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May24

What Is Dark Money?

by Brian Gunn on May 24th, 2013 at 9:01 pm

Posted In: Politics, Accountability, Activism, Politics, Advocacy groups, Elections, Citizens United, Corruption, Elections, Politics, Politics, Supreme Court

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7578235 Author bio: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Alison_M_Gunn,_Ph.D. Republished with permission from the author Americans are in the dark when it comes to ‘dark’ money, and our collective confusion—amounting to ignorance—won’t help in the months and years ahead while we watch stakes rise in each new election cycle. Illumination into the nature of dark money won’t come […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May23

Move To Amend: Renton King County, June 1 @2PM

by Don Smith on May 23rd, 2013 at 9:46 pm

Posted In: Activism, Elections, Citizens United, Economics, Corporations

The National Campaign to End Corporate Personhood and Demand Real Democracy! They Broke IT… Corporate Personhood (Citizens United) legalized a tsunami of money from PACs, lobbyists and multinational corporations under protection of the First Amendment. We the People will Fix IT… Corporations are NOT people and Money is NOT speech. We are going to amend […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr30

Bannering May 10 in Seattle against Corporate Personhood

by Don Smith on April 30th, 2013 at 11:44 am

Posted In: Activism, Elections, Citizens United, Economics, Corporations, Justice, Courts, Justice, Economic Justice

Norm Conrad of MoveOn reports: May 10th is the 127th “anniversary” of the Supreme Court case used as precedent for the absurd notion that corporations are entitled to the birthrights of actual human beings. In co-operation with Move to Amend, we will be displacing a really big banner on the N 50th St overpass on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr01

April Fool’s Report – State of The Nation

by MarkTC on April 1st, 2013 at 5:16 am

Posted In: Politics, Accountability, Arts & Entertainment, Economics, Banks, Politics, GOP, Bush, Education, Charter schools, Elections, Citizens United, Human Rights, Civil rights, Politics, Conservativism, Politics, Constitution, Economics, Corporations, Corruption, Justice, Courts, Economics, Defense spending, Justice, Economic Justice, Economics, Education, Elections, Entertainment, Politics, GOP, Politics, Gun Control, Guns, Health care, History, Human Rights, Humor, Jobs, Justice, Drugs, Marijauna, Elections, Mitt Romney, Politics, Activism, Protests, Politics, Republicons, Socialism, Economics, Socialism for the rich, Politics, Supreme Court, War

Originally Published @ Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/01/1198356/-April-Fool-s-Report-State-of-The-Nation?detail=hide Now that Republicans have gained complete control of both houses of the US Congress and the White House, our esteemed leader and former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney can finally get down to the work of rigging the elections and turning the treasury over to big business interests – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar24

Aquene Freechild speaks on overturning Citizens United, in Kirkland, Wala Wala, and Spokane

by Don Smith on March 24th, 2013 at 12:18 pm

Posted In: Activism, Elections, Citizens United, Politics, Washington State Politics

(Via Walter Kloefkorn) Public Citizen is sending Aquene Freechild to Washington to conduct three workshops on “How to connect across party lines.” They will focus on the issues of money in politics, campaign reform, and reversing the Citizens United decision. These events are free and open to the public. On Monday March 25 at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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