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GUEST POST: Citizens United Straight Talk from Michael Steele and Howard Dean

In January of this year, former Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee Chairmen, Michael Steele and Howard Dean, spoke on two panels about the impact of Citizens United for law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge at their DC and... read full article »

VIDEO: The Constitution Is Pretty Clear — It’s ‘We, the People,’ Not ‘It, the Money’

We all know how the Founders wanted lawmaking to work — but lately, the democratic process has been upended by a flood of Big Money. From our friends at unPAC, here’s how a bill(ionaire) becomes a law(maker)…and what we can... read full article »

Will Ferrell Makes Us LOL at Campaign Finance

Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis are out with a new movie that looks like it will be a hilarious skewer of the modern political campaign. The Campaign, out on August 10, gets one thing a bit too right — campaign... read full article »

Bill Moyers: ‘The Knife Plunged into the Heart of Democracy”

Bill Moyers is well respected, when most of his contemporaries in the media are not. Stephen Colbert sums him up perfectly as, “everything I never aspire to be: calm, thoughtful, and informative.” This week, Moyers speaks of hypocrisy demonstrated by... read full article »

VIDEO: How Would Money Make You Compromise?

We offered some well-intentioned people real money to compromise their ideals and “get elected.” Just like a good politician, they did it in a heartbeat. Our wiley friends at SofaPundit are at it again. This time, they joined us at... read full article »

All Obama Does Is Ask For Money…”What About My Needs?”

Stephen Colbert has long been a champion of campaign finance issues, but now his compatriot at The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, is joining in the fun with two recent segments highlighting the serious corruption our current system causes. Samantha Bee tries to... read full article »

Ridiculous Super PAC Ad of the Moment

I’d be all about super PACs if all of their ads were this ridiculously entertaining: Breitbart.com writes: A health insurance broker, Glenn Morton, has founded a super PAC called “Occupy Obamacare” and begun producing videos that using horror-movie imagery to... read full article »

“Thanks to Citizens United, My Money Can Speak For Me”

The Colbert Report has won a second Peabody Award, thanks to "its deadpan anchor's 'Super PAC' segments lampooning the rise of megabucks politics," according to the Peabody Committee.... read full article »

United Republic’s Lee Fang Discusses Backdoor Bribery on MSNBC

United Republic's senior investigator, Lee Fang, went on The Dylan Ratigan show to talk about the Backdoor Bribery campaign. Our blog, Republic Report, has sent a letter to every retiring member of Congress asking them to disclose any job negotiations... read full article »

Colbert Gives Himself Credit for Super PAC Mania

Fake news anchor Stephen Colbert has popularized the rise of super PACs and their influence on this election cycle, taking time on his show to satirize the ridiculously toothless regulations on "non-coordination" between the non-campaign organizations and the candidates they... read full article »

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