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Civic-Minded Plutocrats

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Dick Armey, American Crossroads, Koch Brothers, Delaware, Osama Bin Laden, Thomas Donahue, George W. Bush, Koch Industries, Iraq, Ken Buck of Colorado, Corporate Power, Jeffersonian Democracy, Crossroads GPS, California, Goldman Sachs, Chief Justice John Roberts, Americans for Prosperity, Joe Miller, Rob Collins, Frank-Dodd Act, Mike Lee, Rupert Murdoch, Mau Mau, Carly Fiorina, Tim Phillips, Florida, Karl Rove, Alaska, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Christine O?Donnell, President Barack Obama, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Sharron Angle of Nevada, Kentucky, Steven Law, Pennsylvania, John Roberts, Fdr, 60 Plus Association, Corporations, Freedomworks, American Future Fund, 2010 Midterm Elections, Afghanistan, Chamber of Commerce, Bruce Rastetter, Pat Toomey, Americans for Job Security, Utah, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, American Action Network, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The economic meltdown that short-sighted "free market" policies brought upon us has now given the rich and powerful the opening to push their advantage more aggressively than ever.

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Republicans Don't Trust Americans

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gop, Karl Rove, Cigna Corp., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Big Business, Usw, United Steelworkers, Citizens United, Center for American Progress, U.S. Supreme Court, American Crossroads Gps, Wall Street, Health Insurance Companies, Mel Sembler, Larry Bartels, American Future Fund, Wendell Potter, New York Times, Bruce Rastetter, Hawkeye Energy Holdings, Chicago Tribune, Attack Ads, Noam N. Levey, DISCLOSE Act, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Republican operatives want to shield voters from knowing who is actually paying for GOP attack ads. They fear the consequences if Americans know the truth.

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Amanda Terkel

Tea Party Porkers: Secretive Anti-Bailout Group Quietly Lobbies For Government Handouts

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: 2010 Elections, Energy, Biofuels, Independent Expenditures, Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Ethanol Subsidies, Farm Subsidies, American Future Fund, Ethanol, 501c4, Corn Ethanol, Bruce Rastetter, Agricultural Subsidies, Elections 2010, Politics News

One of the most troubling aspects of the thriving industry of shadowy independent expenditure groups popping up in this election is the fact that the ...

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Citizens United -- Game Changer

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Tea Party, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, Ronald Reagan, President Barack Obama, Antonin Scalia, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, Corporate Power, Citizens United, Crossroads GPS, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Rahm Emanuel, David Brooks, David Axelrod, American Future Fund, Political Corruption, Dred Scott, Bruce Rastetter, Chamber of Commerce, Anthony Kennedy, Republican Party, Ed Gillespie, Franklin Roosevelt, Rick Santelli, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

We can't really predict what will happen on November 2. All we know is that the historical trends are pushing against the Democrats, and that Citizens United has definitively tipped the scales in favor of the oligarchy.

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