Members Of Congress Lobbying Each Other Astroturf-Style
Democratic members of Congress are lobbying each other Astroturf-style, at least according to an internal House Ethics Committee memo obtained by Wiki...
Democratic members of Congress are lobbying each other Astroturf-style, at least according to an internal House Ethics Committee memo obtained by Wiki...
Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green
As a political observer following the shift occurring in our understanding about agriculture, I can't help but be reminded that change does not come p...
David Dayen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The New York Times published a very nice press release from the desk of Humana, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies.
Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
Here's more evidence that the "Energy Citizens" rallies against climate legislation are anything but grassroots uprisings. We already knew that the A...
Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green
The oil industry is paying its employees to go to "Energy Citizen" events, claiming they are grassroots when nothing could be further from the truth. If you live in one of the cities below, show up.
Newsweek | Daniel Stone | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
A few weeks ago, seemingly out of the blue, people suddenly began referring to President Obama's proposal to include end-of-life-care assistance into ...
James Hoggan | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green
If Bonner's clients are that desperate to have a voice on Capitol Hill, Congress should call a hearing, inquiring into just how much influence is being peddled through phony organizations.
Kase Wickman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
Dissent is essential to democracy, and freedom of speech and the right to assemble are vital and not reserved for one party or the other. The problem is this Republicans: you're doing it wrong.
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Media
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert pass themselves off as comedians, but they are really the most influential satirists of the day: they inform and illuminate through ridicule.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.13.2009 | Home
An internal memo obtained recently by Greenpeace USA details polluting interests' plans to launch a nationwide astroturf campaign attacking climate legislation at public events.
Bill Mann | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media
It's a sorry situation when major TV news operations can't bother to differentiate between citizens with honest questions and mobs of loose cannons coached by various right-wing and corporate outfits.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media
CBS News aired a brief segment Monday night documenting the uptick in publicly demonstrated opposition to health care reform, which has been recently ...
thinkprogress.org | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
ThinkProgress reported last week that corporate lobbyists are helping to orchestrate the anti-Obama tea party protests. These lobbying-run front group...
A. Siegel | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green
I was shocked at the latest parody of a set of Christmas Carols courtesy of the coal industry's mouthpiece, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity: the "Clean Coal Carolers" with a set of lyrics that take their truthiness and deception to a whole new level of depravity.
Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago
Taking the A out of AKP&D will help David Axelrod focus on Obama and avoid conflicts. But what about ASK? Never heard of it? ASK Public Strategies is Axelrod's other business.
Howard Wolinsky | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago
ASK is known for "Astroturfing," manufacturing grassroots support and using traditional strategies used to elect politicians to promote public policy. ASK draws the line at working for anyone who wants to get elected.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics