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1. John Atcheson: The Beast Is Starved: Welcome to the Next Great Depression
2. Linda McQuaig: Tycoons Laughing All the Way to the Bank
3. Sarah Churchwell: The Willful Ignorance That Has Dragged the US to the Brink
4. Ralph Nader: 'Retreat, Surrender, Can He at Least Plead?
5. Amy Goodman: War, Debt and the President
6. Robert Reich: Ransom Paid
7. Matthew Norman: The Unmaking of a President
8. Jim Rigby: Five Scriptures You Won’t Hear at Rick Perry’s Prayer Event
9. Nick Turse: A Secret War in 120 Countries: The Pentagon’s New Power Elite
10. Ray McGovern: Obama Blows a Judas Kiss to the Poor

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1. US Judge Orders Nixon's Secret Watergate Testimony Released Despite Obama Opposition
   Thirty-six years after Richard Nixon testified to the Watergate grand jury, a federal judge yesterday ordered the first public release of the transcript about the break-in that drove him from the presidency.
2. 'A Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich': Progressives Pan Debt Deal
   “Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time,” said Harry Truman.
3. GOP Leader: Entitlement Promises ‘Are Not Going To Be Kept’
   House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said he is ready and willing to slash entitlements like Medicare, because, in his opinion, Americans have to “come to grips with the fact that promises have been made that frankly are not going to be kept for many.“
4. Tea Party's August Agenda? "Educate" US About Medicare
   With Medicare at the top of lawmakers' fall agenda, Tea Party movement leaders hope to ignite support for Republican plans to transform the popular federal healthcare program for the elderly.
5. Massive 'Social Justice' Protests Sweep Israel
   Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in 10 cities to protest against the high cost of living and to demand ''social justice, not charity''.
6. The Coming Double Dip: How DC Manufactures Recession
   The debt-ceiling compromise will do nothing to prevent the economy from tumbling into a second recession.
7. Journalist Kicked out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest
   Surely as a member of the fourth estate, the good folks at ALEC would value my investigative efforts and grant me access to their back room dealings.
8. House Dems Furious, See Debt Deal as GOP Win
   House Democrats on Monday expressed outrage at the White House for how it handled the debt-ceiling negotiations, claiming the administration caved to the GOP and left them in the dark.
9. Debt Deal's 'Super Congress' Puts Democracy Behind Curtain
   The proposed so-called "super Congress," created by congressional leaders required to find $1.5 trillion in debt reduction, could wind up making those decisions behind closed doors, away from the public eye.
10. Wanted: 27 New Planet Earths by 2050
    Even if areas dedicated to conserving plants, animals, and other species that provide Earth's life support system increased tenfold, it would not be enough without dealing with the big issues of the 21st century: population, overconsumption and inefficient resource use.