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Democracy Now! – October 1, 2013

Tea Party Forces Government Shutdown with Obamacare Revolt; How Will It Impact Ordinary Americans? “The Lawbreaking is Ongoing”: Louisiana Levee Board Sues BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron For Coast Damage; Holding BP Accountable: Environmental Justice Struggle Continues in Gulf Region After 2010 Spill. HeadlinesOctober 1, 2013     Partial Shutdown Begins After Obamacare Impasse Derails Funding    Enrollment … Continued


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Democracy Now! – September 30, 2013

Freed by DNA, Angola Prisoner Henry James on His 30 Years Behind Bars for Crime He Didn’t Commit; Cancer-Stricken Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Given Just Days to Live After 42 Years in Solitary. HeadlinesSeptember 30, 2013     U.S. Faces Government Shutdown in Obamacare Standoff    Obama, Rouhani Speak in Phone Call    U.N. Security Council Approves … Continued


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Democracy Now! – September 26, 2013

Protest or Piracy? Greenpeace Activists Remain Jailed in Russia After Boarding Arctic Oil Rigl; As IPCC Warns of Climate Disaster, Will Scientific Consensus Spark Action on Global Warming? Matt Taibbi on How Wall Street Hedge Funds Are Looting the Pension Funds of Public Workers. HeadlinesSeptember 26, 2013     U.S. Signs 1st Global Arms Treaty; Over … Continued


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Democracy Now! – September 25, 2013

Obama and Rouhani Welcome New Talks, Offering Hope to Iranians Suffering Under U.S.-Led Sanctions; Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Nairobi Mall Rampage Tied to “Disastrous” U.S. Meddling in Somalia; The Empire President: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s “Neo-Con” Doctrine of Military Force in U.N. Speech. HeadlinesSeptember 25, 2013     U.S.-Iran to Hold New Talks; Rouhani Blasts “Violent” Sanctions    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – September 24, 2013

Ecuador Takes on Chevron, Global Indifference in Controversial Fights to Protect Rainforest; Ecuadorean Foreign Minister on Latin American Resistance to NSA Spying & the Castro-Chávez Legacy; Corroding Our Democracy: Canada Silences Scientists, Targets Environmentalists in Tar Sands Push. HeadlinesSeptember 24, 2013     Kenya: Conflicting Reports Emerge About Standoff at Nairobi Mall    Report: U.S. Has Restarted … Continued


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Democracy Now! – September 23, 2013

  Spilling the NSA’s Secrets: Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger on the Inside Story of Snowden Leaks. HeadlinesSeptember 23, 2013     68 Killed in Militant Attack on Nairobi Mall    78 Killed in Bombing of Pakistani Church; Militants Blame Drone War    Over 120 Killed in Iraq Violence    Russian Foreign Minister Accuses U.S. of “Blackmail” on Authorizing Strikes    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – September 19, 2013

“What Kind of Society Are We Going To Be?”: Ex-NRA Member on the Failure to Address Gun Violence; “This is Genocide in America”: Mother of Slain Chicago Teenager Condemns Gun Violence Epidemic; Two Years After Occupy Wall Street, a Network of Offshoots Continue Activism for the 99%. HeadlinesSeptember 19, 2013     Iranian President Welcomes “Positive” … Continued


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Democracy Now! – September 18, 2013

The 1,000 Year Flood: Did Global Warming Worsen Colorado’s Unprecedented Rainfall? Bill McKibben: Obama Can Salvage His Climate Legacy by Rejecting Keystone XL Oil Pipeline; How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 33 Years Ago, and Still Risks Catastrophe Today. HeadlinesSeptember 18, 2013     Obama Urges Congressional Response After Latest Mass Shooting    Aaron Alexis … Continued