Tag Archives: corporate money

How Big Money and Big Media Undermine Democracy

By Mark | November 11, 2013

I have very little to add in the way of comment, but I wanted to let all of you know that Bill Moyers just interviewed John Nichols and Robert McChesney, the authors of the new book Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America, and it’s incredibly fascinating stuff… And, by “incredibly […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Politics, Rants | Also tagged Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Dollarocracy, Gannett Company, get the money out of Washington, John Nichols, journalism, media consolidation, money as free speech, news, news media, nightly news, political ads, Robert McChesney, Sinclair Broadcast Group, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism | 7 Comments

Russ Feingold announces the launch of Progressives United

By Mark | February 19, 2011

One of the best Senators our country has ever known, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, has just announced the launch of a new organization dedicated to the lessening of corporate influence in American politics. It’s called Progressives United, and following you’ll see Feingold’s video announcing the organization, as well as his appearance on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged campaign finance reform, cheese curds, collective bargaining, Corporate Crime, corporate speech, get the money out of Washington, Michele Bauchmann, money in politics, Progressives United, public employee unions, Rachel Maddow, Russ Feingold, Scott Walker, union busting, unions, Wisconsin | 5 Comments

Happy anniversary Citizens United, here’s our country on a silver platter

By Mark | January 23, 2011

It’s been exactly a year since our Supreme Court, in a controversial 5-4 decision, ruled that corporate spending on political campaigns needed to be protected as though it were the free speech of an American citizen. The decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case has, among other things, made it unconstitutional to […]

Posted in Politics | Also tagged 12 Months After: The Effects of Citizens United on Elections and the Integrity of the Legislative Process, buying elections, campaign funding, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Corporate Crime, corporate media, corporate takeover of politics, Free Speech, get the money out of Washington, money as free speech, money in politics, Prince William, Public Citizen, Supreme Court | 8 Comments

Ypsi landmark figures prominently in Conan O’Brien gay joke

By Mark | January 13, 2011

Posted in Media, Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bill Nickles, Conan O'Brien, Five Cent Willy, gay history museum, get the money out of Washington, Jimmy Fallon, John Boehner, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, monologues, Most Phallic Building contest, oral history, phallic structures, phallic things, the gay, water towers, Ypsilanti water tower | 9 Comments

Net Neutrality and the DISCLOSE Act

By Mark | September 22, 2010

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, […]