Citizens United and the “Right” to Intimidate Employees on Voting
By Roger Bybee, November 2, 2012 CEOs are using the Supreme Court decision to browbeat their employees about voting for Romney.read more
View ArticleThe Supreme Court’s Push to Lift Campaign Limits
By Matthew Rothschild, February 20, 2013 If it rules against cumulative limits, it will spur the effort to amend the Constitution.read more
View ArticleHow Billionaires Are Buying Our Politics
By Stephen C. Webster, October 9, 2013 Ruth Conniff was on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” Tuesday night to discuss the dire threat posed to campaign finance reform by the Supreme Court.read more
View ArticleNew IRS Rules Aim to Limit Dark Money in Politics
By Kim Barker, Pro Publica, Nov. 29, 2013 New guidelines change how 'social welfare groups' are allowed to engage in politics.read more
View ArticleFour Ways to Track 'Dark Money' In Your State's Politics
By Andy Kroll, Moyers & Company, Jan. 3, 2014 An investigative reporter's best tips for uncovering the people who pull the strings.read more
View ArticleThere's a New Corporate Cash Pipeline Running to Congress
By Jim Hightower, Jan. 28, 2014 Prepare for the explosion of "destination fundraisers."read more
View ArticleEven Congress Critters Can Be Lovable... For a Price
By Jim Hightower, Jan. 30, 2014 Our elected officials are behaving more like official prostitutes these days.read more
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Citizens Rise Up Against "Citizens United"
By Matthew Rothschild, September 23, 2011 I was speaking in Milwaukee the other night to a great group of peace activists, and in the question and answer period, we started talking about what could be...
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Occupy Wall Street and Amend the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United
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Good News on the Citizens United Front
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Election 2012: 'Swift-boat on Steroids'
By Ruth Conniff, January 10, 2012 The Presidential primary season has never seemed less relevant to ordinary Americans. As the Mitt Romney juggernaut moves through New Hampshire and South Carolina,...
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Two years later, Citizens United decision proves bad for democracy
By David A. Love, January 21, 2012 This month marks the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s horrendous decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission that has allowed...
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Overturn Citizens United: Amend the Constitution
By Matthew Rothschild, January 21, 2012 I was asked to speak at an “Occupy the Courts” rally outside the federal courthouse in Madison, Wisconsin, yesterday. It was nine degrees out, and it was...
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The Koch Brothers Want to Buy the White House
By Matthew Rothschild, February 6, 2012 This is what plutocracy looks like.At the end of January, in California, the Koch Brothers held one of their semi-annual gatherings of super-rich...
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The Koch Brothers and Citizens United
February 6, 2012 Follow Matthew Rothschild @mattrothschild on Twitter
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Vermont Pushes Against Citizens United
By Elizabeth DiNovella, March 8, 2012 Vermonters pushed for a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United during this week’s Super Tuesday vote.The 2010 Supreme Court’s Citizens United...
View ArticleVermont Challenges Citizens United
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View ArticleHope in Occupy, and in Amending the Constitution
By Matthew Rothschild, April 20, 2012 The two biggest movements in America that give me hope right now are the Occupy Movement and the effort to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn the Supreme...
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Supreme Court Reaffirms Citizens United
By Matthew Rothschild, June 25, 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court not only reaffirmed its ludicrous Citizens United position on Monday. It made damn sure that it applies to every state of the...
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Supreme Court's Horrible Decision in MT Case
June 25, 2012 Follow Matthew Rothschild @mattrothschild on Twitter
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Meet the 26 Billionaires Buying the 2012 Elections | By Sen. Bernie Sanders
By Sen. Bernie Sanders, July 25, 2012 · So far this year, 26 billionaires have donated more than $61 million to super PACs, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And, that’s only what has...
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Best Quote Ever on Citizens United!
By Matthew Rothschild, July 26, 2012 “A handful of billionaires own a significant part of the wealth of America and have enormous control over our economy. What the Supreme Court did in Citizens...
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The Campaign Finance Difference
By Matthew Rothschild, September 5, 2012 There are a lot of differences between the Republicans and the Democrats, and we’re hearing a lot about them from the podium in Charlotte, especially on health...
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Dems Want Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United
September 5, 2012 Follow Matthew Rothschild @mattrothschild on Twitter
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The Founders Versus the Funders
By Lawrence Lessig, October 2012 issue Editor’s Note: Lawrence Lessig testified on July 24 before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights in...
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Dark Money’s Dark Role in Wisconsin Races
By Elizabeth DiNovella, September 20, 2012 Dark money, aka undisclosed campaign cash, played a pivotal role in Wisconsin’s recall elections of 2011 and 2012. More than half of the $90.4 million raised...
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What I Won’t Miss After Election Day
By Erik Lorenzsonn, November 3, 2012 When this overlong rigmarole they call “election season” is finally put out to pasture, there will be plenty on my to-do list.Weeping cathartically, blocking...
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