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How The Supreme Court Legalized Money Laundering For Very Rich Donors
Thanks to Wednesday’s decision, wealthy donors have a broad new power to launder money to candidates — they just have to be a bit creative.
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Exposed: Dow Chemical Backed Anti-Union Nonprofit with $2 Million in Michigan
The giant chemical maker was one of several corporations that helped finance a web of so-called “social welfare” nonprofits not legally obligated to publicly identify their funders.
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Under Public Pressure, House Democrats Introduce Plan for Public Campaign Financing
The Government by the People Act would create voluntary public financing of elections for House candidates - and it already has more than 100 co-sponsors on the bill.
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A Midwest Republican Senator Crusades Against the Corruption of Money In Politics
“I have always thought business should have access to the public square – I never thought anybody should be able to buy the public square, and that’s where we’re at right now."
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Keystone XL Protests Ignite in 200 Cities, Monday (02/03/2014)
Responding to the State Department’s erroneous, industry-paid report issued Friday on the climate impacts of the tar sands pipeline, activists are mobilizing hundreds of direct actions and marches nationwide to demand an end to Keystone.
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Money Laundering, Misinforming and Pro-GMO: Abolish the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association
The GMA stands beside Monsanto as the most vile, physically harmful corporation in the global food industry, going to any lengths to keep cheap GMO foods flowing.
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Political Corruption, Capitalism and the Urgency for System Change
To reduce corruption from its current high levels requires something more than additional laws, commissions, invocations of morality, regulations and so on. It requires basic, structural economic change.
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For the First Time, Majority of Congress is Worth $1M or More
Financial-disclosure forms show that a majority of Congress members are millionaires, and experts say there is a growing concern about the disconnect between lawmakers and average Americans.
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Harvard's Lawrence Lessig Embarks on 185-Mile Trek to Battle Money in Politics
Dubbing his march "the New Hampshire rebellion," Lessig set out January 11 – the first anniversary of the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz – for a 2-week walk to highlight the role of corporate money in elections.
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Revealed: Food Industry Giants Try to Muscle Pro-GMO Federal Law Through Congress
The Grocery Manufacturers Association representing food and beverage leaders like ConAgra, PepsiCo and Kraft is pushing a federal law with non-mandatory labeling standards in an effort to kill GMO labeling initiatives across the country.
