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Category Archives: Campaign Finance/Money in Politics

Progressives and Conservatives Must Unite to Stop the TPP’s Corporate Assault on the American People

May 3, 2015 Congress Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Democrats Deregulation Economics Environment International Relations Money in Politics Obama Progressive Regulation Republicans Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership 2 Comments

Comparing Punishments for Fraud: Atlanta Teachers vs. 2008 Banksters

April 20, 2015 Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Discrimination Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Racism 7 Comments

Menendez Bribery Just the Tip of the Washington Corruption Iceberg

April 6, 2015 Corporatism Corruption Democrats Money in Politics Republicans Super-PACS Supreme Court Wolf-PAC Leave a comment

The Audition for the 2016 Right Wing Corporate Lap-Dog has Real Consequences

February 27, 2015 2016 Election Corruption Educational Policy Elections Environmental Policy Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Tax Policy 3 Comments

Wall Street’s Manchurian Executives

February 20, 2015 Big Banks Corporatism Corruption Economic Crisis Economics Law and Order Money in Politics 1 Comment

Romney Drops out of 2016 Race, Mainstream Media Falls Down on the Job Covering It

February 2, 2015 2016 Election Corporatism Corruption Media Mitt Romney Money in Politics political candidates propaganda Republicans 4 Comments

The GOP’s 2015 Plan: Burn Society’s Bridges

January 27, 2015 Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Republicans Tax Policy Taxation Trickle Down Economics 3 Comments

The Cromnibus is a Bipartisan Goody Bag to Big Money Lobbyists

December 16, 2014 Budget Campaigns Deregulation Economics Environment EPA Military military waste Money in Politics Pollution 2 Comments

Obama’s Two-Faced Stance on Net Neutrality

November 12, 2014 Corruption Deregulation FCC Net Neutrality Obama propaganda 3 Comments

SCOTUS Takes Aim at Obamacare…Again

November 10, 2014 Corruption extremism Health Policy ObamaCare Partisan Fighting Supreme Court 6 Comments

The Case for a Progressive Electoral Litmus Test

October 31, 2014 2016 Election Campaigns Civil Rights Entitlements global climate change Progressive Voter Disenfranchisement Voting 14 Comments

ISIS, Dark Money, and Corrupt Politics

October 22, 2014 Campaigns Corruption Dark Money ISIS Money in Politics National Security Terrorism Wolf-PAC Leave a comment

Nicky Haley Accidentally Reveals the Heart of Modern American Politics

October 20, 2014 Campaigns Corporatism Corruption Democrats Money in Politics Republicans Supreme Court Voting Rights Wolf-PAC 2 Comments

Dinesh D’Souza Sentenced to Probation for Abject Stupidity

September 24, 2014 Campaigns Conservative Corruption Criminal Justice Money in Politics 1 Comment

What Trait is Shared by the American Corporate Elite and the Common Goldfish?

September 5, 2014 Bankers Corporate Greed Corporatism Economic Crisis Economics Inequality Poverty Taxation 2 Comments

The Corporatization and Destruction of the 1st Amendment

August 23, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Corporatism Corruption freedom of speech Media Media Freedom Money in Politics 1 Comment

Boehner’s Lawsuit and the Rumblings of Impeachment

July 28, 2014 2014 Election Democrats extremism Impeachment Insane Republicans Obama Partisan Fighting Prediction Republicans Tea Party 1 Comment

Washington: Government for the Corporations, by Elected Telemarketers

June 7, 2014 Campaigns Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Money in Politics propaganda Wolf-PAC 3 Comments

The GOP’s Stances on Climate Change and Corruption Disqualify them to Rational and Informed Voters

May 28, 2014 Campaigns Conservative Corporatism Corruption effects of climate change Environment extremism global climate change Insane Republicans Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Supreme Court Tea Party Wolf-PAC 4 Comments

Neo-Feudalism Captures the United States

May 13, 2014 Campaigns Corporatism Corruption Economics Inequality Money in Politics Social Conservative Super-PACS Supreme Court 15 Comments

McCutcheon v. FEC Furthers the Descent of the US from a Democracy to a Plutocracy

April 7, 2014 Campaigns Constitution Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Elections Money in Politics Regulation Super-PACS Supreme Court Wolf-PAC 3 Comments

Affluenza Strikes Again: DuPonte Heir Allowed to Walk Free After Being Convicted of Child Rape

April 1, 2014 Affluenza Corruption Criminal Justice Inequality Law and Order Money in Politics Prison 5 Comments

The Looming Electoral Disaster in 2014

March 31, 2014 2016 Election Campaigns Elections Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Tea Party Voting Voting Rights Wolf-PAC 4 Comments

The Hobby Lobby SCOTUS Case Exposes the Right Wing Cognitive Dissonance on Liberty

March 27, 2014 Abortion Birth Control christian right Corporatism Discrimination extremism Religion in Politics Supreme Court Women's Rights 9 Comments

The Hidden National Security Threat: Dark Money Corruption

March 25, 2014 Corporatism Corruption Defense Policy Elections Military military waste Money in Politics Privatization Voting Wolf-PAC 2 Comments

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