rachel maddow - activists call on doj threaten legal action over florida voter purge
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may 30 2012judith browne-dianis co-director of the advancement project who sued florida over voting rights violations talks with rachel maddow about the legality of the florida governor039s efforts to purge the state039s voter rolls ahead of the upcoming election

rwanda has better health care than america
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ben franklin famously said at the end of the constitutional convention in 1787 that quotif we don039t hang together we shall surely hang separatelyquot that lesson of quotwe039re all in it togetherquot wasn039t lost on rwanda rwanda - a small nation in central africa - is one of the poorest and most underdeveloped nations in the world nearly 60 percent of rwandans live below the national poverty line - and in rwanda with an average income of just 560 per year per family - less than 2 a day - being in poverty meant bringing home and living on as little as ten cents a day from 1990 to 1994 - the nation had a civil war - and in april of 1994 - the rwandan genocide began - lasting for 3 months - and taking the lives of nearly 1 million rwandans and yet - despite going through a civil war and a genocide - and being one of the poorest countries in the world - the tiny nation of rwanda has something the united states doesn039t - a healthcare system that works for alltoday - the new talking point coming from the right against obamacare is that it raises taxes yet that039s exactly how rwanda went about creating a healthcare system that works for everybody today - only 4 of the rwandan population is uninsured - compared to more than 16 in the united states so how039d rwanda do it in 1999 - most rwandans never had seen a doctor and even when they were really sick couldn039t get into a hospital - primarily because costs were so high that average citizens simply couldn039t afford it knowing they had to take action - the government039s ministry of health started a pilot project of providing health insurance in three of the country039s districts with success in these districts - the program began to spread across the country in 2004 it ran into some kinks though the main one was that the government set insurance premiums at 2 dollars per year - and that was too much for for most rwandans to affordso - then - the program shifted to a progressive tax system for wealthy rwandans - insurance premiums increased to 8 dollars a year - while premiums for the poor decreased - to zero this is similar to what039s in obamacare - with poor and low-income americans getting free medicaid or tax subsidies to purchase health insurance at no expense today - the results of rwanda039s universal health care system are remarkable now - there is a massive network of community health workers across the country - in both cities and villages 80 percent of aids patients in rwanda are getting the treatments they need - which is really critical in a nation with one of the highest aids infection rates in all of africa just ten years ago - before the insurance program was put in place - life expectancy was a meager 48 years at birth now - its 58 and - in the last 5 years - deaths of children under 5 have dropped by half - and malaria - a once debilitating and highly deadly disease in rwanda - is now diagnosed quicker which means life-saving treatment is provided faster

duke dobbs for president
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i039m duke dobbs renegade tea party candidate for president of these united states support me at twittercomdukedobbs or e-mail your questions to dukedobbsgmailcom

wall street scored big in the last elections
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wall street - not santorum - came out on top in last night039s republican primaries how is it that wall street seems to always get its way in american politics

exposing the new republican conspiracy amp paranoia
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sam sacks progressive strategist joins thom hartmann the republican party loves to start conspiracy theories in attempts to sway american voters why do they resort to these tactics - and do they really think they039re fooling anyone

your takemy take - overseas american can039t move home
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quotyour take - my takequot is your chance to send in your questions comments rants and observations about anything we talk about here on the big picture or during my radio show

should we demand an end to drug patents it039s killing you
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neal asbury host-quottruth for americaquot joins thom hartmann india is changing its patent laws - making access to life-saving drugs more affordable for it039s citizens i039ll explain why thomas jefferson would have applauded this decision

