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The gulf between justice and a growing portion of the American public is cause for genuine concern.
Our nation’s history has been a journey towards true equality and the promise of a government of, by and for the people. Just as we have overcome many obstacles to achieve that promise, we must now be committed to standing up against the pervasive, corrupting influence of an electoral system that auctions offices to the highest bidder and suppresses the vote of millions of Americans.
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) is a federal lawsuit awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that may remove current limits on the amount of money rich donors could give to candidates and political committees, again allowing the wealthy to surpass the influence of average voters in the election process.
Four years ago, the Supreme Court deregulated independent campaign spending in Citizens United v. FEC. The high court is poised to rule any day now on McCutcheon, another potentially landmark constitutional challenge that could shake up campaign financing as dramatically as Citizens United did in 2010.
When Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Citizens United four years ago, he asserted blithely that the Internet age would ensure enough “prompt disclosure” to hold corporations and politicians accountable.
Nonprofits exempt from contributor disclosure rules, such as social welfare and trade groups, went on to spend more than $300 million on the 2012 elections, all without disclosing a single donor.
Critics say unlimited campaign spending by unions, corporations and nonprofits has had a devastating impact on politics.
“Recent election cycles have seen some troubling developments, to say the least,” said The Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group trying to combat efforts that weaken campaign finance, election and ethics laws. “There is less disclosure of where big money is coming from; Super PACS and 501(c)(4)s are playing an increasingly larger roles; and the rules seem to change with every FEC Advisory Opinion and court decision.”
Money Out-Voters In launched in October 2012 with the broad base of groups signing on to a pledge to fight for the rights of all voters by raising the alarm about the growing influence of big money in politics as well as growing attacks on the right to vote.
Read more: njtoday.net/2014/02/07/supreme…
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Our nation’s history has been a journey towards true equality and the promise of a government of, by and for the people. Just as we have overcome many obstacles to achieve that promise, we must now be committed to standing up against the pervasive, corrupting influence of an electoral system that auctions offices to the highest bidder and suppresses the vote of millions of Americans.
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) is a federal lawsuit awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that may remove current limits on the amount of money rich donors could give to candidates and political committees, again allowing the wealthy to surpass the influence of average voters in the election process.
Four years ago, the Supreme Court deregulated independent campaign spending in Citizens United v. FEC. The high court is poised to rule any day now on McCutcheon, another potentially landmark constitutional challenge that could shake up campaign financing as dramatically as Citizens United did in 2010.
When Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Citizens United four years ago, he asserted blithely that the Internet age would ensure enough “prompt disclosure” to hold corporations and politicians accountable.
Nonprofits exempt from contributor disclosure rules, such as social welfare and trade groups, went on to spend more than $300 million on the 2012 elections, all without disclosing a single donor.
Critics say unlimited campaign spending by unions, corporations and nonprofits has had a devastating impact on politics.
“Recent election cycles have seen some troubling developments, to say the least,” said The Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group trying to combat efforts that weaken campaign finance, election and ethics laws. “There is less disclosure of where big money is coming from; Super PACS and 501(c)(4)s are playing an increasingly larger roles; and the rules seem to change with every FEC Advisory Opinion and court decision.”
Money Out-Voters In launched in October 2012 with the broad base of groups signing on to a pledge to fight for the rights of all voters by raising the alarm about the growing influence of big money in politics as well as growing attacks on the right to vote.
Read more: njtoday.net/2014/02/07/supreme…
Tell everyone to get New Jersey News from WWW.NJTODAY.NET
Bunny Brotherhood
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The Bunny Brotherhood
Do a quick Google images search of the word 'bunny', and what will dominate gives you quite a cute fluffy eyeful, but wait.... you haven't looked hard enough... you haven't seen the truth, we as human beings have been deceived.
Just a closer look and very quickly photos from around the world show the REAL bunnies...their devious plans become more obvious....our need to respond becomes more critical.... because onward they march (hop), growing their families and changing the cultural makeup of every country in which they live. Laugh... laugh you say at their cute furry little tails, and their adorable wi
Vote for my poem! :3
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I entered portrait of the soul in a poetry contest :) Please look at and comment even vote for my poem to win :) Its my first somewhat poetry contest I've entered so please vote and wish me luck.
Be sure to register and vote by the way on the site :) So please show your love and vote for me. I know many of you enjoy my poetry so please pray and vote for me to win. :) It would be a dream come true if one of my poems is published in an anthology.
National Recovery Administration
Conservatives want to take a step back into the past... well, lets take a look at one part of our heritage.....
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Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recovery_Administration
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was the primary New Deal agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. The goal was to eliminate "cut-throat competition" by bringing industry, labor and government together to create codes of "fair practices" and set prices. The NRA was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) and allowed industries to get together and write "codes of fair competition." The codes
The psychology of conspiracy theory
23 May 2012
From counterpoint .uk .com
http://counterpoint.uk.com/project-publications/the-psychology-of-conspiracy-theory/
Far right populist parties’ tend to make frequent reference to ‘others’ or an ’out-group’ – usually in terms of either not belonging to ‘the nation’ or ‘the people’. Most often, this is accompanied by a ‘fear of the other’, a xenophobic perspective on the socio-political environment. This contributes to the creation of ‘us versus them’ social divisions. A variety of tools and tactics are used to increase these schisms, or cleavages,
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