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• The GOP’s Gay Trajectory
• Naomi Wolf | The Paycheck Fairness Act's Realpolitik
• Michigan Looks to Pass Nation's Most Anti-Abortion Law
• Egypt Transition on Brink of Collapse
• Did Republicans Deliberately Crash the US Economy?
• Spain to Seek Bailout From Eurozone for Troubled Banks; Could Cost Up to $125 Billion
• IRS Revokes Tax Status of Political Non-Profit. Is Karl Rove Next?
• Republicans Block Online Disclosure of Campaign Television Ad Spending
• Nudity and Violence: Canadian Students Strip in Protest, Clash With Police (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
• If Student Concerns Are Not Addressed, There May Be a Youth Uprising in the US Ross Mittiga for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Not Wasting the Waste: Creating Environmental Sustainability
• Four Decades Ago, a Senator Warned About the Revolving Door of the Military-Industrial Complex
• States to Residents: Forget Promises to Restore School Funding
• Why Did So Many Workers Vote for Walker? How can a government of the 1% receive so much support from the 99%?
• Rio+20 Earth Summit: Leaked Draft Portends Another Failed Climate Summit
• One State Where the GOP Base Loves Mitt ... (Hint: It's definitely not Massachusetts)
• Fake Badges and Worse: Mitt’s Other Trooper Scandal
• Attorney General Names Pair of US Attorneys to Lead Leak Investigations
• Speaking Truth to Chevron: An Interview With Nigerian Eco-Feminist Emem Okon
• "Everything Legal Is Not Moral": Why We're Taking Solitary Confinement to Court
• Chairman Lies to Shareholders, Mocks Protesters
• Five "Stand Your Ground" Cases You Should Know About
• Obama 2012: The Lesser Evil?
• Ruling Clears Way for 9/11 Health Fund to Cover Cancers
• National Forests Attract Oil and Gas Bidders
• Robert Greenwald | The Kochs' Double Whammy
• Wage Theft Epidemic: Bosses Pocket 15 Percent of Workers' Pay
• Stand Your Ground? Texas man kills teacher over noise complaint
• The Right's New Tactic to Pit the Middle Class Against Itself
• New Russian Law Assesses Heavy Fines on Protesters
• America's Last Prisoner of War
• Theological Society Backs Vatican-Criticized Nun
• Lessons of the Wisconsin Uprising
• Miami Attack May Push Action on "Bath Salts" Ban
• Wal-Mart Workers Band Together for Better Wages and Affordable Benefits
• Quebec Sues Big Tobacco for $60 Billion, Becomes Fifth Province to Launch Suit
• From NATO to the DNC: Does More Repression Mean We’re Winning?
• Obama Campaign Responds: Romney promised to cut jobs for firefighters, police, and teachers
• Why Romney's Distinction Between "Economic" and "Social" Issues Is False
• Can We Recall Bad Reporting on Wisconsin Budget Deficit?
• Other Winners and Losers from the June 5 Primaries
• Birthers, Billionaires and Fox: The GOP Freak Show in Full Effect
• Suicides Outpacing War Deaths for Troops
• Court Halts Law Allowing Indefinite Detention of Americans Without Due Process -- Mark Karlin for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Over Six Million Young Adults Insured Thanks to Obama's Health Care
• Governor Rick Scott's Popularity is Dropping Lower Than the Sub-Basement
• Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan & Kevin McCarthy: Plot To Sabotage US Economy with Frank Luntz
• Following the Money on Financial Reform
• Stop the Secret White House Kill List - Robert C. Koehler for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Election Countdown 2012: Gov. Rick Scott Dares the DOJ to Sue Florida, and more
• Alan Grayson: Today marks 11 years since the Bush tax breaks for the rich were enacted.
• How Inequality Wrecks Everything We Care About
• Approval Rating for Supreme Court Hits Just 44 Percent in New Poll
• “Buddy, Please Put Your Hood.”
