The American people have been left largely in the dark

Dear FRIEND, Once again, fast track has reared its ugly head. While we were able to temporarily defeat fast track, also called Trade Promotion Authority, in the House less than two weeks ago, the bill’s supporters have managed to send it back to the senate.There lawmakers are expected to vote as soon as tomorrow. If it’s approved, it would clear the way for passage of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Will you tell your senators to reject fast track? Then take a minute to spread the word on Facebook  and Twitter . Fast track would allow President Obama and his successor to ram trade deals through Congress, only allowing lawmakers an up-or-down vote and forbidding them from adding any amendments. After twenty years of NAFTA, it's clear what these trade agreements do: they push jobs overseas, weaken food and consumer safety standards, circumvent environmental laws, restrict Internet freedom and roll back financial protections. And the process by which the TPP has been negotiated has been decidedly undemocratic. While representatives of some of the nation’s largest corporations have had input, the American people have been left largely in the dark. Demand that your senators reject fast track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.Then spread the word on Facebook  and Twitter . All the best, Sarah Arnold

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The Alice in Wonderland World of Fast-tracked Secret Trade Agreements

The Alice in Wonderland World of Fast-tracked Secret Trade Agreements Ellen Brown: TPP, TTIP and TiSA are not about the sort of “free trade” that would free local businesses to sell abroad. They are about freeing international corporations from the government regulation necessary to protect the economy, the people, and the environment. READ HERE SHARED FROM

MONDAY, 22 JUNE 2015 How to Punish Bank Felons Robert Reich: When real people plead guilty to felonies, they go to jail. But big banks aren’t people despite what the five Republican appointees to the Supreme Court say. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend The Alice in Wonderland World of Fast-tracked Secret Trade Agreements Ellen Brown: TPP, TTIP and TiSA are not about the sort of “free trade” that would free local businesses to sell abroad. They are about freeing international corporations from the government regulation necessary to protect the economy, the people, and the environment. READ HERE Racism Is Not Mental Illness Jeremy Adam Smith:Prejudice and xenophobia are consciously embraced by many otherwise functional, healthy citizens, and racial associations persist in the unconscious minds of many explicitly anti-racist people. People are rarely either racist or not-racist. Almost all of us fall along a spectrum. READ MORE Why Pentagon Opposed New Combat Roles in Iraq Gareth Porter: The resistance of top US military officials to deepening US military involvement in the war against Islamic State came in the wake of a major policy debate within the Obama administration following the collapse of Iraqi military resistance in Ramadi. READ MORE In-Home Care Recipients Cautiously Applaud New Budget Steven Mikulan: The 467,000 Californians who receive assistance from the state’s In-Home Supportive Services are breathing a little better, if not easier, now that a new budget has restored care cuts to the agency. READ HERE

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The surging popularity of Senator Bernie Sanders

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We are witnessing the largest upsurge of economic populism in recent American history. The fight for a $15 minimum wage, the opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership, the avowed concern about widening inequality even among Republican candidates, and the surging popularity of Senator Bernie Sanders all give evidence. Unlike the Occupy Movement, which eschewed politics, this new movement is committed to political change. Does it herald a fundamental change in America?

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Huge crowds flock to Sanders rallies

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is drawing thousands to his rallies. 

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The Business of Wall Street

The Business of Wall Street Walter Brasch: Why these people earn 6, 7- and 8-figure incomes is because business and the greed for piling up stock options, not service to mankind, dominates the American workforce. READ HERE SHARED FROM

SUNDAY, 21 JUNE 2015 Celebrate Dads Every Day by Passing Paid Sick Days  Ellen Bravo: Just after Father’s Day this year, Los Angeles City Council members will have the chance to affirm the first message at a hearing on a citywide paid sick days ordinance. Passage will go a long way toward ensuring dads aren’t punished just for being good fathers. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend We Must Respond to the Right-Wing Attempt to Reframe Charleston Bill Fletcher Jr.: White supremacists are not restrained or constrained by the fact that the targets of their hatred may be people of faith. READ HERE American Self-Assertiveness vs. Submissiveness Charles Hayes:Throughout history we can find horrid examples of groups of people being guarded by only a few individuals with weapons as they approach a place where others ahead in the same group are being executed in plain sight. READ MORE Jeb Bush, Becoming "Jeb!" Larry Wines: If Jeb-exclamation-point's big war chest and establishment Republican connections, and Hillary's presumption of inevitability both prove enough to carry the day and make them the opposing nominees, bring on the No-Doz. READ MORE The Business of Wall Street Walter Brasch: Why these people earn 6, 7- and 8-figure incomes is because business and the greed for piling up stock options, not service to mankind, dominates the American workforce. READ HERE

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Bernie Sanders Draws More Supporters Than Every Republican Candidate as 4,500 Fill Rally

Bernie Sanders Draws More Supporters Than Every Republican Candidate as 4,500 Fill Rally Bernie Sanders drew a bigger crowd than any Republican candidate, as 4,500 supporters filled his event in Denver.      Read more » SHARED FROM

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