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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/20-0

After 'Citizens United': The Attack of the Super PACs
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/20-2

Two Years After ''Citizens United,'' Amending the Constitution is Essential
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/20-10

The Age of the Super PAC
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/21-1

What Citizens Can Do to Fight Citizens United
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/27-2

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Thanks to Citizens United, Multinational Mega Lobbyist Firm Salivates Over $4 Billion in Campaign Cash

Lee Fang, AlterNet: ''For the WPP Group, which owns firms involved in the influence game from top to bottom, the more corporate money in elections the better. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along with its state affiliates like the Michigan and California Chamber of Commerce, will probably spend tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying and running ads this year. We now have parties embracing SuperPACs and begging wealthy donors to cash. Obama s campaign has pledged to raise $1 billion.''

http://www.truth-out.org/thanks-citizens-united-multinational-mega-lobbyist-firm-salivates-over-4-billion-campaign-cash/13270



Citizens United: A Tsunami of Secret Corporate Cash Is Drowning Our Democracy

Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future: ''Today is the two-year anniversary of the infamous Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court that allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. Since then, our democracy has been drowning in a tsunami of corporate special interest money. Our government is under the thumb of the Koch brothers and other corporate moguls instead of the hands of the people. And citizens are uniting in their disgust.''

http://www.truth-out.org/citizens-united-tsunami-secret-corporate-campaign-cash-drowning-our-democracy/1327156427



Mandate Transparency on the Anniversary

Lisa Gilbert, Huffington Post: ''Mandating transparency is well within the SECs' authority, and there is no time like the 2 year anniversary of this game changing decision to set the wheels in motion. The SEC should shine a light on corporate spending in politics and enable the public and shareholders to hold CEOs' accountable when they spend in politics. Otherwise, I fear the recap I will be giving of this election at next years' anniversary.''

http://www.truth-out.org/mandate-transparency-anniversary/1327163730



The Nitty-Gritty on the Amendment Movement to Defeat Citizens United

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: ''Hundreds of protests across the country over the past weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Courts' controversial ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission... which unleashed unlimited independent campaign spending and gave rise to the now-infamous super PACs.... A recent poll shows that 62 percent of voters oppose the Citizens United decision ... More than half of those polled said they would support a constitutional amendment to reverse the ruling.''

http://www.truth-out.org/activist-primer-nitty-gritty-amendment-movement-defeat-citizens-united/1327521533



Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood

Bill Moyers, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.: ''Citizens United is but the latest battle in the class war waged for thirty years from the top down by the corporate and political right. Corporations were endowed with the rights of 'personhood' but exempted from the responsibilities of citizenship. Thats' the doctrine picked up and dusted off by the John Roberts Court in its ruling on Citizens United.''

http://www.truth-out.org/bill-moyers-fighting-back/1327630978



Corporations Are Not People

Thom Hartmann, Truthout: ''Most Americans don t realize that the idea that 'corporations are people' and 'money is speech' are concepts that were never, ever considered or promoted or even passed by any legislature in the history of America. Jeff Clements, a former assistant attorney general for Massachusetts, has written a brilliant and very accessible guide to the 2010 US Supreme Court Citizens United decision, how it came about and what can be done about it.''

http://www.truth-out.org/corporations-are-not-people/1328107954



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