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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Since Citizens United, Alarming Trends Have Emerged, and More
The Citizens United ruling gave the rich control of our democracy.
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Why Campaign Finance Reform Is the First Issue That We Must Address
Surely we can agree that our country should no longer be bought and sold by moneyed interests at the expense of everyone else.
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The Astronomical Scale of Money in Politics
The Court is looking out for the 1 percent of the 1 percent.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Democrats May Tax Wall Street and Give Main Street a Break, and More
In today's On the News segment: Democratic lawmakers have put forth a progressive tax plan, and more.
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Wisconsin GOP Targets Respected Chief Justice for Removal
Representative Dean Knudson (R-Hudson) has decided that the time has finally come to put senior judges out to pasture, saying that he plans to introduce a bill in early …
A Crash Course in Congressional Mischief
Without resorting to Super PACs or taking advantage of a new loophole from the Supreme Court, couples or individuals could give roughly eight times more to their party in …
Who’s Afraid of Shareholder Democracy?
The US Chamber of Commerce, one of biggest corporate trade associations, and ALEC, one of biggest corporate lobbying groups are both startlingly hostile to shareholders.
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ALEC Fumes: Transparency Threatens Corporate Free Speech!
Corporate members of ALEC are demanding that state legislators preserve their “right” to anonymously spend money on politics.
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Back on the Hamster Wheel
After the election, politicians are hopping back on the hamster wheel, furiously spinning for more and more money.
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What Would the Koch Brothers Do? Religion and Libertarian Philanthropy
In a piece of holiday season propaganda, two Koch lackeys spin the brothers into saintly givers.