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Citizens United
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Germany Moves to Outlaw High-Speed Trading Robots, and More
Striking NFL referees watch their position strengthen as replacement refs make bad calls, and more.
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Citizens United Ruling Accounts for 78 Percent of Outside Campaign Spending
“This money enabled outside groups to run shadow campaigns for or against candidates of their choice,” according to the study. The spending also includes about"$4.1 million in expenditures for …
Mitt Tells the Truth
At least on one subject: the huge amount of money he needs to compete in a presidential election.
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Three Ways to Make Your Vote Count in a Money-Soaked Election
Vote the whole ballot and contribute to campaigns... but not just with money.
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Feast of Fools: How American Democracy Became the Property of a Commercial Oligarchy
The country is being asked to vote in November for television commercials.
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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.