Buying Political Influence – Who Should Scare Us More, The Koch Brothers or George Soros?

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By Richard Larsen on Apr 05, 2014 in Politics

Judging from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s nearly daily diatribes on the floor of the U.S. Senate, George W. Bush has been retired as the most despised villain, and the cause of all the evils that plague the world. Bush has been replaced …
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Buying Political Influence – Who Should Scare Us More, The Koch Brothers or George Soros?

Buying Political Influence – Who Should Scare Us More, The Koch Brothers or George Soros?

Judging from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s nearly daily diatribes on the floor of the U.S. Senate, George W. Bush has been retired as the most despised villain, and the cause of all the evils that plague the world. Bush has been replaced by the Koch (a Dutch name, pronounced “Coke”) broth…
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GA law would give private companies unprecedented influence over probation system

Published time: March 26, 2014 03:45

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Georgia lawmakers have passed a controversial bill that, if passed, will boost the influence of for-profit firms by giving these companies some jurisdiction over state residents who are…
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GA law would give private companies unprecedented influence over probation system

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ABC’s Jon Karl Challenges Obama Over Declining Influence, Attacks On Mitt Romney

JONATHAN KARL, ABC NEWS: Mr. President, thank you. In China, in Syria, in Egypt, and now in Russia we’ve seen you make strong statements, issue warnings that have been ignored. Are you concerned that America’s influence in the world — that your influence in the world —…
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‘West lost its leeway to influence Russia with sanctions’

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Donilon: Russia Acting In Ukraine To Preserve Influence

Donilon: Russia Acting In Ukraine To Preserve Influence

President Obama’s former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon discusses the ongoing crisis in Ukraine with Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation.”

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Rachel Maddow: Will Jan Brewer’s veto influence other states to drop their anti-LGBTQ bills?

Maddow asks if the business wing of the Republican Party will bring the same pressure to bear on other states

    

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Piers Morgan needs a lesson on how to win US friends and influence people | Arwa Mahdawi

“One day you’re the cock of the walk, the next a feather duster” reads Piers Morgan’s bio on Twitter. Well, it appears that acting like a cock has finally rendered Morgan the feather duster. After three somewhat ignominious years, CNN has made the decision to kill off…
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The Shadow Lobbying Complex: How Corporations Are Hiding Vast Influence Peddling Efforts

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JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We end today’s show with a look at how much of the lobbying money spent on shaping policy in Washington is going unreported. For the third straight year, the official amount spent by lo…
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