Monthly Archives: November 2012

Jeffrey Havard is on death row for a crime that never happened. And the state of Mississippi knows it.

Radley Balko: Despite Evidence From Discredited Medical Examiner, Mississippis Jeffrey Havard Nears Execution I first reported on Hayne in a 2006 exposé for Reason magazine. Since then, he has been implicated in the wrongful convictions of two men who were … Continue reading

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Watch: Bill OReilly-Loving Climate-Denier Breaks Down After Watching Documentary Chasing Ice, Vows to Stop Climate Change | Alternet

Do we have time to change one Fox News viewer’s mind at a time? via Watch: Bill OReilly-Loving Climate-Denier Breaks Down After Watching Documentary Chasing Ice, Vows to Stop Climate Change | Alternet. The answer to the question – of … Continue reading

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Kansas disbars lawyer involved in Guantanamo case | McClatchy Tribune News Service | The Bellingham Herald

… concerned about the legal and physical treatment of prisoners, Diaz printed out a list in early 2005 of all the detainees and anonymously mailed them to a civil rights lawyer in New York. That lawyer turned them over to … Continue reading

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Counterpunch » Breaking Private Manning »

Bradley Manning is being punished – and tortured – for a crime that amounts to believing one’s highest duty is to the American people and not the American government. via Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names » Breaking Private … Continue reading

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Tell ALEC Funders It’s Time to Cut Ties | The Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch

For the past year, the Center for Media and Democracy has worked to unmask the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) through its award winning ALEC Exposed project. We have convinced 41 global firms to stop underwriting ALEC’s extreme agenda. Now … Continue reading

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Tell Bank Cop to Fail Payday Lender Wells Fargo | NPA

“From prisons to payday, Wells Fargo isn’t serving communities – it’s profiting from their pain …  via Tell Bank Cop to Fail Payday Lender Wells Fargo | NPA. This petition needs to have its numbers soar so high that Wells … Continue reading

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Davontae Sanford Rally 2012 – YouTube

“A nation that prides itself as having the best justice system in theworld should tolerate no room for corruption, lies and misconduct that sends an innocent child to prison for a crime he did not commit. Not even for a … Continue reading

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Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear Tracker

“There is something fundamentally disturbing about this school district’s insistence on steamrolling students into complying with programs that have nothing whatsoever to do with academic priorities and everything to do with fattening school coffers.” via Student Suspended for Refusing to … Continue reading

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Private insurers have cost Medicare $282.6 billion in excess payments since 1985 | Physicians for a National Health Program

“Researchers say privately run Medicare Advantage plans have undermined traditional Medicare’s fiscal health and taken a heavy toll on taxpayers, seniors and the U.S. economy.” via Private insurers have cost Medicare $282.6 billion in excess payments since 1985 | Physicians … Continue reading

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Dan Krassner & Sean Shaw: Widen Florida probe of Citizens insurance » TCPalm.com

“Citizens President Barry Gilway recently terminated every employee within the Office of Corporate Integrity. These firings came after reports of lavish, non-mission critical spending. Abusing travel expenditures is unacceptable; gutting the watchdog inside the insurer of last resort is incomprehensible.” … Continue reading

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