The GOPers Don't Even Bother To Hide The Non-Profit Abuse Now

The video ...is an example of the ads put out by a group called Carolina Rising. It is a non-profit organization qualified (supposedly) under secti... Read more

John Kasich Loses It: What Has Happened To 'Our Party' And The 'Conservative Movement?'

Gov. John Kasich, who isn't as moderate as he pretends to be went ballistic over the extreme views his fellow GOP presidential candidates are espousin... Read more

Official: No Charges For Cop Who Fatally Shot Teen Returning From First Date

SENECA, S.C. (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed against a South Carolina police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old during a drug sting, a st... Read more

Missed Treatment: Soldiers With Mental Health Issues Dismissed For 'Misconduct'

NPR and Colorado Public Radio also conducted an investigation, based on hours of secret recordings from James, hundreds of pages of confidential documents from Fort Carson, and interviews with dozens of sources both inside and outside the base. And that evidence suggests the Army failed to pursue key evidence in its investigation, ruling out claims of mistreatment from nine other war veterans without ever interviewing or even contacting the men.
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/28/451146230/missed-treatment-soldiers-with-mental-health-issues-dismissed-for-misconduct

These 4 Republican Senators Are Forming A Group To Tackle Climate Change

The environment just got a boost from an unlikely source: Senate Republicans.  ... Read more

U.N. Report Shows The World Is Currently On Track For 2.7°C Warming By 2100

The U.N. says the world is well on its way to avoiding climate catastrophe, but not everyone has such an optimistic ... Read more

Congressman: ‘No Way’ Comprehensive Immigration Reform Will Happen, Even After Obama

"We got assurances on the immigration issue," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said.  ... Read more

Ted Cruz's Recollection Of The Democratic Debate Is A Complete Fantasy

Ezra Klin does a good job of debunking Ted Cruz's applause-generating rant at last night's debate -- or at least part of the rant. Here's the part Kle...  Read more

Living In Fear: One Family’s Struggle To Survive In The Occupied West Bank

"We live in fear 24 hours a day."... Read more

Republican Senators: Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Not Entitled To Religious Freedom

Are the accused terrorists at Guantanamo Bay entitled to religious freedom? ... Read more

How Engineering Helped Hitchcock Scare the Pants off of You

Did you know Alfred Hitchcock was a formally trained engineer? Guru Madhavan could see it in his movies. Madhavan's new book is "Applied Minds: How Engineers Think" (http://goo.gl/0Q1DfW).

Cop Shoots Unarmed Marijuana Dealer in Face and Kills Him, Walks Free

A Florida grand jury has just refused to indict the police officer who killed Derek Cruice in a SWAT raid over weed.
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How the Assault at Spring Valley High Brutally Demonstrates the ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’

The criminalization of black children starts almost the moment that child leaves her mother’s door.
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Genetically-Engineered Soybeans Give Altered Milk and Stunted Offspring, Researchers Find

This result is the strongest demonstration so far of altered growth and development in offspring of GE-fed mothers.
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Paul Krugman on How the GOP Got Taken Over by Scam Artists

Republican voters just have to decide which grifter they prefer to nominate.
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Justice Kennedy Suggests That Kim Davis Should Resign

"The rule of law is that, as a public official in performing your legal duties, you are bound to enforce the law."  ... Read more

New Law Would Make It Illegal To Come Out As Gay In Russia

A proposed law would extend the country's ban on "gay propaganda" to cover simply publicly identifying as gay.  ... Read more

Speaker Of The House Front-Runner Appoints Corporate Lobbyist As Chief-Of-Staff

"It's another example of the pay-to-play culture in Washington and the cozy relationship between K Street and Capitol ... Read more

We’re About To Get A Big Clue On How The Supreme Court Views Birth Control

More than a year of drama and uncertainty over whether the Supreme Court will erect new limits to women's access to birth ... Read more

After Company Raises Minimum Salary To $70,000, Revenue And Profits Double

Revenue and profit has doubled since the CEO announced the lowest paid employees will get tens of thousands of dollars in ... Read more

13 Ridiculous Things Ben Carson Actually Believes

A small sampling of the Republican candidate's controversial comments... Though he has never held political office, his short time in the spotlight has given him plenty of opportunity to make controversial and often factually incorrect statements. In May, ThinkProgress highlighted seven ridiculous things that Ben Carson believes. But in the past six months, Carson has come up with even more incendiary remarks and comparisons, which seem to only help his campaign...
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Exclusive: Elevated CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition, New Harvard Study Shows

