Tag Archives: Citizens United

An Historic Session of Congress

Posted on December 30, 2012 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Bill Day In other news, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals cited Citizens United while ruling in favor of a company that claimed the Obamacare contraception mandate violates their religious freedom. This is in direct contradiction to an … Continue reading →

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Oh Good. Citizens United Has a New Movie Out.

Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:12 am by Bob Cesca

Here’s the CNN team attempting to corner Steve Bannon, the director of a new Citizens United documentary about the Obama administration. So it’s 90 minutes of concern trolling. Poorly-informed focus group doofs remarking about how President Obama let them down, … Continue reading →

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Corporations Own Our Elections Now. All Of Them.

Posted on June 26, 2012 at 7:10 am by Bob Cesca

Where Citizens United opened up federal elections to limitless corporate money, a 5-4 decision yesterday by the Supremes has done the same for state and local elections. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down Montana’s century-old limits on corporate … Continue reading →

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Here Comes The Money

Posted on June 20, 2012 at 6:50 pm by JM Ashby

According to ABCNews, the pro-Romney Concerned Trolls for America and the Koch Brother’s Americans for Prosperity super PACs are planning to spend nearly $20 million over just the next 10 days blanketing battleground states with attack ads. Three outside groups … Continue reading →

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Here Comes The Money

Posted on June 16, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

In addition to the $10 million Sheldon Adelson already gave to Mitt Romney’s Restore Our Future PAC and the $100 million he says he will contribute to it, he’s also doling out another $35 million to Karl Rove and Eric … Continue reading →

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Here Comes The Money

Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:30 pm by JM Ashby

There are purists on the Left who believe President Obama should unilaterally disarm and renounce big campaign finance, however when faced with $100 million from Sheldon Adelson and $400 million from the Koch Brothers, I’m glad he is not following … Continue reading →

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How Unpopular is the Citizens United Decision?

Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:27 pm by Bob Cesca

ThinkProgress: According to a recent survey conducted for the Brennan Center for Justice, however, this places the five conservatives who joined this opinion in very lonely company. According to the poll, “69% of respondents agreed that ‘new rules that let … Continue reading →

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Fighting Back

Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

I just love the Godzilla imagery. Artist – RJ Matson In other news, the pro-Romney super PAC Restore our Future is launching a major ad-buy across the country to prepare for Super Tuesday. Expect a lot of smear ads against … Continue reading →

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Attack Ads

Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Jeff Parker In other news, Florida Republicans will go to the polls tomorrow to decide who has done the best job of reinforcing their inner prejudices and greed in the nation’s 4th primary.

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The Color of Welfare

Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Jen Sorensen In other news, Super PACs are outspending actual candidates in South Carolina by a margin of 2 to 1. Silly season is about to become even more silly.

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