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How Much Did a Billionaire Casino Magnate Really Spend on Campaign 2012?
We don't really know, and it's likely we never will.
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Karl Rove’s Group Promised IRS It Would Spend “Limited” Money on Elections
Crossroads GPS could ultimately be forced to reveal the identities of its donors.
Did Liberals Beat Big Money? Far From It – Election a Minor Setback for Some
While liberals were celebrating election victories, the Big Banks' political operatives did not miss a beat. The real power of money in politics has been to buy influence and …
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After Dismantling Campaign Finance Laws, Montana Group Under Scrutiny
Reports suggest possible illegal coordination with candidate campaigns and indications that American Tradition Partnership may have misled the IRS.
The Corporate “Heist” of the United States Government Began With a Memo in 1971
Unless we amend the Constitution to say that corporations are not people and that money is not speech, America will soon become a full-blown oligarchy.
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American Justice: Marijuana Convicts Scarred While BP Execs Untouched
While young black males are disenfranchised for life for dealing modest amounts of weed, BP can expect to be back to business as usual despite its horrific crimes.
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Democracy Outbreak in Ohio
One small town is standing up to deep-pocketed campaign cash.
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Despite Election Victories, Escalating Poverty and Inequality Remain Largely Ignored
A media blackout on poverty still threatens the majority's well-being after the election, says Ted Morgan.
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A Wall Between Corporation and State
tu2019s time to re-build that wall separating Corporation and State, for which Teddy Roosevelt laid the cornerstone more than 100 years ago.
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On Election Day, Money and Magical Thinking
Will the movement for campaign finance reform continue, or are candidates and incumbents so dependent on transfusions of campaign cash they smother the effort in its crib?