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            The latest Shortwave Report (February 20) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom

New 2015  White House Petition: MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL!Until your petition reaches 150 signatures, it will not be publicly viewable on the Open Petitions section of We the People, so be sure to share this URL:Short URL: http://wh.gov/ibBscSave and Share this URL: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-marijuana-legal/5WhqqlSb "we petition the obama administration to:MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL!"Published Date: Feb 12, 2015Issues: Agriculture, Civil Rights and Lib

The 21st of January, 2015 marked the 5th anniversary of the Supreme Court's notorious Citizens United case, which legalized unlimited corporate campaign cash in US poltiics. Protesters showed up in multiple locations. Five people were arrested disrupting the Supreme Court's opening day of the year for yelling "One person, one vote" according to NBC News. Public Citizen staged a substantial rally at the White House, and Code Pink showed up in front of the US Chamber of Commerce, which represents some of the major beneficiaries of Citizen's United.