World-News

Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Robert Pollin, the co-director of the Policy Economic Research Institute, speaks about the Pentagon and how we need an industrial policy aimed at jobs and a green economy, not massive public spending on the military.

http://www.truth-out.org/video/item/19968-america-has-an-industrial-policy-its-run-by-the-pentagon

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Guns Or Butter?

The Pentagon s Doctored Ledgers Conceal Epic Waste

By Scot J. Paltrow

The $8.5 trillion in taxpayer money doled out by Congress to the Pentagon since 1996, has never been accounted for. That sum exceeds the value of China s economic output last year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36908.htm



Pentagon concealed massive fraud for years

For nearly two decades, the US Department of Defense has concealed waste and fraud totaling $8.5 trillion, according to a new report by Reuters.

http://www.shajiullahfirasat.com/world/pentagon-concealed-massive-fraud-years/



Massive Pentagon Waste, Fraud and Grand Theft

"Former military service officials say record-keeping at the operational level throughout the services is rife with made-up numbers to cover lost or missing information."

http://sjlendman.blogspot.mx/2013/11/massive-pentagon-waste-fraud-and-grand.html



Pentagon Approves Record Sale Of Advanced Arms To Countries At War

Today s high-tech weapons manufacturers are enjoying record sales. The State Department s Military Assistance Report stated that it approved $44.28 billion in arms shipments to 173 nations in the last fiscal year.

http://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-approves-record-sale-of-advanced-arms-to-countries-at-war/173618/



How are Americans Endangered?

By Feed Fred

should we expect the Pentagon to win wars? It has nothing to gain by winning, and everything to lose.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37151.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Ralph Nader

Does the future of our country benefit from Hillary, another Clinton, another politician almost indistinguishable from Barack Obama s militaristic, corporatist policies garnished by big money donors from Wall Street and other plutocratic canyons?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36811.htm



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A Million Veterans Injured In Iraq, Afghanistan Wars

The International Business Times reported Friday that the Department of Veterans Affairs had stopped releasing the number of non-fatal casualties of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, thus concealing what the paper called a "grim milestone" of 1 million injuries.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaruiz/2013/11/04/report-a-million-veterans-injured-in-iraq-afghanistan-wars/


From Information Clearing House



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By Michael Snyder

The death of the dollar is coming, and it will probably be China that pulls the trigger.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36796.htm



The Dying Dollar

By Paul Craig Roberts

Federal Reserve and Wall Street Assassinate US Dollar.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36949.htm



US already third world economy: American economist

"America is in the toilet, and the rest of the world knows it," he wrote, noting, "More small businesses close, as memberships decline in golf clubs, as more university graduates return home to live with their parents, who are drawing down their savings to live."

http://presstv.com/detail/2013/10/24/331063/us-already-third-world-economy/


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/11/08-0

Shooting Ourselves: Mass Killings, Austerity, and the Breakdown of American Society
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/08-0

The LAX Shooting, Domestic Terrorism, and the NRA
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/08-4

Inequality Is (Literally) Killing America
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/22-5

Pope Slams Rampant Inequality, 'Economy That Kills'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/26-9

Five Ways We Are Being Violated by Big Business
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/02

Austerity-Pushers Now Targeting Human Rights
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/04-4

House Democrats and Republicans Mostly Agree on Austerity
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/13

The Republican War on Women: The Newly Invisible and Undeserving Poor
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/17-0

Economists Agree: US Inequality Is Killing the Economy
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/18

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You Will Be Shocked at How Ignorant Americans Really Are

What Americans don t know and don t understand is quite an obstacle to progress.

http://www.alternet.org/media/americas-information-inequality-least-shocking-its-economic-inequality



Why Does Congress Think It s OK for Working Americans to Go Hungry?

By Jerry Lanson

Alarming evidence that we live in a broken and declining society.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36805.htm



It s Business That Really Rules Us Now

By George Monbiot

Corporate interests have captured the entire democratic process. No wonder so many have given up on politics.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36823.htm



Approval Rating of US Congress at Four-Decade Record Low

A Gallup poll showed that the US Congress' approval rating has sunk to an all-time low of 9 percent, down from 11 percent during the government shutdown in October.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920822000090



Eternal austerity makes complete sense, if you are rich

Op-Ed

For David Cameron, cutting spending in a highly unequal society works because it doesn t affect those who matter to him. This used to be called class politics.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/15/eternal-austerity-makes-sense-if-rich-david-cameron



Elizabeth Warren on Social Security: "It s Values, Not Math"

Video and transcript

The suggestion that we have become a country where those living in poverty fight each other for a handful of crumbs tossed off the tables of the very wealthy is fundamentally wrong.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36917.htm



The 1% Are The Very Best Destroyers Of Wealth The World Has Ever Seen

By George Monbiot

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37003.htm



1 In 4 Europeans At Risk Of Poverty

125 million people in the EU were at risk of pverty or social exclusion. According to Eurostat, that is 24.8% of the population. Almost half of Bulgarians faced economic hardship and Greece had the highest poverty rate in the euro area at 34.6%

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-09/1-4-europeans-risk-poverty



Millionaires' Club: Most US Lawmakers Are Worth $1 Million-Plus

By Viveca Novak

Of 534 current members of Congress, at least 268 had an average net worth of $1 million or more in 2012, according to disclosures filed last year by all members of Congress and candidates.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37342.htm



North Carolina Just Gave Millionaires A Tax Cut, Raised Taxes On The Poorest 900,000 Working Families

The 900,000 poorest working families in North Carolina just got another tax hike from the conservatives who swept state legislature elections in 2010.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/14/3161521/north-carolinas-eitc-tax-hike-poor/


