Cuban Twitter messages mock the Castro brothers in covert US program
The AP obtained internal documents showing that draft messages for a Twitter like network in Cuba were overtly political and mocked the Castro brothers. They conflict with the Obama administration claim that the ZunZuneo program had no US generated political content. US AID head told Congress the program was not covert and aimed to increase information flow. Senator Leahy called the program cockamamie and inadequately described.
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Koch Industries Profit From Obamacare Subsidies Stirs Debate
Democrats fault Koch Industries for profiting from the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program while backing efforts to repeal the health care law. Reid criticized the company in a Senate speech, noting subsidies that helped cover retirees' insurance costs. The 2010 act appropriated 5 billion for the program, aiding many employers including corporations and public entities.
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Hunger strike by American jailed in Cuba begins
Alan Gross, 64, imprisoned in Cuba since 2009 for setting up Internet access for the Jewish community, starts a hunger strike to protest treatment by Cuba and the United States. He was sentenced to 15 years. U S Cuban ties remain strained since 1961.
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Carter laments continued inequality at Civil Rights Act event
Former President Jimmy Carter, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, says black unemployment remains high at 12 percent vs 5.8 for whites and schools stay largely segregated in places. He cites policy gridlock from Citizens United and praises Obama, Clinton, and Bush as other speakers at the 50th anniversary summit.
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