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    Legacy Of The Roberts Court

    MAY 25, 2012 11:58AM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: politics, my free speech is more expensive than yours, campaign donations explode, citizens united, supreme court, john roberts

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    • 553 Views
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    No advertising or lobbying expenses without representation

    MAY 16, 2012 10:36AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: alternative media, susan linn, consuming kids, roy fox, harvesting minds, tobacco, gambling, oligarchies, sweatshops, propaganda, citizens united, buckley v. valeo, free speech, ballot questions, lobbying, advertising, mass media, education, television, politics, economy, business, books

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    Priorities

    MAY 11, 2012 9:29PM

    By abajo


    Topics: globalrev.org, citizens united, move to amend, jamie dimon, jpmorgan

    • 6 Ratings
    • 335 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    America Faces Its Own "Clash of Civilizations"

    MAY 9, 2012 11:43AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, republican party, catholic church, catholic bishops, nuns, war on women, karl rove, the inquisition, garry wills, authoritarianism, occupy wall street, social gospel, birth control controversy, free will, fascism, vatican, second vatican council, ej dionne, modernity, supreme court, citizens united, plutocracy, feminism, clash of civilizations, samuel huntington, saddam hussein, cold war, george w bush, democracy, republican in name only (rino), leadership conference of women religious, paul ryan

    • 3 Ratings
    • 175 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Overturning Citizens United

    MAY 4, 2012 1:06AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: elections, supreme court, cartoon saturday, citizens united

    • 3 Ratings
    • 172 Views
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    Rude Dispatches from the Class War

    APRIL 28, 2012 5:06AM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, tom degan, class war, jesus of nazareth, citizens united, bill clinton, mitt romney, barack obama

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    • 3 Ratings
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    • 12 Comments
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    True Republican Mavericks

    APRIL 26, 2012 9:40AM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: politics, david dewhurst, american action network, speechnow.org, freedomworks, club for growth, republican primaries, republican party, citizens united, adam kinzinger, don manzullo, richard lugar, mitch mcconnell, eric cantor, mitch daniels, john mccain, olympia snowe, republican radicals, tea party

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    • 17 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • 4 Ratings
    • 238 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Semi-Secret Fundamentals of Democracy

    APRIL 10, 2012 1:53PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: jill stein, project vote smart, george w bush, bill clinton, election reform, un-commercials, adbusters, occupy wall street, the jesus machine, dan gilgoff, james dobson, victoria reggie kennedy, hitler's pope, john cornwell, the mormon church, brigham young, ann eliza young, truth and education commission, cia, history is a weapon, peoples history of the united states, howard zinn, false advertising, planned obsolescence, price fixing, proprietary information, barack obama, mitt romney, rick santorum, health care, mika brzezinski, copyright, intellectual property, communist manifesto, elizabeth warren, harvesting minds, roy fox, channel one, charter schools, ballot questions, instant runoff elections, proportionate representation, white house diaries, jimmy carter, supreme court, free speech zones, citizens united, buckley v. valeo, free speech, propaganda, fundamentals of democracy, television, politics, health, environment, economy, business

    • 7 Ratings
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    • 7 Comments
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    "Conservatives" Let Slip Their Radical Designs

    APRIL 5, 2012 1:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, republican party, supreme court, clarence thomas, conservatism, liberalism, strip search, paul ryan, safety net, military spending, ezra klein, deficit reduction, tax cuts, supply side economics, president obama, radicalism, mitt romney, neuropolitics, joe klein, charles fried, health reform, judicial activism, lewis powell, us chamber of commerce, vast right wing conspiracy, hillary clinton, bush v gore, citizens united, conservative movement, new deal, ayn rand, fdr

    • 2 Ratings
    • 178 Views
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    Don’t Koch Block the Debate

    APRIL 3, 2012 2:32PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, wisconsin, scott walker, robert greenwald, lee fang, koch brothers exposed, jane mayer, eric cantor, environmental regulation, david koch, corruption, clarence thomas, citizens united, charles koch, brave new foundation, antonin scalia, american legislative exchange council, alec, affordable care act, adele stan

    • 14 Ratings
    • 533 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    A Parable for the Future

    MARCH 31, 2012 7:38AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: politics, news, belief/religion, department of health & human services v. florida, broccoli, samuel alito, supreme court, bush v. gore, citizens united, koch brothers, afghanistan, lawrence of arabia

    • 4 Ratings
    • 560 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Catholic Bishops Abandon Poor, Sick for Political Power

    MARCH 27, 2012 10:47AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, bishops, catholic charities, same sex couples, birth control, president obama, medicare, medicaid, balanced budget act of 1997, cardinal timothy dolan, cardinal francis george, democracy, theocracy, citizens united, supreme court

    • 6 Ratings
    • 350 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Natural Born Killers of the Planet

    MARCH 22, 2012 12:00PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: newt gingrich, rick santorum, mitt romney, steve martin sketch naah, john mccain, john kerry, vietnam, exporting pollution memo, lawrence summers, consuming kids, susan linn, exxon mobil, melody stacey, carl-henric svanberg, bp, iris cross, earth first, peta, jill stein, the green party, citizens united, buckley v. valeo, james dobson, dan gilgoff, tony hayward, joe barton, james inhofe, barack obama, deforestation, coal, oil explosions, charles manson, mickey knox, dead fish, natural born killers, television, science, politics, news, movies, environment, economy, business, religion, belief

    • 5 Ratings
    • 470 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Democracy lost: unraveling Limbaugh from his boycott

    MARCH 18, 2012 8:59PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: rush limbaugh, sandra fluke, boycott, mussolini, fascism, corporatocracy, jimmy zuma, citizens united, corporations, romney, foster friess, sheldon adelson

    • 0 Ratings
    • 108 Views
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    The Privatization Revolution: Republican corporate welfare

    MARCH 13, 2012 11:54AM

    By Stephen Goldstein


    Topics: gov. rick scott, florida, jeb bush, ronald reagan, citizens united, big business, tea party, gop, republican corporate welfare, privatization

    • 3 Ratings
    • 226 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Fraudulent Linkage of Tax-Cuts and Job Creation

    MARCH 7, 2012 2:47PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, citizens united, freedomworks, dick armey, american crossroads, karl rove, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, corporations, unions, unemployment in america, minimum wage, export production zones, globalization, republican party, morning joe, joe scarborough, msnbc, foxxcon, china, job creation, singapore, india, apple computers

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    • 1 Comments
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    WHY ALL THE SYMPATHY FOR SYRIAN REBELS&NONE FOR PALESTINIANS

    MARCH 7, 2012 7:18PM

    By mary gravitt


    Topics: wagging the dog, citizens united, money and power, aipac, public opinion, hypocricy, regime change, netanyhu, israel, two-state solution, war, travel, television, politics, poetry, photography, news, gossip, fiction, feminism, family, environment, economy, business, books, belief/religion

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    Money + Politics = Speech = So?

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 7:53AM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: first amendment, citizens united, buckley v valeo

    • 0 Ratings
    • 215 Views
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    Too Much Money Crashing GOP Primaries?

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 2:20PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: too much money, politics, 2012, gop, citizens united

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