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justice clarence thomas and citizens united: a conflict of interest - protectourelectionsorg
Bookmarked 772 weeks ago clarence thomas has been caught up in a swirl of controversy surrounding his 20 years of falsifying financial disclosure statements including those during his nomination process and using his judicial decisions to enrich his wifevirginia thomas has launched two organizations --liberty central and liberty consulting -- to take advantage of last years citizens united decision and raised hundreds of thousands in secret money to fund them and help conservative candidates common cause has filed a conflict of interest complaint with the department of justice asking that it vacate the citizens united ruling because of justice thomas039 conflicts of interest well protect our elections has discovered another even more shocking conflict of interestcitizens united actually supported clarence thomas during his nomination process and spent over 100000 dollars running ads attacking senators who opposed thomas controversial ads that generated millions of dollars of free publicity from the news flaplast june the us supreme court was faced with an eerily similar conflict of interest case involving massey energy which helped fund the candidacy of justice brent benjamin to the wv sup ct eventuallymassey energy was sued and the case was heard by the wv supreme court the man suing massey energy hugh caperton moved to recuse justice benjamin on the basis of his previous support from massey the motion was denied and justice benjamin cast the deciding vote in favor of massey energy caperton appealed to the us supreme court it ruled last june that justice benjamin labored under a financial conflict of interest that denied caperton due process and they reversed the case justice clarence thomas dissentedapplying the caperton case to the facts of justice thomas039 participation in citizens unitedit is clear that he denied the appellants due process because he labored under a conflict of interest -- he owed them a payback and they would benefit handsomely by a ruling in their favorfor more information and to get involved and sign our petitions demanding investigations into these and other allegations surrounding justice thomas please visit protectourelectionsorg |
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sovereign citizens or domestic terrorist
Bookmarked 717 weeks ago march 08 2012 abc news http:moxnewscom |
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iranian revolutionary guard spokesman weeps over soleimani039s death on state tv
Bookmarked 309 weeks ago president donald trump ordered a us airstrike that killed one of irans most powerful generals and sent global markets reeling in response to the threat of an imminent attack secretary of state michael pompeo said fridaypompeo would not provide details about the threat other than to say it was confined to the middle east and that it justified the airstrike irans supreme leader quickly threatened severe retaliation in response the us state department has issued a directive urging american citizens to leave iraq immediately due to the tensionsoil futures in london and new york at one point surged by more than 4 gold hit the highest in four months 10-year treasury yields headed for the biggest drop in three weeks and stocks and us equity futures slidqassem soleimani who led proxy militias that extended irans power across the middle east was killed in a strike in baghdad authorized by trump the defense department said in a statement late thursday trump who is staying |
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unfair charades
Bookmarked 694 weeks ago the teams are unfair brought to you by ucb comedy http:wwwtwittercomucbcomedy http:wwwfacebookcomucbcomedydirectorjd amatowriterchris kellyproducerjulie gomeztodd bieberdirector of photographyjoe spit1st adscript supervisortristan griffinsoundben sayegstarringshannon o039neillmike stillchris kellygeorge karemandan hodapp |
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dad pranks son
Bookmarked 694 weeks ago nothing stops this father from having fun at his son039s expensebrought to you by ucb comedy http:wwwtwittercomucbcomedy http:wwwfacebookcomucbcomedystorytelleradam newmananimation bybrad jonasproduced bytodd bieber |
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perverted oldies orgy part 2
Bookmarked 43 weeks ago watch perverted oldies orgy part 2 2020 runtime: 10:27 categories: shaved mature orgy amateurs group sex oldies old young aged grandparents soaking wet pussy worn out senior citizens hornyhill hornyhillse |
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christian textbooks reveal the loch ness monster real
Bookmarked 702 weeks ago what is accelerate christian education - and what039s in its curriculum thanks to governor bobby jindal - the public school system in louisiana is in trouble thanks to a new law thousands of students in louisiana will receive state voucher money for the 2012-2013 school year to leave public school - and instead attend private religious schools - some of which teach an ultra radical christian curriculum and - students in louisiana aren039t alone similar programs are running in states across the country - where taxpayer money is being used to fund education filled with the most outlandish of pseudoscience and misinformation so - if you think that all schools teach that the loch ness monster is fake - and that dinosaurs came before humans - then everything you know is wrong joining me now is bruce wilson - co-founder and editor of talk to action and contributor to alternet |
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the young the old and the muscular
Bookmarked 43 weeks ago watch the young the old and the muscular 2022 runtime: 10:09 categories: blowjob doggystyle mature threesome muscular cougar experienced old young aged tight pussy grandparents old perv worn out senior citizens hornyhill hornyhillse |
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a progressive victory on alec amp guns or not
Bookmarked 712 weeks ago lee fang republicreportorg joins thom hartmann alec039s corporate members are dropping like flies as part of the progressive backlash against the group with their level of influence suddenly dwindling - are we seeing the end of this democracy destroyer |
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a livable wage for restaurant workers
Bookmarked 712 weeks ago the only national organization focused on the needs of restaurant workers held a rally here in washington dc - drawing attention to the struggles these workers face dr jill stein - the green party candidate for president - was at the rally - and she039ll join thom to talk more about it |
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a congressional summit to overturn citizens united
