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While Deflategate and Chaitgate Rage, America Quietly Robs Its
Elderly
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Jason Furman, the Chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors, issued a scathing memo about shady broker practices and how they impact ordinary savers, especially working people who use brokers to manage their retirement funds."
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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Jason Furman, the Chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors, issued a scathing memo about shady broker practices and how they impact ordinary savers, especially working people who use brokers to manage their retirement funds."
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Los Angeles to
Build Housing for Veterans
Richard A. Oppel, The New York Times
Oppel writes: "Even as Los Angeles became home to the country's largest population of homeless military veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs for years has used much of its 387-acre tract near the city's exclusive Brentwood neighborhood for other purposes, including leasing property to a car rental agency and the laundry facilities of a major hotel chain."
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Richard A. Oppel, The New York Times
Oppel writes: "Even as Los Angeles became home to the country's largest population of homeless military veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs for years has used much of its 387-acre tract near the city's exclusive Brentwood neighborhood for other purposes, including leasing property to a car rental agency and the laundry facilities of a major hotel chain."
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Attorney
General Nominee: NSA Surveillance Is "Constitutional and
Effective"
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "During Wednesday's hearing, Lynch described the National Security Agency's spying programs as 'constitutional and effective' and defended the government's surveillance operations."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "During Wednesday's hearing, Lynch described the National Security Agency's spying programs as 'constitutional and effective' and defended the government's surveillance operations."
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Working Mom on
Food Stamps Hits Back at Scott Walker's Plan to Drug Test Her
Alice Ollstein, ThinkProgress
Ollstein writes: "Wisconsin's low-income workers and some members of Congress are speaking out against Governor Scott Walker's call for making people on public assistance undergo a drug test."
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Alice Ollstein, ThinkProgress
Ollstein writes: "Wisconsin's low-income workers and some members of Congress are speaking out against Governor Scott Walker's call for making people on public assistance undergo a drug test."
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Venezuelan
Army Can Shoot Protesters, Effective Immediately
Sabrina Martin, PanAm Post
Martin writes: "An internal ruling made by the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense, published on Tuesday, January 27, in state newsletter Gaceta Oficial, legalizes the use of lethal weapons by the national armed forces (FANB) against protesters."
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Sabrina Martin, PanAm Post
Martin writes: "An internal ruling made by the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense, published on Tuesday, January 27, in state newsletter Gaceta Oficial, legalizes the use of lethal weapons by the national armed forces (FANB) against protesters."
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Coral Reefs
Are About to Crash in a Big Way
Tom Philpott, Grist
Philpott writes: "Coral reefs cover just 0.1 percent of the ocean floor, but provide habitat to 25 percent of sea-dwelling fish species."
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Tom Philpott, Grist
Philpott writes: "Coral reefs cover just 0.1 percent of the ocean floor, but provide habitat to 25 percent of sea-dwelling fish species."
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