Buying a President for 30 Bucks and Change
The super-rich spend billions to buy the president – but your little donation can counter them. For today’s report, I have a bunch of statistics for you. Wait … Read more
Super PACs
Rick Santorum: God Owns Church and State, Gave Both to GOP
“God, working through his blessed Super PACs, gave us the money to buy Congress, and charged us with reuniting Church and State.” – Rick Santorum Perpetual religious right … Read more
First Things First: Why the United States Needs a Pro-Democracy Movement
Until we fix our democracy problem, it’s hard to fix any problem by Marge Baker, first published by OtherWords In the four years since the Supreme Court’s infamous … Read more
Republican Reboot: The Red Rebs
Rovian Republicans form new “Super Duper PAC” Relax. It’s not necessarily the flu making you confused and feverish. Could be spatter from that big, thick, juicy, new, improved … Read more
What Ever Happened to All That Money in Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC?
Colbert announces the creation of the Ham Rove Memorial Fund Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report fame, finally announced what he would do with the funds raised … Read more
Sheldon Adelson Receives ‘Worst Investor of the Year’ Award
Vegas Billionaire Sheldon Adelson knows how to make money and he knows how to spend it, or so his financial advisors thought until they finished counting all the … Read more
Super PACs and Secret Money Destroying America’s Democracy
Leave it to Bill Moyers, one of America’s most useful citizens, to sum up our country’s present political plight regarding elections and Super PACs in a succinct metaphor: … Read more
Campaign Treasure Hunters
From out of the green mist enveloping the campaign doldrums they come. Relentlessly. Doggedly. Cattedly. Trudging, blank-faced and soulless. Armies of cash-hungry zombies brandishing partisan pickaxes, shovels and … Read more
Snarling Banks
We’re sick and tired of being bullied and stomped on by the Powers That Be in Washington, and by gollies, we’re not going to take it anymore! Hooray! … Read more
