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Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Joseph Cortright, Gmos, Transition Team, Tom Vilsack, Dennis Wolff, Fda, Barack Obama, Monsanto, Rbgh, Secretary of Agriculture, Genetically Engineered Food, Michael Taylor, Unbossed, Dan Glickman, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Obama Transition, Obama GMOs, Bovine Growth Hormone, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, Steven Druker, Oregon, Genetic Engineering, Rbst, Obama Usda, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

Instead of giving us change and hope, biotech "Yes Men" on Obama's team may prolong the hypnotic "group think" that has been institutionalized over three previous administrations.

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Howard Fineman

Obama's New Chief Of Staff: The Final Candidates Emerge

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Obama Chief of Staff, White House Chief of Staff, Tom Vilsack, Tom Daschle, Pete Rouse, Bill Daley, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is in what appears to be the final stages of choosing a new White House Chief of Staff from among the following c...

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USDA Continues to Lie About Pigford Fraud Despite Lawyer Statements

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Transparency, Usda, Lawyers, Tom Vilsack, President Barack Obama, Pigford Settlement, Pigford, Class Action Lawsuit, Candidate Obama, Lawsuit, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

The fraud of Pigford is real. It's tens of millions of dollars, at least. The USDA knows about it. They aren't telling the truth and unfortunately, if we're going to get to the truth it's going to have to come from Republican-led hearings.

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The Media's Failure to Report on Pigford Hurts Black Farmers

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Liberal Media, Tom Vilsack, Liberal Media Bias, Agriculture, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Racism, Pigford, Black Farmers, Pigford v. Glickman, Race, Eric Holder, Media News
Lee Stranahan

The story the press wants you to hear about Pigford is an overly simple one. But it's a very complex story, and not something that can be explained easily between two commercial breaks.

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Why Anderson Cooper Botched the Billion Dollar Pigford Story

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Fraud, Tom Vilsack, Black Farmers Settlement, Farmers, Black Farmers, Anderson Cooper, Steve King Barack Obama, Pigford v. Glickman, Usda, Steve King, John Boyd, Tea Party Racism, Racist, Racism, Media News
Lee Stranahan

One of the worst things about the racist charge is that too often, it's a distraction. A sideshow. In constructing their hyped up news segments, the mainstream TV shows miss the actual story.

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Food and Farming in Obama's First 100 Days

Michael Pollan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Farming, Michelle Obama, Michael Pollan, President Obama, Organic Food, Crop Subsidies, Sustainable Food, Tom Vilsack, White House Garden, Nutrition, Agriculture, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Obama's First 100 Days, Gardening, 100 Days, Home News
Michael Pollan

Perhaps the most encouraging action so far has come from the East Wing, where Michelle Obama has been speaking out about the importance of real, fresh food, home cooking and gardening.

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Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Tennessee Walking Horses, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Aphis, Tom Vilsack, Horses, Usda, Horse Shows, Office of Inspector General, Impact News
Wayne Pacelle

Horse show industry groups are certified by the USDA to hire, train and license inspectors who are responsible for examining horses at shows for illegal soring.That's right, industry self-regulation.

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Vilsack Changes Tune on the Ethanol Tariff

Joel Velasco | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Renewable Energy, Tariffs, Washington DC, Veetc, Subsidies, Ethanol, Biofuels, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Green News
Joel Velasco

Tom Vilsack should remember that there's wisdom -- and benefits for Americans in the form of lower fuel prices and taxpayer savings -- to be found in fostering competition.

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Iowa Democrats Not Alone In Support Of Gay Rights Amid Attack On Judges

TylerKingkade | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Supreme Court, Chet Culver, Gay Rights, eyesandears2010, Terry Branstad, American Family Association, Tom Harkin, Bob Vander Plaats, Iowa for Freedom, Roxanne Conlin, Eyes and Ears, Christie Vilsack, Tom Vilsack, Varnum v. Brien, Home News
TylerKingkade

Iowa Democrats have put their support behind the three State Supreme Court judges targeted by conservative activists for their 2009 unanimous decisio...

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Feds Lack Emergency Plans For Flooding

AP | CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Arkansas Flood Deaths, Floods, Forest Service, Arkansas Flooding, Tom Vilsack, Flood, Flooding, Arkansas Flooding Deaths, Weather, Forest Service Flood, Arkansas Flood, Forest Service Flood Plan, Green News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Forest Service acknowledges in a new report that the agency had no warning plan in place the night 20 people died i...

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U.S. Launches Renewable Energy Initiative Focused On Biofuel

Yahoo! News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Biofuel US, US Renewable Energy, US Biofuel, Green Energy, Tom Vilsack, Food Conservation and Energy Act, Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Green News

The United States launched a renewable energy initiative to boost biofuel production to create jobs, lessen the effects of climate change and wean the...

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Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Strikes Back At Critics

TylerKingkade | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Iowa, Project-Jeremiah, Tom Vilsack, Varnum v. Brien, Justice Not Politics, National Organization for Marriage, Terry Branstad, Marsha Turnus, Eyes and Ears, Joy Corning, Activist Judges, Sally Pederson, Rob Boston, Cornerstone-World-Outreach, Sioux City, American Family Association, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Chief Justice, Iowa Supreme Court, Waukee, Home News
TylerKingkade

AMES, IOWA -- Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus fired back Tuesday against critics seeking to oust her and two other justices who were a ...

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Drinking Sugar

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Food Stamps, Tom Vilsack, David Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, Soda, American Beverage Association, Shirley Sherrod, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Darren Dopp, Eliot Spitzer, New York News
Henry J. Stern

Why should we taxpayers subsidize obesity and the medical costs that caring for diabetes would require? Why should kids be brought up on sugar water?