Bookmarked 712 weeks ago so what did we learn from monday night039s defeat of the buffet rule in the senate well - first and foremost - we learned that republicans in the senate did exactly what their billionaire campaign donors told them to do - prevent a tax increase on the romney rich we also learned that a majority of senators can039t pass legislation anymore 51 out of 100 senators voted for the buffet rule - a clear majority - but the bill failed - because of a republican filibuster and we also learned that the american people have lost their voice on capitol hill a recent cnn poll found that 72 of americans - including a majority of republicans - support that very same buffet rule that the republicans blocked in the senate monday night unfortunately - those 72 of americans don039t have multi-millionaire lobbyists like multimillionaire grover norquist working for them and therefore can039t buy off lawmakers to listen to them and now - thanks to the supreme court039s citizens united decision - a millionaire can walk up to a member of congress and threaten to fund a campaign for their opponent in the next election if he or she doesn039t vote the way the millionaire wants with that power - don039t expect the oligarchs039 grip on power to loosen at least not until we pass a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united and explicitly say that corporations are not people and that money is property - not speech luckily - there are some in congress working to do just that members of congress - activists and leaders within the movement to overturn citizens united will meet for a summit on capitol hill what will be discussed at the summit - and what do attendees hope to accomplish congressman ted deutch from florida039s 19th district will be at the summit and he039s here tonight to tell us more about itjoin the movement to kick corporations and the romney super-rich out of our elections - go to movetoamendorg |
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oil barons of the world target north pole
Bookmarked 712 weeks ago the oil barons of the world - and the militaries that rely on that oil - are seeing new opportunities in the north pole as global climate change kicks into high gear warming weather is leading to the northern ice cap melting - uncovering a treasure trove of oil and natural gas reserves scientists believe that the arctic is storing 13 of the world039s untapped oil - and nearly a third of the world039s undiscovered natural gas as the ice melts - access to these resources becomes easier and shipping lanes open - so now northern nations are scrambling to stake out their chunk of arctic resources as well as running military operations in the area should they have to fight for these resources in the not too distant future in fact - two months ago - military leaders from the united states canada russia iceland denmark sweden norway and finland met to discuss security issues around the arctic but shouldn039t these nations have the exact opposite approach to disappearing ice in the arctic why are we looking for more fossil fuels to burn while we039re watching our world melt from fossil-fuel induced climate change dan howells joins me now - he is the deputy campaigns director for greenpeace usa |
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would sigmund freud have a field day with republicans
Bookmarked 712 weeks ago sigmund freud came up with the idea of psychological projection - which is basically when someone projects onto other people belief or actions that they themselves hold or have carried out but are in denial about for example - if someone is a habitual liar - they might hide it by accusing others around them of lying it sure looks like mitt romney is guilty of this sort of psychological projection after all - one of the central messages of his campaign is how awful obamacare is - even though mitt romney was the first to enact a version of obamacare in massachusetts while he was a governor and while the issue of healthcare is the most obvious form of projection by mitt romney - there are several others |
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the good the bad and the very very philogastricously ugly
Bookmarked 712 weeks ago the good eric schoenberg despite the republicans039 filibuster of the buffett rule last night - it seems like more and more millionaires are ready and willing to pay their fair share of taxes the bad fox news yesterday - the romney campaign chose the adviser responsible for vetting and choosing a vp candidate the official fox and friends twitter account tweeted quotromney has hired an advisor to do his vp search who should we choosequot and the very very ugly us department of defense a report on cnn over the weekend revealed that women in each branch of the military are routinely diagnosed with mental conditions and dismissed from duty after filing sexual harassment complaints |
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who is afraid of sheriff arpaio
Bookmarked 722 weeks ago on january 31 citizens for a better arizona cba walked out of the maricopa county board of supervisors meetingthis was because they were denied the opportunity to comment on agenda items concerning sheriff joe arpaio the boards chairman max wilson a loyal supporter of arpaio changed the rules so no agenda items could have direct public response even when it was discovered 100 million tax dollars were misspent incest victims as young as 2 years old cases were closed without investigation and racial profiling reached historic levels the republican supervisors are afraid of arpaio in arizona to go up against arpaio means your political career is over if you are a republican it also has meant that you your family and career could be threatened by not asking serious questions to arpaio039s chief deputy jerry sheridan or county attorney bill montgomery the board turned a public meeting into an hour long re-election commercial for joe arpaio complete with the usual fact denying and media blaming both montgomery and sheridan have a questionable history with arpaioarpaio was caught breaking state campaign laws by illegally using funds to promote montgomery039s election in 2010 he was fined 157000 dollars because of it before sheridan was promoted to chief deputy he was in charge of arpaio039s jails while some of the worst lawsuits wrongful deaths and murders took place with the exception of lone democrat mary rose wilcox they continue to be afraid to ask the real questions of arpaio or even stand up for themselves when confronted by his staff they themselves have been falsely arrested and harassed by the sheriff039s department after leaving the bos meeting cba went directly to the us attorneys office and delivered a letter requesting they act on a 3 year investigation into the criminal behavior of arpiao for more info on cba: http:citizensforabetterazorg |












