Glenn Greenwald: Matt Taibbi on How “Free Speech” Turned Into a “Far Right” Slogan
Is Big Tech independent? How and why the mainstream corporate media (MSM) is establishment and what that means.
▶ Thom Hartmann: How The Supreme Court Is Corrupted
Gabe Roth, Fix the Court, joins Thom. According to a new report from “Fix The Court” - three of the nine Supreme Court justices hold common stock in public companies. But the more alarming part of the report is the fact that those justices voted in the interests of their financial holdings a whopping 89 More
New Poll: Americans Think The Supreme Court Is Political, Closed Off, And Got Citizens United Wrong
Only 36% of Americans believe the justices usually decide cases based only on the law, according to a new poll Chris Geidner May 6, 2014 BuzzFeed Staff Supreme Court justices attend the State of the Union speech on Jan. 28. Larry Downing / Reuters WASHINGTON — Only about a third of Americans believe the Supreme Court More
The New Citizens United: Supreme Court Strikes Down Political Spending Limits for Rich Donors
A corrupt Supreme Court backs the rich; fascism reigns in elections. —RiseUpTimes By Mike Ludwig, Truthout.org | Report 02 April 2014 McCutcheon Rapid Response at the Supreme Court/Public Citizen (Photo: Flickr) Demonstrations were held across the country Wednesday as the Supreme Court continued chipping away at federal campaign finance reforms with a 5-4 ruling striking down the federal cap More
E.L Doctorow> Unexceptionalism: A Primer
Unexceptionalism: A Primer By E. L. DOCTOROW Published: April 28, 2012 New York Times TO achieve unexceptionalism, the political ideal that would render the United States indistinguishable from the impoverished, traditionally undemocratic, brutal or catatonic countries of the world, do the following: PHASE ONE If you’re a justice of the Supreme Court, More
E.L Doctorow> Unexceptionalism: A Primer
Unexceptionalism: A Primer By E. L. DOCTOROW Published: April 28, 2012 New York Times TO achieve unexceptionalism, the political ideal that would render the United States indistinguishable from the impoverished, traditionally undemocratic, brutal or catatonic countries of the world, do the following: PHASE ONE If you’re a justice of the Supreme Court, More
Robert Scheer> Five Hypocrites and One Bad Plan
Five Hypocrites and One Bad Plan Robert Scheer’s Columns Mar 29, 2012 truthdig The Supreme Court is so full of it. The entire institution, as well as its sanctimonious judges themselves, reeks of a time-honored hypocrisy steeped in the arrogance that justice is served by unaccountable elitism.By Robert Scheer My problem is not with More