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Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress: "After the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate money in American elections, the decision s defenders claimed this wasn t such a big deal because unions could also take advantage of the decision. A new report by three leading voting rights and judicial independence groups gives the lie to this claim. According to the report, just three corporate interest groups spent more than 13 times as much trying to influence state supreme court elections as the entire labor movement.'

http://www.truth-out.org/just-three-corporate-front-groups-spent-thirteen-times-much-entire-labor-movement-buy-judicial-elect



Why a Mortgage Cramdown Bill Is Still the Best Bet to Save the Economy

Alex Ulam, The Nation: 'Many Americans believe that the financial crisis stems from the Bush administration s running up the federal debt and out-of-control spending by the American consumer. But much of the blame for the country s current economic woes lies with the Obama administration s failure to forcefully tackle the biggest threat to the American economy today: the housing crisis.'

http://www.truth-out.org/why-mortgage-cramdown-bill-still-best-bet-save-economy/1319809319



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