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‘It’s Viral!’

The We the People Campaign is out with a new video to take democracy advocates’ message on the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision viral.... read full article »

Greedy Bastards Hits Bookshelves

United Republic ally Dylan Ratigan is out with a brand new book that goes on sale today. Greedy Bastards tells us “how we can stop corporate Communists, banksters, and other vampires from sucking America dry.”... read full article »

Buddy Roemer Takes on Special Interests

Former Louisiana governor and Republican candidate for president, Buddy Roemer, has been nearly single-handedly talking about what none of the other candidates have: why we need to get money out of politics.... read full article »

Oliver Stone on Citizens United

Oliver Stone, the director of classics like Wall Street, JFK, and Any Given Sunday, was asked by Occupy Los Angeles about corporate personhood and money in politics.... read full article »

Big Oil Campaigns for Voter Support

As the presidential campaigns begin to ratchet up, the American Petroleum Institute, a major oil lobby group, is launching an ad campaign to make sure that energy issues have a prominent place in voters’ decisions at the polls.... read full article »

‘This Is 100 Percent Legal and at Least 10 Percent Ethical’

Most of us are familiar with the two sides of Stephen Colbert – the man himself and the faux conservative pundit he plays on his show, “The Colbert Report.”... read full article »

Quote of the Moment

Outside expenditure groups, including super PACs, spent $6 million campaigning in Iowa this year, compared to $3.4 million in 2008.... read full article »

‘The Problem Is That Washington Doesn’t Get It’

Today, “The General” Nick Penniman went on the Dylan Ratigan Show to talk about what United Republic is up to and to explain why money in politics corrupts the system – and also our plans to restore faith in government.... read full article »

Congressman Introduces Amendment to Get Money Out of Politics

Yesterday, Congressman John Yarmuth (D – Ky.) introduced a bill in Congress to overturn a key provision of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision which allowed unlimited spending by corporations and unions in elections. ... read full article »

Quote of the Moment: ‘Campaign finance law has made a mockery of our political campaign season’

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today and spent some time denouncing the current system of campaign finance.... read full article »

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