Dark money strategy enabled by “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court pretends, they certainly are loudmouths, constantly telling us how great they are and spreading their names everywhere. Amazingly, though, these corporate creatures have suddenly turned demure, insisting [more...]
Los Angeles Times to be an extension of Fox News? LOS ANGELES, CA – In a new petition by the California-based CourageCampaign.org, over 10,000 Californians are joining Gabe Smalley in urging the Tribune Company, publishers of the Los Angeles Times, not to sell the paper [more...]
By Greg Palast I’ve been tracking a tube of black putrid ooze, a toxic viper slowly slithering 2000 miles across the belly of America, swallowing all water aquifers, politicians and reason in its path. The XL Keystone Pipeline As Nagini, the murderous snake in the [more...]
They came. They spent! Then, they limped home, tails between their legs. (OK, they didn’t limp; they were flown home on their private Gulfstream jets. But still, their tails were tucked down in the defeat mode after the election.) “They” are the far-right corporate billionaire [more...]
California Prop 32, the “Special Exemptions Act,” is not what it seems By Eddie Kurtz, Director of Campaigns, Courage Campaign The corrupting effect of money in politics. is the root cause of everything that plagues our democracy. Most people agree, and if “campaign finance reform” [more...]
Question: If you mix a cocktail of “black liquor,” biofuels, diesel and a generous splash of tax subsidies — then have it shaken vigorously by a U.S. senator and served in a golden goblet by corporate lobbyists — what do you call it? Answer: Koch [more...]
According to reliable sources, Mitt Romney is about to get a brand new tour bus, as his old one is falling apart and starting to smell a bit inside from all the diner food he and his staff are obliged to eat in order to [more...]