Think Progress: Despite Budget Crisis, Arizona Lawmakers Propose Generous Tax Breaks For Subprime Schools *March 15, 2011-* For several months, Arizona has been grappling with a budget crisis, with its deficit for this year projected to be $825 million and next year’s standing at $1.4 billion. Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) used the budget shortfall to cut off ...
The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: Massive Protest In Wisconsin Shows Walker’s Overreach *March 15, 2011- *About 100,000 people gathered in Madison, Wisconsin to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s new anti-collective bargaining law. The state Senate hurriedly past the bill without a quorum last Wednesday. Roger Bybee of Working In These Times ...
Cenk Uygur: Wisconsin & Anonymous Strike Back! WATCH ON YOUTUBE: *For links to MoveYourMoney and other organizations, visit our Links and Take Action pages.*
American Independent: Has Koch Industries’ investment in Marco Rubio paid off? *March 14, 2011-* On Friday, The American Independent reported that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) received more Koch Industries money than any other candidate for U.S. Senate in the 2010 election, and many of his other major contributors have personal ...
Protesting Governor Rick Snyder at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing (3/15/11) PART 1 WATCH ON YOUTUBE: read more
Unequal Protection, Part I: Corporations Take Over *(Note: Thom Hartmann's book Unequal Protection is being serialized online by Truthout.org. This is a portion of the first installment. To receive future instllemnt via email, visit Truthout.org and subscribe.)* *Chapter 1: The Deciding Moment?* ...
Huffington Post: Wisconsin Governor's Allies Ran a Toxic Bailout Bank... and Got Rich *March 14, 2011-* People in Wisconsin are pulling their money out of Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Bank because they know it's been helping their Governor's crusade against public employees and the middle class. They might also like to know that M&I's ...
John Nichols, The Nation, interviews Susan Sarandon in Madison, WI WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
American Independent: Florida’s Marco Rubio is Senate’s largest recipient of Koch money *March 11, 2011- *Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has made no secret of his pro-business agenda since taking office in January. It may come as little surprise, then, that his campaign was backed largely by the industries he now supports. Data obtained by ...
