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Bernie Sanders | What Do the Koch Brothers Really Want?

Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
Sanders writes: "As a result of the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, billionaires and large corporations can now spend an unlimited amount of money to influence the political process."
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Occupy Wall Street Trial Opens
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "An Occupy Wall Street activist asked if she was being filmed before intentionally elbowing a New York police officer in the face, prosecutors told a court on Friday, as her lawyers argued that she struck out instinctively after having one of her breasts grabbed from behind."
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Obama: Republicans Want to Keep People From Voting
Katie Zezima, The Washington Post
Zezima writes: "President Obama on Friday continued to denounce voter apathy in a push to get more Democrats to the polls for midterm elections, and blasted Republicans for passing laws he said makes it harder to vote."
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Al Franken's Campaign Against Comcast Is No Joke
Ashley Parker, The New York Times
Parker writes: "The man who created such famous 'Saturday Night Live' characters as the self-help guru Stuart Smalley is now a serious policy wonk and a self-made expert in antitrust matters like price-fixing and monopolization."
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Armed Right-Wing Militia Members Descend on Nevada to Help Rancher Defy Court Order
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser reports: "'We provide armed response,' according to a Montana militia member named Jim Lordy. Lordy traveled to Nevada in order to support a local rancher for believes that he should not have to follow federal court orders. When he arrived there, he told a local reporter that '[w]e need guns to protect ourselves from the tyrannical government.'"
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Even the FDA Doesn't Know What Chemicals Are in Your Food
Maricel Maffini, EcoWatch
Maffini writes: "It gets worse: Companies can add chemicals into our food without ever telling the FDA about their identity, their uses and (wait for it) their safety!"
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