Via Grist.org: “A group of shrimp workers has been protesting dismal conditions in a Thai factory for weeks. The factory, Phatthana Seafood, is one of several brands under a corporate umbrella called PTN Group, and is distributed by Rubicon, a major supplier to Walmart here in the U.S. Not only …

Via The Huffington Post: “Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who confessed to killing 77 people last July, punctuated another day in court on Monday by coolly stating that he had planned on killing as many as 150 people in his attacks, according to Reuters…Breivik said had he been an …

Via Think Progress: “It’s unclear whether Mike and Ike are a married gay couple or merely business partners, but for now, they have split up, opting to pursue competing interests. The candy bearing their names has launched an ad campaign about the fictional invisible characters’ breakup, with Mike pursuing a …

Via The New York Times: “…Most of the attention has focused on ALEC’s role in creating model bills, drafted by lobbyists and lawmakers, that broadly advance a pro-business, socially conservative agenda. But a review of internal ALEC documents shows that this is only one facet of a sophisticated operation for …

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton argues that it was the enhanced interrogation (read: torture) policies started under George Bush and Dick Cheney that led to the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden and that President Obama had nothing to do with it. He made the case in an appearance …

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Via The Guardian: “The US is facing a $15 trillion national debt, and there is no shortage of opinions about how to move toward deficit reduction in the federal budget. One topic you will not hear discussed very often on Capitol Hill is the idea of ending one of the …

Will President Obama end/minimize the war on drugs and legalize marijuana if he wins reelection? MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell thinks the president would in fact legalize or decriminalize cannabis if he wins another term. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks disagree. Subscribe to The Young Turks: http://bit.ly/eWuu5i …

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