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47 donors contribute more than half of the $230 million taken in by super-PACs this year.

With enormous resources and an agenda driven by short-term profits, most plutocratic super-PAC donors are apathetic toward the American public interest. A recent analysis of FEC and Sunlight Foundation data reveals that a mere 47 donors contributed more than half of the $230 million taken in by super-PACs this year, with 1,082 individual donations making up 94% of that total amount.

With corporate takeover of our political campaigns well underway, the only power still capable of opposing ‘USA, Inc.’ is the people themselves — an informed, united citizenry willing to reclaim their country. Where do you stand?

From Mother Jones

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Ousting of a highly-esteemed university president is ‘strategic dynamism’?

The circumstances leading to UVA President Teresa Sullivan’s forced resignation were absolutely absurd. Just as our education curriculum must not be designed to appease political or religious groups, we cannot allow it to be subverted by corporate profiteers.

In our struggle to reform education, it seems we have completely lost our way. How could the Board really think that students, alums, and faculty would accept “strategic dynamism” as a legitimate reason for ousting a highly-esteemed university president? Thankfully, Ms. Sullivan was reinstated as UVA President after nearly two weeks of protest.

From The Huffington Post

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ICYMI: Video from The Ed Show

In case you missed it, I joined Ed Schultz, Illyse Hogue and Mark Simone on last night’s Ed Show to dissect Florida’s voter purge and the DOJ’s swift attempt to stop the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

I tried not to go too hard on Mark Simone, but I’d be wrong if I said he didn’t have it coming. Be sure to check out the video clip below!

From The Ed Show on MSNBC:

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