RSN: GOP to Introduce Koch-Funded, Monsanto-Backed, 'Voluntary' GMO Food Labeling Bill, Confront the Narcissistic Nabobs,

Noam Chomsky: 'Eliminate All Nuclear Weapons'

Jane Ayers, Reader Supported News
Excerpt: "The record is hair-raising. There are very high standards worldwide that can't be met, or aren't being met, and there is too much room for human error."
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Leak the CIA Report: It's the Only Way to Know the Whole Truth About Torture
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "It's possible the only way the public will ever get to see the entire landmark report is the same way we've learned everything we know about it: if someone leaks it."
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Jim Hightower | Confront the Narcissistic Nabobs
Jim Hightower, AlterNet
Hightower writes: "The powerhouses of Wall Street have tunneled directly into the cloistered backrooms of Washington deal making, extracting trillions of dollars worth of government bailouts, special tax breaks and regulatory favors every year."
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The Rise of the Progressive City
Michelle Goldberg, The Nation
Goldberg writes: "Amid widespread despair about national politics, cities have become new sources of hope."
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Federal Judge Will Order Ohio to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages From Other States
Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky reports: "Federal judge Timothy Black said on Friday that he will issue a ruling on April 14th striking down Ohio's prohibition against same-sex marriage, the Associated Press reports, though same-sex couples may still not be able to marry in Ohio."
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GOP to Introduce Koch-Funded, Monsanto-Backed, 'Voluntary' GMO Food Labeling Bill
EcoWatch
Excerpt: "Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) will introduce legislation this month backed by the Grocery Manufactures Association - including biotech giant Monsanto and Koch Industries - that would establish a voluntary labeling system for food made with genetically modified organisms (GMO), according to an industry insider."
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RSN: Florida Botches Lastest Effort to Purge Voter Rolls, Newt Gingrich Says Wealthy Donors Like His Own Have Too Much Influence, et al

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Charles Pierce | Lindsey Graham Pines for the Bush Days of Torture

Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "We put a terrorist on trial in New York - And not just any terrorist, either. Dead Osama bin Laden's living son-in-law! - and we convicted him and nobody sent fleets of jihadi bat-missiles into Manhattan."
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Florida Botches Lastest Effort to Purge Voter Rolls
Josh Israel, ThinkProgress
Israel writes: "Once again, Ken Dentzer, Florida Gov. Rick Scott's (R) handpicked Secretary of State, has unsuccessfully attempted to mount a massive purge of Florida's voter rolls."
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NSA Chief Keith Alexander Avoids Snowden in Retirement Speech
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "With minimal reference to Edward Snowden, the former contractor who ushered in a new and unwelcome era for the National Security Agency, General Keith Alexander ended his NSA directorship and his 39-year army career on Friday."
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Newt Gingrich Says Wealthy Donors Like His Own Have Too Much Influence
Matea Gold, The Washington Post
Gold reports: "Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R), whose 2012 presidential bid was boosted by $15 million spent by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, on Friday decried the outsize influence that the wealthy have on the political process."
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Bangladesh: Borrowed Time on Disappearing Land
Gardiner Harris, The New York Times
Harris reports: "When a powerful storm destroyed her riverside home in 2009, Jahanara Khatun lost more than the modest roof over her head."
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Chile Derails 'Monsanto Law' That Would Privatize Seeds
Asha DuMonthier, New America Media
DuMonthier writes: "This month, rural women, indigenous communities and farmers in Chile found themselves on the winning end of a long-fought battle against a bill that had come to be known by many in this country as simply, the 'Monsanto Law.'"
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