May 20, 2012
Charles and David Koch, the billionaire owners of of Koch Industries, are known as big spenders when it comes to lobbying and influencing public policy. Now, a new document filed with the IRS reveals how the Koch political machine funneled over $54.5 million in previously undisclosed funds to a litany of front groups designed to [...]
May 20, 2012
“The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure the political, social and economic equality of all people,” pointed out Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NAACP, saying essentially the same thing. “We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law.” “Civil marriage is a civil right [...]
May 19, 2012
- 8 Pennsylvannia legislators: Sen. Lisa Boscola, Sen. Leanna Washington, Sen. Anthony Williams, Rep. Nick Kotik, Rep. Ted Harhai, Rep. William Keller, Rep. Joseph Markosek, Rep. Joseph Petrarca – 2 Illinois legislators: Rep. Mary Flowers, Rep. Brendan Phelps – 1 Iowa legislator: Rep. Brian Quirk To read more about this, please click here:
May 19, 2012
Education is the key to America’s future and is now coming under widespread siege. Tuitions continue their upward climb and young Americans have to literally sign themselves into bondage as they incur huge student loans; these loans now, collectively, exceed $1 trillion. Then, after graduation, millions of students struggle to pay back these large debts [...]
May 19, 2012
After risking their lives abroad, American veterans are returning home to a new set of dangers. For-profit college companies are increasingly targeting veterans and their education benefits as a source for easy profits. The companies have a record of fraud, from deceptive recruiting practices to extremely high drop-out and default rates. Unlike tradition private or [...]
May 18, 2012
Ten Pieces of New Evidence Last night, state prosecutors released a large amount of evidence — including 183 pages of documents and numerous multimedia files — related to their murder case against George Zimmerman. Here are ten notable pieces evidence that were just made public: To get the latest information on this horrible murder case [...]
May 17, 2012
ALEC, though, is not the only “corporate bill mill” playing this game. “Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists” have upped the ante and skillfully advanced their agendas through bipartisan “trade associations” for state government officials – in particular, the Council of State Governments (CSG) whose multimillion-dollar budget is mostly funded by taxpayers. Through CSG and Friends, lobbyists exploit [...]
May 15, 2012
Members of Occupy Panama City took to the streets Thursday to protest for what they call a threat to democracy. SOLIDARITY To read this important article and see video of their protest, please click here.
May 15, 2012
This story comes from Miami-Dade County, where Trayvon Martin’s mom, Sybrina Fulton is a public employee. You know the “enemy” according to Rick Scott and Scott Walker? It seems that around Mothers Day, Fulton’s co-workers felt she needed time to mourn. It was then that they began collecting paid vacation time. And donate they did. [...]
May 13, 2012
