Sep 14, 2012
From PRWatch by Rebekah Wilce “Merck, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and Wells Fargo, one of the largest banks in the United States, have joined 38 other major firms and cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is a controversial “bill mill” that brings together right-wing legislators and corporations to draft controversial model bills [...]
Sep 12, 2012
ALEC Finds New Friends Republican Study Committee (RSC) a Quiet New Partner… Seems ALEC is searching for legislative support through a new partnership as dozens of members – legislative and corporate – abandon membership in the organization. In the article about this they provide the RSC is meeting with ALEC at the Heritage Foundation next [...]
Sep 10, 2012
1 in 2.3 million. Those are the infinitesimal chances voter fraud will occur in a federal election. That’s less likely than being struck by lightning or attacked by a swarm of bees. Right now, 33 states have proposed laws making it harder to vote. That means 23 million Americans will have a much more difficult [...]
Sep 9, 2012
From Montana Cowgirl on Daily Kos…read her blog here… “The former House Republican Minority Whip of the Montana Legislature and Montana state chair of ALEC, Dennis Himmelberger, is in jail… “…Himmelberger is the former Montana state chair of ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. Readers here know ALEC well. It’s the out-of-state corporate-funded organization that brings global [...]
Sep 8, 2012
Ohio Secretary of State John Husted had defied a federal court judge and directed counties to keep the polls closed on the weekend before the election. Today Husted apologized to the court and will comply–while he requests a stay on the judgement pending appeal. State Senator Nina Johnson talks about the lack of sincerity in [...]
Sep 7, 2012
In Ohio, the Obama campaign had to go to court to try to force Ohio Republicans to comply with a judge’s ruling that restores early voting in the state. Ohio isn’t the only state where Republicans are making it more difficult to vote. Please click here to watch this video of history in the making. [...]
Sep 7, 2012
A legend of the civil rights movement, Rep. John Lewis, addressed the crowd at the DNC about the crucial issue of voting rights in the 2012 Election. MSNBC’sAlex Wagner and E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post weigh in. Please click here to watch this video of great significance. Why do the same divisive battles which [...]
Sep 7, 2012
With 77 days to go, right wing groups are fighting to get voter suppression laws into place before the Election. Please click here to watch the video on the VLTPVideoChannel PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton August 21, 2012 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45755884/#48745350
Sep 6, 2012
A video from the Rachel Maddow show–=I’m sorry but I did not note the date nor the original URL of the msnbc.com post. My apologies To watch the video, please click here.
Sep 5, 2012
by Ex. Dir., Bob Sloan Today I read an article entitled: Fayette apparel plant to close; 119 to lose jobs Though the article opened with the foregoing headline, it didn’t immediately attract a lot of attention. More and more we read about the loss of jobs due to the closure of small businesses all across the U.S. and [...]
