Mark Maynard | lobbying

It’s not just a matter of fixing Wall Street

By Mark | April 26, 2010

With all the talk of banking reform in the news today, I thought that now might be a good time to remind folks about Lawrence Lessig’s attempts, through his organization, Fix Congress First, to rally support for the Fair Elections Now Act. As I suspect many of you know, regulating Wall Street, while critical, in […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Other, Politics | Also tagged call to action, campaign finance reform, campaign funding, Chamber of Commerce, corporate money, Fair Elections Now Act, Fix Congress First, get the money out of Washington, Lawrence Lessig, money in politics, Pew Research Center, Scott Brown | 17 Comments

Michael Moore on why he’s reluctantly supporting the health care bill

By Mark | March 17, 2010

I know how some of you feel about Michael Moore, but I really like what he had to say this evening on CNN about the health care bill, and why we progressives needed to get behind it, like Dennis Kucinich. I watched it at the gym, sweating profusely, and waiting for some fireworks between Moore […]

Posted in Health, Media, Politics | Also tagged CNN, Dennis Kucinich, health care, healthcare reform, hospital lobby, lobbyists, Michael Moore, Obama, the public option, Wolf Blitzer | 9 Comments

Corporations given the green light to buy elections

By Mark | January 21, 2010

Last night, I posted a video here by Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig about the importance of getting corporate money out of politics. At the time, I agreed with the professor that corporations had way too much influence over American politics. Since I posted it, however, things have gotten considerably worse. This morning, the U.S. Supreme […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Free Speech, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, banking reform, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, Chuck Schumer, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, corporations, corporations are not people, corporations are people too, defense contractors, election finance reform, Free Speech, get the money out of Washington, John Roberts, Lawrence Lessig, McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, money in politics, Obama, personhood, public funding of elections, Supreme Court, the surge | 13 Comments

Lieberman would rather have ‘Nothing’ than healthcare reform with a public option

By Mark | November 1, 2009

On Face the Nation this morning, Senator Joe Lieberman made it quite clear that he intended to vote down any Democratic legislation including a public option, even if it meant passing no healthcare legislation at all… See for yourself: By way of background, here are a few little tidbits about Lieberman from MediaMatters. In 2005, […]

Posted in Health, Politics | Also tagged Aetna, Face the Nation, get the money out of Washington, Hadassah Lieberman, healthcare reform, Hill & Knowlton, Joe Lieberman, Pfizer, Purdue Pharma, the public option | 9 Comments

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It’s not just a matter of fixing Wall Street

Michael Moore on why he’s reluctantly supporting the health care bill

Corporations given the green light to buy elections

Lieberman would rather have ‘Nothing’ than healthcare reform with a public option

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