Tag Archives: Citizens United

Republican Primary Race Starts In Lavish Haunts Of Mega Rich Corporate Donors

Posted on March 2, 2015 by markt

“Oh, I think along the way I’ll be at plenty of dairy events and farm events and factories just like when I was governor,” Mr. Walker said. Huh?! By Nicholas Confessore & Jonathan Martin  The New York Times (2/28/15) PALM … Continue reading →

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The Inside Story Of How Citizens United Has Changed Washington Lawmaking

Posted on February 28, 2015 by markt

Republicans have been increasingly moving their fundraising and spending away from super PACs and toward dark money groups, which allow them to conceal the source of the money. (Editor’s Note: How appropriate that this article appeared a day before the … Continue reading →

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Tired of Money Buying Politicians? So Are We. Here’s How to End It.

Posted on February 26, 2015 by markt

Our democracy has been cheapened by a handful of wealthy Americans who pick and choose who runs for office while having their hands in the policy process. It’s time we fight back as people from across the country are joining … Continue reading →

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Justice Stevens Pens Six Amendments To Tune-Up And Save The Constitution

Posted on February 12, 2015 by markt

(Photo fro National Archives.) By The Paragraph The Daily Kos (1/27/15) Since William Rehnquist joined the Supreme Court, it has made several rulings that have knocked the U.S. Constitution out of whack. Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, who deliberated on most of those … Continue reading →

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A Positive Vision Of Citizen Action To End The Poison Of Corporate Personhood

Posted on January 31, 2015 by markt

  Nation of Change (1/28/15) I wanted to tell you about this inspirational book: Corporations Are Not People is a “how to” guide for overturning corporate personhood and restoring a government in which the priority of human rights trumps corporate rights. And this new … Continue reading →

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A Shadow Government Controls All The Levers Of Power In America (For Now)

Posted on February 28, 2014 by markt

The Deep State is the big story of our time. It is the red thread that runs through the war on terrorism, the financialization and deindustrialization of the American economy, the rise of a plutocratic social structure and political dysfunction.  … Continue reading →

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America’s Class & Soul Crisis Explained (And An Antidote) In Just 16 Minutes

Posted on February 24, 2014 by markt

Huffington Post & TED Weekends (2/21/14) It’s amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. Psychologist Paul Piff shares research showing that people who feel wealthy tend to behave badly. Why is that? And what does it mean for … Continue reading →

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Weekend Watching: ‘Legalize Democracy’ 30-Minute Documentary — Free!

Posted on February 22, 2014 by markt

Popular Resistance (1/27/14) Legalize Democracy is a documentary film by Dennis Trainor, Jr. (American Autumn: an Occudoc) about the movement to amend — why it is needed, and how you can get involved, placing the response to corporate coup of our … Continue reading →

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Exposed & Unhinged: Party Crasher Reports On The Secret Antics of Pampered Wall Street Pimps To Power

Posted on February 19, 2014 by markt

The new inductees – all of whom were required to dress in leotards and gold-sequined skirts, with costume wigs – began their variety-show acts…    (Editor’s Note: Think the end of the Rome when the ruling class fell into endless hedonism and … Continue reading →

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The Mobsters of Wall Street Keep Rolling Along With Govt. Help

Posted on February 16, 2014 by markt

Maybe We the People should send our own message to today’s banksters by rolling a guillotine down the center of Wall Street.         By Jim Hightower Creators Syndicate (2/12/14) Assume that you ran a business that was … Continue reading →

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‘Daily Show’s’ Jason Jones Turns Into the Music Man to Sell Koch Bros. Ethics to Small Town

Posted on February 8, 2014 by markt

“One man’s sleaze is another man’s class.”    By Ross Luippold Huffington Post (2/6/14) “It was kind of like being endorsed by Charles Manson.” That’s how City Councilman Chris Turner of Coralville, Iowa described the support of the Koch brothers in … Continue reading →

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Koch Brothers Mega Wealthy Donors Exposed After Document Left at Hotel by Mistake is Leaked

Posted on February 7, 2014 by markt

By Jodie Gummow AlterNet (2/6/14) A new document providing rare insight into the political machine of the Koch Brothers has surfaced revealing the names of up to 40 donors, as well as senior Koch officials, Washington Post reported. The list, … Continue reading →

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Then & Now: Wall Street Owns The Country

Posted on February 6, 2014 by dennis

A Speech by Mary Elizabeth Lease (circa 1890) “This is a nation of inconsistencies. The Puritans fleeing from oppression became oppressors. We fought England for our liberty and put chains on four million of blacks. We wiped out slavery and … Continue reading →

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