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ALEC Now Sponsoring Overtly Political Events with the RSC

GOP’s corporate front group The revolving door between Capital Hill, the lobbying sector, and corporate jobs is out of control. Unaccountable corporate lobbyists write laws, draft budgets, and create policies that protect personal and business interests. …But perhaps it is no surprise that the federal Republicans and ALEC have finally gotten a room, and that [...]

ALEC’s Koch Funded Cabal “Educating” our state and Federal Judges

ALEC’s Koch Funded Cabal “Educating” our state and Federal Judges

A VLTP Special Report – ALEC’s Federal Interference, Part II August 20, 2012 | by Bob Sloan Last month I began a two part series that began with “ALEC, the Koch Led CABAL & “The Amicus Project” – Fed Court Interference.” The first segment dealt with identifying and exposing ALEC’s Koch-funded cabal interfering with our [...]

New ID Laws, More Voter Suppression. Will Obama Campaign Engage?

http://youtu.be/YnjJBTkXEIc  (click on this link to watch this video on the VLTPVideoChannel) This is a composite of successive segments of the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC 8/10/12 (1)  New ID laws, Purges, Reduced Access Advance GOP War on Voting Rachel Maddow reports on new Republican-set obstacles to voting around the country, from Voter ID laws [...]

ACLU Challenge to Photo ID Ballot Measure May Succeed in MN Supreme Court, Yet Fail in Court of Public Opinion

Thanks to a failed MSM and timid DoJ, most Americans do not realize true purpose of voter suppressing photo ID laws… [note:  this is perhaps the finest reporting that I have seen on Voter Suppression] It is ironic that so many citizens in the Land of 10,000 Lakes — as high as 80% — would [...]

GOP Governors Hoard Funds, Escalate Layoffs; Put Drag on Economy (CHART)

STATE GOVERNOR’S PARTY GENERAL FUNDS RAINY DAY FUND 2011 JOBS LOSS 1 Alabama Republican $51,000,000 40.5% 2 Indiana Republican $1,124,000,000 $57,000,000 3 Maine Republican $19,000,000 $71,000,000 4 Michigan Republican $554,000,000 $2,000,000 5 Minnesota Republican $1,289,000,000 $9,000,000 6 Montana Republican $340,000,000 7 New Hampshire Republican $27,000,000 $9,000,000 8 North Carolina Democratic $583,000,000 $296,000,000 9 Ohio Republican [...]