lone liberal rumble - what would palin write on her palm debating obama
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brian darling human events ampamp david martosko daily caller join thom to talk about derivatives iran voter id laws and palin vs obama--- anyone else thinks santorum is sarah palin in a suit-- so when are republicans going to come clean and admit that when there039s a republican in the white house they spend like drunken sailors to make the economy work and when there039s a democrat in the white house they do everything they can to scream about debt and block spending -- when pharmaceutical companies make a new drug - it takes 8 years to approve trial after trial test after test when wall street make a new financial instrument - they just sell it what039s up with that-- iran: it seems that a decade of failed wars has helped the american public to understand that this country can039t afford to start another one-- aren039t the chances of being struck by lightning greater than the likelihood of someone committing voter fraud-- quickfire wracked by a week of bad press - gubernatorial quitter sarah palin took to her facebook page to challenge president obama to a debate she wrote quoti039m more than happy to accept the dubious honor of being barack obama039s 039enemy of the week039and debate him on the issues american are actually concerned aboutquot we know that sarah palin likes to prep by writing her notes on her hand - so what might she scrawl on her palm before going toe-to-toe with president obama

vote naked illinois
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directed by ky dickensyellow wing productions edited by cj arellanocamera operator: amanda cliffordsound by ryan loganproduced by ky dickenssponsored by equality illinois the chicago reader rock the vote ampamp roosevelt university

ofa wisconsin: own your vote
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volunteer in wisconsin: https:mybarackobamacomownyourvotewividwisconsin just passed a new voting law that adds several challenges to be able to vote on election day in response to this we039ve created http:wwwownyourvotewicom a site that lists the five major changes to wisconsin039s voter id law and provides information to make sure you039re able to vote on election day but making sure all eligible voters have the information they need to cast their ballots this election day is a big task and it can only be accomplished by volunteers across the state doing what they can to spread the word click here to volunteer: https:mybarackobamacomownyourvotewivid

michigan gop joins push to raise obstacles to voting
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june 13 2012rev david bullock president of highland park naacp talks with ezra klein about michigan state republicans forcing through new voting laws over the lawful objections of democrats as opponents charge voter suppression

wikileaks released email shows obama 2008 voter fraud russian money
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produced by obama files http:webmecomkzvideoofobama_files_homehtmlas part of the wikileaks stratfor email dump over the weekend an email has come to light sent in 2008 by a mccain insider on the day obama gave his victory speechnovember 7 in which the insider makes some startling allegations and says he has proof that the obama campaign andor supporters had: 1 stuffed the ballot boxes in pennsylvania and ohio 2 had given jesse jackson 039hush039 money to keep his anti-semitic diatribes to himself 3 had received campaign contributions from an individual or group within russia it appears the business insider was the first one to break the story on friday the msm as could be expected is ignoring these startling revelationsif these statements are true along with the ever-growing fast and furious scandal and mountain of dead bodies impeachment hearings for barack hussein obama may finally be called for from the general publicwikileaks email: http:wikileaksorggifilesdocs339396_re-insight-the-dems-and-dirty-tricks-internal-use-only-plshtmlfirst outlet to break story: http:wwwbusinessinsidercomleaked-stratfor-emails-democrats-tampered-with-2008-election-2012-4

rachel maddow - republicans see success in war on unions
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june 1 2012 ed schultz host of quotthe ed showquot on msnbc talks with rachel maddow about the republican plan to destroy unions and what039s at stake in next tuesday039s recall election in wisconsin

corporations pulling out of alec
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via reuters: quotreuters - coca-cola co is dropping its membership in a conservative national advocacy group that supports quotstand your groundquot laws such as the one being used as a defense in the florida killing of an unarmed black teenager trayvon martinquot cenk uygur discusses some of the other well known corporations that have pulled out of alec american legislative exchange council http:wwwreuterscomarticle20120405us-usa-coke-alec-idusbre8341dk20120405subscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ifind out how to watch the young turks on current by clicking here: http:wwwcurrentcomgettyt the largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

martin bashir - gop 039voter id039 efforts threaten to marginalize voters nationwide
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july 11 2012rep eddie bernice johnson d-texas joins martin bashir and chastises republicans for pursuing voter id laws for the primary purpose of defeating president obama