens United is not just the default reference for US Supreme Court decisions - including the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling - that have ushered in a new era of corporate dominance of American elections."
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US Plans Military Drills in Eastern Europe
Michael R. Gordon, The New York Times
Gordon writes: "The United States plans to carry out small ground-force exercises in Poland and Estonia in an attempt to reassure NATO's Eastern European members worried about Russia's military operations in and near Ukraine, Western officials said Friday."
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David Sirota | Chris Christie's $300M Pension Proposal Broke State Anti-Corruption Laws
David Sirota, PandoDaily
Sirota writes: "A PandoDaily investigation has discovered evidence that Gov. Chris Christie's pending deal to award a $300 million pension management contract to a controversial hedge fund is in violation of state anti-corruption laws."
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CIA Psychologist Breaks Silence to Defend Torture
Jason Leopold, Guardian UK
"The psychologist regarded as the architect of the CIA's 'enhanced interrogation' program has broken a seven-year silence to defend the use of torture techniques against al-Qaida terror suspects in the wake of the 9/11 attacks."
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US Terror Suspects Face "Terrifying" Justice System
Kanya D'Almeida, Inter Press Service
D'Almeida writes: "The vigil has drawn a mixed bag of supporters - some have their heads covered, a few are modestly concealed by hijabs, others are simply attired in jeans and T-shirts. Whatever their dress, they have gathered here for one reason - to protest the use of 'lawfare' on Muslim citizens accused of terror-related activity."
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State Department to Delay Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Until After November
Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Koronowski writes: "The State Department will 'extend the government comment period on the Keystone XL pipeline, likely postponing a final decision on the controversial project until after the Nov. 4 midterm elections.'"
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