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Nov 20, 2012

117 ALEC Members Voted Out in 2012

by Rebekah Wilce — November 20, 2012 – for CMD (Center for Media and Democracy) – Project: ALEC Exposed In primary and general elections in 2012 and recall elections in 2011 and 2012, a total of 117 members and alumni of the American Legislative Exchange Council [5] (ALEC) were voted out of office, according to [...]

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Sep 2, 2012

One Percenters Buying Themselves an Aristocracy

The U.S. Constitution guarantees separation of church and state. What this nation needs now is separation of wealth and state. Without such a protection, Americans stand to lose their democracy. They’ll be ruled instead by an aristocracy of 1 percenters. That’s the 1 percenters’ plan. To them, it was no more than a perk when [...]

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Apr 2, 2012

Koch Brothers, Chamber of Commerce Face Possible Campaign Donation Disclosure After Ruling

Paul Blumenthal -paulblumenthal@huffingtonpost.com as posted to VLTP by Donna Brusoski WASHINGTON — On Friday evening, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling that could begin the process of revealing the identities of secret donors to groups connected to Karl Rove and the Koch brothers. The court ruled in Van Hollen [...]

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