No wonder the latest polls show both corporate parties are thoroughly disliked. It’s time to acknowledge that our system has been 100% purchased by the One Percent, and that even the best candidate on their best day is still no better than a Zungenwurst.
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Yesterday, on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court's badly decided Citizens United case, Blue America-endorsed candidates Andrew Romanoff, Brianna Wu and Kara Eastman joined Cenk Uygur for an online rally against the the disastrous decision.Cenk told his supporters that "No other ruling has had such a major impact on campaign finance-- allowing unlimited election spending by corporations and fueling the rise of Super PACs. It also emboldened the Supreme Court to subsequently strike down other regulations that stood in the way of corporations buying our elections.
Friday, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, reporting for the Washington Post, named the 11 biggest donors to SuperPACs since the Citizens United case was wrongly decided by a right-wing, corporate Supreme Court.
Americans celebrate their independence 242 years ago today from Britain with little thought it seems about who rules them now, comments Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone Today America celebrates its liberation from the shackles of the British Crown and the…Read more →
Image credit: Mike Thompson / Detroit Free Pressby Gaius PubliusToday’s announcement that Kennedy is retiring only consummates his abdication of responsibility. Kennedy has chosen to let a deeply dangerous president and his allies steer a badly damaged ship out to sea. Is it fair to judge an eighty-one year old man so harshly?
Frank Schaeffer is continuing his roadtrip, meeting progressive congressional candidate and filming them as introductions of the best candidates running. Last we caught up with him was in Lewiston, Maine where he spent a day Jared Golden, the progressive candidate running for the swing district that isn't the Portland coastal area. From there he headed off to Omaha where he met with Kara Eastman.
Former US President Jimmy Carter repeated his assertion that the US works more like an “oligarchy than a democracy,” while also lambasting Trump’s “hopeless” approach to the increasing tensions with North Korea.
This weekend the California Democratic Party may feel the Bern. The Party's convention is in Sacramento and late this afternoon, the resolution committee will be working on getting the undo influence of money out of the political system. The video above explains what they're trying to accomplish. Below is the resolution as it now stands:
