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- Here’s Why All The Secrecy: Newly Leaked Text Reveals Trans-Pacific Partnership “Is a Corporate-Rights Agreement Designed To Facilitate The Export of US Jobs” And Other Horrors
- Stand & Fight: Democratic Wing Of The Democratic Party Tells Corporatists, ‘Hell, No’ to Secretive TPP Trade Deal
- Do You Want To Save Your Nation? Secretive TPP Shows Time Is Short
- Fast Track Introduced: Hatch Bill Would Revive Controversial 2002 Mechanism That Faces Broad Congressional, Public Opposition
- The TPP: Odd Bedfellows, Lying Together
- Jon Stewart Tears Into Cable News For Turning Police Shootings Into ‘Screensavers’
- Panama City Gang Rape: A Kitty Genovese For The YouTube Era
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Here’s Why All The Secrecy: Newly Leaked Text Reveals Trans-Pacific Partnership “Is a Corporate-Rights Agreement Designed To Facilitate The Export of US Jobs” And Other Horrors
Approval of the TPP means sacrificing our democracy and our right to manage our markets and resources for the public good. By David Korten Yes Magizine (4/15/15) Secret negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade and investment agreement … Continue reading
Stand & Fight: Democratic Wing Of The Democratic Party Tells Corporatists, ‘Hell, No’ to Secretive TPP Trade Deal
“I did not come to Congress to give up my constitutional authority to any administration — Democratic or Republican.” - Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. By Naureen Khan Al Jazeera America (4/16/15) Liberal lawmakers, labor leaders and environmental groups took their insurgency … Continue reading
Fast Track Introduced: Hatch Bill Would Revive Controversial 2002 Mechanism That Faces Broad Congressional, Public Opposition
Congress is now being asked to delegate away its constitutional trade authority over the TPP. Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (4/16/15) The Fast Track bill introduced today would revive the old unacceptable Fast Track … Continue reading
The TPP: Odd Bedfellows, Lying Together
Be alert, friends, for the TPP gang wants to dazzle us with hokey numbers and neon lies. Meanwhile, they’re stealing our democratic rights and turning our future over to global corporations. To get information and get involved, visit Public Citizen. … Continue reading
Jon Stewart Tears Into Cable News For Turning Police Shootings Into ‘Screensavers’
turning the last moments of someone’s life into newzac By Ed Mazza The Huffington Post (4/16/15) The 24-hour news cycle has the media honing in on certain images and replaying them again and again. As Jon Stewart pointed out on … Continue reading
Panama City Gang Rape: A Kitty Genovese For The YouTube Era
“Anyone who maintains that repeatedly watching the torture of innocents doesn’t make them a part of the problem is wildly misguided.” By Charlotte Lytton The Daily Beast (4/16/15) In Panama City, a horror show is playing out.After phone footage of … Continue reading
Walker Approval Numbers Tanking
By Ariel Edwards-Levy The Huffington Post (4/16/15) Wisconsin voters’ opinions of Gov. Scott Walker (R) have slipped since last fall, a new Marquette University Law School survey finds. Forty-one percent now approve of Walker’s performance, while 56 percent disapprove. In October, 49 percent … Continue reading
Hold Onto Yer Wallets Badgers! State Republicans Vote To End Funding For Citizens’ Utility Board That Fights For Lower Electric Rates
By Thomas Content and Patrick Marley The Journal Sentinel (4/15/15) The Joint Finance Committee voted Wednesday to end ratepayer funding for the staff of the main customer group that advocates for lower electricity rates for homeowners and apartment dwellers in Wisconsin. The committee voted 12-4 … Continue reading
Grayson on Money & Politics: “If We Do Nothing, We Can Kiss This Country Goodbye. Well, Pucker Up”
Democracy Now! (4/16/15) A day after a mailman from Florida landed a tiny personal aircraft called a gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in a protest to demand campaign finance reform, we speak to Rep. Alan Grayson of … Continue reading
The Blackwater Case Is Tragic Example Of How Badly US Conducted Itself In Iraq
“overall wild thing” By Amy Davidson The New Yorker (4/15/15) Eight years ago, in Baghdad, American contractors working for the Blackwater USA security company were driving in a convoy near the Nisour Square roundabout, when they suddenly opened fire … Continue reading
Fast Track To Hell: Secretive TPP Trade Bill Officially Introduced In Congress
“We’ve seen leaked text showing that TPP would allow fossil fuel companies like Exxon to sue any member country that dares to act on climate, and hold up any law or regulation that hurts their bottom line.”— 350.org executive director May … Continue reading
Dept. Of Much Needed Humor — Rand Who? Ron Paul Withholding Presidential Endorsement Until True Libertarian Candidate Enters Race
The Onion (4/7/15) LOUISVILLE, KY—Saying the current field lacks a contender who truly represents his principles, former congressman Ron Paul told reporters Tuesday that he would hold off on endorsing any presidential candidate until a true libertarian entered the race. … Continue reading
“Call” Readers Write — Is Ron Kind Softening Us Up For A Big ‘Bait ‘n Switch’ On Secretive Trade Deal?
I’m sure you’ve seen Rep Kind’s guest view letter in the Trib on Monday [4/13], in which he presents the Trade Promotion Authority bill as a tool that would protect public transparency, force labor conditions protection on trading partners, push for … Continue reading
Ag Groups Unite Against Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal: Wrong Track For U.S. Food & Farms
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (4/13/15) Dear Member of Congress, We write to you as representatives of family farm and other organizations concerned about the future of our farm and food system to urge you to reject fast track … Continue reading
