Saturday, December 6, 2014

RSN: GOP Kills Florida Solar, Takes the Sun out of Sunshine State, Phoenix Police Kill Unarmed Man on His Own Doorstep as He Brought Dinner to His Family




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Michael Tomasky | Democrats Are Petrified of Defending Government, but They Need to Start
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Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Tomasky writes: "Republicans profit from Americans' childish hatred of government - and Democrats lose every time by staying silent. Why they need to follow Chuck Schumer's example and take on the issue."
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Phoenix Police Kill Unarmed Man on His Own Doorstep as He Brought Dinner to His Family
John Vibes, The Free Thought Project
Vibes writes: "Tuesday night, 34-year-old Rumain Brisbon was shot and killed by a police officer, because the officer mistakenly thought that he was carrying a gun."
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US, France Officially Adopt "Daesh" as New Name for ISIS
Kathleen Harris, CBC News
Harris reports: "When you are talking about a brutal militant group, a lot is at stake and the label can have a loaded meaning."
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Obama Ready to Defy Base to Advance Trans-Pacific Partnership
Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams
Fulton reports: "President Barack Obama is ready to buck his liberal base in order to advance the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the pro-corporate international trade deal currently being negotiated in secret by the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries."
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The Red Cross CEO Has Been Serially Misleading Donors About Where Dollars Go
Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott, ProPublica and Laura Sullivan, National Public Radio
Excerpt: "The American Red Cross regularly touts how responsible it is with donors' money. 'We're very proud of the fact that 91 cents of every dollar that's donated goes to our services,' Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern said in a speech in Baltimore last year. 'That's world class, obviously.'"
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GOP Kills Florida Solar, Takes the Sun out of Sunshine State
Blake Deppe, People's World
Deppe reports: "Florida right-wing state regulators launched an attack against solar energy on Nov. 25, when they approved proposals to slash the state's energy efficiency goals by over 90 percent and terminate solar rebate programs by the end of 2015."
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