Category Archives: Campaign Finance Laws

Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

Posted in ALECexposed, Arizona Shenanigans, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Border Security, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Employment, Ethics, Financial Collapse, Government, Gun Control, Human Rights, Immigration, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Liberals, NRA, Politics, Poverty, Progressives, Racial Issues, September 11, State Legislation, Students, superPACs, Taxes, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street, Wisconsin Recall | Tagged barack obama, campaign finance, campaigns, CCA, citizens united, corporate greed, corrections, crime and punishment, Democrats, detention, drug policy, drugs, economics, GEO Group, healthcare, immigrants, immigration, jail, justice, law and order, laws, minorities, policy, prison, prisoner abuse, private prison industry, republicans, state legislation, students, wall street, war on drugs

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Constitutional Amendment Introduced to “End Corporate Rule”

Posted on Monday, February 11, 2013 by Cindy Rose

An Announcement from Move To Amend: Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Congress Ensuring Rights for People, Not Corporations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 11, 2013 Reps. Nolan & Pocan Respond to Hundreds of Local Resolutions Calling for “We the People” Amendment (Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Campaign Finance Laws, Congress, Corporations, Politics, superPACs, The Constitution, Wall Street | Tagged campaigns, congress, election, Move to Amend, Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. Rick Nolan, superPACs, We the People Amendment

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Gerrymandering, Jury-Rigging and Judicial Rewriting Are the Wave of the Future, Conservative Soldiers!

Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 by Marc Belisle

Greetings and salutations, fellow captains of industry and our Republican lapdogs! I’m wiring you this electronic mail-o-gram from the deck of my mega-yacht Duchess’ Bounty. What wizardry is this, you may ask, that such a feat is possible from the … Continue reading →

Posted in ALECexposed, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Election, Election Fraud, Employment, Ethics, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, Government, Healthcare, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Koch Brothers, Politics, Primaries, Privatization, Racial Issues, Republican Campaign Donors, Republican Leaders, Satire, State Legislation, Stimulus, superPACs, Supreme Court, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street | Tagged ALEC, Charles and David Koch, constitutional, Electoral College, gerrymandering, judicial challenge, satire, vote rigging, voting rights, wall street

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Atlas Whined

Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists, Affordable Care Act, AFL-CIO, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Government, Income Inequality, Karl Rove, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Liberals, Move Your Money, Occupy WallStreet, Politics, Poverty, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy | Tagged boycott, class war, Denny's, Hostess, income inequality, John Metz, John Schnatter, Karl Rove, Papa John's, romney, Sheldon Adelson, Walmart

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It’s D-Day in the Class War

Posted on Sunday, December 2, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“We cannot negotiate with those who say, ‘What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.’” –John F. Kennedy On November 6th, 60 million Americans waited in line to yank the monkey wrench from Congress. We reappointed our Democratic general … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Industry, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Democratic Leaders, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Employment, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, George W Bush, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Lefty Sites, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Occupy WallStreet, Outsourcing, Politics, Poverty, Primaries, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Ronald Reagan, superPACs, Supreme Court, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, U.S. Treasury, Wall Street | Tagged boycott, D Day, demand economics, economic justice, economy, Franklin Roosevelt, george w bush, Hayek, Hostess, income, income inequality, Keynes, labor, Obama, occupy wall street, romney, ronald reagan, scott walker, supply-side, tax cuts, taxes, The Fiscal Cliff, the fiscal cliffs of Normandy, trickle-down, union-busting, unions, voodoo economics, Walmart

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Sam Alito On Citizens United Defines Constitutional Revisionist

Posted on Saturday, November 17, 2012 by Ken

Sam Alito addressed the Federalist Society and took the opportunity to defend the Citizens United ruling, (of which much can be understood by reading clrose’s 2nd post on campaign finance reform). To Alito, the 1st amendment freedom of speech somehow applies to all corporations because some corporations … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Fox News, Justice, Koch Brothers, Politics, Primaries, Republican Campaign Donors, State Legislation, The Constitution, The Wealthy | Tagged Montana, Sam Alito, The 1st Amendment, the federalist society, The Supreme Court

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Campaign Finance 2012, Part 2: In the Aftermath of Citizens United

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2012 by Cindy Rose

In 2010, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 was heard by the Supreme Court; at issue was whether the advertisement and showing of a political film violated the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (commonly known as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Finance Laws, Corporate donors, Corporations, Election, Politics, superPACs | Tagged campaigns, citizens united, election, superPACs, Top campaign donors

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Campaign Finance 2012, Part 1: David vs. Goliath

Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 by Cindy Rose

In an email shortly after President Obama had been re-elected, my boss here at All Things Democrat wrote: “Tonight, the “corporations are people” argument lost.” We had in fact beaten back the billion dollar right wing money beasts. Karl Rove … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Corporate donors, Corporations, Election, Politics, Republican Campaign Donors, superPACs | Tagged campaigns, election, gop, Presidential Candidates

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Introducing the Republican Party: Video

Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2012 by Lucas Kawa

Have you ever wondered why there’s never been an attack ad composed of the most asinine, absurd statements to come out of Republicans’ mouths, set to classical music? Well, so did I. Harnessing the power of the late great Steve … Continue reading →

Posted in Allen West, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Corporations, Herman Cain, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Michele Bachmann, Minorities, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Racial Issues, Reproductive Rights, Republican War on Women, superPACs, Tea Party, Women's Health, Women's Rights |

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Romney Must Return Sheldon Adelson’s “Limitless” Donations

Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“Follow the money.” –’Deep Throat‘, All The President’s Men Mitt Romney has a gambling problem. Las Vegas Sands casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has donated at least $36 million to Romney and his Super PACs. He has signaled that his support … Continue reading →