DN!: Spending Bill Includes $24B Loan Guarantees for Nuke Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:00:07 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST December 17, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Last chance to order Democracy Now! caps, t-shirts, books, totebags, mugs, DVDs, etc., with guaranteed delivery before the Xmas holiday is today! Visit the Democracy Now! webstore and place your order now at http://www.democracynow.org/contribute/donate_money = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is accepting applications for internships in New York City for the winter/spring semester. Please email admin@democracynow.org for more information. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Spending Bill Includes $24 Billion Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Industry * The House is set to vote Tuesday on the $500 billion 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Hidden in the bill is a major energy package that would boost government financing for the nuclear industry. It would provide loan guarantees of up to $25 billion for new nuclear reactors. We speak with Harvey Wasserman, editor of nukefree.org. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/17/spending_bill_includes * Harvey Wasserman on New Ohio Voting Report: "The 2004 Election Was Stolen… Finally We Have Irrefutable Confirmation" * Ohio’s top election official, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, announced Friday that the voting systems that decided the 2004 election in Ohio were rife with “critical security failures.” We speak with Harvey Wasserman, author of “What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election.” Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/17/harvey_wasserman_on_new * Four of Bolivia's Wealthiest Regions Declare Autonomy in Protest of New Constitution * Bolivian President Evo Morales formally received a copy of the country’s new draft constitution on Saturday, as tens of thousands of supporters marched through the capital of La Paz. But four of Bolivia’s wealthiest regions have declared autonomy in protest of the plans. We speak with Jim Shultz of the Democracy Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/17/four_of_bolivias * A Debate on Hugo Chavez and Venezuela's Failed Constitutional Referendum * Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was handed his first electoral loss since winning the presidency seven years ago when he narrowly lost a controversial referendum on 69 proposed changes to the constitution earlier this month. Chavez conceded defeat in the referendum and said he would leave office in 2012. We host a debate with Greg Wilpert, author of “Changing Venezuela by Taking Power” and Francisco Rodriguez, the former chief economist of the Venezuelan National Assembly. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/17/a_debate_on_hugo_chavez * FCC Chair Kevin Martin Refuses to Delay Vote on Proposed Rewrite of Media Ownership Rules * Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has refused to delay a vote on his proposed changes to rewrite media ownership laws. The vote is set for Tuesday. We speak with Craig Aaron of Free Press, a national media reform organization. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/17/fcc_chair_kevin_martin * Headlines for December 17, 2007 * Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish Villages in Iraq Democratic Senators OK $189 Billion in New Iraq War Funding Report: More Troops Sought For Afghanistan Mukasey Blocks Congressional Probe of Destroyed CIA Tapes Anti-Torture Bill Fails in Senate Senate to Debate Expanding Government’s Spy Powers Bali Talks Ends Without Plan To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rep. Wexler Leads New Effort to Impeach Cheney Players Linked to Bush’s Texas Rangers Named in Steroid Report Demolition of New Orleans Public Housing Postponed Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/17/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Monday, December 17, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Tuesday, December 18, 2007: * EXCLUSIVE: In his first broadcast interview, a Yemeni man details 19 months of torture from inside a secret US prison = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "From Oil Wars to Water Wars" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071211_from_oil_wars_to_water_wars/ Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. 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