Confidents Hillary Unveils Progressive Agenda | Big Finance's Big Ripoff | 1/2 of Govt Aid Recipients Think They Don't Receive Aid

TODAY'S TOP STORIES - July 29, 2016 Poised and Confident, Hillary Clinton's DNC Speech Lays Out a Progressive Agenda -- Will the Sanders Insurgency Buy in? By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet After a week of snubs, their grassroots revolution is acknowledged. READ MORE» Over $100,000: That's How Much Big Finance Rips You Off By Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet New research shows that the average U.S. household loses over $100,000 to destructive activities of bankers and financiers. READ MORE» Half of Government Aid Recipients Say They've Never Received Government Aid By Kali Holloway, AlterNet Self-delusion is a hell of a drug. READ MORE» Koch's Latest Propaganda Disaster: Another Academic Sell-Out Sets Off Controversy With Remarks By Alex Kotch, AlterNet Charles Koch's incestuous academic network serves only to promote his brand of tax-slashing, regulation-killing economics.  READ MORE» If You Never Read a Trump Polling Story Again, Would It Matter? By Marty Kaplan, AlterNet Do we miss anything by tuning out horserace-style election coverage? READ MORE» FLASHBACK: When Millions of Lost Bush White House Emails (From Private Accounts) Triggered a Media Shrug By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters Millions of missing White House emails that were sought in connection to a congressional investigation. READ MORE» Erasing Melania's Past: Her Website Gets Scrubbed Amid Reports She Lied About College Degree By Brendan Gauthier, Salon The GOP nominee's third wife falsely claimed time and again that she graduated from University in Slovenia. READ MORE» Clean Energy Is Booming in Historically Red States—and It's Splitting Conservatives Apart By Jeremy Deaton, Climate Nexus Deep-red Texas now boasts more wind generating capacity than the next three biggest producers—combined. READ MORE» Campaigns End on Election Day—Revolutions Don't By Jim Hightower, AlterNet The revolution won't "Bern out" and fold; its fighters have audacious, long-term ambitions. READ MORE» Top 10 Reasons U.S. Govt. Seems to Be Fine With Blowing Up Children By David Swanson, CounterPunch This latest story of blowing up 85 civilians in their homes has some people confused and concerned. This should help you out. READ MORE» One in Four Women Are Exposed to Nicotine While Pregnant By Ilana Novick, AlterNet A new study reveals that pregnant women are under-reporting smoking. READ MORE» Life Is Hell for Most Egg-Laying Chickens in the U.S.—but the Growing Cage-Free Movement Is Changing That By Josh Balk, AlterNet Ninety-five percent of all egg-laying hens in the U.S. spend their lives in battery cages so small they can't even stretch their wings. READ MORE» Men, Want to Explore Your Bisexual Side? Here's One Way to Start By Carrie Weisman, AlterNet One lifestyle is starting to open itself up to new relationships and taboo forms of sexual expression. READ MORE» That Time Trump Wriggled His Way out of Bankruptcy and Called It a 'Blip' By Mark Singer, Tim Duggan Books He had to say good-bye to his 282-foot yacht, the Trump Princess, and to his Boeing 727. READ MORE» MSNBC's Tamron Hall Lays Waste to DNC Protesters for Shouting Down John Lewis By David Edwards, Raw Story Have some respect for a civil rights icon. READ MORE» You are subscribed as: bsamad2007.adnan@blogger.com View this mailing as a webpage. SUPPORT ALTERNET | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY | UNSUBSCRIBE © 2015 Independent Media Institutes All Rights Reserved 1881 Harmon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703