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Democracy Is Not for Sale ACTION US
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Supreme Court, Citizens United, Corporations, election spending, constitution, corporate funding, ethics )

Nancy
- 5 hours ago - unitedrepublic.org
A coalition of organizations calling itself "united re:public" is soliciting signatures on a document "demanding the US Supreme Court stop billionaires from buying our politicians and our laws", which will be printed out and delivered to the Justices...
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Mitt Romney and the Women Who Don't Love Him
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, candidates, constitution, corruption, dishonesty, economy, elections, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, housing, lies, media, politics, propaganda, republicans )

Kit
- 12 hours ago - motherjones.com
His numbers are particularly dismal among single gals. While Romney leads Obama among married women by about 9 points, Obama blows him away among single women by 36 points. This matters: There are 55 million single women in the United States.
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Romney's Job-Killing Budget Can't Make Unemployment 6%
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, candidates, congress, constitution, corruption, dishonesty, elections, Govtfearmongering, lies, media, politics, propaganda, republicans )

Kit
- 16 hours ago - ourfuture.org
At least It fits on a bumper sticker. Mitt Romney: Reach For The Baseline. But what's sad about Romney's pledge is that even when he is promising to run in place,he is exaggerating.
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Is the Corporate Personhood Reform Movement Doomed to Fail in Washington?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Citizens United Decision, SupremeCourt, usa, corporations as citizens?, news, government, media, ethics, freedoms, constitution, cover-up, propaganda, politics, u.s. )

Cal
- 1 day ago - alternet.org
Imprecise messages and imperfect messengers converge as Washington looks to solve the Citizens United mess.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Reject Bill That Would Require Kansas Doctors to Lie About a Connection Between Abortions and Breast Cancer
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abortion politics, ethics, law, pending legislation, Kansas, lies, media, republicans, propaganda, usa, politics, news, government, freedoms, constitution, healthcare, healthcare )

Cal
- 1 day ago - forcechange.com
Kansas legislators recently passed a bill, SB 313 or No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act. If enacted into law by the Kansas State Senate, the bill would require that doctors tell women seeking an abortion that there is a possibility of an increased risk
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PETITION | Tell Obama: End Indefinite Detention Now!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: u.s., americans, abuse, constitution, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, Govtfearmongering, obama, politics, congress, government )

John
- 1 day ago - act.demandprogress.org
It was amazing news: Chris Hedges, Revolution Truth, et al won their lawsuit last week as a judge ruled that indefinite detention violates the Constitution. More than 50,000 Demand Progress members have signed on as supporters of the lawsuit.
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Killing for Opium : If You Speak Out, You're 'Suicided'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TREASON, Lies, Corruption, cover-up, congress, constitution, democrats, republicans, military )

Barbara
- 2 days ago - theindependentlifeboat.wordpress.com
Football star and Army Ranger, Pat Tillman, discovered the true reason the United States is engaged in these foreign wars. He planned on making this information common knowledge upon returning to the states.
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Corporate Lobbying Group Asks Supreme Court Not to Use "Empirical Evidence" When Reconsidering Citizens United
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, constitution, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, elections, Govtfearmongering, lies, politics, propaganda )

Kit
- 3 days ago - truth-out.org
Now, attorneys for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a 100%-corporate funded lobbying group that has used the Citizens United decision to pump tens of millions of undisclosed dollars into federal elections over the last two years...-->
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The Occupy Movement and the Politics of Educated Hope
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, citizens, constitution, dishonesty, economy, elections, ethics, Govtfearmongering, lies, media, politics, propaganda )

Kit
- 3 days ago - truth-out.org
"To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair inevitable." -Raymond Williams-- American society has lost its claim on democracy.
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PLEASE SIGN***OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED: A Constitutional Amendment***TAKE ACTION***
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, congress, constitution, corruption, dishonesty, government, lies, media, politics, propaganda, SupremeCourt )

Kit
- 3 days ago - sherrodbrown.com
We need a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and it's destructive influence on our elections.
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"No NATO, No War": U.S. Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Return War Medals at NATO Summit
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: constitution, congress, dishonesty, democrats, republicans, propaganda, Govtfearmongering, corruption )

Barbara
- 4 days ago - democracynow.org
50 veterans discarded their war medals by hurling them down the street in the direction of the NATO summit. Thousands march! NATO HIDES! CRIMINALS serve NATO! Scott Olsen tosses his medals.
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Great and Timely Song By Woody Guthrie. Are the Police Becoming An Anti-Occupy Political Movement?   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, constitution, corruption, economy, freedoms )

Green
- 12 days ago - youtube.com
This video of police brutality to Occupy Wall Street protesters is really a link to several hundred equally brutal and violent videos of police actions against Occupy protesters and against the First Amendment. What are the police becoming?
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The Federal Reserve Is Almost 100 Years Old. Is It Doing a Good Job?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Federal americans, constitution, corruption, dishonesty, economy, usa )

Green
- 13 days ago - opednews.com
We are told that the Federal Reserve is "above politics" and that it is absolutely vital that the Fed remain "independent". The reality is that the Federal Reserve has more control over the performance of the U.S. economy than the president ever does.
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Defend the First Amendment ACTION US
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: First Ammendment, digital age, americans, constitution, government )

Nancy
- 14 days ago - act2.freepress.net
People with smartphones and cameras are changing the way we record and share breaking news. In return, police have targeted, harassed -- and in many cases, arrested -- those trying to bear witness.
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SAME SEX MARRIAGE. 1 Million Against Amendment 1. PLEASE SIGN!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, obama, gays rights, same sex marriage, media, human rights, amendment 1, constitution, democrats, politics, freedoms )

Jim
- 16 days ago - change.org
President Obama revealed Wednesday that he now supports same-sex marriage, becoming the first U.S. president to take that position. That's a historic turning-point. Now it's the right to speak up. Spark a revolution HERE and NOW. 1 million strong against
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