Deirdre Fulton

Upcoming Trove Of Wikileaks Files To Expose Google, U.S. Government

‘Our upcoming series includes significant material on war, arms, oil, Google, the U.S. elections, and myself,’ said Julian Assange on Tuesday

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participates via video link at a news conference marking the 10th anniversary of the secrecy-spilling group in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016.

During a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, the media organization WikiLeaks touted 10 years of drawing the veil of secrecy away from governments and businesses worldwide while also confirming that a new batch of documents—specifically targeting the U.S. government and internet giant Google—will be released over the next two months. "Our

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‘World Watching’ as Tribal Members Put Bodies In Path Of Dakota Access Pipeline

United Nations official echoes call for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to have say with regard to $3.8 billion oil pipeline.

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Thirty-eight activists were arrested in two states on Wednesday as protests against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) continue. While construction on one section of the pipeline has been halted until a court ruling expected next week, work continues at other sites. Earlier this week, a federal judge in Des Moines, Iowa, foiled an

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‘Biggest Gerrymandering Case In A Generation’ Could Have Huge Impact On Elections

‘Gerrymandering pits political power against the people, regardless of which party holds power.’

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Printed in March 1812, this political cartoon was drawn in reaction to the newly drawn state senate election district of South Essex created by the Massachusetts legislature to favor the Democratic-Republican Party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists.

A panel of federal judges on Wednesday advanced what an expert says could be "the biggest gerrymandering case in a generation"—one that could have nationwide implications for elections and democracy across the United States. The three-judge court ruled 2-1 (pdf) that the First Amendment-based claim against partisan gerrymandering regarding

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Arms Industry Donating To Hawkish Clinton Over Incoherent Trump

‘My view is Hillary is far more aligned with the types of issues that are important to the defense industry than Trump is.’

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2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Commerce, Calif. A State Department audit has faulted Hillary Clinton and previous top U.S. diplomats for poorly managing information and slowly responding to new cybersecurity risks. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Employees of 25 of the nation's largest defense companies—such as Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Raytheon—are choosing to fill the coffers of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over those of her rival, GOP nominee Donald Trump. That's according to a new analysis by Politico, published Wednesday and based on federal campaign

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New Study Revels Members Of Congress Receive Preferential Treatment From Big Banks

Members of Congress who ostensibly oversee Wall Street ‘allegedly received preferential treatments from lenders’

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Rit Picone of Newpaltz, N.Y., carries an American flag upside down as a symbol of protest as demonstrators aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, to decry the influence of corporate money in politics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A new study identifies “a direct channel through which financial institutions contribute to the net worth of members of the U.S. Congress”—especially those ostensibly tasked with overseeing those very Wall Street entities. The paper from London Business School professors Ahmed Tahoun and Florin Vasvari, which is based on a “unique dataset”

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Hillary Clinton Backs Away From TPP

Clinton comes out swinging against trade deal she once supported—but fails to explicitly lead against a lame duck vote on Trans Pacific Partnership

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a speech on the economy after touring Futuramic Tool & Engineering, in Warren, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday offered her "strongest words yet against the TPP," according to one progressive organization—but whether it will be enough to convince skeptics remains to be seen. In an economic policy speech delivered in Warren, Michigan, Clinton said her "message to every worker in Michigan and

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Intelligence Official Overseeing Whistleblowing Cases Blows Whistle Himself

McClatchy says claims « add to a barrage of allegations that the federal government’s handling of whistleblower cases is flawed. »

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Whistleblower

An official charged with investigating whistleblower cases within the U.S. intelligence community is himself blowing the whistle on alleged "public corruption," according to new reporting by McClatchy. Journalist Marisa Taylor describes Daniel Meyer as "the Obama administration's top official overseeing how intelligence agencies handle

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