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Citzens United

Two Cheers For Our Politically Corrupt Supreme Court...

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 05.14.2012 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Mormon, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, George W. Bush, Alabama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Foster Friess, Sandra Fluke, Barack Obama, Citzens United, Muslim, Republican Primary, Sheldon Adelson, Newt Gingrich, Mississippi, Catholic, Politics News
Thomas de Zengotita

Why do I say that? I don't mean they are actually on the take. Too Third World. But they are fundamentally corrupt insofar as they tweak every decision they make that bears on politics in favor of the Republican party.

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Is the Stage Set for Citizens United, Round Two?

Thom Hartmann | Posted 04.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: Montana, Citzens-United, Supreme Court, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Montana Supreme Court, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Thom Hartmann

Last December, the Montana Supreme Court ignored Citizens United and continued its ban on corporate election spending, upholding the Montana Corrupt Practices Act. But those corporate interests that were upset by this law are now petitioning the Supreme Court to have it reversed.

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AWOL on the Comcast/NBC Merger: Olbermann, Maddow, Schultz, Matthews

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Ed Schultz, Citzens United, Supreme Court, NBC Universal, Msnbc, Telecommunications Act of 1996, Nightline, 60 Minutes, Rachel Maddow, Cnbc, Media Concentration, Keith Olbermann, Comcast, Chris Matthews, Net Neutrality, Media News
Paul Abrams

When it came to Citizens United, the news media expressed righteous indignation. Where was the outrage in 1996, when the Telecommunications Act triggered a wave of media ownership consolidation?

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