A seminal new Harvard study finds that CO2 has a direct, negative impact on human cognition at levels you and your children ... Read more

Inhofe Might Try To Crash Paris Climate Talks As ‘One-Man Truth Squad’

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) may travel to Paris in an effort to derail the global climate deal scheduled to be negotiated there in December, The Hill repor... Read more

Trump Takes Credit For Ford Moving Plants Out Of Mexico—Except It Isn't

Real estate mogul Donald Trump took a victory lap Sunday on Twitter, claiming that his fiery stump speeches convinced Ford Motor Company to move one o... Read more

What One Teacher Did When A Student Refused To Put Away His Phone, And Why It Matters

This teacher gets an A++ for the way she handled a situation with a student who refused to put away his cell phone. Read more

Judge Grants Immunity To Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man ‘Execution Style’ (VIDEO)

Larry Jackson Jr was on his hands and knees when Officer Kleinert shot him in the back of the neck 'execution style'. Read more

The dark secret behind those cute Slow Loris videos.

https://youtu.be/otTNxR8C4uE

Israel legalises hundreds of settler homes in West Bank

About 800 houses in four settlements legalised in occupied Palestinian territory amid heightened tensions.  Read more

Climate Change And The Next Genocide (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

A good subtitle might be:  You don't know jack about Hitler!
Yale historian Timothy Snyder has shaken up what seemed the settled history of World War II and the Holocaust with a more complicated view of Hitler and his motives. Anti-Semitism, yes. Raging. But tied, crucially, to a desperate sense of limited resources. An “ecological panic,” says Snyder, that drove Hitler and the Nazis to conquest, the dissolution of states that might resist them, and to mass murder. Genocide. Now, Snyder warns, we should not think those impulses are frozen in the past. Climate change could spark a return. This hour On Point, a new warning on ecological panic and resource wars. - Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/13/climate-change-environmental-crisis-holocaust

Catholic Theologians To Ross Douthat: Stop Writing About Theology. You’re Terrible At It.

"Whenever you're reading ad hominem comments, thinly veiled attacks on people's fidelity to the faith, snide insinuations and ... Read more

Expires 11/1/2015 on Netflix: The Blues Brothers

Lots of great American culture and music woven into a ridiculous comedy plot with plenty of mayhem and somehow nobody ever gets hurt. Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, and many others...
http://www.netflix.com/title/60036233

Rape used as a weapon in Myanmar to ignite fear

Whipping up hatred by manipulating the threat of sexual violence is being used as a political tool, analysts say.  Read more
https://youtu.be/T1EH4FppOHI

Week In The News: Speaker Ryan, GOP Debate, Blimp On The Loose (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Debate fireworks this week with the GOP in Colorado. Economy talk. Tax talk. A lot of heat about the questions. And a field in play. In the House, a new Speaker. Paul Ryan. And a budget deal on the Hill through 2017. That’s different. We had a massive Army blimp on the loose. More frank talk about new US operations – some call it combat – on the ground in Iraq. We’ve got Syria talks, Iran included. A US warship challenging Chinese claims in the South China Sea. A girl down in a South Carolina classroom. And bacon issues. This hour On Point — our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. -Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/30/paul-ryan-john-boehner-cnbc-debate

Friday News Roundup – Domestic (Diane Rehm Show, 2015-10-30)

The Senate passed a budget agreement early this morning that will avert a government default and raise the nation’s debt ceiling through March 2017. Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan becomes the new Speaker of the House, ending John Boehner’s five-year tenure in the top leadership job. A disappointing third quarter GDP report may impact the Federal Reserve’s decision on whether to raise interest rates later this year. Republican presidential candidates rail against the media – and each other – in their third debate. Bernie Sanders calls for an end to the federal prohibition on marijuana. And a South Carolina police officer is fired for throwing a high school student across a classroom. A panel of journalists joins guest host Indira Lakshmanan for analysis of the week’s top national news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-10-30/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Friday News Roundup – International (Diane Rehm Show, 2015-10-30)

The Obama Administration says it will send Special Ops forces to Syria to help fight the Islamic State. World leaders meet for Syrian peace talks in Vienna, with Iran at the table for the first time. China lifts its one-child policy amid worries of a graying population. A Chinese naval chief accuses the U.S. of “provocative acts” in the South China Sea, warning a minor incident could spark war. Fifty migrants die in the latest series of shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea. Iran detains another Iranian-American. And the E.U. awards its top human rights prize to an imprisoned Saudi blogger.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-10-30/friday-news-roundup-international

Scientology Could Get Its Own Senator.

