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“Every time you vote Republican, you probably are voting against your self-interest.” #CitizensUnited

Michael Hiltzik is a top notch columnist, and some of his readers who commented on a recent Los Angeles Times post of his apparently agree. He wrote about something that is destroying what's left of our democracy: Campaign finance, specifically the Supreme Court Citizens United decision that legally transformed corporations into people: In the wake of Citizens United, the voice of the ordinary citizen has all but disappeared from Capitol Hill. It doesn't matter whether the donors are Democrats or Republicans; money becomes a political interest on its own. Nor is it a virtue of Citizens United that it took contribution limits [...]

By nicolesandler|January 27th, 2015|Tags: campaign finance, Citizens United, corporate interests, corporate personhood, corporations are people, dark money, influence, Koch brothers, L.A. Times letters to the editor, political donations, special interests, Supreme Court|Comments Off

We the people need our own channel instead of being “terrorized by corporate cable news”

Couldn't have said it better myself: Here is a recent Los Angeles Times letter to the editor, because our voices matter: I will not let my jealousy of Rick Steves (for turning a passion for traveling into professional success) get in the way of congratulating him for his wonderful piece on the cable news-stoked fear gripping this country. The corporate media that create this fear damage our society in incalculable ways. ("Tune out cable news and turn away fear," Op-Ed, Nov. 4) As Steves says, their agenda is profit. But how could anyone not notice the ramping up of Islamic State [...]

By nicolesandler|November 9th, 2014|Tags: cable news, corporate interests, corporate media, fear mongering, it's all about money, L.A. Times letters to the editor, media coverage, News? What news?, profit motive, television, there is no news|2 Comments

Dark money is “bribery that happens to be legal.” #ThankYouSCOTUS

In today's Los Angeles Times is an interview by Patt Morrison with Daniel G. Newman. Newman is co-founder and president of a Bay Area-based organization called MapLight. This is an article that is well worth a read and a share or twelve: MapLight's database looks at big industries and big interests, their elected beneficiaries and their votes. "There's a river of money that affects everything in politics, and candidates and donors don't talk about it, so it's left to MapLight and other groups to expose it," Newman says. Nice to know there are groups like Newman's around to try to deal [...]

By nicolesandler|October 29th, 2014|Tags: Citizens United, corporate interests, Daniel G. Newman, dark money, influence, it's all about money, Patt Morrison, political donations|1 Comment

When is Mr. Corporation “going to prison for the deaths of 8 people?”

True to form, the Los Angeles Times is making it impossible to find something on their website. However, in my morning paper, there was an excellent letter to the editor that I wanted to share, because our voices matter. As it turns out, the author is a Twitter pal of mine, @jonhartmannjazz. Here it is, verbatim: Re "Record fine proposed for PG&E," Business, Sept. 3 Since corporations are people, when is Mr. PG&E going to prison for the deaths of eight people? Jon Hartmann Los Angeles 'Nuff said. Kudos, Jon!

By nicolesandler|September 5th, 2014|Tags: Big Oil, California, corporate interests, corporate personhood, corporations are people, environmental disaster, L.A. Times letters to the editor, PG&E|3 Comments

Fracking requires lots of water… from states struggling with drought

I write about fracking a lot (scroll), and for good reason. Did I mention that the Los Angeles Times reported that in Ohio, geologists have found a connection between fracking and earthquakes? Or that oil drilling and fracking are producing radioactive waste? Yet, we haven't heard a peep about Big Oil, Gas, and Fracking possibly killing newborns from those very same "pro-lifers" who hypocritically devote themselves to "saving babies." And let's not forget that fracking is linked to methane risks: “When methane concentrations are that high, water can bubble like champagne.” Salud! Awhile back I wrote Frackers are guzzling water supplies in drought states the way John Boehner [...]

By nicolesandler|September 3rd, 2014|Tags: California, clean water, climate change, corporate interests, drought, earthquake, environment, environmental impact, fracking, gas drilling, gas exploration, it's all about money, special interests|Comments Off

“Every time you vote Republican, you probably are voting against your self-interest.” #CitizensUnited

We the people need our own channel instead of being “terrorized by corporate cable news”

Dark money is “bribery that happens to be legal.” #ThankYouSCOTUS

When is Mr. Corporation “going to prison for the deaths of 8 people?”

Fracking requires lots of water… from states struggling with drought

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