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Two of the Washington Post‘s least favorite things: Bernie Sanders and opposition to corporate trade deals.

At WaPo, You Can Say Anything to Support TPP–or to Smear Sanders

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In pushing trade agreements, it is fair to say anything, even if it has no relationship to the truth. Therefore it is not surprising to see Fareed Zakaria (Washington Post, 9/1/16) pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by claiming that it will boost growth, and attacking Bernie Sanders for opposing “trade policies that have lifted hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people out of poverty.”
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Bill Gates’ influence is so ubiquitous it’s invisible.

This Guardian Piece Touting Bill Gates’ Education Investment Brought to You by Bill Gates

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The Guardian (8/31/16) published a broadly positive report on Liberian education, which is handing over the reins of 120 primary schools to a consortium of private education companies and NGOs in a pilot program exploring privatization of the West African nation’s schools. One passage in particular was especially glowing:
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