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Matt Taibbi:
'Eric Holder the Corporate Defender Let the Banks Off the Hook'
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "How did the bank avoid prosecution for committing fraud that helped cause the 2008 financial crisis? Today we speak to JPMorgan Chase whistleblower Alayne Fleischmann in her first televised interview discussing how she witnessed 'massive criminal securities fraud' in the bank's mortgage operations."
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Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "How did the bank avoid prosecution for committing fraud that helped cause the 2008 financial crisis? Today we speak to JPMorgan Chase whistleblower Alayne Fleischmann in her first televised interview discussing how she witnessed 'massive criminal securities fraud' in the bank's mortgage operations."
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Ralph Nader |
Democrats Not Knowing What They Stand For - Lose
Ralph Nader, The Nader Page
Nader writes: "Did the Republicans win these mid-term elections? Or did the Democrats lose? The numbers show that in contested Senate races, where the Republicans picked up seven seats and will probably gain two more to take control of the Senate, voters did not support those Democrats who were the most wishy-washy."
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Ralph Nader, The Nader Page
Nader writes: "Did the Republicans win these mid-term elections? Or did the Democrats lose? The numbers show that in contested Senate races, where the Republicans picked up seven seats and will probably gain two more to take control of the Senate, voters did not support those Democrats who were the most wishy-washy."
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30 Years of
Conservative Nonsense, An Explainer
Kurt Eichenwald, Vanity Fair
Kurt Eichenwald, Vanity Fair
President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush at the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas. (photo: Wikipedia)
Eichenwald writes: "Are conservatives ever right? The question isn't meant to suggest that liberals are never wrong. But reviewing the last few decades of conservative policy initiatives - or their objections over that timespan to policies they hate - shows a consistent pattern of failure: predictions never pan out, and intended results turn to catastrophic flops."
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Eric Boehlert
| Obstruction, and How the Press Helped Punch the GOP's Midterm
Ticket
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
Fox election night coverage. (photo: Fox News)
Boehlert writes: "In the days after the midterm elections, the New York Times has been a cornucopia of campaign commentary. Lots of attention is being paid to the issue of gridlock, which has defined Washington, D.C., since President Obama was first inaugurated."
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Going Against
Netanyahu, 84 Percent of US Jews Favor Iran Nuclear Deal
Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Jewish backing of the administration's efforts to strike a deal suggests that American Jews aren't heeding the alarms being sounded in Israel by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (photo: Reuters)
LaFranchi writes: "As President Obama presses to reach an accord with Iran on its nuclear program by the end of the month, he can count on strong support from what might seem like an unlikely segment of the population: American Jews."
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Is Kacey
Musgraves the New Wendy Davis?
Matt Lewis, The Daily Beast
Lewis writes: "With liberal darlings Wendy Davis and Sandra Fluke hitting the skids on Tuesday, and 'Girls' star Lena Dunham canceling public appearances and threatening to sue conservative outlets, it is perhaps time for another liberal savior to rise. And that's where Kacey Musgraves, who took home Song of the Year for 'Follow Your Arrow' at the CMA's on Wednesday, comes in."
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Matt Lewis, The Daily Beast
Lewis writes: "With liberal darlings Wendy Davis and Sandra Fluke hitting the skids on Tuesday, and 'Girls' star Lena Dunham canceling public appearances and threatening to sue conservative outlets, it is perhaps time for another liberal savior to rise. And that's where Kacey Musgraves, who took home Song of the Year for 'Follow Your Arrow' at the CMA's on Wednesday, comes in."
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Scotland
Produced Enough Wind Energy in October to Power Every Home
Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress
Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress
Wind Farms are generating enough power to power countries. (photo: SBC)
Phillips writes: "According to new numbers published by WWF Scotland this week, wind turbines generated enough electricity in October to power 3,045,000 homes in the U.K. - more than enough for all the homes in Scotland."
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