There was a protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing today… I get it. People want to put this behind them and get back to business-as-usual. They want to go back to work. They want a return of some kind of normalcy. And, apparently, they think that’ll happen if Governor Whitmer just lifts her […]
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Trump supporters protest against public health in Lansing
Also posted in Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Tagged 1918 flu, anti-science, Betsy DeVos, Confederate flag, coronavirus, Corporate Crime, corporate speech, COVID-19, DeVos, Donald Trump, double-peaked curve, flatten the curve, Gretchen Whitmer, guns, hair dye, Howard Markel, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Lansing, MAGA, Michigan Conservative Coalition, Michigan Freedom Fund, Monica, Monica Echeverri Casarez, motor boat, Ohio, pandemic, protest, public health, shelter in place, social distancing, zombies 261 Comments
Net Neutrality and the DISCLOSE Act
Tonight, I will be signing a petition and calling the offices of my Senators in order to weigh in on two very important initiatives, and I would like to ask that you do the same. The first is called the DISCLOSE Act, and it’s being championed by Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Schumer. The bill, […]
Also posted in Corporate Crime, Politics Tagged call to action, Chuck Schumer, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate money, disclose act, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, get the money out of Washington, Google, ISPs, Julius Genachowski, net neutrality, Patrick Leahy, Supreme Court, Verizon 6 Comments
Are corporations people? And is it their birthright to buy elections?
Continuing our conversation from a few days ago on corporate personhood, I thought that I’d pass along this new video from Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig’s organization Fix Congress First. The piece is entitled, “Are corporations people?” And, speaking of the stranglehold that corporations have on the American electorate, did you happen to see that […]
Also posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics Tagged Add new tag, are corporations people, Bank of America, Citigroup, corporate personhood, corporate speech, Fair Elections Now Act, Fix Congress First, get the money out of Washington, Lawrence Lessig, lemon socialism, Obama, Paul Krugman, public funding of elections, Wall Street bailouts, Wall Street bonuses, Wall Street deregulation 10 Comments