• Boehner Aide Received $100,000 Bonus From Medical Device Lobby Group Before Overseeing Tax Repeal of Industry
• Paul Krugman: Reagan Was a Keynesian
• Obama Begins With Tenuous Advantage Over Romney
• 30 Elected Florida Republicans Stop Rick Scott’s Voter Purge
• Alberta Hit by Another Oil Pipeline Spill
• Liberal Activist Brett Kimberlin Engages Right Wingers In a Battle of High-Stakes Hard Ball
• Fareed Zakaria: Romney Is Wrong on Tax Cuts
• Second Thoughts on Publicly Displaying 10 Commandments
• Halliburton gets tripped up by Indian bean farmers*
• Forty years after Watergate, investigative journalism is at risk
• How Big Banks Run the World - at Your Expense
• Polls show majority of Americans believe climate change a serious problem, but US Presidential campaigns do not mention it
• An Abortion Provider Speaks Out: "Being Patient-Centered is Being Pro-Choice"
• The Birther Queen, Jacko’s Rabbi, And More: Five Elections Overshadowed By Wisconsin
• Christopher Hayes: Why Elites Fail
• Second Thoughts on Publicly Displaying 10 Commandments
• Jeb Bush Blasts GOP, Says Party Is ‘Short-Sighted’ On Tax And Immigration Policies
• Obama warns of congressional inaction on student loan bill
• Reid: Bet on filibuster changes if Obama, Dems win in November
• David Sirota | The War on Whistle-Blowers
• "Where Is the Right to Privacy? It Doesn't Exist If You're a Muslim"
• How the NRA and Its Allies Helped Spread a Radical Gun Law Nationwide
• Healthcare Reform Helps Millions of Young Adults
• House Democrats Propose Increasing Minimum Wage to $10
• Court Halts Law Allowing Indefinite Detention of Americans
• Farm bill 2012: Bill wins measured White House support
• 40 Million Strong: Underwater Homeowners Can Fight and Win ... If They Get Organized
• Case Closed: The Stimulus Worked
• Robert Reich: Why We Have to End the Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
• Prosecute The Big Banks? ‘Nothing’s Off The Table,’ NY Attorney General Says
• Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant Operators Find Pinhole-Size Coolant Leak
• Turkish Court Indicts Senior Israeli Military Officials in Murders on Gaza Flotilla
• Dirty Little Red State Secret: ALEC is Behind the GOP’s Voter Purge
• Obama's Kill List Is Not an Option
• Chicago: Officer uses stun gun on pregnant woman during parking dispute
• The GOP's Bizarre, Disturbing Passion for Raising Taxes on the Poor
• Bradley Manning defense gets report on WikiLeaks damage to US interests. Judge rules that Obama administration must hand over documents assessing leak of diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.
• Is There a Silver Lining in Walker's Victory?
• The Democrats Must Begin Advocating for the Working Class and Not Wall Street -- Mark Karlin for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• 5th Federal Judge Deems Anti-Gay Marriage DOMA Unconstitutional
• How the NRA and Its Allies Helped Spread a Radical Gun Law Nationwide. Marc Rubio Was a Forceful Supporter in the "Gunshine" state.
• Blackwater guards finally face manslaughter charges
• Climate Change: The Road from Failed Recall in Wisconsin to the Failed State in Mali is Not Long; & It Runs Through North Carolina
• The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, described by climate activist Bill McKibben as the "Everest of dirty money", was in Vancouver last week at the Canadian Oil and Gas Export Summit.
• For-Profit College Reform: How Democratic Power Lobbyists Helped Water It Down
• "Marijuana law just creates criminals"
• Hottest Year on Record Thus Far
• Obama: Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Will Not Be Extended, Period
• "Six American families paid no federal income taxes in 2009 while making something on the order of $200 million each. This is one of many stunning revelations in new IRS data that deserves a thorough airing in this year’s election campaign."
• A Report From Obama’s “Humane” Drug War: “My son screamed for his mother for what seemed like an eternity”
• New economy fallout – ‘wage theft’ from paychecks
• Sherrod Brown: An End to "Too Big to Fail"
• China Bars Foreign Tourist From Visiting Tibet
• Romney Quietly Hires Consulting Firm With Sordid History Of Destroying Democratic Voter Registration Forms
• Twelve "Pots and Pans" Protestors in Support of Quebec Students Arrested in Chicago.
• The Almost Scoop on Nixon's Treason
• 8 Ways Delusional Right-Wingers Are Blowing Wisconsin Out of Proportion. The triumphalism is more a manifestation of conservatives' wishful thinking than a reflection of any objective reality.
• Twelve "Pots and Pans" Protestors in Support of Quebec Students Arrested in Chicago. The BuzzFlash videos will return. Temporarily, we are experiencing technical difficulties.

