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Occupy the Constitution: An amendment to ban corporate election cash (and end corporate personhood)

One of the unified themes that has emerged from the very disunified Occupy Wall Street movement: Preventing corporate cash from buying elections (and politicians). Now, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL)  has introduced a Constitutional Amendment to do just that. Un-officially called the Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Amendment, it would […]

The man who would kill the EPA, Newt Gingrich, tops GOP Presidential polls

One thing is clear this election season – a lot of Republicans don’t want Mitt Romney to be their nominee. The other thing that is clear – they don’t really have anyplace else to go. The anti-Mitt mantle has been passed to Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Herman Caine… and as each has melted down, rather […]

Green activist Dr. Jill Stein is running for President

Dr. Jill Stein, the recent Green-Rainbow Party candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, will announce her candidacy for President of the United States on Monday October 24 on the steps of the State House in Boston at 12:30 PM. A key focus on Stein’s campaign will be a Green New Deal to end unemployment in America and […]

Why we occupy: The Story of Citizens United – Why Democracy Only Works When People Are In Charge

One thing keeps cropping up as people talk about Occupy Wall Street and why they’re so angry: Corporations have complete dominance of the political process. Thanks to the Supreme Court overturning 90 years of precedent and tossing out all restrictions on corporate political contributions, they can now spend unlimited amounts of money to elect or defeat any politician they choose.

Didn’t know that corporate campaign spending had been turned into a giant free-for-all? That was the Citizens United decision, which changed our political system in huge ways, and it’s why a lot of us are going out today and marching for a society in which people have as much say as corporations.

Romney has a problem – he USED TO care about the environment

Mitt Romney, the uneasy frontrunner in the Republican Presidential race, has a problem. He used to be a sane conservative who cared about people and the planet. And no matter how much he tries to act like a raving loony today, his past actions continue to bite him in the ass.

Sarah Palin NOT running for President

After months of campaigning, fundraising, touring the country and shooting her mouth off, Tea Party darling Sarah Palin has finally made her decision. It’s all been a lot of fun, and very lucrative, but she will NOT be a candidate for President in 2012.

Robert Redford blasts Obama’s environmental lameness

Bill McKibben may say he’s not going to attack President Obama, but other environmental activists aren’t being so shy.

At the Huffington Post, actor/director/activist Robert Redford asks, Is the Obama Administration Putting Corporate Profits Above Public Health?

Mitt Romney acknowledges climate change is real

Wow. This is either a turning point for the Republican Party – or a death knell for Romney’s Presidential campaign, officially launched this week.

Speaking in New Hampshire, home of the most important primary voters in the nation, Romney said the following:

“I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that.”

Newt Gingrich: Eliminate the EPA

Not content with cuts, perennial Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is now calling for the complete elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency. Gingrich made the call at the Conservative Political Action Conference as he pandered to the Tea Party in a play for votes in the CPAC straw poll. It didn’t work – Ron Paul […]