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Better than TV (or that work email)! Live Stream of the GreenGov Conference

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Steven Chu, Planet Forward, Nancy Sutley, Tom Vilsack, Greengov, Green News
Frank Sesno

Today we launch the first day of the Green Gov Conference held at George Washington University in Washington DC. Administration officials Steven Chu, ...

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Ninety Years On - Will the Feds Finally Break Up the Meat Monopoly?

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Tom Vilsack, Packers and Stockyards Act, Farmers, Monopoly, Hogs, Antitrust, Conspiracy, Food, Cattle, Ranchers, Meat, Meat Industry, Food Monnopoly, Eric Holder, Food Industry, Green News
Regina Weiss

In 1919 the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported to President Woodrow Wilson on a months-long investigation that produced seven volumes of evide...

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Meet Your Meat: Why We All Should Care Where Our Burger Comes From

Sam Schabacker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Food & Water Watch, Usda, Denver-Colorado, Tom Vilsack, Livestock, Agriculture, Doj, Food, Department of Justice, Colorado, Denver News
Sam Schabacker

As corporations increasingly own the animals on giant feedlots they control, they are able to suppress the price independent ranchers across the state can get for their livestock.

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Tom Vilsack Offered To Resign Over Shirley Sherrod Debacle

Politico | Roger Simon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Shirley Sherrod Tom Vilsack, Tom Vilsack, Shirley Sherrod Racism, Tom Vilsack Resignation, Shirley Sherrod, Shirley Sherrod Resignation, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Politics News

...In a 75-minute, exclusive interview Tuesday, [Agriculture Secretary Tom] Vilsack told me about his initial suspension of Shirley Sherrod and his su...

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Marcus Baram

Ms. Sherrod Goes To Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Tom Vilsack, Sherrod Naacp, Shirley Sherrod, Sherrod Scandal, Sherrod Usda, Sherrod Job Offer, Sherrod Vilsack, Politics News

Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department employee forced to resign after an edited video clip gave the false impression that she had discriminated ...

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Friday Talking Points [132] -- The DMV? Really?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Debt, Tea Party, Forward, Floor, 9/11, Dc, Nevada, Deficit, Video, Swamp, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Tax Cuts, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Reid, First Responders, Tom Vilsack, Deficit Spending, Resign, Democrat, Angle, Bush Era, Democrats, Barack Obama, Dmv, The Swamp, Mddotw, Make It in America, Harry Reid, Weiner, Senate, Social Security, Small Business, President Obama, Speech, Washington, Sharron Angle, Deficits Don't Matter, Cheney, Democratic, Obama, Patty and Selma, Charlie Rangel, Van Jones, Bush Years, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush Tax Cuts, Pelosi, Ethics, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Obstructionism, Vilsack, Nation's Capital, Ed Schultz, Anthony Weiner, House, Fire, Too Extreme, Rangel, Chris Weigant, Sherrod, Shirley Sherrod, Fox News, George W Bush, Netroots Nation, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last week, this column took a week off, due to an extended trip into the desert for the Netroots Nation convention. But now, we turn our sights back ...

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What Journalism Students Can Learn From Shirley Sherrod, JournoList

Matt Vasilogambros | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Dave Weigel, Andrew Breitbart, Ezra Klein, Tom Vilsack, New York Times, Shirley Sherrod, Washington Post, Octavia Nasr, Journalism, College News
Matt Vasilogambros

Take note of what happened in the world of journalism this summer. As we've seen, even professionals continue to adapt to the industry and learn from the actions of their colleagues.

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Agriculture Secretary Puts The Brakes On New Roads In National Forests

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Department of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, Public Land, Roadless Rule, Clinton Administration, Denver News

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Gaggle of Problems With New York Plans to Kill Canada Geese

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Geese, Tom Vilsack, Population Control, Canada Geese, Slaughter, New York Times, Usda, New York, New York City, Prospect Park, Prospect Park Geese, Wildlife, New York News
Wayne Pacelle

Officials plan to kill more than 150,000 Canada geese in New York alone. Brooklyn was shocked when 400 Prospect Park geese were killed. In our day, such mass slaughter is wrong and unacceptable.

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Will President Obama Have Another "Beer Summit" After the Shirley Sherrod Fiasco?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Shirley Sherrod, Beer Summit, Department of Agrigulture, Tom Vilsack, President Obama, Politics News
Dexter Rogers

At the end of the day, those at the top will not give up what they've accumulated via oppression without being forced to do so.

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Does Anyone Remember That Tom Vilsack Ran for President in 2008?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Shirley Sherrod, Obama, Tom Vilsack, Presidential Election, Bill Clinton, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

Before Monday, when he fired USDA bureaucrat Shirley Sherrod and then had to beg her to return, not that many people had ever heard of Tom Vilsack, a former governor of Iowa.

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Shirley Sherrod, Black Farmers and the 2010 Racial World Cup

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Msnbc, John Boehner, Morning Joe, Politic365.Com, President Obama, Obama Administration, Black Farmers, Shirley Sherrod Resignation, Racial, Black Enterprise, Race, Naacp, Benjamin Jealous, Politics, Joe Scarborough, biggovernment.com, Naacp Tea Party Racism, Racism, Black, Usda, Obama Black Farmers, Tea Party, African Americans, John Boyd, Andrew Breitbart, Tom Vilsack, Roland Martin, Democrats, Tea-Party-Naacp-Resolution, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Lawrence O'Donnell, Shirley Sherrod, Republicans, Senate, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Perhaps one of the more eloquent and official retrospectives resulting from the Shirley Sherrod incident was White House Press Secretary Robert Gibb's...

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