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Sen. Bernie
Sanders | I Will Vigorously Oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Burlington Free Press
Sanders writes: "Millions of working families have seen a reduction in their incomes, young people are finding it harder to afford higher education and seniors are struggling to pay for their food, heat and medicine. At the same time, the wealthiest people in this country are doing phenomenally well, corporate profits are soaring and the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, Burlington Free Press
Sanders writes: "Millions of working families have seen a reduction in their incomes, young people are finding it harder to afford higher education and seniors are struggling to pay for their food, heat and medicine. At the same time, the wealthiest people in this country are doing phenomenally well, corporate profits are soaring and the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider."
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To Pay for His
Failed Trickle-Down Economics Experiment, Kansas Governor Could Raid the School
Budget
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) is reportedly getting ready to propose some form of revenue increases as part of a plan to fix the nearly $900 million budget hole his tax cuts created for the state. But whatever cracks are emerging in his anti-tax facade, the conservative governor's response to the budget crisis is more likely to focus on spending for the state's already flailing schools."
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Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) is reportedly getting ready to propose some form of revenue increases as part of a plan to fix the nearly $900 million budget hole his tax cuts created for the state. But whatever cracks are emerging in his anti-tax facade, the conservative governor's response to the budget crisis is more likely to focus on spending for the state's already flailing schools."
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Sanders Wants
to Force GOP to Vote on Whether Climate Change Is Real
Dylan Scott, Talking Points Memo
Scott writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) plans to introduce an amendment to the Keystone XL pipeline bill that would force Republican senators to go on the record about whether they think climate change is real and manmade, the New York Times reported Monday."
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Dylan Scott, Talking Points Memo
Scott writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) plans to introduce an amendment to the Keystone XL pipeline bill that would force Republican senators to go on the record about whether they think climate change is real and manmade, the New York Times reported Monday."
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Mexican Mayor
Now Faces Charges in Kidnapping of 43 Students
Noe Torres and Michael O'Boyle, Reuters
Excerpt: "The former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala has been charged with last year's kidnapping of 43 students who are feared to have been killed, a top security official said on Tuesday."
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Noe Torres and Michael O'Boyle, Reuters
Excerpt: "The former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala has been charged with last year's kidnapping of 43 students who are feared to have been killed, a top security official said on Tuesday."
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AfriLeaks Aims
to Expose Abuses of Power in Africa
Jett Goldsmith, Neowin
Goldsmith writes: "Riding on the coattails of accusations that the international community has ignored African woes comes afriLeaks - a whistleblowing website dedicated to exposing corruption and abuses of power across Africa."
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Jett Goldsmith, Neowin
Goldsmith writes: "Riding on the coattails of accusations that the international community has ignored African woes comes afriLeaks - a whistleblowing website dedicated to exposing corruption and abuses of power across Africa."
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Michigan Would
Have 25 Percent Renewable Energy by 2025 if Every Household Paid Just $2.60 a
Month
Andy Balaskovitz, Midwest Energy News
Balaskovitz writes: "Michigan could expand its renewable energy portfolio standard to 25 percent over the next 10 years at a cost of $2.60 a month for the average household, according to a report released today by the University of Michigan's Energy Institute."
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Andy Balaskovitz, Midwest Energy News
Balaskovitz writes: "Michigan could expand its renewable energy portfolio standard to 25 percent over the next 10 years at a cost of $2.60 a month for the average household, according to a report released today by the University of Michigan's Energy Institute."
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