Regular Americans Losing Their Political Voice

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Using the conservative mantra that Money = Speech, this inforgraphic shows just how much ordinary Americans are being drowned out of the conversation and our Government. Because those with the money can simply buy the policy they want, increasingly, what Americans clearly want to happen is simply not being done.

DISCLOSE Act Vote Tonight

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The full name is Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. It is meant to rebalance the books that have been utterly upended by Citizen's United, allowing unlimited spending by corporations. As specifically allowed for in Justice Kennedy's majority opinion for Citizen's United, nothing stops Congress from asking for greater transparency for those donations.

Koch-style Big Money Now in School Board Races

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I always like to check in on politics in Denver and Colorado, since that is where I cut my teeth in the political world. I'm still good friends with a number of elected officials out there and some of the Democratic Party officials. So I was surprised to read this today. My brother, who is a Denver Democratic Party officer sent it to me. It seems as though Koch-style big money has trickled down to the school board races.