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Who’s afraid of Mike Bloomberg’s ad blitz?
Mike Bloomberg announced his multi-gazillion TV ad buy just as I was writing a very short chapter in my short book, How I Learned The Facts of Life, about the effect of TV commercials. Will Bloomberg’s ad blitz alter my … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged Aflac, Allstate Insurance, Audi, Bud Light Premium, Citizens United, Dean Winters, Farmers Insurance, Geico gecko, J.K. Simmons, John Hoogenakker, Liberty Mutual, Mike Bloomberg, Progessive Insurance, State Farm Insurance, Tina Fey
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The best analysis of damage done by Citizens United
Today in the Times, Thomas Edsall lays out — I wish he could literally, lay it out on the ground and drive a stake through its heart — Citizens United, which many experts consider the worst Supreme Court decision ever. … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Anthony Kennedy, Citizens United, Paul Ryan, Sheldon Adelson, super PACS, Thomas Edsall
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Bill of Campaign Rights: Campaign advertising
Campaign advertising. Of course, unless we have some control over campaign presentations, no amount of clean money will guarantee a clean campaign. So the second part of this new Bill of Rights will involve the campaigns themselves. I’m now going … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Citizens United, Constitution of the USSR, Federal Communications Commission, National Advertising Division, National Advertising Review Board, political advertising
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