Robert Reich | End Corruption by Punishing the Corrupt
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook
Reich writes: "Right-wing conservatives never tire of saying people are paid what they're worth. So what do they make of Jeff Smisek, the CEO and chairman of United Airlines, who was just fired for bribing a public official - and yet is walking away with a $4.9 million separation payment?"
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook
Reich writes: "Right-wing conservatives never tire of saying people are paid what they're worth. So what do they make of Jeff Smisek, the CEO and chairman of United Airlines, who was just fired for bribing a public official - and yet is walking away with a $4.9 million separation payment?"
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Former US Tennis Star James Blake Says Police Used 'Blatant Excessive Force' on Him
Tom Lutz, Guardian UK
Lutz reports: "'I probably even wouldn't be so indignant about it, if it wasn't so obvious. It was so blatant,' Blake told Good Morning America on Thursday. 'I was standing there doing nothing, not running, not resisting, in fact, smiling.'"
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Tom Lutz, Guardian UK
Lutz reports: "'I probably even wouldn't be so indignant about it, if it wasn't so obvious. It was so blatant,' Blake told Good Morning America on Thursday. 'I was standing there doing nothing, not running, not resisting, in fact, smiling.'"
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How the Makers of "Zero Dark Thirty" Seduced the CIA With Fake Earrings
Peter Maass, The Intercept
Maass writes: "The plot behind the plot of Zero Dark Thirty just gets better and better."
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Peter Maass, The Intercept
Maass writes: "The plot behind the plot of Zero Dark Thirty just gets better and better."
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I'm a Public Defender. It's Impossible for Me to Do a Good Job Representing My Clients.
Tina Peng, The Washington Post
Peng writes: "Public defenders are the only ones who stand up for the vast majority of people charged with crimes in America, and we try to help our clients achieve justice in an often unfeeling legal system that disproportionately ensnares poor people and minorities. But the constitutional guarantee of effective representation for all has fallen short."
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Tina Peng, The Washington Post
Peng writes: "Public defenders are the only ones who stand up for the vast majority of people charged with crimes in America, and we try to help our clients achieve justice in an often unfeeling legal system that disproportionately ensnares poor people and minorities. But the constitutional guarantee of effective representation for all has fallen short."
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Gareth Porter | Israel Lobby Stops Iran's Help on Syria
Gareth Porter, Consortium News
Porter writes: "It has become evident to all - besides those who are determined for their own reasons not to see it - that the Islamic State's intent on setting up an Islamic caliphate has the potential to dissolve the basic international order that has governed the Middle East for a century."
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Gareth Porter, Consortium News
Porter writes: "It has become evident to all - besides those who are determined for their own reasons not to see it - that the Islamic State's intent on setting up an Islamic caliphate has the potential to dissolve the basic international order that has governed the Middle East for a century."
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Oil Giants Derail California Bill to Reduce Gasoline Use by 50%
Anita Chabria, Guardian UK
Chabria writes: "An ambitious environmental bill in California that attempted to legislate up to a 50% reduction in gasoline use by 2030 had been derailed by the oil industry in the final week of the legislative session."
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Anita Chabria, Guardian UK
Chabria writes: "An ambitious environmental bill in California that attempted to legislate up to a 50% reduction in gasoline use by 2030 had been derailed by the oil industry in the final week of the legislative session."
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