Tag Archives: campaign finance

The NRA is Pitting Races Against Each Other To Sell Guns

Posted on Monday, March 4, 2013 by Marc Belisle

Over the last several weeks, the NRA and its surrogates have, at various points, told people of each of the major ethnic groups in America—white, Black, Hispanic and Asian—that they need guns to protect them from the others. On January … Continue reading →

Posted in Gun Control, Politics | Tagged campaign donations, campaign finance, Charles Manson, Colion Noir, gun control, gun violence, Guns, Lindsey Graham, race, racism, tags: NRA, Wayne LaPierre

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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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Vetting Paul Ryan, Part 3: Campaign Finance and The Ties That Blind

Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 by Cindy Rose

Bloomberg recently reported that Paul Ryan is “one of the top political fundraisers in Congress”; but where do the bulk of his campaign contributions come from, and what if any influence might they have had in his budget process? For … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Banks and Finance, Campaigns, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Policy, Election, Energy Policies, Koch Brothers, Oil Companies, Paul Ryan, Politics, Republicans, Tax Cuts, Taxes, The Economy | Tagged campaign finance, campaigns, debt, economy, election, gop, jobs, koch brothers, oil subsidies, paul ryan, paul ryan v.p., renewable energy, republicans, ryan budget, tax cuts

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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 →