Wednesday, January 7, 2015

RSN: Bernie Sanders Asks Chief Trade Representative for the US to Turn Over Full Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership



Take a look at what New Jersey Guv Christie [Koch Sock Puppet] is up to!


What reasonable person believes this level of environmental destruction makes sense?


Only Anti-Environment Republicans! The environment should not be a partisan issue.


Check the Dirty Tar Sands spills - tar sands were exempted from CLEAN-UP COSTS thanks to Dick Cheney.....







It's Live on the HomePage Now:
Reader Supported News


TO THOSE WHO ARE OUR SUSTAINERS: This message is intended for those who provide vital financial support to RSN. You are our donors and sustainers. Others are welcome to share and consider what is said here. Entering our fifth year we finally have some durable inertia. We have consistent growth, a loyal core following and a dependable capacity to impact the broad dialog. This is where we live, breathe and prosper. Funding remains the critical administrative challenge. Your support, yes, is of critical importance, but so is your patience. We are painfully aware that for those who do give the fundraising process can be exhausting. Take solace in this: It is working. Each day new Readers sign on as Supporters. From that vast sea of those who read, comment and learn but do not yet share the financial challenge comes the organization's future. One good woman, one good man, at a time. Give us your help, give us your patience. It is working. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News




White House: Obama Would Veto Keystone Bill
Barack Obama. (photo: Shutterstock)
Katie Zezima, The Washington Post
Zezima reports: "'I think the president has been pretty clear that he does not think that circumventing a well-established process for evaluating these projects is ... the right thing for Congress to do,' Earnest said."
READ MORE

Bomb Explodes Outside NAACP Building in Colorado Springs
Keith Coffman, Reuters
Coffman writes: "A homemade bomb exploded outside the offices of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP civil rights group on Tuesday, authorities said, but a gasoline can placed next to the device failed to detonate and no injuries were reported."
READ MORE

Bernie Sanders Asks Chief Trade Representative for the US to Turn Over Full Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership
Sanders.senate.gov
Excerpt: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday asked the chief trade representative for the United States to turn over the full text of a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. The 12-nation pact, which could soon come before Congress, has been negotiated in secret but with input from corporations that stand to profit on the deal."
READ MORE

New Alaska Governor Removes Oil Executives From Pipeline Board, Ditches Predecessor's "Secrecy Statement" Policy
Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch News
Cole writes: "Gov. Bill Walker took a major step toward revising the way the state is dealing with a proposed gas pipeline by removing three members of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board and instructing two commissioners not to sign a secrecy pledge proposed by the Parnell administration."
READ MORE

David Sirota | Chris Christie Pushed Port Authority to Give Contract to Jerry Jones' Firm
David Sirota, International Business Times
Sirota writes: "Less than two years before Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones paid for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's tickets and travel to NFL games, government documents show Christie personally pushed the Port Authority to approve a lucrative contract for a firm part-owned by Jones."
READ MORE

2014 Was Officially the Hottest Year on Record
Jack Linshi, TIME Magazine
Linshi writes: "Scientists have declared 2014 officially the hottest year on record. The temperature data was released Monday by the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA), one of the four major global temperature record-keepers to do so."
READ MORE
 
 
 
 
 

No comments:

Post a Comment