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The passing of Scalia: A requiem for Caesar
There is no escaping the fact that Justice Scalia did more to harm this country than any other Supreme Court judge in history. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | February 16, 2016 “The evil that men do lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonin Scalia, Bush V. Gore, Citizens United, Deaths, Jim Simons, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court
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Move to Amend vs. the Supreme Court
We must put corporations in their place and acknowledge that money is a commodity, not speech. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2015 For five years, ever since the illogical and corporatist Supreme Court decision … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens United, Corporate Personhood, David Cobb, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution
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Steve Russell : Citizens United and ‘Scandalgate’
Richard Nixon: “I am not a crook!”Scandalgate The Citizens United case has put us in a situation where Watergate is such small potatoes that it’s almost quaint. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | November 2, 2012 Luke Russert, … Continue reading
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Will the GOP Steal the Election?
Political cartoon by Bob Englehart / Hartford Courant. Image from Collin Dems.Will the GOP steal America’s 2012 election? Would the Koch Brothers, Sheldon Adelson, the Chamber of Commerce, and their related billionaires spend tens of millions of dollars to win … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Save Democracy While We Can
Image from OB Rag.Stop the hemorrhaging:Save democracy while we can Democracy movements must try to stop the stolen elections now, and delegitimize any mandates claimed from them in the future. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Finance, Citizens United, Democracy, Tom Hayden, Voter Suppression
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RAG BLOG DEBATE / David P. Hamilton and Jay D. Jurie : Electoral Politics and the Left
“Citizens United Carpet Bombing Democracy.” Cartoon by DonkeyHotey / Flickr Commons.A Rag Blog debate:Electoral politics and the left David Hamilton argues that the U.S. federal elections in 2012 don’t merit being the focus of our attention, while Jay Jurie contends … Continue reading
David P. Hamilton : U.S. Presidential Election Is Bought and Paid For
Cartoon from Political Resources, Inc.Bought and paid for: The Left and the 2012 presidential election By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | May 17, 2012 “[No] serious candidate will rely on the public funding system during the primary … Continue reading
Danny Schechter : The Big Money That Is Sinking Democracy
Titanic: Iceberg ahead. Image from Luther, Out of Station.Iceberg ahead:The big money that is sinking democracy It is hard to wrap your head around the scale and immediacy of this danger. By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog | May … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Webb Dreyer : Jim Hightower and the ‘Populist Moment’
Rag Radio: Jim Hightower and the ‘populist moment’ By Thorne Webb Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 11, 2012 Jim Hightower will headline a “Spring Song Fiesta” at Scholz Beer Garten in Austin on Sunday, April 15, from 1-9 … Continue reading
David P. Hamilton : Change You Can, You Know, Believe In…
Graphic from Pyrrhic Defeat.Consumer choice division:Change you can believe in By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | April 4, 2012 I could no longer tolerate the bell chamber of American cable news. Its obsessive fixation on the still … Continue reading
BOOKS / Thom Hartmann : Jeff Clements’ ‘Corporations Are Not People’
And money is not speech:‘Corporations Are Not People’ By Thom Hartmann/ Truthout / February 1, 2012 [Corporations Are Not People by Jeffrey D. Clements (Berrett-Koehler, 2012); Paperback, 224 pp., $17.95.] Most Americans don’t realize that the idea that “corporations are … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Citizens United, Corporate Power, Jeffrey D. Clements, Supreme Court, Thom Hartmann
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