AlterNet: The Top 10 Biggest Beneficiaries of ‘Citizens United’ in the 2012 Election
A report from the Center for Public Integrity reveals that Citizens United allowed an extra $1 billion in special interest money in the last election. -By Laura Gottesdiener January 17,…
Huffington Post: Sheldon Adelson Vows To ‘Double’ Donations To GOP After Huge 2012 Election Failure
-By Nick Wing December 5, 2012- Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson spent nearly $150 million on Republicans during the 2012 elections, almost entirely in support of candidates who did not win.…
Crooks & Liars: Montana Passes Referendum Declaring Corporations are not People
-By Diane Sweet November 8, 2012- An overlooked development from Montana on election night, a referendum to state that corporations don’t have constitutional rights has unofficially passed by a 75…
Washington Post: For U.S. Chamber of Commerce, election was a money-loser
-By Jia Lynn Yang and Tom Hamburger November 7, 2012- The day after an election in which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollars backing losing Republican candidates,…
Reader Supported News: A Hostile Takeover of Our Country
-By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. October 29, 2012- American democracy is under assault. In one super-PAC alone, Karl Rove and the Enron grifter Ed Gillespie, have assembled $200 million from…
Reuters: Supreme Court won’t block Montana campaign law ahead of vote
-By Dan Whitcomb October 23, 2012- The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to block a Montana law limiting campaign contributions to candidates for statewide office, leaving the caps in place…
Salon: Feingold: “Even worse than we expected”
Russ Feingold tells Salon the post-Citizens United world is "even more shameless" than he imagined -By Alex Seitz-Wald September 22, 2012- Former Sen. Russ Feingold is one of the country’s…
Bill Moyers: Our Pro-Corporate Supreme Court
Because of partisan gridlock in Washington, the Supreme Court has become the most powerful and outspoken branch of government – decisions they make shape our democracy’s fate for generations to…
The Brad Blog: Obama Calls for ‘Constitutional Amendment Process to Overturn Citizens United’
But stops short of a call to end 'corporate personhood'... -By Ernest A Canning September 2, 2012- "I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to…
RAW Story: Coloradoans likely to vote in November on Citizens United ruling
-By Eric W. Dolan August 6, 2012- Activist groups announced Monday that more than 100,000 signatures had been collected for a Colorado ballot measure calling for the controversial Citizens United…
Politicus USA: Right Wing Billionaires Shudder as PolitiFact Confirms Bernie Sanders Speaks the Truth
-By: Jason Easley July 31, 2012- Sen. Bernie Sanders has seen his statements about wealth inequality come under vicious attack from the right. Today, PolitiFact confirmed that Sen. Sanders’ statement…
Bernie Sanders: Overturn Citizens United
Sen. Bernie Sanders told a Senate panel that a constitutional amendment is needed to undo the Supreme Court ruling that let corporations and wealthy individuals spend unlimited sums to sway…
PoliticusUSA: Bernie Sanders Exposes the 26 Billionaires who are Buying the 2012 Election
-By Jason Easley July 24, 2012- In his new report, America For Sale: A Report on Billionaires Buying the 2012 Election, Sen. Bernie Sanders named names and called out the…