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+ updated at 10:16am ESDT

+ In this video, Senator Bernie Sanders talks sensibly, clearly and informatively about Healthcare reform:

+ Alternet offers "10 Awesome Things That Would Happen If Health Reform Passes" by Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted August 14, 2009. "Forget the fearmongering scare tactics of the right, here's how your life will actually be better."

This article may be dated but it gets to the heart of what's at stake in Healthcare reform and is very informative. Actually, what has changed since August is that the prospects for most if not all of the reforms Holland is highlighting have improved dramatically.

+ Alternet offers "Is the End Near for the Right-Wing's Vice Grip on U.S. Israeli Policy?" by Joshua Holland, AlterNet. "Obama's national security adviser will keynote the inaugural conference of the moderate advocacy group J-Street, an alternative to Washington's hawkish Israel lobby."

+ Alternet offers "6 Signs That the American Empire Is Coming to an Early End" by Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com: "The day of America's global pre-eminence is over. We must face the new global realities."