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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Majority Rule: Defending Democracy with a Constitutional Amendment
Working to ban the influence of money in politics, three U.S. senators already have 43 co-signers, more than 2 million names on petitions and the endorsement of 500 communities in 16 states.
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How the Nonprofit-Industrial Complex Helps the Oligarchy Keep Money In Politics
The oligarchy loves it when the movement is divided against itself, because it distracts the movement from the true cause while the oligarchy is free to pillage and profit.
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With Just 64 Mega Donors, Dark Money Runs the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
A new report has found that more than half of all 2012 financial contributions to the Chamber came from just a few dozen giant corporate donors.
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Congress, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Why "Fast Track" Means Less Democracy
By granting so-called “fast-track authority” to the White House on the TPP, Congress opts itself out of the process at the critical stage.
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Money in Politics: Six of the Top 10 U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
Charles and David Koch, of Koch Industries, have poured some of their combined $72 billion into conservative politicians while the Walton family, owners of Walmart, exercise a subtler but equally corrosive influence on our national politics.
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Dodd-Frank Action: SEC To Require Transparency On CEO/Employee Pay Gap
The Securities and Exchange Commission will soon follow through with an executive pay transparency requirement as part of the Dodd-Frank law, requiring Fortune 500 companies to publish comparative salaries of its CEOs and average workers.
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Blocking "Fast Track" to Halt the Trans-Pacific Partnership
We must stop Congress from passing “Fast Track” legislation authorizing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would give multinational corporations unprecedented legal jurisdictions over our lives.
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Getting Money Out Of Politics: Delaware Becomes 15th State Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
Eight in ten Americans oppose the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allows unlimited corporate spending on U.S. elections. Delaware is the latest state to demand to Congress step in and overturn it.
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Colonized by Corporations: When WTO Means "We're Taking Over"
After 237 years, we’re becoming a colony again.
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Operation Green Jobs: Join the 150-mile March to DC
An upcoming action is simultaneously taking on the unemployment crisis, the climate crisis, and the corporate corruption of Congress all at once. And it needs your support.
