January 2012
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Tyson Slocum calls out API. Put away your violins–... →
November 2011
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This Week in The Halls of Power . . . →
October 2011
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“Americans are furious and they are right to be” — Robert Weissman,...”
– STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY by Public Citizen http://pubc.it/sOWSrw
August 2011
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School house rockin' a beat-up Dodd-Frank bill →
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Citizens United v. FEC, One Year Later: The Impact →
Worth a read if you haven’t already … research and analysis of the impact of Citizens United v. FEC court decision.
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Lobbying for Lobbyists on Capitol Hill →
GREAT piece by Dave Levinthal quoting Public Citizen’s Craig Holman
December 2010
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November 2010
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WatchHarmony the movie Friday at 10 p.m. on NBC.
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WatchBe sure to check out “The Loaded Chamber” documentary series about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on GRITtv.
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October 2010
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WatchPublic Citizen President Robert Weissman on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann talking about the Chamber of Commerce’s all-out assault on our democracy.
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September 2010
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Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity might be... →
What would your sign say?
We’ve recieved over 3,000 submissions to our “What sign should I bring to Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity”? Below are some of these submissions. Think you have a better slogan? Enter our contest and your slogan could appear on signs we hand out at the Oct. 30th rally in Washington, D.C.
Real American’s prefer coffee.
It know it’s insane, but I still want...
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Robert Reich: The Winds of Deflation →
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Three economic reports today (Friday) that should sound warning bells about deflation.
1. The Labor Department reports that consumer prices are essentially flat. Compared to August 2009, prices are up 1.1%. That’s only slightly lower than the 1.2% year-on-year rise in July. Excluding volatile…
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“Journalists who devote far more time and space to a sensational trial or...”
– Bill Kovachs and Tom Rosenstiel, The Elements of Journalism
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Cringe-worthy political stump speech moment of the day.
Phil Davidson, a candidate for the GOP nomination for treasurer in Stark County, Ohio. He lost.
This man has some anger issues.
August 2010
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A thorough evaluation of available data allows us... →
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NY TIMES: "New research confirms the existence of... →
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Help Pass the Beach Bill! →
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For the third year in a row, Congress is considering a bill to reauthorize the BEACH Act. This landmark law was first championed by Surfrider Foundation a decade ago.
The Clean Coastal Environment & Public Health Act of 2009 will increase the amount of federal dollars that can be spent on beach water quality monitoring and will modernize the technology we rely on to...
WatchColbert: Don’t banks deserve protection? They are consumers. They consume our life savings when we don’t read the fine print.
July 2010
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Public Citizen at Netroots Nation Blogger...
We were at Netroots Nation in Las Vegas this past weekend. Check out our coverage: http://citizenvox.org/?s=netroots
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Demonstration on Capitol Hill Next Tuesday
Come join us next Tuesday at 12PM to demonstrate on Capitol Hill as we mark the three-month anniversary of the BP oil spill. We meet at Upper Senate Park, Capitol Hill. The address is: Constitution Avenue NW and New Jersey Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Plenty of other organizations will be there too!
Here’s the link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144526558891117
For those of you who have seen The Cove & Crude: →
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In one of Hollywood’s most gripping legal thrillers, Chevron Corp. is trying to obtain 600 hours of outtakes from a documentary film focused on oil industry environmental practices in Ecuador, sparking a court battle that has attracted the attention of 1st Amendment lawyers, top filmmakers, show business unions and a corporation that says it was defamed in another...
Slideshow: See the Pictures That Led to... →
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The slideshow contains all of the photographs taken by Lance Rosenfield on July 2, 2010, in Texas City while on assignment for ProPublica. They were reviewed by officers who briefly detained Rosenfield at a gas station.
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Planet BP: “All the News That’s Fit to Underestimate by 50,000 Barrels”
As usual, Colbert cuts through BP’s PR/spin brilliantly. It’s true that BP is being transparent about these “BP Reporters,” but they are still, emphatically, doing it wrong, so to speak. It’s like “What Not to Do 101” for PR (or, um, the environment).
At least their stupidity has provided us with this...
blow your vuvuzelas at BP →
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June 2010
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Five days in Louisiana →
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