Saturday, August 26, 2017

Tweet from DemocracyIsForPeople (@democracy4ppl)

DemocracyIsForPeople (@democracy4ppl) tweeted at 3:00 PM on Fri, Aug 25, 2017:
We need to fight HARD to save the #JohnsonAmendment. Pick up the phone and tell your MOC not to subject our elections to more secret money. https://t.co/O7gjMa2qVb
(https://twitter.com/democracy4ppl/status/901157339050409986?s=03)


Sunday, August 20, 2017

The Real News Documentary on Mercer family connections with Pres. Trump

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=19811

This 30 minute piece draws connections between hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his daughter, Breitbart News (Steve Bannon), and Citizens United (the right-wing propaganda 501(c)(4) headed by David Bossie). The Mercers also run Cambridge Analytica, a cutting-edge polling firm linked to Kellyanne Conway.

Monday, August 14, 2017

Trump administration weakening regulation of Wall Street

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-easing-of-postcrisis-wall-street-rules-gains-momentum-1502622005

 

At behest of Wall Street, agencies begin broad pullback of regulations under Dodd-Frank reforms.

NOTE: Requires subscription to WSJ to read entire article.

 

Charlie Cooper

“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart - The New York Times

Income growth inequality then and now

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html

 

After decades of increasing influence of money in our politics, this chart shows the result of policies on the ability of people at various points in the income spectrum to grow their income.

 

Charlie Cooper

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Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis