Winning a Seat on the Bus! RSN: Leaked Playbook Shows How Big Oil Fights Clean Energy,

When you fight for and win a SEAT ON THE BUS, it's easy to forget that hatred and racism was never eradicated. It simply slithered underground, unspoken.

Then the Party of Hate legitimized, endorsed and promoted those negative values, fostered disenfrancisement and the resurrection of Jim Crow, even in Lily White Middleboro.

At first the words were carefully coded....now more freely expressed because of a black President at whom you can target your venom and ignorance.

The rest of the world is watching and too many Racist Americans are too ignorant to be embarrassed!

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Philip Agnew | What President Obama Told Me About Ferguson's Movement: Think Big, but Go Gradual

Philip Agnew, Guardian UK
Agnew writes: "We told President Obama that we were not the 'People's Spokespeople.' We told him that we had neither the power, positions, nor desires to stop the eruptions in the streets and that they would continue until a radical change happened in this country."
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One of the Few Tools Left to Stop Gerrymandering Is in Peril
Norm Ornstein, The Atlantic
Ornstein writes: "Whenever I speak about our polarized politics, the first or second question I get is almost invariably about redistricting. Most Americans who know that our political system is not working the way it is supposed to don't know what specifically is wrong."
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NYPD Officer Who Shot Akai Gurley Texted Union Rep Instead of Calling Ambulance as Victim Lay Dying
Oliver Laughland and Alan Yuhas, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Gurley, who was 28, was shot dead by a rookie officer on 20 November at the Pink Houses public housing block in East New York, in what police have described as an accidental discharge. Gurley, who was descending a stairwell in the block, was unarmed."
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CEO Pay Rises at Double the Rate of Workers: Executive Compensation up 43 Percent Since 2009
Siri Srinivas, Guardian UK
Srinivas writes: "If you're a CEO, rest easy this Friday jobs report day. Economists, policy-makers and other finance spectators may lose sleep over unemployment numbers each month, but experts say that there may be no better time to be a senior executive."
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Mexico City Police Chief Quits Amid Protests From People Wanting Answers for 43 Dead Students
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Mexico City's police chief has resigned following sharp criticism of his handling of recent protests against the apparent massacre of 43 college students. Police chief Jesus Rodriguez Almeida stepped down with immediate effect on Friday, the city's Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said."
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Leaked Playbook Shows How Big Oil Fights Clean Energy
Stephen Edelstein, Discovery News
Edelstein writes: "When it comes to curtailing carbon emissions, California leads the way. Its policies promoting clean energy and zero-emission vehicles are the most comprehensive of any state, and have strong public support. Of course, there's one group that's not very happy about these developments: the oil industry."
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