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October 13, 2010 9:21 pm | By Brian
60,052
60,052 is the number of ads right-wing groups have aired since August, according to a report by Political Correction. The Karl Rove-linked organization American Crossroads dominates the group with 17,360 ads, and the US Chamber of Commerce places a close…
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October 13, 2010 8:11 pm | By Miranda Blue
$885,000 worth of proof of the Chamber’s foreign funding
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has tried to downplay the revelation that it may be funneling money from foreign corporations into its electoral activities (while offering no proof to the contrary). Meanwhile, Think Progress has been digging up some more…
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October 12, 2010 8:26 pm | By Miranda Blue
Ken Buck Takes on a “Lemon Situation”
Our Rogues’ Gallery report chronicles, among other themes, the regressive attitudes of many of this year’s far-right Senate candidates toward women’s rights. Not content to be merely anti-choice, candidates like Sharron Angle and Joe Miller say abortion should be illegal…
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October 12, 2010 7:56 pm | By Miranda Blue
Goodbye, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell?
A federal judge today ordered the government to stop enforcing the discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Judge Virginia Phillips of California found last month that the policy violates servicemembers’ First Amendment speech rights and Fifth Amendment right to due…
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October 12, 2010 3:11 pm | By Brian
American Future Fund’s Ethanol Industry Ties
In PFAW’s report “After Citizens United: A Look into the Pro-Corporate Players in American Politics,” we looked into the Iowa-based American Future Fund which is spending millions of dollars attacking Democrats across the country. The AFF was founded by former…
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October 12, 2010 2:32 pm | By Jen Herrick
Don’t forget to honor Matthew Shepard today by making it better
Last week, I wrote about Matthew Shepard and his mother Judy. Today, on the 12th anniversary of Matthew’s death, the Make It Better Project is urging Congress to support the Student Nondiscrimination Act and the Safe Schools Improvement Act. Please…
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October 12, 2010 12:57 am | By Paul Gordon
At the Court: Immunity for Child Vaccine Manufacturers
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, a case that will determine the extent to which pharmaceutical corporations are protected from lawsuits from those who are injured by their products.Back in the 1980s, Congress passed the…
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October 12, 2010 12:39 am | By Paul Gordon
Big Pharma and the Next Congress
In addition to the obvious legal questions involved in the pharmaceutical immunity case of Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, this case also has a political component that ties it to the midterm elections. If the Supreme Court interprets the Vaccine Act in…
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October 9, 2010 12:21 am | By Miranda Blue
Who ya callin’ elite?
In a recent speech in Mobile, Alabama, George W. Bush previewed his new book, “Decision Points,” and got all “aw, shucks” about the “elites” who have misunderestimated him: “I have written a book. This will come as a shock to…
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October 8, 2010 9:58 pm | By Miranda Blue
Rep. Edwards: Support for Constitutional Amendment growing in “chaotic political climate”
Rep. Donna Edwards, the sponsor of a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, reacted today to the letter in support of such an amendment, signed by 50 prominent attorneys and law professors, that People For…
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October 8, 2010 4:24 pm | By Brian
Record Spending in September by Outside Groups
The Center for Responsive Politics has tabulated the spending totals of outside groups from September to the beginning of October, revealing such enormous spending levels that third-party organizations are even spending more than the candidates themselves. Of the top ten…
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October 7, 2010 10:31 pm | By Miranda Blue
Some Perspective on Park51
The pastor of the oldest Catholic church in New York State was researching his church’s 200-year history this summer and noticed some interesting parallels to a debate going on a few blocks away. In an interview with the New York…
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October 7, 2010 10:16 pm | By Jen Herrick
Honor Matthew Shepard by making it better
These words have perhaps never been truer than they are right now. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. I was…
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October 7, 2010 8:01 pm | By Miranda Blue
Republican Candidates in Their Own Words
United Steelworkers has put together this remarkable video of Republican candidates discussing issues such as Social Security, unemployment benefits, and the minimum wage. It speaks for itself:
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October 7, 2010 7:54 pm | By Miranda Blue
Protesting Foreign Corporate Money in Elections
This afternoon, several of us at People For the American Way went to lend our support (and homemade signage) to a protest that MoveOn had organized in front of the Chamber of Commerce.The Chamber has been in the spotlight this…
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October 7, 2010 7:36 pm | By Miranda Blue
And Support for Marriage Equality Keeps on Inching Up…
The Pew Research Center reported this week that fewer than half of Americans are opposed to same-sex marriage, the first time opposition has dipped below 50% since Pew began polling on the issue 15 years ago. Opposition to marriage equality…
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October 6, 2010 9:57 pm | By Miranda Blue
Stevens: Campaign money is “simply not speech”
In a wide-ranging interview with NPR’s Nina Totenberg this week, former Justice John Paul Stevens touched on his strong opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, to which he wrote an adamant dissenting opinion. As for…
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October 6, 2010 9:50 pm | By Miranda Blue
Kudlow to Corporate-Backed Groups: Disclose Your Funding
Yesterday, Think Progress dropped a campaign finance bombshell when it reported that the US Chamber of Commerce, which is spending tens of millions of dollars this year to run ads supporting GOP candidates in federal elections, is collecting hundreds of…
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October 6, 2010 4:14 pm | By Brian
Chamber’s Foreign Funding Demonstrates the Need to Revisit Citizens United
Coming on the heels of a report by ThinkProgress on how the US Chamber of Commerce uses membership dues from foreign corporations to pay for political advertisements in American elections, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United is facing new…
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October 6, 2010 3:19 pm | By Paul Gordon
Why Are Republicans Opposing a Judiciary That Looks Like America?
With Republican Senators refusing to allow votes even on nominees who they do not oppose, they are depriving courts across the nation of the judges needed to ensure justice for all. In fact, the Senate recessed last week without confirming…