| The Trans-Pacific Partnership: What "Free Trade" Actually Means Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: While the rhetoric of "free markets" tends to be all about reducing state interference in the economy, in actuality state interference increases - but only for the benefit of large corporations and banks. Read the Article Cleveland Anarchist Bomb Plot Aided and Abetted by the FBI Arun Gupta, The Guardian: Rather than target real risks of domestic terror, like neo-Nazis, the FBI entrapment machine demonizes anarchists and Muslims. Read the Article GAO Report on Guantanamo Doesn't Touch Indefinite Detention, Civil Liberties Offenses Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: A report from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds it possible to close Guantanamo and move the detainees to the US, but the report doesn't address the transparency or human rights issues that have plagued the facility since it was first built. Read the Article GOP Extremists Continue to Push Repugnant Anti-Women Laws Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet: Some Republicans are continuing to fight the same noxious battles, in some cases putting women's access at risk. Read the Article Meet the Climate Denial Machine Jill Fitzsimmons, Media Matters: Here are some of the industry-funded "experts" that create a polarized misunderstanding of climate science in the mainstream media. Read the Article Strengthening the Ties That Bind in an Era of Alienation Randall Amster and Windy Cooler, New. Clear. Vision: The dominant culture pits sustenance against sustainability, success against society, and wealth against well-being - and it must be resisted by restoring the overarching human tendency toward solidarity. Read the Article Obama Breaks the Golden Rule on Drones Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: In countries we are not even at war with, people live in constant fear of robots in the sky and watch with horror as these aerial robots create cratered, bloody messes in their communities. Read the Article Fracking's Health Calamities Left to Fester Jan Goodwin, On The Issues Magazine: Currently, fracking is taking place in 36 states across the nation. It has become the new gold rush for those who stand to benefit. But for those who stand in the way, it can be devastating. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Thanks to Citizens United, Foreign Entities Are Meddling in Our Elections, and More In today's On the News segment: Thanks to Citizens United, foreign entities are meddling in our elections; an overwhelming majority of nations supported granting Palestine observer-state status; Hostess is now asking a judge to approve nearly two million dollars in bonuses for senior executives at the failed company; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Fake AP Graph Exposes Israeli Fraud and IAEA Credulity Gareth Porter, Lobelog: The Associated Press story displaying a graph alleged to be part of an Iranian computer simulation of a nuclear explosion raises serious questions about the International Atomic Energy Association's (IAEA) claim that it has credible evidence of such modeling work by Iran. Read the Article Manning Testifies About His Torture; Was It Aimed at Turning Him on Assange? Paul Jay, The Real News Network: According to Michael Ratner, who is the lawyer for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning describes cruel and unusual punishment and offers to plead to lesser charges. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript | 
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