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Maedhros

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15. One of the issues with the TPP is that it is negotiated in secret,

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 07:07 PM

Jan 2014

therefore details are hard to come by. Wikileaks leaked a proposed draft of the legislation in Nov 2013, which provided insight into what the negotiators are after.

Here is a site dedicated to providing information about the TPP: http://tppinfo.org/

Here are some analyses by various left-leaning organizations:

Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org/media/2014/140115.asp

TechDirt: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131113/08405625230/tpp-ip-chapter-leaked-confirming-its-worse-than-acta.shtml

Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp

Public Citizen (Warning: PDF): http://www.citizen.org/documents/Leaked-TPP-Investment-Analysis.pdf

Medicin Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders): http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=7145

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Reid Announces Opposition to 'Fast Track' on Trade [View all] antigop Jan 2014 OP

Lord knows, this is a White House that needs to be broken with... by any Democrat with a shred of villager Jan 2014 #1

Please please please EVERYONE call Harry Reid's office and thank him & e-mail loudsue Jan 2014 #69

And if you want to go so far as to contribute to his reelection... nilram Jan 2014 #78

That is a really good idea! loudsue Jan 2014 #79

Good for you, Harry! RussBLib Jan 2014 #2

Their idea is that the world should share the poverty. Oligarchy. nm rhett o rick Jan 2014 #19

Spot on! Phlem Jan 2014 #24

They can think that - TBF Jan 2014 #70

Full free Washington Post article link here: KeepItReal Jan 2014 #3

Not push this right now? How about kill this right now! SammyWinstonJack Jan 2014 #4

Not push this right now means push it after the midterms . gLibDem Jan 2014 #75

Seen this before . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #5

Ummm actually thats how its supposed to work. cstanleytech Jan 2014 #16

I agree, but that's not what I think is happening . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #28

If he can delay fast track until after the election it's a huge favor. pa28 Jan 2014 #6

Help us Obi-reid kenobi. You're my only hope. nt stillwaiting Jan 2014 #7

that was good! nt antigop Jan 2014 #9

Our hope is with Sen. Bernie Sanders, not Sen. Reid. n/t aggiesal Jan 2014 #33

I was kind of playing. Thanks though. stillwaiting Jan 2014 #44

Yes Reid does have some power . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #57

Amen! dotymed Jan 2014 #68

I love this, and we all know, that Reid is a warrior! juajen Jan 2014 #47

GOOD! Owl Jan 2014 #8

How do we know that the Whitehouse is pushing for this anyway madokie Jan 2014 #10

One of the issues with the TPP is that it is negotiated in secret, Maedhros Jan 2014 #15

How do we even know it exist? madokie Jan 2014 #18

If it doesn't exist What the fuck is he trying to fast track? Phlem Jan 2014 #22

My point is madokie Jan 2014 #27

He also just said Phlem Jan 2014 #30

How do we know anything, really? Distant Quasar Jan 2014 #29

How do I know you're not just a figment of my imagination! Or a computer program! ;) X_Digger Jan 2014 #54

++++ mopinko Jan 2014 #46

How do we know you exist? quakerboy Jan 2014 #51

You might want to add a video by Bill Moyers to your list antigop Jan 2014 #26

Good catch - thank you. [n/t] Maedhros Jan 2014 #42

Link to the leaked TPP draft from wikileaks . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #34

Thanks madokie Jan 2014 #36

WOW, sorry to hear about your wife. . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #38

I'm afraid to madokie Jan 2014 #43

Link from the White House website . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #37

Thank you madokie Jan 2014 #39

We know the administration supports it- it was alluded to last night in the SOTU. n/t X_Digger Jan 2014 #53

Attaboy Harry. Let's have a real debate. nt bemildred Jan 2014 #11

Good. knr nt livingwagenow Jan 2014 #12

But, Harry, are you for or against the TPP itself? Maedhros Jan 2014 #13

Oh no! Harry has ODS! mindwalker_i Jan 2014 #14

Good......if you kill the fast track you probably kill the TPP. yourout Jan 2014 #17

Good for Sen Reid. How are the other Senators lining up. I cant get my two rhett o rick Jan 2014 #20

Warren's been fighting the thing (of course) MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #59

Yes I am aware of her stance. I had one of "The Group" try to insinuate that Sen Warren supported rhett o rick Jan 2014 #60

Oh, the Warren=Obama thing is a hoot MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #61

No Shit Phlem Jan 2014 #21

Yes but they also know we cant do anything to stop them. nm rhett o rick Jan 2014 #71

I like that reid found his spine Scootaloo Jan 2014 #23

Best news I've heard all day Distant Quasar Jan 2014 #25

Great News! NancyDL Jan 2014 #31

Okay, this is good news DLnyc Jan 2014 #32

He probably means they shouldn't push it before the election proReality Jan 2014 #35

I am afraid that's what he means. After the election, full speed ahead. nm rhett o rick Jan 2014 #72

Hmmmm. That coincides with the delay on the TTIP BelgianMadCow Jan 2014 #77

K and R frwrfpos Jan 2014 #40

Thank you, Senator Reid Jack Rabbit Jan 2014 #41

Harry Reid's words change with the wind. tritsofme Jan 2014 #45

Furthermore, put all consideration of any part of TPP in line behind BlueStreak Jan 2014 #48

Not "right now." woo me with science Jan 2014 #49

How I have longed for a principled leader who would say, "No fast track, not ever for either party." Lasher Jan 2014 #50

Attaboy, Reid! X_Digger Jan 2014 #52

Thank god. I'd been told our corporate overlords had it greased to sail through without review. Hoyt Jan 2014 #55

You heard it here first... MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #56

Yes. That is my strong sense of him too Tom Rinaldo Jan 2014 #63

YES!!! hedda_foil Jan 2014 #58

How about we completely abandon the idea of any more destructive trade deals. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #62

+1000 nt antigop Jan 2014 #64

This is not primarily a trade deal. pampango Jan 2014 #66

I oppose all 'destructive' international agreements. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #67

I think they finally dropped Harry. DeSwiss Jan 2014 #65

GOOD! phew! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #73

Slow-walking it, so he can watch our expressions. Orsino Jan 2014 #74

Good! hrmjustin Jan 2014 #76

Taking a guess and it's the rx drug corp and the dairy industry? who wants to control their trade $$ Sunlei Jan 2014 #80