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Wendell Potter | Elimination of Public Option Threw Consumers to the Insurance Wolves

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Wendell Potter | Elimination of Public Option Threw Consumers to the Insurance Wolves
Senator Joe Lieberman. (photo: Cooper/CBS)

Wendell Potter, The Center for Public Integrity
Potter writes: "When members of Congress caved to demands from the insurance industry and ditched their plan to establish a 'public option' health plan, the lawmakers also ditched one of their favorite talking points, that a government-run plan was necessary to 'keep insurers honest.'"
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Boston Using Prison Labor to Shovel Heaps of Snow in Frigid Temperatures for Pennies
Alan Pyke, Think Progress
Pyke writes: "After another 16 inches of snow fell on the Boston area this weekend, bringing the city's total snowfall for the past month up over seven feet, the beset city is turning to prison labor for help digging out.
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CNN/ORC Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose Netanyahu Invite
Alexandra Jaffe, CNN
Jaffe writes: "A large majority of Americans believe that Republican congressional leaders should not have invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress without consulting the White House, according to a new CNN/ORC survey."
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Senior London Telegraph Writer Peter Oborne Quits Over HSBC Allegations
Adam Sherwin, The Independent
Sherwin writes: "A senior writer at the Daily Telegraph has dramatically quit the newspaper after accusing its owners, the Barclay Brothers, of suppressing reports about the HSBC scandal out of fear of losing advertising revenue."
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Footage Shows St. Louis Police Officer Advising Fellow Cops to Shut Dashboard Camera Off During Arrest
Julian Kimble, Complex
Kimble writes: "Footage has surfaced of a police officer in St. Louis telling fellow officers to turn off a dashboard camera during an arrest."
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Deep in the Amazon, a Tiny Tribe is Beating Big Oil
David Goodman, Yes Magazine
Goodman writes: "Behind Gualinga, 400,000 people are in the streets calling for global action to stop climate change."
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