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A Bill to Outlaw Organic Farming Next Week? Contact Your Representative!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health, illness, interesting, nutrition, risks, safety, protection, warning, death, diet, ethics, food, government, news, ethics, congress, dishonesty )

Kat
- 229 days ago - writerep.house.gov
Monsanto: A bill to outlaw organic farming next week? US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before...
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The Polar Bears Have Suffered Another Blow!!!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: polar bears, AnimalWelfare, environment, extinction, habitat, law, protection, suffering, wildlife, climate-change, conservation, endangered, globalwarming, government, oceans, science, world, americans, usa, u.s., obama, government, democrats )

PinkMindy
- 195 days ago - care2.com
In the last 60 days nearly 100,000 supporters of the Center for Biological Diversity have sent petitions to the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, urging him to save the polar bears, but the Obama admin. refuses! Legal battle will begin shortly.
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CALL TO ACTION: Support Nadler Resolution on Bush Pardons
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, Bush pardons, crimes, H.Res. 1531 )

Marion
- 364 days ago - democrats.com
PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION supporting Nadler who Introduces Resolution Opposing Possible Bush Pardons of His Own Subordinates for Crimes He Authorized
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Cybersecurity Bill Gives Obama Dictatorial Power Over Internet
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ethics, freedoms, government, interesting, internet, humans, news, politics, rights, ethics, government, media, lies, obama, propaganda, world )

Kat
- 227 days ago - infowars.com
there are political forces are behind Senate bills No. 773 and 778, introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who declared last month that we would all be better off if the internet was never invented. Rockefeller meant the government would be better off if...
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Young Mother Tased By Louisiana Police for Being Hysterical After Baby's Murder
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, PoliceBrutality, AfricanAmerican, Taser, AssistancetotheIncarceratedMentallyIll, LouisianaPolice, AIMI, Wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com, TaserInternational )

Mary
- 135 days ago - my.nowpublic.com
How should police handle a distraught young mother after the shooting death of her baby? They should try to soothe and calm her, call psychological specialists to her side, and perhaps offer her a cup of water, right? Louisiana police TASERED her!
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The Great Water Heist: VIDEO   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Water, Water Rights, freedoms, ethics, politics, news, government, environment, rights, oceans, constitution, ethics, crime, usa, corruption )

Kat
- 193 days ago - youtube.com
Senate Bill 787 will change federal jurisdiction over "navigable" water, to give the federal government control over all water everwhere, in municiple reservoirs, and on private lands, and in priva...
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Obama Wants EchoHawk at BIA
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, Obama, BIA, Dept. of Interior, culture, society, politics, ethics, rights, news, interesting, humans, americans, government, politics )

Kat
- 223 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - Confirming previous reports by Indian Country Today, President Barack Obama announced April 10 that he plans to nominate Larry EchoHawk as assistant secretary for Indian affairs with the Department of the Interior...
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Urgent: Fight to Keep Leonard Peltier Behind Bars!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Leonard Peltier, AIM, American Indian Movement, Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, FBI, US Government, coverup, americans, activists, abuse, culture, society, death, dishonesty, crime, ethics, freedoms, government, interesting, humans, murder, n )

Kat
- 305 days ago - expertclick.com
"Leonard Peltier's unjust incarceration remains a festering sore that impedes better race relations in America. Surely the time has come to promote healing and a spirit of trust and genuine goodwill toward the Indian peoples of America with an act that...
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Sign Petition: The United States Government Should Apologize To Native Americans
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Native Americans, genocide, culture, children land, dignity, indigious people, education, training, reparations, Apology Resolution )

Tom
- 271 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This resolution should acknowledge the genocide, ethnocide and false imprisonment of all Native Americans by the hands of the United States Government. The resolution should also acknowledge that some of these practices still exist to this day....
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Ex CIA Agents Tell Their Stories: VIDEO & MORE   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: culture, society, government, freedoms, ethics, law, rights, violence, politics, americans, crime, death, cover-up, corruption, crime, dishonesty, ethics, propaganda )

Kat
- 174 days ago - youtube.com
The CIA formed after World War 2 has been involved in it's own idea of keeping us safe ever since. Above is one in a series of vids where ex- CIA agents tell their stories. This is bone chilling and the vids are not for the squeamish...
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New Rule Expands DNA Collection to All People Arrested
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: DNA, Ethics, Human Rights, Society, freedoms, government, politics, usa, americans, news )

Kat
- 342 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Immigration and civil liberties groups condemned a new U.S. government policy to collect DNA samples from all noncitizens detained by authorities and all people arrested for federal crimes.
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Va. Indian Tribes Deserve Federal Recognition
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, BIA, culture, society, rights, americans, freedoms, ethics, government, humans, interesting, law, news, usa, ethics, government, lies, propaganda )

Kat
- 252 days ago - timesdispatch.com
Virginia's Indians have earned the right to be cynical. Two years ago, six state tribes landed at the doorstep of federal recognition, only to have the mat snatched from underfoot. The bill stalled in the Senate after the conclusion of the feel-good...
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The Marijuana Tax?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: economy, freedoms, u.s., marijuana, medical marijuana, civil liberties )

Pastor Ti
- 219 days ago - alternet.org
Even the most mainstream figures are now taking the idea of legalizing and taxing pot seriously -- budget-crunched governments should listen.
96 comments
Politics Were Played in Defeating Indian Law/Health Amendment
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Health Care, BIA, culture, society, rights, freedoms, government, interesting, humans, health, news, sadness, dishonesty, corruption, ethics, dishonesty, ethics, lies )

Kat
- 251 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - A $410 billion congressional omnibus bill has passed, but not before legislators wrangled over, and ultimately weeded out a $400 million amendment that would have strengthened law enforcement, health and water initiatives in Indian country.
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In California, Grandma, the Blind Get IOUs; Politicians Get USD
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: california, poor, blind, disabled, elderly, sick, government, iou, budget, Schwarzenegger, abuse, corruption, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, lies, republicans, democrats, americans, economy, money, consumers, politics, debt, society, culture, sadne )

Tom
- 140 days ago - dailyfinance.com
California will begin issuing IOUs instead of cash due to a budget crisis. Sadly, but not surprisingly, politicians and judges will continue to get greenbacks, while the poor, elderly, and disabled will be stuck with California's new "currency."
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