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Citizens United
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Karl Rove:Â Assembling the Death Star to American Democracy
Karl Rove's obsession with permanent Republican control of all three branches of government was evident when he and the author were both just high school students.u00a0Now Rove is closer …
Moyers: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jamie Raskin on the Pro-Corporate Supreme Court
“We wanted to bring attention to how this court has empowered the 1% at the expense of the 99%,” says vanden Heuvel.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: International Report on Corrupt Democracies Issues Explicit Warning About US Politics, and More
In today's On the News segment: France will continue its ban of genetically modified food and natural gas hydrofracturing, and more.
Investigative Journalist Craig Unger on the Continuing Power of Karl Rove
If you want to see the personification of how the Citizens United decision is playing out in this campaign, look no further than Karl Rove.
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Cartoon Killers for Romney
As soon as Citizens came down, billionaires pulled out their debit cards and went on a shopping spree.
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How a Republican Appeals Court Just Made Citizens United Even Worse
Republican appeal court in Minnesota challenges a the Supreme Court's decisions that corporations are in fact subject to disclosure laws.
Elizabeth Warren Explains: “No, Governor Romney, Corporations Are Not People”
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senate candidate in Massachusetts, drew roaring cheers, applause, and even tears tonght at the Democratic Convention when she laid out the differences between corporations and …
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Democratic Platform Supports Amending Constitution to Reverse Citizens United
The platform approved by delegates on Tuesday attacks Republicans for applauding the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision and calls for campaign finance reforms to reverse the landmark ruling.
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Never Mind Super PACs: How Big Business Is Buying the Election
Defending their new privilege of secret corporate electioneering, trade associations have bitterly opposed any attempts, postu2013Citizens United, at reform.
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Money in Politics: Where Is the Outrage?
The name for whatu2019s happening to our political system is corruption u2014 a deep, systemic corruption.