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Why Cops Bust Down Doors of Medical Pot Growers, But Ignore Men Who Keep Naked Girls on Leashes www.alternet.org 1744 TWEETS
Thanks to the drug war, police have much more incentive to go after drug crimes than more heinous crimes.
A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God?How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists. In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison. www.alternet.org 1684 TWEETS
In Tennessee, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.
www.alternet.org/belief/year-jail-not-believing-god-how-kentucky-persecuting-atheists
How Law Enforcement and Media Covered Up the Plan to Burn Christopher Dorner Alive | Alternet www.alternet.org 1089 TWEETS
HIghly disturbing behavior by newspaper and Live TV sources in complying with the San Bernardino Sheriffs.
Matt Taibbi Reveals How Romney Made His Fortune -- It Ain't Pretty, and He Shouldn't Be Proud of It | Alternet www.alternet.org 898 TWEETS
"Earned" is a very generous way to put it.
Americans Are Blind to How Their Country Is Stacked for the Wealthy. The real problem is tax avoidance: lost revenue from tax expenditures (deferrals and deductions), corporate tax avoidance, and tax haven losses could pay off the entire deficit. But the www.alternet.org 816 TWEETS
We've got to abandon our winner-take-all philosophy, to provide job opportunities for people who want to contribute to society.
www.alternet.org/economy/5-ways-most-americans-are-blind-how-their-country-stacked-wealthy
Dear George Bush and Dick Cheney, You Are Guilty of Murder: A Letter from a Dying Veteran www.alternet.org 792 TWEETS
"I hope that before your time on earth ends, as mine is now ending, you will find the strength of character to beg for forgiveness."
www.alternet.org/dear-george-bush-and-dick-cheney-you-are-guilty-murder-letter-dying-veteran
16 Giant Corporations That Have Basically Stopped Paying Taxes -- While Also Cutting Jobs www.alternet.org 779 TWEETS
The brackets are set for the big dance — the dance around tax responsibility.
Five Ugly Extremes of Inequality in America-- The Contrasts Will Drop Your Chin to the Floor. Any of the ten richest Americans could pay a year's rent for all of America's homeless with their 2012 income. www.alternet.org 748 TWEETS
Any of the ten richest Americans could pay a year's rent for all of America's Homeless with their 2012 income.
www.alternet.org/economy/five-ugly-extremes-inequality-america-contrasts-will-drop-your-chin-floor
GOP Voter Registration Scandal Widens, Prosecutors File Criminal Charges | Alternet www.alternet.org 702 TWEETS
A Virginia official is busted for tossing voter forms. Turns out he works for the national party, too.
10 Most Shameless Romney Debate Lies -- Debunked | Alternet www.alternet.org 690 TWEETS
Mitt Romney may have won the debate, but what he didn't do was tell the truth.
www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/10-most-shameless-romney-debate-lies-debunked
Saudi Religious Leader Calls for Gang Rape of Syrian Women | Alternet www.alternet.org 669 TWEETS
He specified that the “intercourse marriages” last only a few hours “in order to give each fighter a turn.”
www.alternet.org/world/saudi-religious-leader-calls-gang-rape-syrian-women
Chomsky: Corporations and the Richest Americans Viscerally Oppose Common Good www.alternet.org 599 TWEETS
The Masters of Mankind want us to become the "stupid nation," in the interests of their short-term gain -- damn the consequences.
www.alternet.org/visions/chomsky-corporations-and-richest-americans-viscerally-oppose-common-good
10 Awful Crimes That Get You Less Prison Time Than What Aaron Swartz Faced for Freeing JSTOR www.alternet.org 578 TWEETS
The young hacker faced a harsher prison than that for manslaughter, bank robbery, or selling slaves.
Take a Look at What Paul Ryan Did to His Own Congressional District, and Be Very Scared for Your Country | Alternet www.alternet.org 576 TWEETS
Child abuse and suicide is skyrocketing, the number of battered women has tripled, foreclosures have tripled, wages plummeting, and more.
2 Teen Girls Kill Themselves After Rape Photos Circulate Online -- This Needs to Stop www.alternet.org 564 TWEETS
There should not be 2 of this tragic story of rape, bullying, and suicide.
www.alternet.org/2-teen-girls-kill-themselves-after-rape-photos-circulate-online-needs-stop
How Fox News Created a New Culture of Idiots www.alternet.org 558 TWEETS
Cable news has created an entirely new breed of blowhards -- and the style has infected banking and even the arts.
www.alternet.org/media/how-fox-news-created-new-culture-idiots
Chomsky: The Corporate Assault on Public Education www.alternet.org 553 TWEETS
Our kids are being prepared for passive obedience, not creative, independent lives.
www.alternet.org/education/chomsky-corporate-assault-public-education
