RSN: A Mole in the Koch Machine?, Big Banks Suffer Rare Fail as Congressional Deal Cuts Nearly $1 Billion a Year in Handouts

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Glenn Greenwald | Court Ruling Against Chicago Sheriff Proves Thuggish Anti-WikiLeaks Blockade Was Unconstitutional 
 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago issued an excellent written ruling on Monday that has broad implications for rights of free speech and political activism in the U.S." 
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A Mole in the Koch Machine? 
Jonathan Swan, The Hill 
Swan writes: "Hillary Clinton's well-financed ally David Brock has a team that claims to be coordinating with moles inside the corporate and political empire of the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch." 
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San Bernardino Shootings: What We Know, One Day After 
Camila Domonoske, NPR 
Domonoske writes: "After a mass shooting, a police chase and a shootout, a violent day in San Bernardino, Calif., ended in the death of two suspects, authorities say. There's much that remains unclear, including the motives of the shooters and the identities of the victims." 
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Big Banks Suffer Rare Fail as Congressional Deal Cuts Nearly $1 Billion a Year in Handouts 
David Dayen, The Intercept 
Dayen writes: "Big banks will lose a portion of a multibillion-dollar government handout they've enjoyed for over 100 years, thanks to a compromise highway bill released Tuesday." 
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How One City Is Making Sure Bosses Comply With Wage Theft and Paid Sick Leave Laws 
Jake Blumgart, In These Times 
Blumgart writes: "Seattle established the Labor Standards Advisory Group, composed of representatives from unions, businesses and community groups. Knowing the $15 minimum wage was soon to pass, group members agreed on the need for a centralized office to enforce new labor standards." 
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600 Refugees Detained by Australia Say They Want to Die 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Six hundred refugees and asylum seekers detained by the Australia government on Manus Island, part of Papua New Guinea, have written a letter to the Australian prime minister saying they want assistance to die." 
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Palm Oil's Corporate Deception: Green-Washing a Dirty Industry 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "While the industry green-washes palm oil under the guise of biofuels and so-called sustainable development, digging behind the corporate myths reveals a complex mess of deforestation, pollution, 'carbon debt,' and destruction of biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and food security, often along with grave human rights abuses." 
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From Daily Kos

Anyone with half a brain can review the abyssmal health care statistics of the US instead of marching in lock-step with the Koch-funded Tea Baggers.

The US is the only Industrialized Nation that fails to provide Universal Health Care and US Health Statistics show it.

While there is little hope of Brain Washed and Poorly Educated Individuals seeking the TRUTH......VOTE! Get active! Get involved and informed! Your best revenge!


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Dirty Money, Dirty Fuels: Why Money in Politics Matters to the Environment

Greg Palast

 

Dirty Money, Dirty Fuels: Why Money in Politics Matters to the Environment
by Luke Ross | Friends of the Earth

What if fighting dirty money in our elections was the key to fighting dirty fuels in our economy?
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That’s the question asked in a recent report released by the Sierra Club and Oil Change International. From the perspective of the fossil fuel industry, political contributions are just another form of investment. The only difference is that, for the millions polluters spend on elections, they see billions in bonus profits.

As the report says, “The return these polluters are getting on these political investments—in the form of billions in corporate tax handouts—exceed 5,000 percent, demonstrating that Congress remains the best ‘investment’ possible for the coal, oil, and gas industries.”

The oil and gas industries are among the worst offenders. Between 2009 and 2010, the report estimates that they spent $347 million on lobbying and campaign contributions, and in return netted a handsome $20 billion in federal subsidies. Most of these came in the form of accounting gimmicks that help hide corporate profits and obscure tax breaks that help cover drilling and refining costs. Because of loopholes like these, the actual taxes paid by most big energy companies fall well below the top corporate rate of 35 percent.

Read the full story here: http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/30/dirty-money-dirty-fuels-politics/