• US Losing Patience With Pakistan, Says US Secretary of Defense
• Movements Representing Principles and Values Should Steer Clear of Political Parties - Mark Karlin for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Farmworkers Face Rape and Sexual Abuse Epidemic in the Fields -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Report: Assaults On Women In Egypt's Tahrir. Who Is Behind Them?
• John Nichols: The Wisconsin Result Shows That Big Money Matters More Than It Ever Has
• Muslims Sue to Stop NYPD Surveillance
• Drone Kill List: Not News?
• Farmworkers Face Rape and Sexual Abuse Epidemic in the Fields - Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Talk Nation Radio: Chase Madar on the Passion of Bradley Manning
• Space and Missile Systems Center will reschedule industry days
• Bush Blocked Iran Nuke Deal: A former top Iranian negotiator says Iran offered the West a deal in 2005 that would have eliminated the possibility of Iran developing a nuclear bomb.
• What Wisconsin Means: Redouble Efforts to Rebuild Progressive Movement
• Free Markets vs. Family Values
• Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Slam Republicans for Filibustering Paycheck Fairness for Women
• Rosa Parks, Even In Death, Might Strike A Blow For Justice
• America’s New Swing Region
• Arun Gupta | Wisconsin's Recall Election Was an Ominous Crucible of US Politics
• Warren and Brown Set Scheduled Dates
• Greening the ghetto: From survival to sustainability
• Beef from Brazil: JBS Faces Allegations of Amazon Deforestation
• Paycheck Fairness Act is defeated in Senate
• Indiscriminate use of drones in Middle East causes too many civilian casualties, warns former CIA counterterrorism head.
• New Jersey Sued for Pulling Out of Climate Initiative
• VIDEO: Why We Need A Stronger Volcker Rule
• Glenn Greenwald: Sliming critics of the President's policies as Terrorist-lovers was once an exclusively right-wing tactic: no more.
• BP in Deep Water with Scientific Integrity Advocates
• The Threat of Quebec's Good Example
• Romney Emails on Massachusetts Health-Care Law
• Newly Released FBI “Domestic Terrorism” Training on Anarchists, Environmentalists, Show COINTELPRO Tactics
• Proposition 8 Heads for the Show
• Greece and the Euro: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
• Drone Strikes: Playing God in Pakistan
• The Tumultuous Journey of Proposition 8
• New map, new rules shake up California primaries
• One Year Longer, One Year Weaker: Wisconsin and the Left
• The Lost Narrative of Mitt Romney
• Missing-in-Action: Obama and Wisconsin
• Romney-backed Konarka solar panel firm files for bankruptcy
• The Threat of Quebec's Good Example
• Ray Bradbury dies: Author of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ and ‘Martian Chronicles’ was 91
• Paycheck Fairness Act Fails in the Senate, as Expected
• House Forces D.C. To Continue Ban On Using Medicaid To Pay for Abortions for Poor Women
• Mark Karlin: Right wing money and Democratic Party establishment created conditions for GOP victory.
• States and the federal government will have to work hard to make sure that new insurance exchanges in President Obama's healthcare law actually create more competition, a new study says.
• Live Video of Wisconsin Election Returns Beginning at 8 PM Central Time. Click Here. The BuzzFlash videos will return. Temporarily, we are experiencing technical difficulties.
• Madison Capitol Times Coverage of the Wisconsin Recall Failure
• Exit polls show neck and neck recall race in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin: Hardly any voters in this race decided late, exit polls show
• The History of Getting to the Gubernatorial Election in Wisconsin
• The Infamous Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus Still Seemed to Be Running Her Election Show
• Live Video of Wisconsin Election Returns Beginning at 8 PM Central Time. Click Here.
• How to Help Protect the WI Recall Elections
• Wisconsin Turnout Through the Roof
• US Justice Department to Monitor Elections in California, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Wards Running Out of Ballots
• GOP Voter Supression Efforts in WI Make the Miantream Press: "In Wisconsin, reports of voter suppression efforts" - CBS News
• Waukesha Stonewall: Officials Refuse to Say Who’s In Charge of Monitoring Elections, Counting Results
• WI RECALL: Election Day Underway, Dirty Tricks, Lost Student Votes, Kathy Nickolaus, 'Recount'?
