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Where's the Outrage? Some Lobbyists Get Taxpayer Funded Pensions in 20 States 26 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT During a period of blaring "austerity" when a key goal of those with means is to cut pensions that have been fairly earned by public employees, it is asto...
Six Filthy Facts About the Rich 26 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
PAUL BUCHHEIT FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT First of all, who are they? Mostly the 1%. But the top 2-5% have also done quite well, increasing their inflation-adjusted wealth by 75 percent from 1983 to 20...
Thirteen Things the Government Is Trying to Keep Secret from You 23 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
(Photo: DonkeyHotey )BILL QUIGLEY FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT “We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot Act. As w...
The DOJ Has Corrupted the Rule of Law by Not Prosecuting Wall Street Financial Looters 23 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Journalist and scholarly muse Thomas Frank noted in a recent e-mail to colleagues, September 15 will mark five years since the collapse of Lehman Brother...
The More Likely Reason for Spying: It's For Protecting the Profits of the Oligarchs 22 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest. (Photo: CIFOR)JACQUELINE MARCUS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Coincidentally, after reading that the world’s last Amazon rainforest is disappearing for oil profits, ...
Government Should Not Define What a Reporter Is - Or Isn't 22 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
(Photo: Rachael Moore)WALTER BRASCH FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Sen. Diane Feinstein and a horde of members of Congress of both parties want to decide who is and who isn’t a reporter. Sen. Feinstein sa...
Elizabeth Warren Reads Riot Act to Holder for Not Prosecuting Big Bank Mortgage Fraud 22 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Okay, so Senator Warren actually wrote a polite, detailed letter to Attorney General Holder. There was no shouting or acrimony. However, in Washington, ....
Conservative Christian Billionaire Philip Anschutz and the Death of The King of Pop 21 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
(Photo: bernissimo)BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Does Philip Anschutz, the conservative billionaire owner of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) – a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz ...
Eugene Robinson: Arbitrary and Uncalled For 21 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
(Photo: longislandwins)EUGENE ROBINSON FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Washington - For all who believe in colorblind justice -- and want to see fewer African-American and Hispanic men caught up in the sy...
Amazon Received $600 Million CIA Computer Cloud Contract: Surveillance Shopping? 21 Aug 2013 | 07:39 pm
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Jeff BezosIt would make a good front page Washington Post story to learn a bit about the more than a half of a billion dollars that the CIA is ...
