Kochblocked.com: ‘Koch Bros – It’s the Evil Thing’ ad

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The grassroots organization The Other 98% has set up a new web site http://kochblocked.com/ which parodies the evil bastard Koch brothers: Last week, we pulled off one of our biggest and best actions yet against the Koch Brothers' war on democracy: we renamed the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York … Read more

James Bopp: ‘The Supreme Court doesn’t care, and I don’t care, and the FEC doesn’t care. No one that matters cares.’

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Gang of Five on the U.S. Supreme Court who gave us one of the all-time worst decisions in the history of the court in Citizens United v. FEC (i.e., corporations are "people" entitled to the privileges and immunities of natural born persons) has unwittingly, or wittingly, unleashed the devil from hell. Republican lawyer … Read more

The Buying of Democracy by ALEC

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell aired this must-see report on Tuesday night about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and the new report from People For the American Way into this far-right corporatist organization. The segment includes an ad from the nonprofit immigrants rights organization "Cuéntame the ¡Latino Instigators!" http://www.facebook.com/cuentame?sk=app_201143516562748#!/cuentame?sk=info, regarding … Read more

Moats and alligators, oh my!

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Governor Jan Brewer got her panties in a twist over President Obama's channeling Stephen Colbert by correctly pointing out that nothing will ever satisfy Arizona's anti-immigrant demagogues. What do they want? A moat? With alligators? The political cartoonists have had fun with this. Benson from the Arizona Republic   Fitzsimmons from the Arizona Daily Star