• Milwaukee Calls In Extra Poll Workers Amid Heavy Turnout
• Wisconsin Voters Report Receiving Robocalls Telling Them Not To Vote
• Beyond Citizens United: Politics Is an Industry, Not Just a Campaign -- Danny Schechter for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• When Christians Rip Off Christians -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Was Nixon Right: If a President Does It, Is It Legal? -- Jacqueline Marcus for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• GOP Ally of Big Coal Smears Environmental Activist With Kiddie Porn Accusation
• After GOP Blocks Pay Equity, Sen. Barbara Mikulski Calls On Women To Start A ‘New American Revolution’
• Occupy Wall Street is Still Alive and Kicking: 3 Reasons Why Occupy Has Not Disappeared
• "An extensive investigation in Bloomberg Markets magazine finds that Koch Industries has made multiple 'improper payments' (read: bribes) to win business in Africa, India and the Middle East; rigged prices with competitors; and used foreign subsidiaries to sell equipment to Iran."
• Colin Powell: Another War Criminal Cashes In
• Senate GOP Blocks Pay Equity Bill
• ‘Sluts’ Unite Against Republicans, Rush Limbaugh
• Mitt Romney Hints At YET ANOTHER New Auto Bailout Position
• "A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to reconsider a landmark ruling by two of its member judges that struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriages."
• Anarchopanda Tackles the Anti-Mask Regulation
• VIDEO: Sen. Sanders on Wall Street Now: ‘Insane Gambling Casino’
• 7 Key Moments in Daniel Klaidman’s ‘Kill or Capture’ About Obama’s Drone War
• Robert Parry | The ‘Blame Obama’ Syndrome
• Newer Findings Dispute View of Morning-After Pill as Abortion
• Harper v. Canada: 2011 Election Scandal Brings Scrutiny to PM's Controversial Past
• How Republicans Are Preventing Thousands Of Wisconsin Students From Voting Today
• Republicans Again Try To Politicize Tucson Shooting Memorial
• Green Bay Packers Players Urge Wisconsinites To Vote In Recall Elections
• BP Accused of Attack on Academic Freedoms after Scientists Subpoenaed
• Anti-Choice Terrorist: God Told Me To Threaten Her
• No, It Has Not 'Always Been This Way'
• Attorney: Zimmerman's Bond Request Delayed
• Scott Walker's Closest Aide Revealed in Court as Source of Damaging Leak; Flips on Embattled Governor
• Emails Reveal How Romney Persuaded Skeptical Dems To Adopt Health Care Mandate In 2006
• Romney-Backed Solar Company Fails Days after He Faulted Solyndra
• Quebec: They Created a Monster that Will Haunt Them
• AFL-CIO: 11 Horrible Things Scott Walker Has Done
• Jesse Kelly (R-Ass) Calls Gabrielle Giffords 'A Hero Of Nothing'
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drones
• 50,000 Petitioners Tell Justice Dept.: Focus On Prosecuting Bankers
• A Wisconsin Recall FAQ
• From Maryland To Minnesota, Has Obama’s Support For Gay Marriage Changed The Game?
• Wisconsin Gives Progressives Something to Build On
• (Bailed Out) AIG CEO Robert Benmosche: 80-Year-Old Europeans Need To Be Working
• What Wisconsin Means — and Doesn’t
• Supreme Court Backs Secret Service Arrest of Man Confronting Cheney
• The Downside of Obama’s Decision to Skip Wisconsin
• Obama Uses Myths About Vietnam to Silence Anti-War Protest Today
• Biblical Abortion: A Christian's View
• How Bank of America Execs Hid Losses — In Their Own Words
• Wealthy Individuals and Corporations, Not Middle Class Wage Earners, Have Taken Your Money - Paul Buchheit for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Can We Accept Becoming a Nation of Low-Minded Racists and Self-Serving Billionaires? - Ann Davidow for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Illinois Law Makes It a Felony to Record Comments of Police in Public - Mark Karlin for BuzzFlash at Truthout
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  THE LIGHTER SIDE:
• Trump Swallows Pagan Baby At Romney Fundraiser
• George Will’s Bitter Comparison Between Sugary Drinks and Climate Change
• Trickle-Down: Erupting Urinal Soaks House Press Gallery
• Why Romney’s Police Impersonations Could Really Alienate His Base