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California Moves To Force Lawmakers To Wear The Logos Of Their Corporate Donors
A new California ballot measure would force lawmakers to wear the logos of their corporate donors, like the jackets worn by racecar drivers.
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The Timeless 2012 Bernie Sanders Speech That Could Nail 2016
“You know, I, for the love of me, I cannot understand why people who have billions of dollars are compulsively driven for more and how many people have got to die because they don’t go to a doctor, because you want to avoid paying your taxes?” ~ Bernie Sanders I do love this man, and…
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New Poll Finds EVERYBODY Hates Big Money In Politics — Republicans, Democrats, AND Independents
Americans hate Citizens United more than the GOP-led Congress, and that’s saying a lot!
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America, Take Notice: Brazil's Supreme Court Bans ALL Corporate Political Donations To Stop Corruption
As American democracy continues to be hijacked by big corporate donors in the aftermath of Citizens United, Brazil’s Supreme Court took an entirely different approach on Thursday and banned corporate contributions to political campaigns and parties. The ruling is a major victory for Brazilian democracy and marks a re-elevation of the rights of the people above those…
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California Just Outlawed Undisclosed 'Dark Money' Donations To Political Campaigns
We are all familiar with the infamous 2010 Supreme Court Citizens United decision, in which the Court ruled that it was a violation of the First Amendment for the government to prohibit political expenditures by a nonprofit corporation. The decision unleashed a torrent of dark money into our politics, threatening the integrity of our democracy and…
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America, Take Notice: Brazil's Supreme Court Bans ALL Corporate Political Donations To Stop Corruption
As American democracy continues to be hijacked by big corporate donors in the aftermath of Citizens United, Brazil’s Supreme Court took an entirely different approach on Thursday and banned corporate contributions to political campaigns and parties. The ruling is a major victory for Brazilian democracy and marks a re-elevation of the rights of the people above those…
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Ted Cruz's New Plan: Sell Our Democracy to Corporations and Billionaires
On Sunday, Tea Party “darling” and Texas Senator Ted Cruz told a group of supporters in New Hampshire that his new plan to save America is to eliminate the limits on direct campaign contributions, allowing corporations and billionaires to completely purchase our political system, because he thinks corporate money equals free speech: I believe in free…