With momentum slowing for Republican candidates after the racist killings in Louisville, the anti-Semitic mass murder in Pittsburgh, and the attempted assassination of several prominent Democrats by a Trump supporter, the leaders of the far-right are doing everything in their power to turn things around before next Tuesday’s midterm election. They’re telling lies about protections […]
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The October surprise that wasn’t… The failed Republican attempt to frame Robert Mueller for rape one week before the midterms
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged allegations of rape, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, birthright citizenship, caravans, Cesar Sayoc, distraction, extremists, Gateway Pundit, hate crime, Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl, Jennifer Taub, Louisville, mass shootings, middle class tax cuts, midterm elections, October surprise, Pittsburgh, preexisting conditions, racism, rape, Republican lies, Rick Gates, Robert Bowers, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Roy Moore, Russia, Russiagate, Seth Rich, sexual misconduct, Surefire Intelligence, threat of assassination 26 Comments
Romney defends corporations, saying that they “are people”
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney had the following to say to an unruly audience gathered along the campaign trail today in Iowa… “Corporations are people, my friends.” I can’t imagine that’s a message that will help him with the struggling men and women of Iowa, but maybe it’ll resonate with Tea Bagging set, who seem […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate fascism, corporate personhood, corporations are not people, corporations are people too, corporatocracy, Iowa, Mitt Romney, Move to Amend, tea party, Ted Nugent 23 Comments
Move to Amend chapter to open in Ypsi/Arbor, challenge concept of corporate personhood
Some local folks are starting an Ypsi/Arbor chapter of a national organization dedicated to the elimination of so-called “corporate personhood.” Their names are Reagan M. Sova and Joel Skene, and I thought that I’d take the opportunity to ask them some questions. Following is our brief, but dense conversation. MARK: So, I hear that you’re […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abuse of power, Adam Smith, are corporations people, Article V, Brown v. Board of Education, Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, constitutionalists, corporate fascism, corporate personhood, corporate speech, corporate takeover of politics, corporations, corporations are not people, Fire Rick Snyder, First Amendment, fourteenth amendment, Fourth Amendment, Free Speech, Frenchie's, Glenn Greenwald, graduated income tax, grassroots organizations, Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court 1865-1903, J.C. Bancroft Davis, Jean Baudrillard, Joel Skene, Julian Assange, Laurence Goldstone, legal precedent, masters of mankind, Michele Bachmann, money as free speech, Move to Amend, Nancy Reagan, National Lawyers Guild, New York Railway, Noam Chomsky, organic institutions, Reagan M. Sova, Reagan Sova, recall, reconstruction, Rick Snyder, Ronald Reagan, Santa Clara Blues: Corporate Personhood and Democracy, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, Sheila Tate, slavery, Supreme Court, the rule of law, threats to Democracy, William Meyer 26 Comments