William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: All you need to see to understand just how poorly our level of voter turnout has been working out for each and every one of us is the front page of any newspaper in America.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19833-william-rivers-pitt-decisions-are-made-by-those-who-show-up
Media Control and Indoctrination in the United States
Noam Chomsky, Zuccotti Park Press: In this excerpt from the just-released expanded edition of the Zuccotti Park Press book Occupy: Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity, Chomsky speaks with Free Speech Radio News about media control, fear, indoctrination and the importance of solidarity.
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/19815-media-control-and-indoctrination-in-the-united-states
Blaming the Victims: Media Bias Against Struggling Millennials
Michael Corcoran, Truthout: The mainstream media s common refrain, that the economic problems that young people face are the product of generational laziness and a sense of entitlement, fails to report the very real and specific problems facing youths in the United States.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20145-blaming-the-victims-media-bias-against-struggling-millennials
"Entitlements" and Our Dollar Democracy
Ellen Dannin, Truthout: How did it happen that billionaire farmers are not only entitled to their "entitlements" but are entitled to keep them secret, while those who have paid into Social Security have become greedy freeloaders whose entitlements must be cut?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20027-entitlements-and-our-dollar-democracy
Six of the Top Ten US Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, Yes! Magazine: The profits of corporate giants that crash our economy and corrupt our politics deserve your outrage. But the efforts to curb them need your creative energy.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20332-six-of-the-top-ten-us-billionaires-are-kochs-and-waltons
The Googlization of the Far Right: Why Is Google Funding Grover Norquist, Heritage Action and ALEC?
Nick Surgey, PR Watch: Google has been funding a growing list of groups advancing the agenda of the Koch brothers including Grover Norquist s Americans for Tax Reform, the Federalist Society and the American Conservative Union.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20372-the-googlization-of-the-far-right-why-is-google-funding-grover-norquist-heritage-action-and-alec
ALEC s Extreme Legislative Agenda for 2014
Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch: The American Legislative Exchange Council meets in Washington this week for its "States and Nation Policy Summit," which is one of the ways ALEC crafts and pushes its legislative agenda for the coming year. But what will happen behind closed doors during the meeting?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20400-alecs-extreme-legislative-agenda-for-2014
Supreme Court Prefers Free Speech for Corporations, Not People
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The free speech rights of American citizens are under attack all across America. But if you are a corporation, you can have all the say you want.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20466-scotus-prefers-free-speech-for-corporations-not-people
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Free the Media!
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/08
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Thousands protest press credibility in march against mainstream media
Thousands of people in the UK and US united in their rejection of mainstream media in a mass protest. Protesters targeted the headquarters of media giants like Fox News, the BBC and NBS, decrying their narrow coverage of world affairs.
http://rt.com/news/march-against-mainstream-media-848/
Seize the Moment
By Sen. Bernie Sanders
We can no longer allow the billionaires and their think tanks or the corporate media to set the agenda.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37257.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Supreme+Court
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=SCOTUS
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=indoctrinat
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Walmart
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+McChesney
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chomsky
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Corcoran
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ellen+Dannin
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Nick+Surgey
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rebekah+Wilce
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Thom+Hartmann
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