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White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show | Alternet

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White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show. The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep. November 25, 2009. On Wednesday, the White House released records of 575 such visits. Since Jan. 20. It catalogs meetings with 22 top Obama aides including chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. And senior advisers Valerie Jarrett. The drug industry lobby; Scott Serota. And lobbyists from the Business Roundtable.

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Anti-Abortion Congressman Pressured Mistress to Terminate Pregnancy | Alternet

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Anti-Abortion Congressman Pressured Mistress to Terminate Pregnancy. Apparently abortions are okay only when they're convenient for him. October 10, 2012. Slandering the secret lives of elected officials is so much more fun when the lawmaker is running for re-election on a platform that wishes to control my body. At this time DesJarlais was desperately trying to patch up relations with his now ex-wife, Susan, who was well aware of her husbands wandering eye. To prove his devotion, he taped a conversa...

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Conservatives Are Hitting Rock Bottom | Alternet

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Conservatives Are Hitting Rock Bottom. Ayn Rand and Jim Crow have driven the American right into moral bankruptcy. Two conservatives argue that there's no comeback in sight until they repudiate both. May 9, 2012. In mythology, the phoenix is a beautiful bird that bursts into flames at the end of its life as it dies. From the ashes of the old, a new phoenix emerges. This cycle of birth, fiery death and rebirth, makes the phoenix a symbol of hope and renewal. The problems posed by the libertarian ascendanc...

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Laundry Liberation: Fighting for the Right to Hang Your Clothes Out to Dry | Alternet

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Laundry Liberation: Fighting for the Right to Hang Your Clothes Out to Dry. Using a clothes line instead of a dryer saves tons of carbon, yet some communities have banned the practice. September 16, 2009. Fighting for a hybrid in every garage is cake compared to the battle to allow an outdoor clothesline in every yard. Still, advocacy groups. Why do these soldiers refuse to fold? The advocacy group New American Dream. The equivalent of removing 10 million cars from the road. Lee and others argue it is ri...

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I Spent Years as a POW with John McCain, and His Finger Should Not Be Near the Red Button | Alternet

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I Spent Years as a POW with John McCain, and His Finger Should Not Be Near the Red Button. A fellow Vietnam POW of McCain's warns of the candidate's quick and explosive temper and suggests McCain is exaggerating his imprisonment. August 20, 2008. John's treatment as a POW:. 1) Was he tortured for 5 years? But my point here is that John allows the media to make him out to be THE hero POW, which he knows is absolutely not true, to further his political goals. I furthermore believe that having been a POW is...

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Dorm Room Dealers: A Peek into the Drug World of the White and Upwardly Mobile | Alternet

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Dorm Room Dealers: A Peek into the Drug World of the White and Upwardly Mobile. Fascinating new book explores why college kids on the path to success would peddle pot or pills. Answer: They're not much at risk - they're rich and white. Phillip S. Smith. January 8, 2010. Reviewed: " Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of Race and Class. By A Rafik Mohamed and Erik D. Fritsvold (2010, Lynne Reinner Publishers, 197 pp., $49.95 HB). Whom do you picture when you read the phrase "drug dealer"? Even whe...

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Why Progressives Should Care About Human Destiny in Space | Alternet

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Why Progressives Should Care About Human Destiny in Space. Barbara Morgan's journey into the cosmos sheds light on the importance of the space program. August 10, 2007. Everybody knows that whether it's lavish Broadway spectacle or humble community theater, the lead actors have understudies. If Hamlet, Sky Masterson or Galinda the Good Witch come down with laryngitis a couple of hours before curtain, some brave soul needs to be ready, at a moment's notice, to step into the breach. On Wednesday evening, m...

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300 Economists Warn That Deficit Hysteria Is a Big Con That Threatens to Drive America into a Full-Blown Depression | Alternet

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300 Economists Warn That Deficit Hysteria Is a Big Con That Threatens to Drive America into a Full-Blown Depression. The experts called for a sane policy of growing our way out of debt by kick-starting the real economy in which most of us live and work. September 16, 2010. On Thursday, 300 economists and analysts. The wonks advocate increased aid to cash-strapped states and municipalities, direct support for public service jobs and comprehensive investments in America’s aging infrastructure. Kuttner said...

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5 Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans | Alternet

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5 Facts You Should Know About the Wealthiest One Percent of Americans. It may shock you to learn exactly how wealthy this top 1 percent of Americans is. October 4, 2011. As the ongoing occupation of Wall Street by hundreds of protesters enters its third week and as protests spread to other cities such as. Demonstrators have endorsed a new slogan: We are the 99 percent. A greater share of the national wealth to the detriment of the middle class. As Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz points out. While the rich...

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Part IV: DeLay's Unregulated Pacific "Paradise" | Alternet

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Part IV: DeLay's Unregulated Pacific Paradise. No rules, no regulators, no inspectors, no health and safety laws. What more could a sweatshop operator ask for? Welcome to the Mariana Islands, a U.S. protectorate and Tom DeLay's very own pet project. May 14, 2002. Read Part I: DeLay's Axis of Influence. Read Part II: DeLay's Judge Dread. Read Part III: DeLay's Godfather. DeLay's North Pacific Unregulated "Paradise". For Asian sweatshop operators, the Marianas became the Promised Land incarnate. Since ...