Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Why Billionaires Will Keep Pouring Money Into Politics — Until They’re Stopped
I keep hearing that the billionaires and big corporations that poured all that money into the 2012 election learned their lesson. Don’t believe that for an instant.
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The Incestuous Relationship Between Bankers, Business and Congress
The revolving door between Wall Street and Washington — where the same people who run our banks and financial institutions also run our government — has reached an intolerable level. This is not democracy: this is an incest fest.
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The Year of Magical Spending
Now that we've survived the elections, a new analysis shows companies contributed roughly $75 million to super PACs in the 2012 election cycle, 85% of which went to Republican-allied groups.
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Dark Money is Center Stage at Largely Ignored Debate
Unlike the mainstream presidential debates, the third party presidential debate actually tackled the role of dark money and super-PACs in American elections.