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CEO pay out of line with free markets
The ties between boards of directors, who set compensation levels, and chief executive officers is too incestuous to be considered free market negotiations.
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The Revolt Against the Ruling Class
Political insiders don’t see that the biggest political phenomenon in America today is a revolt against the “ruling class” of insiders that have dominated Washington for more than three decades. In two very different ways, Trump and Sanders are agents of this revolt. I’ll explain the two ways in a moment.
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Not Fit to Lead: The Iran hearings have shown how the Republican Party can no longer be trusted with the presidency.
If Republicans win the White House next year, they’ll almost certainly control the entire federal government. Many of them, running for president or aspiring to leadership roles in Congress, are trying to block the nuclear deal with Iran. This would be a good time for these leaders to show that they’re ready for the responsibilities of national security and foreign policy.
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Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa among five found dead in capital
Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, found dead in an apartment with four other people after fleeing his home state of Veracruz.
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Chris Christie: Exxon’s Lobbying Firm Donated To His Super PAC As Governor Pushed For New Jersey Environmental Settlement
Chris Christie’s super PAC took $50,000 from Exxon Mobil’s lobbying firm as the New Jersey governor fought for a low-dollar environmental settlement. By David Sirota and Andrew Perez.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton indicted by grand jury in Collin County
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s top lawman, has been indicted in Collin County on three felony charges alleging securities law violations. By Gromer Jeffers Jr.
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Marco Rubio is bought and paid for by the biggest education scam in America
The Republican presidential hopeful is campaigning for, and with the backing of, the for-profit college industry
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TPP a threat to knowledge and innovation
My son who works in IT has been furious with John Key - truly scathingly furious - for pursuing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Jared is a "solutions architect", or was when he worked for a software firm in Auckland. A previous employer in Melbourne has recently hired him back. He hates the prospect of the TPP with a passion because, he told me, software developers already have to waste too much time and money fighting off idle patent suits from the United States.
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How Rand Paul Could Have Profited From a Debt-Ceiling Crisis He Helped Create
At the height of the debt-ceiling debate, the senator failed to disclose his financial interest in a US default.
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Tara Brown confronts Belle Gibson on 60 Minutes
After a three-month investigation, reporter Tara Brown confronted the fraudulent wellness guru in a tense interview.
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Two Big Reasons Hillary Clinton Isn’t Taking Elizabeth Warren’s Revolving-Door Dare
Clinton tolerated golden parachutes when she ran the State Department, and two of her top aides — Robert Hormats and Thomas Nides — got them.
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Mike Pence's Investigation Into Planned Parenthood Finds Zero Violations
The false and debunked claims that Planned Parenthood is selling aborted fetus body parts just got even more debunked.
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Pennsylvania Employers Steal Tens Of Millions Of Dollars From Their Workers In Any Given Week
Rampant wage theft is slicing hundreds of millions of dollars out of the Pennsylvania economy each year, a new analysis suggests.
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McConnell Voted To Legalize The Practice He Now Condemns
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fast-tracked a bill to defund Planned Parenthood on Friday because of an undercover video of a Planned Parenthood doctor discussing the donation of fetal tissue after abortions. But McConnell was one of many Republicans who voted to lift a ban on fetal tissue donations after abortions in 1993 -- the very move that legalized Planned Parenthood's actions.
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Hillary Clinton gets less Wall Street money than you think
The Democratic frontrunner's campaign finance report shows a broad base of support that defies conventional wisdom about her collecting all her money from the financial industry and lobbyists.
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Groups That Back Bloomberg’s Education Agenda Enjoy Success in Albany
A group that is devoted to continuing the education agenda of former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has become one of the most powerful forces in Albany by pouring millions into lobbying and adroitly exploiting rivalries in state politics. By Kate Taylor.
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Wired to fail
How a little known agency mishandled several billion dollars of stimulus money trying to expand broadband coverage to rural communities. By Tony Romm.
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There Goes the Neighborhood
The Obama library will displace the black working class on Chicago’s South Side, completing the work the University of Chicago started sixty years ago. By Rick Perlstein.
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What Militarism Means
Its perfect symbol isn’t Prussia, it’s the F-35. By William S. Lind.
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Methuen police gave preference to those who wouldn’t arrest fellow officers
A state commission said officials preferred job candidates who said they’d treat friends and family differently in drunken driving cases.
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