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Robert Weissman

BuyPartisan Consensus: ExxonMobil Donates $260,000 to Obama Inauguration

Steve Horn | Posted 03.23.2013 | Green
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Steve Horn

Critics say it's more of the same out of an Obama Administration that in the first term had a cozy relationship with corporate patrons.

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We the People

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 03.21.2012 | Politics
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Sen. Bernie Sanders

We face a choice. Americans can let Citizens United remain the law of the land, or we can have a functioning democracy. We can't have both.

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Stand Up for Main Street!

Steve Skrovan | Posted 08.03.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man, Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Roy Zimmerman, Joan Claybrook, Robert Weissman, Andy Kindler, Public Citizen, Bill Burr, No Nukes, Hal Sparks, Citizens United, Barbara Ehrenreich, Dom Irrera, Steve Skrovan, Stand Up for Man Street, Brentwood Theater, Jim Hightower, Annie Leonard, Koch Industries, Jeff Garlin, Paula Poundstone, Ralph Nader, Entertainment News
Steve Skrovan

I think they were under the mistaken impression that I was a Hollywood player. I've never been on a board before. I have no organizational experience. And everything I know about the law, I learned from the OJ trial.

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Julian Hattem

Andy Stern: Goldman Sachs 'Worships No God But The Almighty Dollar' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Protesters rallied outside of Goldman Sachs' Washington office office Monday and railed against big bonuses and "Too Big To Fail" banks. The SEIU and ...

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