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Posted by Amit Tiwari on Monday, July 6, 2015

Erin Brockovich

Of course they knew... just like the knew they were sending petroleum contaminated water tanks to the Navajo Nation.

This nonsense has got to stop.

EPA knew of 'blowout' risk for tainted water at gold mine

WASHINGTON (AP) — Internal documents released late Friday show managers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were aware of the potential for a...

NEWS.YAHOO.COM|BY MICHAEL BIESECKER

Anytime I see this criminal in the news criticizing anyone my blood pressure skyrockets. The damage he has caused our country, all the people that have died because of him and this psychopath has the nerve to crawl out of his hole when he belongs in prison infuriates me.http://www.politico.com/…/dick-cheney-speak-out-against-ira…

Dick Cheney to deliver address on Iran deal

Dick Cheney will speak out against the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran during a speech next month at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. According to an AEI news release, the former vice president will share his...

WWW.POLITICO.COM|BY BRIANNA EHLEY

Can you take a few minutes....?

Photos show tigers who appear severely emaciated, with prominent spines and hip bones.

Help save them NOW! http://www.care2.com/go/z/TigersMO

Petition: Demand the USDA confiscate the Missouri Fair "skeleton Tigers" and other exotics NOW

Wild animals should not be used for entertainment.

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Sick of the Slant - A Fair Look at the News of the Day

(Rhonda via Democratic Party) makes me want to bang my head against a wall.

RSN: Animas River Spill: EPA Knew Mine 'Blowout' Was Possible, Say Documents, Blase Bonpane at the Hiroshima 70th Anniversary Event,

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John Kiriakou | Obama Should Charge Clinton With Espionage 

John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News 
Kiriakou writes: "Hillary Clinton should be charged with espionage. Not really. And I don't think she will be. But if the Obama administration is going to be consistent in its treatment of those who leak classified information, Clinton ought to face charges under the Espionage Act." 
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Chris Borland: Scott Walker Opponent and the NFL's Worst Nightmare 
Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN 
Excerpt: "It's not just that Borland won't play football anymore. He's reluctant to even watch it, he now says, so disturbed is he by its inherent violence, the extreme measures that are required to stay on the field at the highest levels and the physical destruction he has witnessed to people he loves and admires." 
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Blase Bonpane | Blase Bonpane at the Hiroshima 70th Anniversary Event 
Blase Bonpane, Reader Supported News 
Bonpane writes: "Never has there been a greater danger of nuclear holocaust than today. The United States and Israel are certainly the most apt to use these biocidal weapons. There is not now nor has there ever been any value in what was called deterrence. There is only crisis." 
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Scott Walker on Meeting With Black Lives Matter: 'Who Knows Who That Is?' 
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress 
Lee writes: "Fumbling through a question on whether he would be meet with representatives of the Black Lives Matter movement, Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dismissed the possibility, saying, 'Who knows who that is?'" 
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Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion if Down Syndrome Is Reason 
Tamar Lewin, The New York Times 
Lewin writes: "Opening a new front in the abortion wars, abortion opponents are pushing Ohio to make it illegal for a doctor to perform an abortion if a woman is terminating her pregnancy to avoid having a baby with Down syndrome." 
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Yanis Varoufakis Brands Alexis Tsipras the 'New De Gaulle' as Election Gets Ugly 
Helena Smith and Andrew Anthony, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "Greece's pre-election campaign has turned ugly before it has even officially commenced, with senior figures - including the former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis - rounding on the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, for his governance of the crisis-plagued country." 
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Animas River Spill: EPA Knew Mine 'Blowout' Was Possible, Say Documents 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "Internal documents released late on Friday show managers at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were aware of the potential for a catastrophic 'blowout' at an abandoned mine that could release 'large volumes' of wastewater laced with toxic heavy metals." 
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This, that, Brent Scowcroft backs Iran Agreement, Michael Dukakis, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Animus River

This is a national tragedy!

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

"It’s time to get serious about cleaning up abandoned mines and the dangerous pollution building up inside them."

NRDC President Rhea Suh urges Congress to revise the General Mining Law of 1872:

A Wake-Up Call on Mining Waste

Last week, three million gallons of toxic wastewater spilled into Colorado’s Animas River.

MEDIUM.COM|BY RHEA SUH

Jeb Bush has been praising his brother's war in Iraq, and deflecting blame onto President Obama and Hillary Clinton. While continuing to spew this rhetoric at the Iowa State Fair, an angry protester didn't let him slide.

Jeb Bush rally crashed by protester calling out his brother's awful war record

Jeb Bush is re-writing the history of the Iraq War, praising his brother while putting blame on President Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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Bush National Security Adviser Backs Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal

Former Bush National Security Adviser Brent Snowcroft

As Jeb Bush pushes torture as a feature, not a bug of his future presidency, his father’s former national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft, is telling Al-Monitor that “To turn our back on [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA] would be an abdication of America’s unique role and responsibility, incurring justified dismay among our allies and friends.”

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/14/dubyas-national-security-adviser-backs-obamas-iran-nuclear-deal.html

Jeb Bush thinks Iraq War was a "Good Deal": Democratic Underground Slams Him

This week Jeb Bush told a crowd of 200 people attending a forum on national security at St. Ambrose College: “I’ll tell you, taking out Saddam Hussein turned...

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The Rachel Maddow Show

Republicans have thrown all kinds of arguments at the Iran nuclear deal reached by President Obama.

But only one former congresswoman sees the agreement as a sign of the Biblical End Times.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-81515…

This Week in God, 8.15.15

Republicans have thrown all kinds of arguments at the Iran deal, but only one former congresswoman sees the agreement as a sign of the Biblical End Times.

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The longest-serving governor of Massachusetts spends his time picking up Boston's trash

Dukakis is literally cleaning up the streets of Boston.

VOX.COM|BY MARGARITA C. NORIEGA

Bernie Sanders for President 2016

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'Bernie Sanders Can Become President' Has Replaced 'I Like Him, But He Can't Win'

How many time have you heard the phrase, "I like Bernie Sanders, but he can't win," uttered by people who identify themselves as progressives? The facts,...

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Everytown for Gun Safety

"If I hadn’t left he probably would have killed me.

Leaving, unfortunately, still wasn’t enough to save Valerie Jackson and her family, largely because of the current loopholes that exist around online gun sales and background checks."

Texas Murders Expose Fatal Link Between Gun Sales Loopholes and Domestic Violence

Leaving her abuser wasn’t enough to save Valerie Jackson and her family, largely because of the current loopholes that exist around online gun sales and...

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Mass Energy Consumers Alliance

 

Go Solar in MA: Will your roof be next? http://bit.ly/1TycHLt

Go Solar in MA: Will your roof be next?

Did you know that a rooftop solar system can save you up to $30,000 over its lifetime? Thanks to a combination of state and federal incentives, a variety of ownership and financing options, and decreasing prices, solar can be an...

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The Animas River spill and the myth of mine safety

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, mining produces more toxic waste than any other industry, making up about 25% of the entire U.S. toxics inventory. NRDC's Joel Reynolds discusses mine safety in the Los Angeles Times.

The Animas River spill and the myth of mine safety

On Aug. 5, at the abandoned Gold King mine in southwest Colorado, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cleanup team inadvertently unleashed into a tributary of the Animas River a 3-million-gallon soup of toxic mining wastewater.

LATIMES.COM|BY LOS ANGELES TIMES