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"Don't make us believe again, it hurts too much." - John Stewart, The Daily Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , The Daily Show on Facebook "The problem with that is ... WE WILL HAVE NO FUTURE!" - Elizabeth Warren

Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson on Winner Take All Politics from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo . There is no American Economy outside of American Government, all the inequality in our economic system is planned and put into law by the rich. We must protect our politics from the money that corrupts it. Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class by Paul Pierson and Jacob Hacker

The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Bill Moyers www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; but in practice, there always is a difference. - Yogi Berra You might also like this Bill Moyers Journal: Jon Stewart from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo .

The  Saving American Democracy Amendment  states that: Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people. Corporations are subject to regulation by the people. Corporations may not make campaign contributions or any election expenditures. Congress and states have the power to regulate campaign finances.

Occupy Rigged Elections: A Call for the Second American Revolution in 2012 Tuesday 27 December 2011 by: Victoria Collier and Ronnie Cummins, Truthout | Op-Ed A protester with the Occupy movement is led away by law enforcement after interrupting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at a campaign event for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) When candidates emerge who support the positions and demands of the 99 percent, the more certain we can be that our elections will be rigged. A great battle is coming. The 2012 elections are our chance to turn the tide back toward real democracy, but we must begin immediately. Only by organizing for a democratic revolution now can we break the hold of corporate criminals over our elections and take real power in 2012, legitimately and nonviolently. Thanks to Occupy Wall Street and the 99 percent mo...

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With this defense authorization act, Congress will, for the first time in 60 years, authorize the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without charge or trial, according to its advocates. This would be the first time that Congress has deviated from President Nixon's Non-Detention Act. And what we are talking about here is that Americans could be subjected to life imprisonment without ever being charged, tried, or convicted of a crime, without ever having an opportunity to prove their innocence to a judge or a jury of their peers. And without the government ever having to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I think that denigrates the very foundations of this country. It denigrates the Bill of Rights. It denigrates what our Founders intended when they created a civilian, non-military justice system for trying and punishing people for crimes committed on U.S. soil. Our Founders were fearful of the military--and they purposely created a system of checks and b...