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Where is the proof that money can buy elections?
Yesterday I was talking to my cousin Thomas, a resolute pessimist, about the upcoming election. He asked, “Is there any hope?” I’m afraid I snapped at him. (Optimists can snap, you know. We don’t bite but we snap.) His response … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Government, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, TV commercials, voting and voting rights
Tagged 538, Adam Bonica, Citizens United, dark money, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, money in elections, Newt Gingrich
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So what’s doing in the Citizens United Supreme Court?
This. As reported by many newspapers and here by SCOTUSBlog, which I follow. It’s a terse, apolitical layout of what happened. (If I remember correctly, Citizens United — indeed, Scalia said as much — does not state anything about dark … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged American Crossroads, Citizens United, dark money PACs, Federal Election Commission, John Roberts, Judge Beryl Howell, Karl Rove, SCOTUS, SCOTUSblog
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Obstruction of justice and “The Pelican Brief”
Late the other night I was doing my aimless scrolling through TV channels, not to find anything to watch but to wean myself off the stimulation caused by whatever it is in TVs and digital bluish light that causes stimulation. … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged AXS tv, FBI Director Denton Voyles, George W. Bush, John Grisham, Karl Rove, obstruction of justice, presidential obstruction of justice, The Pelican Brief
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