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kucinich speaks to the urgency of getting private money out of politics
Bookmarked 734 weeks ago congressman dennis kucinich d-oh today took the house floor urging fellow members of congress to support a constitutional amendment to rescue american democracy by publicly funding federal electionsfull text follows:quotone of the biggest stumbling blocks to america039s economic recovery is corporations can legally buy elections and then influence policies which move millions of jobs out of america which escape taxation by off shoring profits which cash in on wars which press military industrial spending through the roof quotwhile we pledge allegiance to the red white and blue corporations whose only allegiance is to green are selling out america and they are becoming ever more powerful because of a supreme court decision in citizens united which effectively turns this government into an auction where policies may go to the highest bidder quothouse joint resolution 100 is a constitutional amendment which aims at taking all private money out of elections and returning government to the people quoti urge my colleagues to support hjres 100 so that we can break the golden shackles which are imprisoning this government right now and get rid of corporate influence once and for all quotno private money in elections support hjres 100quot |
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obamacare architect: no state exchange = no subsidies blatant enough
Bookmarked 603 weeks ago obamacare architect on the quotblatantquot threat in the law: no state exchange = no subsidiesjonathan gruber january 18 2012quotwhats important to remember politically about this is if you039re a state and you dont set up an exchange that means your citizens don039t get their tax creditsbut your citizens still pay the taxes that support this bill so youre essentially saying to your citizens youre going to pay all the taxes to help all the other states in the country i hope that that039s a blatant enough political reality that states will get their act together and realize there are billions of dollars at stake here in setting up these exchanges but you know once again the politics can get ugly around thisquot |
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sweden lets citizens run government twitter account
Bookmarked 735 weeks ago 01172012http:leaksourcewordpresscom |
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obama039s hidden past
Bookmarked 775 weeks ago information about obama039s hidden past is finally coming out due to the diligent research of citizens for freedom and donald trump039s investigation into obama and it039s not about the birth certificate issue this video exposes the facts they have uncovered about obama039s past that may be surprising even shocking to some manipulation of political figures by the ruling elite is nothing new in fact it039s the documented history of how the british empire the mercantile elite class of britain was able to control the world and still do knowing information like this and keeping it suppressed while financing them to high political office is how the controlling elite of the world are able to completely control the puppet politicians in america and deceive all but the most astute studiers of history |
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congressman tells conan not to worry about debt crisis video
Bookmarked 760 weeks ago we the clock is counting down on the debt ceiling crisis many citizens are beginning to sincerely worry about the possibility that president obama and house republicans will be unable to reach a compromise before we default on our credit among those concerned citizens is conan o039brien who took the time to talk to a congressman on last night039s quotconanquot to find out whether his fears are founded |
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bahrain al khalifa mercenaries attacking citizens cars in aldair area 15 4 2012
Bookmarked 722 weeks ago |
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the hope and the change - official movie trailer
Bookmarked 704 weeks ago http:thehopeandthechangecom the surprising personal journeys of 40 democrats and independents from across america who supported obama in 2008 available now on dvd |
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has mi gov snyder declared financial martial law
Bookmarked 737 weeks ago rev david bullock rainbow push coalition ampamp judith browne-dianis advancement project join thom hartmann we overthrew corporate rule in 1776 - and now michigan is returning to it democracy in a republic is the will of the people being exercised through their representatives for rick snyder to say he can replace democracy with a 250000year quotmanagerquot is a crime against democracy especially when they039re buddies of his or friends of his friends it039s like when the british east india company used to run north america and spread the profits among its stockholders - who were members of the parliament and the king it should be illegal - unconstitutional - in america for a politican to strip a city or county of their elected officials let039s hope the people of michigan wake up fast and throw these corporatist bums out |
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alec039s disturbing level of influence
Bookmarked 736 weeks ago anna scholl progressva joins thom hartmann according to a new report by the advocacy group progress virginia - lawmakers in virginia have outsourced their jobs to the shadowy koch brothers-funded corporate think tank known as alec - the american legislative exchange council in case you dont know what alec is - it039s an organization that brings together corporate ceos and lobbyists with elected lawmakers to come up with custom-made legislation that benefits big polluters job outsourcers and banksters and hurts unions poor people and voters and apparently it039s found a friend in the virginia general assembly - where since 2007 - over 50 different pieces of legislation have been introduced that are exact carbon copies of alec written legislation so what does it mean when corporate think tanks are in charge of writing out laws |
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national guard soldier arrested for not wanting to fire on american citizens must watch
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago it039s not going to be a walk through the park guys hope for the best prepare for the worstmirrored from ssgmercertd on dec 8 2011https:wwwyoutubecomuserssgmercertdssgmercertd039s webcam video december 8 2011 11:02 am |
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us embassy evacuates american citizens from wuhan amid coronavirus outbreak
Bookmarked 317 weeks ago quotthe us embassy in china is evacuating american citizens from wuhan the city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak more than 1300 cases have been reported in the country and at least 41 people have died in the us 63 patients have been tested in 22 states ramy inocencio reportssubscribe to the quotcbs evening newsquot channel here: http:bitly1s7dhikwatch full episodes of the quotcbs evening newsquot here: http:cbsnws23xekkawatch the latest installment of quoton the roadquot only on the quotcbs evening newsquot here: http:cbsnws23xwqmhfollow quotcbs evening newsquot on instagram: http:bitly1t8ictolike quotcbs evening newsquot on facebook here: http:onfbme1kxyobbfollow the quotcbs evening newsquot on twitter here: http:bitly1o3dttefollow the quotcbs evening newsquot on google here: http:bitly1qs0aamget your news on the go download cbs news mobile apps here: http:cbsnws1xb1wc8get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day stream local news live and watch full seasons of cbs fan f |
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so oil barons just threatened the president of the us
Bookmarked 736 weeks ago speaking at a conference this week - jack gerard - the head of the american petroleum institute - which is the nation039s largest lobbying organization for oil and gas corporations - told president obama quoti think it would be a huge mistake on the part of the president of the united states to deny the construction of the keystone xl pipelineclearly the keystone xl pipeline is in the national interest a determination to decide anything less than that i believe will have huge political consequencesquot do what the oil barons say - build the damn pipeline - or suffer quothuge political consequencesquot the sad part is - in today039s post citizens united world - we have to take these threats seriously |