I was thinking today about the little events that influence global politics, and all of our lives. Had Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s car not taken a wrong turn at the junction of Appel quay and Franzjosefstrasse in Serbia on that day in 1914, passing in front of a loitering 19-year-old Gavrila Principe, who just happened to […]
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Could this impending battle over the Supreme Court tear our nation apart?
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged affirmative action, another famous person has died, Antonin Scalia, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Benjamin Studebaker, Bush v. Gore, Chuck Grassley, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, civil rights, Civil War, Elena Kagan, Gavrila Principe, Judd Gregg, Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, money in politics, Obama, Olympia Snowe, Presidential politics, racism, recess appointments, Richard Lugar, Senate, separation of church and state, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, Voting Rights Act 64 Comments
Mitch McConnell promises to hand the government over to corporate America if the Republicans retake the Senate in November
Every summer, at about this time, conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch apparently shine the sign of the relentlessly sucking vampire squid onto the dark, steely clouds above Gotham and call our nation’s most evil industrialists to a secret location, where, over steak, cigars, and the world’s finest prostitutes, they plot the destruction of our […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alison Lundergan Grimes, American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society, Charles Koch, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate money, dark money, David Koch, Koch brothers, Mitch McConnell, money as free speech, Senate, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class 19 Comments
How Big Money and Big Media Undermine Democracy
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, corporate money, Dollarocracy, Gannett Company, 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