From Information Clearing House

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The Lostness of Man

Jason Flores Williams, Truthout: "The story of this life, this country, this world is a history of falsity masquerading as knowledge. We are muted explosions of failed and rejected prayers. Five thousand years of culture, a hungry child screaming on the kitchen floor banging pots and pans. Bam. Bam. Bam," writes Williams about the current state of our failing society.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19895-bam-bam-bam-the-lostness-of-man



Myths of Economic Statistics

Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: While the US economy is slowly growing, our corporate focused structure continues to widen the gap of inequality and push Americans into deeper and more uncontrollable debt.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19958-myths-of-economic-statistics



Austerity Politics Doesn t Work

Sally Kohn, Yes! Magazine: Facts have been buried in a political era in which partisan ideology overrides reason. Take the case of "austerity politics." There is now conclusive evidence, both practical and theoretical, of the complete failure of austerity politics.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20412-the-facts-are-in-austerity-politics-doesnt-work



Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics

George Lavender, Making Contact: The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But there s a growing consensus that big business and wealthy individuals are buying power.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21306-dollarocracy-corporate-cash-in-politics

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How Big Business Targets Children
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/health-and-medical-1/childhood-under-siege.html



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/thorsten-polleit/we-live-in-a-bankocracy/



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By Paul Craig Roberts

Can liberty be regained? Probably not, but there is a chance if Americans have the necessary strength of character.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36788.htm



The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation

By Conor Friedersdorf

What would an Alexander type do if he thought the victory of one candidate would significantly rein in the NSA in a way that he regarded as catastrophic to national security? Would he really do nothing to prevent their victory?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36781.htm



The Debtor s War: A Modern Greek Tragedy

By Andrew Gavin Marshall

Our world is dominated and being re-shaped by a tiny global financial, corporate, political and intellectual elite.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36789.htm



Why Does Anyone Trust the National-Security State?

By Conor Friedersdorf

A lack of transparency and oversight has led to abuses time and again, in every era.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36882.htm

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Conspiracy to Hide the Truth: Why the True U.S. Government Debt is $205 Trillion
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/robert-wenzel/the-conspiracy-to-hide-the-truth/

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NSA Spying Scandal Roils US-EU Trade Negotiations

Mary Bottari, PR Watch: Ironically, with the tension of the NSA surveillance scandal looming overhead, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which would deregulate many international consumer and environmental protections laws, might be in danger of falling through.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19957-nsa-spying-scandal-roils-us-eu-trade-negotiations



This Thriller Is Both a Joke and No Laughing Matter

Jim Hightower, OtherWords: NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander says he thinks it s OK for the government to spy on us, but he wants to deny the media the freedom to report on Big Brother s surveillance.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20596-this-thriller-is-both-a-joke-and-no-laughing-matter



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By Ann Jones

It s the other 1% at the top who are served by war, the great American engine that powers the transfer of wealth from the public treasury upward and into their pockets. Following that money trail reveals the real point of the chosen conflicts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36780.htm



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The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Over the past decade or so our elected representatives have slowly but surely handed the power to decide our elections over to a handful of giant, mostly Republican-connected corporations. And they have done so by giving them the right to count our votes.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19874-privatizing-our-vote-the-ultimate-crime



Dark Money s New Frontier: State Judicial Elections

John Light, Moyers & Company: In America, we expect that our courts are fair and impartial. But increasingly, state high courts are falling prey to the same out-of-control, post-Citizens United election spending that has plagued legislative and executive races during the past two election cycles.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19859-dark-moneys-new-frontier-state-judicial-elections



You Might Have Been Fooled by Republicans If...

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Republicans have to build a motley coalition of single-issue voters under the GOP elephant umbrella, because if they were honest about their governing philosophy, they would lose every single election.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19900-you-might-have-been-fooled-by-republicans-if



The GOP s Growing Divide

Eugene Robinson, Truthout: The Republican Party, which should have the wind at its back, enters 2014 in disarray bordering on open warfare. Voters appear willing to listen to what the party has to say. If only the GOP had a message.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20871-the-gops-growing-divide



Will the GOP Get Away With Its Economic Sabotage?

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: Here s the GOP s strategy: Sabotage things, wait as corporate media doesn t inform the public who is filibustering and obstructing, let conservative propaganda outlets tell the public to blame Democrats for the terrible suffering and economic catastrophe that result.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21452-will-the-gop-get-away-with-its-economic-sabotage

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Four Years After ?Citizens United,? There Is Real Movement to Remove Big Money From Politics
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/21-9

Citizens United 4 Years Later
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2014/01/22

Will The GOP Get Away With Its Economic Sabotage?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/23-0

GOP Takes Another Swing at Healthcare for Millions of Women
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/29-6

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Why the GOP Is Rotten
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/02/patrick-j-buchanan/why-the-gop-is-rotten/



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A new law suit claims some of the world s largest oil companies, including BP, Royal Dutch Shell, manipulated Brent Crude spot prices in collaboration with Morgan Stanley, Vitol Group, and other energy traders.

http://rt.com/business/brent-crude-rigged-fixed-312/



Wall Street settlements don t mean much

By week's end, we could have two major settlements against Wall Street firms that will be touted as proof that President Obama means what he says, that the fat cats will be held responsible for their actions. Don't buy it.

http://nypost.com/2013/11/06/wall-street-settlements-dont-mean-much/


From Information Clearing House

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The Lifetime Earnings of 27 Million People, that s how much feds spend every year
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/paul-rosenberg/the-lifetime-earnings-of-27-million-people/

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Democracy Loses Out as Big Money Overwhelms Grassroots Campaigns
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/06-4



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