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posted on
March 29th, 2013
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Prairie State Blue
based in
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Ed Rendell’s Plea for Fracking Fails to Disclose Industry Ties

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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took to the New York Daily News op-ed page Wednesday with a message to local officials: stop worrying and learn to love fracking, forget ...

posted on
March 29th, 2013
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Prairie State Blue
based in
Chicago

More Corporate Welfare: Obama Signs 'Monsanto Protection Act' Into Law

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President Obama signed what has been dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act" on Tuesday, legislation critics say amounts to "corporate welfare" for biotechnology corporations ...

posted on
March 29th, 2013
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Prairie State Blue
based in
Chicago

Attorneys Claim Judge Was Wrong to Deny Indian Election Offices

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Civil rights attorneys from the U.S. Justice Department contend a federal judge wrongly denied a request to establish satellite election offices for American Indians on thr ...

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March 29th, 2013
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Studies Find: DC Does What Wealthiest Want, Majority Opposes

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Why do policymakers focus so intently on the deficit issue? Because the small minority of wealthy individuals that see the deficit as the nation’s priority have more clou ...

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March 29th, 2013
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Justice Department Official Who Didn’t Prosecute Banks Returns to Law Firm That Defends Them

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Lanny Breuer, who was the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice under President Obama, conceded in a recent PBS documentary ...