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FACT CHECK: Oil stats belie tough enforcement talk

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the three years since President Barack Obama took office, Republicans have made the Environmental Protection Agency a lightning rod for complaints that his administration has been too tough on oil and gas producers....

FACT CHECK: Oil stats belie tough enforcement talk

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the three years since President Barack Obama took office, Republicans have made the Environmental Protection Agency a lightning rod for complaints that his administration has been too tough on oil and gas producers....

Palast in London with Warren Ellis to launch Vultures' Picnic: June 26

Greg Palast - Articles - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29

Greg Palast, Warren Ellis, Anna Chen, Laurie Penny
London - 26 June - ULU 'The Venue' at 7pm - 9 pm

Greg Palast will be joined by special guests Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Crooked Little Vein), Anna Chen (Madam Miaow Says - Blog), Laurie Penny ( of The New Statesman, Penny Red), John Hilary (War on Want) and Nick Dearden (Jubilee Debt Campaign)

… for the launch of the UK edition of Palast's new book,
Vultures' Picnic: A Tale of Oil, High Finance and Investigative Reporting…

In association with Jubilee Debt Campaign, Greenpeace and Occupy London.

Seats are very limited, so reserve yours here now.

A minimum donation of £10 gets you admission and a signed copy of Palast's new book, Vultures' Picnic.
£5 minimum donation for admission only.

Vultures’ Picnic is an eye-opening, heart-pumping, mind-blowing experience that should not, MUST not, be missed. - Nomi Prins

Download and read Chapter 1: Goldfinger.
Or you can pre-order Vultures' Picnic here.

If you have friends in London make sure they don't miss this.

See you in London,
Greg

For media requests and review copies contact: olivershykles(at)gmail.com

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Romney wins 105 Texas delegates on big night

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney won 105 delegates in the Texas primary on the night he clinched the Republican nomination for president, giving him more than two-thirds of the delegates up for grabs in the contest....

Romney wins 105 Texas delegates on big night

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney won 105 delegates in the Texas primary on the night he clinched the Republican nomination for president, giving him more than two-thirds of the delegates up for grabs in the contest....

Romney was missing in action in Massachusetts

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
John Avlon says Mitt Romney may have achieved a lot in the private sector but in his role in government as a public official he chose to bail out
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Shootings leave 6 dead in already jittery Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — A city already anxious about a recent spate of shootings was rattled further when a man walked into an arts cafe near a Seattle university and opened fire, fatally wounding four people. Police say he later killed a woman during a carjacking before shooting himself.

As officers ...

Obama signs bill reauthorizing Export-Import Bank

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed legislation that renews the charter of the Export-Import Bank for three years and increases the bank's lending cap to $140 billion from the current $100 billion. The bank is the government's vehicle for promoting U.S. export sales....

Obama: Election is chance to break stalemate

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
CLEVELAND (AP) -- President Barack Obama said November's election will give voters the chance to break a stalemate about America's direction, declaring Thursday in a campaign speech in battleground Ohio that he and Republican Mitt Romney offer "two fundamentally different views" about how to grow the economy and create jobs....

Judge won't delay Jerry Sandusky's sex-abuse trial

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trail remained on track to begin next week following a ruling by the presiding judge on Wednesday.

Judge John Cleland rejected the argument for a delay by the defense for the former Penn State assistant football coach, who was charged in November ...

Matthew Kaminski: 'Gafa Obamy'

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-04-24 07:29
A presidential faux pas mangles World War II history and insults Poland.


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