The rally against the Kochs represented a dent in their stature and power and a validation of the unity and power the other 99% in this nation can have. With it, they can indeed take their democracy off the auction block.
11:11 am:
Hey, waiting for the panel to begin. Bob Reich is ill and won't be attending.
Had a pre-panel meet with bloggers from a variety of sites and Van Jones, Bob Edgar of Common Cause and Lee Feng of ThinkProgress.
The...
Tune in to this post to watch the Uncloaking the Kochs rally live! (Image of the oily Koch can is courtesy of Oil Watchdog)
Everything is underway with this Sunday's protest against the Koch cabal in Palm Springs. The media is building as are the images, here are just some of them.
The Koch cabal is meeting this weekend in Palm Springs to plot their next steps to buy and control our democracy. Join an alliance of Progressives and moderates in exposing and protesting their destructive agenda.
“At one point, my son had $7,000 in a CD and I had to break it. That really hurt. I was saving that money for his college. I put $2,000 back but it’s hard."
If you don't know you're in a war, you've already lost and corporations are counting on that.
Kesmarn's brilliant article, Please, tear that price tag off!, impresses the powerful image of our democracy and citizenry as a 500 pound patient, too bloated to help itself or accomplish even the most minor tasks required for its subsistence...
Corporate America has been encroaching on our government for decades. Slowly, but steadily increasing its reach within our legislative, executive, judicial and regulatory institutions. Our congress passes laws written by corporate lobbyists, appoints regulators who have deep and ongoing industry...
I'm sorry to say that Joan Walsh and I are no longer friends, and that's upset me. No more gossipy girls' lunches or hour-long telephone calls, no more whispery confidences about who's doing what with whom, no more laments...
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