Rep. David Jolly, the man who represents Scientology’s ‘Mecca’— is now running to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate.
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Stop.Think.Connect. | Homeland Security

The Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign is a national public awareness campaign aimed at increasing the understanding of cyber threats and empowering the American public to be safer and more secure online. Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility. We each have to do our part to keep the Internet safe. When we all take simple steps to be safer online, it makes using the Internet a more secure experience for everyone.
http://www.dhs.gov/stopthinkconnect

Sanders promises to lead fight against Islamophobia

“I will do everything that I can to rid this country of the ugly stain of racism that has existed for far too many years.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/258477-sanders-promises-to-lead-fight-against-islamophobia

Why Are Cops In Schools?

Since the '90s, cops are working in more and more schools. But are they really keeping students safe, or pushing students into the school-to-prison pipeline?
Interview:
https://youtu.be/u6c5s0nxmcE

Joel McDurmon: "It Is Perfectly Normal [That] Homosexuality Should Receive The Death Penalty"

Joel McDurmon of American Vision praises a Uganda law that imposed the death penalty for homosexuality, but faults it for not going far enough. Next week, McDurmon is scheduled to appear at a right-wing event in Iowa along side Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, and Bobby Jindal.
https://youtu.be/Hz5EbYAk6Dc

"Carly Fiorina Lies about Community Banks..."

https://youtu.be/f3vFlLvFkzQ

Top U.S. and World News Headlines for October 30, 2015

Interview:

https://youtu.be/cf1-9fKCTVo

Ben Carson Caught Using Koch Numbers!

https://youtu.be/jupzAP8mO6Q

‘Jesus’ chants, jeers greet Satanists during Bremerton football game

The Satanic Temple of Seattle was invited to protest coach Joe Kennedy’s controversial ritual of praying on the 50-yard line after games. Kennedy, who was placed on leave, prayed in the stands after Thursday's game...
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/jesus-chants-jeers-greet-satanists-during-bremerton-football-game/

Fact-Checkers Plead With Rand: 'Stop Using Fake Founding Fathers Quotes'

Two BuzzFeed journalists who routinely fact-check political candidates published an open letter to Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul (R-K... Read more

Bernie Sanders Calls For Federal Decriminalization Of Marijuana

"Too many Americans have had their lives destroyed because they have a criminal record for marijuana use. That is wrong and ... Read more

West Virginia Power Company Admits Coal Is Doomed

The president of Appalachian Power, West Virginia's largest electric utility, told investors Tuesday that the national debate ... Read more

Big City Sheriff Says Black Lives Matter ‘Will Join Forces With ISIS’ To Take Down America

"You heard it first here," says Sheriff David Clarke.  ... Read more

No, Carly Fiorina, Obama Has Not Impoverished 3 Million Women

At last night's debate, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina used misleading numbers to claim President Obama has ... Read more

Ted Cruz Embraces Fringe Monetary Policy That Went Out Of Style In The 1930s

Ted Cruz wants to party like it's 1929.  ... Read more

Protests Are Putting A Serious Dent In Tar Sands Expansion

All of those marches, rallies, arrests, and inflatable pipelines are working. ... Read more

Ted Cruz’s Tax Plan Hands The 1 Percent A Massive Break

Cruz's 10 percent flat tax would give everyone a break, but the richest would be far better off. ... Read more

Inside Ben Carson’s Cancer Scam

Ben Carson credited a nutritional supplement for helping save his life from cancer, yet he never mentioned it during interviews about his illness unti...  Read more

Article: Paul Ryan Is a Hypocrite, Charlatan and Right-Wing Extremist

"It is hard to imagine attaching the words 'moderate' or 'moderate conservative' to Ryan..."
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Google Drive phishing scam returns

Despite Google saying it had fixed the flaw allowing hackers to use Google Drive to phish for details, it's still open to attack.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/security/25514/google-drive-phishing-scam-returns#ixzz3q2xUF3EM

Witnesses Dispute Police Account Of Teen Who Died Of Gunshot Near Ferguson

It’s unclear how Green sustained the injury. Police in Normandy, where the incident occurred, said in a statement on Wednesday evening that "it appears at this time that the male was not struck by law enforcement gunfire." However, people claiming to have witnessed the incident said otherwise...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/man-near-ferguson-shoots-at-police-before-shooting-self-cops-say_56313017e4b063179910b686

Donald Trump Says He Loves Xmas, Ho Ho Ho.

Penn, Goudeau, and Donnelly discuss the Pope, America's Got Talent; how much Donald Trump loves Christmas.
http://podbay.fm/show/504257078/e/1443337260?autostart=1