the ed show - citizens united the sequel
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june 25 2012the supreme court upheld quotcitizens unitedquot and made it clear states could not create their own limits on massive corporate cash montana governor brian schweitzer and msnbc contributor ej dionne join edc schultz to talk about where we go from here

citizens against government waste 2010 commercial
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wwwcagworg citizens against government waste 2010 political commercial comment approval is on casuse some people have to be nasty assholes

military could detain americans indefinitely
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a provision in the national defense authorization act would allow the military to detain terrorism suspects including american citizens indefinitely with no real trial cenk uygur and ben mankiewicz discuss on the young turkshttp:wwwhuffingtonpostcom20111129senate-votes-to-let-military-detain-americans-indefinitely_n_1119473htmlsubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ithe largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

story of citizens united v fec the critique
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this is a critique of quotthe story of citizens united v fecquot by annie leonard http:youtubek5khacjrdey i previously debunked her video titled quotthe story of stuffquot that four-part series can be seen below along with other links for referencesi also debunked quotthe story of cosmeticsquot http:youtuberxo3bpnywzo demonstrating that annie is either dishonest or she is unaware of an fda study that debunks most of what she claimssee critique belowpart 1http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=c5ujgg05xuypart 2http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=zzzhu3zfttypart 3http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=aglrzc7cws8part 4http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=8xew5ilk-9yi challenge annie to a debate: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=kucaghun_xyglenn beck interview: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=mekpvxv0syslou dobbs interview: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=9vtjdpbuyhylinks and credits to citizens united:actual citizens united decision: http:googlnrwtflisten to the oral arguments: http:googlt3c4ihttp:wwwvolokhcomhttp:wwwcato-at-libertyorghttp:wwwijorg

china: why they must free our parents from concentration camps nyt opinion
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in the video op-ed above three chinese citizens whose parents disappeared demand their release from chinas re-education camps the government is estimated to have detained over one million people the goal: to force chinas uighur ethnic minority to assimilatechinas decades-long campaign against the uighur minority has surged in recent years through the construction of hundreds of detention camps even outside of detention centers millions of uighurs in chinas xinjiang region live in a virtual prison the surveillance state deploys sophisticated technology including facial recognition tracking compulsory apps that monitor mobile phones and even dna collectionchina has justified its actions as a fight against religious extremism within the predominantly muslim ethnic minority the state has also defended the camps as boarding schools for job retraining yet community leaders including secular citizens and academics have been targeted for detentionthe international communi

please give me one million dollars - success
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craig rowin will no longer be asking millionaires for one million dollars why because one millionaire has agreed to give him a check for one million dollars it will be given to craig live on stage at the ucb theatre on wednesday february 2nd at 8pm come celebratethere will be a free raffle since craig will be a millionaireto give me another one million dollars email: pleasegivemeonemilliondollarsgmailcomwwwcraigrowincom

full show 21612: montana exempt from citizens united decision
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a montana supreme court law passed in 1912 may exempt the state from the citizens united decision also discussed: virginia039s efforts to ban abortion the continued high price of oil despite historically low levels of demand roseanne barr039s displeasure with last night039s quick fire segment and thom039s quotdaily takequot on the increased efforts in the war on labor

leicester039s community media initiatives
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citizen journalism activists john coster and simon parker talk about community media initiates in and around leicesterfor more information on these initiatives please visit http:citizenseyeorg

the 2nd leicester community media week
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citizens039 eye editor john coster talks about the activities that have been lined up for this year039s community media week which will run from june 1 to june 7 2011for more information visit http:wwwcitizenseyeorgcitizen-journalism

is the endgame for greece the same for the us
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european austerity continues to takes its toll on tuesday - greece issued a warning to all the banksters who039ve invested in about 260 billion worth of greek debt - telling them they039d better take a new deal accepting about half the value of their investments - or risk getting nothing at all greece is hoping that about 90 of its investors will take the haircut - giving greece a chance to restructure its debt in a way that039s more manageable and investors have until thursday to decide if they039ll take the deal - but if they choose not to - then once again a greek default becomes a very real possibility of course asking investors to take a haircut is nothing compared to what the greek people have had to sacrifice under years of austerity - with massive layoffs - cuts to social services - and wage decreases all of which have led to unrest in the streets - hostility with neighboring nations like germany - and even the ousting of democratically-elected leaders greece right now is the epicenter of the crisis of corporate capitalism that is engulfing the world today and the question isn039t how will things work out in greece - but instead how long until what we039re seeing in greece comes to the united states richard wolff joins thom now - he is an economist and visiting professor with the graduate program in international affairs at new school university in new york city and author of the book quotcapitalism hits the fanquot

why politicians are trying to scare and alarm americans
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only mitt romney can save us from danger you hear the same talking points when the subject comes up of cutting the defense budget - which has tripled since 1997 - and accounts for more than half of the world039s total spending on weapons we can039t cut the pentagon039s budgetor else we039ll be vulnerable to attack but the odd thing about these frightful talking points - is that they are just talking points - and not true at all the truth is - americans have never been safer in history than they are today - and the number of violent conflicts around the world is at an all-time low really - despite the warnings and so-called threats - how many times has al qaeda attacked the united states since 911 zero so - if we039re not really in danger - then why are politicians in washington and members of the media trying to scare and alarm americans we039re the land of the free and the home of the brave - not the cowardly and frightened time to stop listening to the fear mongers and war profiteers who make millions off scaring us into a neverending war on terror and an intrusive security state joining thom to discuss this is michael cohen - columnist with foreign policy and a fellow with the century foundation and author of the book quotlive from the campaign trailquot

the good the bad and the very very poikilothermalously ugly
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the good citizens of vermont as i mentioned yesterday - communities across vermont were voting on whether or not to tell congress to amend the us constitution to keep money out of politics the bad the georgia state senate the georgia state senate voted yesterday to ban undocumented immigrants from attending any of georgia039s public colleges and the very very ugly rep cory gardner despite only being in his first term as a congressman - gardner is doing all he can to line his pockets with money from big oil

why primaries force politicians to tell the truth
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as the primary season drags on - republican candidates continue to emerge bruised - battled and beaten why do republican primaries hurt their candidates while democratic primaries help democratic candidates

the us supreme koch
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on the anniversary of the citizens united ruling a bunch of protesters gathered at the supreme court with a quotus supreme kochquot banner - this is what happened next

the word - with great power comes no responsibility - the colbert report - 2011-01-08 - video clip comedy central
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with the proposed super congress only 12 lawmakers will have to make unpopular recommendations and the rest of congress can avoid blame