Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Anti-Corruption Activists Join Occupy.com In Seattle June 4th - Calling for Citizen Empowerment
On June 4, two of the nation’s leading voices against political corruption, Lawrence Lessig and Marianne Williamson, will join Occupy.com's screening of "Killswitch" in a call for sweeping citizen action to root money out of politics in 2016.
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Defeating the Billionaires: Answer Koch Money with People Power
Only by pooling resources do voters stand a chance – and in cities, towns and rural districts across America, grassroots community groups are already fighting to ensure that their voices are heard.
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Money In Politics Takes Central Stage In New Hampshire Where A Rebellion Is Underway
Lawrence Lessig, who led the NH Rebellion, eschews the term "campaign finance reform" – he prefers "corruption," because money determines who wins primaries, who wins elections, who gets hired, and what laws get passed in D.C.
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Extremists On the Bench: Five Years After Citizens United, Our Rogue Supreme Court
Five "unelected, unaccountable kings in black robes" are systematically stripping Constitutional rights from real, live human beings and giving those rights to corporations and a very small group of plutocrats.
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Five Years After Citizens United, Wealthy Donors' Campaign Spending Has Skyrocketed
A new report finds outside spending, dark money and super PACs more than doubled candidates' campaign war chests between 2010 and 2014.
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Pay To Play: Whose Presidential Campaign Will Your Pension Finance?
Republicans are arguing that Wall Street should have the constitutional right to influence politicians and the investment decisions those politicians make on behalf of pension funds and pensioners.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Backs Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
"We must pass an amendment that will restore integrity to our elections," says Senator Tom Udall, "so that a billionaire in one state cannot have more influence than working families in the other forty-nine."
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Why is Washington Still Protecting the Secret Political Power of Corporations?
Regulators at the SEC could illuminate the future of campaign donations – but they aren't interested in disclosing the truth, even though voters are.
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Billionaires Behind Closed Doors: Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Summit
The explicit goal of this covert gathering was to raise $500 million for Republicans to take the Senate in 2014 and another $500 million to make sure Hillary Clinton is never president.
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Calling MayDay on Democracy, Super PAC Powered By Citizens Vows to #GetMoneyOut
Our democracy is held hostage by the funders of campaigns.
