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I'm jim DeMint skin for Thom Hartmann hear on the news
see you need to know this this week americans got a peek behind the curtain
up the trans-pacific partnership
and what we found his frightening on Thursday WikiLeaks published a complete
draft bill the
intellectual property rights chapter of the TPP
and it poses a serious risk to free speech
and information access the document contains proposals that would change
copyright and patent laws
so-called fair use practices and the liabilities for alleged violations
the provision would stifle innovation creativity
and information-sharing all under the guise of protecting intellectual
property
and many up the proposed changes are being suggested by US negotiators
opposition to these restrictive policies is coming from
all from other nations like Canada Chile Malaysia
and New Zealand when our government has previously attempted to pass similar
internet restrictions like so but and I pup the
overwhelming response from web sites online users
and other Americans four-star elected leaders to back down
that response is exactly why much of the TPP is being negotiated in secret
and it explains why US trade officials are asking to fast-track the agreement
negotiators know that americans would not support this deal
officials want to push it through without even giving congress the ability
to amend it
unions civil rights advocates environmental activist and many
other groups are demanding but the details of the TPP be made public
before the massive trade deal is signed Americans have the right to know what it
contains
and the right to demand that our elected leaders say no
to the TPP in screwed news
more than 3,000 people in our country are facing life in prison
without the possibility of parole for nonviolent crimes
many of them are locked up in states in which these harsh sentences are
mandatory
and judges had no discretion in determining the link that their
sentences
you may think that only the worst offenders good base such a tragic fate
but some of these inmates were locked away for stealing clothing
for possessing drug paraphernalia or having trace amounts of narcotics
on themselves for their belongings in addition to being
overly harsh these extreme sentences cost our nation nearly two billion
dollars a year
just to keep these nonviolent offenders behind bars
the ACLU issued a report on these unjust sentences
and they argue that it doesn't have to be this way the report states that there
are many alternatives to locking someone away for drug-related offenses
and that these mandatory life sentences should be abolished
someone should not spend their life behind bars because a pedi
that after drug addiction and taxpayers shouldn't be spending billions to impose
these immoral sentences
in the best for the rest of the news Republican lawmakers want to balance the
federal budget
on the backs of the poor and middle-class Americans but US senator
Bernie Sanders has a better idea
this week senator Sanders introduced a 10-point progressive budget blueprint
that outlines fair ways to raise revenue
reduce spending and create jobs plan calls for closing
offshore tax havens establishing a financial transaction tax on wall
street.
ending tax subsidies for the fossil fuel industry
increasing the capital gains tax repealing the remaining Bush tax cuts
and much more senator Sanders said we must not be content within
economic reality which the middle class at this country continues to disappear
rather than slashing social security medicare food stamps and other social
programs
this progressive budget blueprint offers a plan to protect our social safety net
and it would reduce income inequality re grow the middle class
and stimulate our economy the Sanders progressive budget blueprint
is the right plan for america
according to read cast .org radiation levels around our nation
are spiking in some areas but the erratic ways the radiation have finally
begun to stabilize
on the East Coast Fredericksburg Virginia is seeing levels up 39 counts
per minute
and pittsburgh Pennsylvania is hovering at 34
in the West Seattle Washington is hitting 30 counts per minute
with spikes up fifty some areas in the midwest are seeing higher levels with
Frederick Wisconsin getting readings a 49 counts per minute
its bikes have 77 Colorado Springs is hovering at 60 counts per minute
radiation levels instead to alaska are higher than average with spikes up to 51
counts per minute
readcasts .org reminds us that there alert level is 100 counts per minute
and they are monitoring our nation keep us informed
about radiation level
and finally when a newspaper makes a mistake it's typical for them to print a
retraction
was not typical is for that retraction to be printed 150 years
after the error despite the time lapse the Harrisburg Patriot n Union
newspapers finally
issued an apology *** editorial dismissing the importance of President
Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address the original op-ed dated November 19th 1863
paper called lincoln's remarks silly predicted that they would be lost under
a veil
oblivion obviously the words at the Gettysburg Address have become a sacred
part of our American history
that speech is revered for all that it represents
150 years later the patriot and union admits that they failed to recognize the
speeches momentous important
I must eloquence and lasting significance as they say
better late than never that's the way it is today Friday November 15th 2013
i'm jim DeMint ski sitting in for Thom Hartmann on the news
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