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#ThisIsACoup: Global Anger Erupts Over Germany’s Harsh Austerity Demands

#ThisIsACoup became the top trending hashtag on Twitter worldwide – and is #1 in Germany and Greece.

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A list of draconian new austerity demands handed to the Greek government in Brussels Sunday ignited a global backlash against Germany, German Prime Minister Angela Merkel and finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble. #ThisIsACoup became the top trending hashtag on Twitter worldwide - and is #1 in Germany and Greece. The tag was attached to tens

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VIDEO: ‘You’re Outta Here, Son’: Josh Fox Kicked Off Fox News Over Fracking Report

Host shuts down interview in response to environmental activist and director of Gasland exposing misleading coverage of EPA fracking study.

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Josh Fox, an environmental activist and director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Gasland, on Monday joined Fox News host Stuart Varney to discuss a recent government report on the effects of fracking on groundwater and the media's misleading coverage of its findings, as well as Varney's stance that he would not frack on his own land, but

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Elizabeth Warren Calls On Hillary Clinton To ‘Be Clearer’ On TPP

Senator says presidential candidate must ‘weigh in on trade’.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday called on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to clarify her position on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the corporate-friendly trade deal that has become one of the most contentious issues in

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Bernie Sanders Is Running For President

Sanders, the longest-serving Independent member of Congress, will reportedly run as a Democrat

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins House Democrats in stating their disagreement and disappointment with President Barack Obama's State of the Union request for fast track trade authority, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sources reported Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will officially

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‘Stop TTIP’: Global Day of Action Draws Tens of Thousands

‘Rising anti-American sentiment linked to revelations of U.S. spying and fears of digital domination by firms like Google’.

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Thousands march against the planned free trade agreement TTIP between the European Union and the USA in Stuttgart, Germany on April 18, 2015. Negotiations on TTIP are due to resume in New York on Monday April 20, 2015. (EFE/EPA/Michael Latz)

Thousands march against the planned free trade agreement TTIP between the European Union and the USA in Stuttgart, Germany on April 18, 2015. Negotiations on TTIP are due to resume in New York on Monday April 20, 2015. (EFE/EPA/Michael Latz) Demonstrators marched around the globe Saturday to protest the Transatlantic Trade and Investment

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Yemen: Suicide Bomb Attack Kills 135 At Shia Mosques

A group claiming affiliation with ISIS claimed responsibility, but the link has not been independently verified.

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Houthis near a damaged car after a bomb attack in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 20, 2015.

Shia rebels, known as Houthis, stand near a damaged car after a bomb attack in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 20, 2015. Triple suicide bombers hit a pair of mosques crowded with worshipers in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Friday, causing heavy casualties, according to witnesses. The attackers targeted mosques frequented by Shiite rebels, who have

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Wisconsinites Rally To Stop ‘Right-to-Work’ Bill

‘I am not a terrorist’ is a common theme at Saturday’s protest against Scott Walker’s ‘right to work’ bill.

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Participants march in a rally against a "right-to-work" proposal, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, in Madison, Wis. Thousands of Wisconsin union workers rallied at the Capitol Saturday to protest a "right-to-work" proposal that would outlaw the mandatory payment of union dues. (Wisconsin State Journal/Steve Apps) On Saturday, the Wisconsin

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