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Elizabeth Warren and Rosa DeLauro | Who Is Writing the TPP?
Elizabeth Warren and Rosa DeLauro, The Boston GlobeExcerpt: "Modern 'trade' agreements are often less about trade and more about giant multinational corporations finding new ways to rig the economic system to benefit themselves."READ MORE
Joseph E. Stiglitz | How Trade Agreements Amount to a Secret Corporate TakeoverJoseph Stiglitz, Reader Supported NewsStiglitz writes: "The United States and the world are engaged in a great debate about new trade agreements. Such pacts used to be called 'free-trade agreements'; in fact, they were managed trade agreements, tailored to corporate interests, largely in the US and the European Union."READ MORE
NSA Data Collection Program Without Authorization as Extension Filibustered in SenatePatricia Zengerle, ReutersZengerle writes: "By a vote of 54-45, the Senate failed to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to advance a bill that would have extended for two months provisions of the 'USA Patriot Act' that allow the collection of vast amounts of telephone 'metadata.'"READ MORE
Israel's New Deputy Foreign Minister: "This Land Is Ours. All of It Is Ours."Associated PressExcerpt: "Tzipi Hotovely gives speech to Israeli diplomats in which she says she will try to achieve global recognition for West Bank settlements."READ MORE
Scott Walker Promises Pre-Emptive Strikes to Prevent Attacks on USBill Barrow, Associated PressBarrow writes: "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is doubling down on his promises of pre-emptive strikes to prevent what he says are certain future attacks on American soil."READ MORE
The Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Shots and Cried VictimMichael Daly, The Daily BeastDaly writes: "They unleashed a hail of bullets to rival the final scene in 'Bonnie and Clyde.' But the man and women killed in 2012 were unarmed - and now these cops are claiming racial discrimination."READ MORE
Your Contribution to the California DroughtLarry Buchanan, Josh Keller and Haeyoun Park, The New York TimesExcerpt: "California farmers produce more than a third of the nation's vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts. To do that, they use nearly 80 percent of all the water consumed in the state."READ MORE
