The Birth of a New Movement!
If corporations paid their taxes, the wealthiest 2% paid just a little more and we ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan- we would not be in an economic crisis and the American dream for ALL our citizens would be viable again. Let's Rebuild the American Dream!
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Supreme's Assault on Middle Class America Continues
The notorious Supreme Court Five have done it again- They just struck down Arizona's Clean Elections Law. This is huge and terrible for democracy- they are intent on enthroning corporations as the rulers in our country- the people be damned.
"Progressives must realize that the democratic process is under attack from institutions and interests that do not want majority participation and majority rule."
Clarence Thomas Must GO!
He has accepted expensive gifts, failed to report his wife's income for 20 years, spoken at ultra right-wing fundraisers organized by the Koch brothers and has refused to recuse himself from cases, like Citizens United, where he had a significant conflict of interest. His wife's Tea Party group- Liberty Central will benefit directly from the unlimited corporate donations to influence elections that the ruling allows. Harlan Crow, a real estate magnate from Texas, gave $500,000 to start Liberty Central. Eleven cases of Crow-affiliated groups have come before the Supreme Court, but Thomas did not recuse himself from one of them, and voted in a way that benefited Crow and his cronies in all cases but one.
Kudos to Congressman Chris Murphy who is calling for an investigation into Thomas's ethical lapses. Murphy would also like Supreme Court Justices held to the same Ethical Standard of Conduct as federal judges. And while they are at it they should look into why Liberty Central is tied to organizations that call for the overthrow of the US government and one whose director called the Spanish Inquisition "a beautiful thing".
Sign the petition to demand Thomas stand down. And here's another asking for him to be impeached.
Private Prisons Lobby for Longer Sentences and for More to Be Imprisoned!
A new report shows that making profit from incarcerating citizens is a very bad idea. Remember what happened in PA when two judges sent five thousands kids to harsh juvenile detention facilities for minor offenses? The judges, now in prison, were getting kick-backs from the private facilities for the added "business". This report shows how the for-profit prisons are lobbying and making campaign contributions in return for policies that hurt our communities, reduce public safety and increase costs.
There should be NO profit in human suffering- in war, illness or imprisonment!
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