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Billionaires Tea Party
1 THE BILLIONAIRES’ TEA PARTY How Corporate America is Faking a Grassroots Revolution [transcript] Barack Obama: This is our moment. This is our time. To reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that where we are many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope; and where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes we can. Man on Stage: They’re listening to us. They are taking us seriously, and the message is: It’s our county, and they can have it when they pry it from our cold dead fingers. They work for me! NARRATOR: Where did it all go wrong for Barack Obama and the democrats? After sweeping to power with a promise of hope and change, a citizens uprising called the tea party movement emerged. Their message was “no” to big government spending, “no” to healthcare and climate change legislation, and “no” to Obama himself. Woman: Obama is a communist. He says that he doesn't believe in the constitution. NARRATOR: Then, two years into Obama’s presidency, tea party endorsed candidates emerged to sweep the republicans to victory in the House of Representatives. Male News Reader: 32% of the candidates that were elected last night across this country are affiliated with the Tea Party movement. Rand Paul: There's a Tea Party tidal wave, and we're sending a message to 'em. Female Reporter: And they see it as a repudiation of the President and his policies. -
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the DISTRICT of COLUMBIA ______) LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL ) COMMITTEE, INC., ) Civ
Case 1:11-cv-00562-RLW Document 24 Filed 05/04/12 Page 1 of 52 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL ) COMMITTEE, INC., ) Civ. No. 11-562 (RLW) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, ) PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) DEFENDANT FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION’S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT Anthony Herman General Counsel David Kolker Associate General Counsel Harry J. Summers Assistant General Counsel Kevin P. Hancock Attorney COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 999 E Street NW Washington, DC 20463 May 4, 2012 (202) 694-1650 Case 1:11-cv-00562-RLW Document 24 Filed 05/04/12 Page 2 of 52 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The Parties ...........................................................................................................................1 A. Defendant Federal Election Commission ................................................................1 B. Plaintiff Libertarian National Committee, Inc. ........................................................1 II. The Burrington Bequest to the LNC ....................................................................................3 A. Raymond Groves Burrington Bequeathed $217,734 to the LNC, an Amount More Than Seven Times Greater Than FECA’s Limit on Contributions to National Party Committees ...........................................................3 B. To Comply with FECA’s Limit, the Burrington Estate and the LNC Agreed to Deposit the Bequest into -
Corporate, Social, and Political Networks of Koch Industries Inc
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Economics Department Faculty Publications Economics Department 3-2013 Corporate, Social, and Political Networks of Koch Industries Inc. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation: Extension to the State of Nebraska F. Gregory Hayden University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Alyx M. Dodds Garner University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jerry L. Hoffman Nebraska State Education Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/econfacpub Hayden, F. Gregory; Garner, Alyx M. Dodds; and Hoffman, Jerry L., "Corporate, Social, and Political Networks of Koch Industries Inc. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation: Extension to the State of Nebraska" (2013). Economics Department Faculty Publications. 79. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/econfacpub/79 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Economics Department at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Economics Department Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Corporate, Social, and Political Networks of Koch Industries Inc. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation: Extension to the State of Nebraska F. Gregory Hayden Department of Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0489 [email protected] Fax: 402-472-9700; Alyx M. Dodds Garner University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fulbright Scholar-Germany; and Jerry L. Hoffman Legislative Researcher and Lobbyist The Nebraska State Education Association Lincoln, Nebraska Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Issues Vol. 48, No. 1 (March 2013) Corporate, Social, and Political Networks of Koch Industries Inc. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation: Extension to the State of Nebraska Abstract: The importance of interlocking board directorships among corporations and between corporations and social organizations has been confirmed for defining the modern political economy. -
Boxoffice Barometer (March 6, 1961)
MARCH 6, 1961 IN TWO SECTIONS SECTION TWO Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents William Wyler’s production of “BEN-HUR” starring CHARLTON HESTON • JACK HAWKINS • Haya Harareet • Stephen Boyd • Hugh Griffith • Martha Scott • with Cathy O’Donnell • Sam Jaffe • Screen Play by Karl Tunberg • Music by Miklos Rozsa • Produced by Sam Zimbalist. M-G-M . EVEN GREATER IN Continuing its success story with current and coming attractions like these! ...and this is only the beginning! "GO NAKED IN THE WORLD” c ( 'KSX'i "THE Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA • ANTHONY FRANCIOSA • ERNEST BORGNINE in An Areola Production “GO SPINSTER” • • — Metrocolor) NAKED IN THE WORLD” with Luana Patten Will Kuluva Philip Ober ( CinemaScope John Kellogg • Nancy R. Pollock • Tracey Roberts • Screen Play by Ranald Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pre- MacDougall • Based on the Book by Tom T. Chamales • Directed by sents SHIRLEY MacLAINE Ranald MacDougall • Produced by Aaron Rosenberg. LAURENCE HARVEY JACK HAWKINS in A Julian Blaustein Production “SPINSTER" with Nobu McCarthy • Screen Play by Ben Maddow • Based on the Novel by Sylvia Ashton- Warner • Directed by Charles Walters. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents David O. Selznick's Production of Margaret Mitchell’s Story of the Old South "GONE WITH THE WIND” starring CLARK GABLE • VIVIEN LEIGH • LESLIE HOWARD • OLIVIA deHAVILLAND • A Selznick International Picture • Screen Play by Sidney Howard • Music by Max Steiner Directed by Victor Fleming Technicolor ’) "GORGO ( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents “GORGO” star- ring Bill Travers • William Sylvester • Vincent "THE SECRET PARTNER” Winter • Bruce Seton • Joseph O'Conor • Martin Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents STEWART GRANGER Benson • Barry Keegan • Dervis Ward • Christopher HAYA HARAREET in “THE SECRET PARTNER” with Rhodes • Screen Play by John Loring and Daniel Bernard Lee • Screen Play by David Pursall and Jack Seddon Hyatt • Directed by Eugene Lourie • Executive Directed by Basil Dearden • Produced by Michael Relph. -
Daybreak of Freedom
Daybreak of Freedom . Daubreak of The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill and London Freedom The Montgomery Bus Boycott Edited by Stewart Burns © 1997 The University of North Carolina Press. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Daybreak of freedom : the Montgomery bus boycott / edited by Stewart Burns, p cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8078-2360-0 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8078-4661-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) i. Montgomery (Ala.)—Race relations—Sources. 2. Segregation in transportation—Alabama— Montgomery—History—20th century—Sources. 3. Afro-Americans—Civil rights—Alabama- Montgomery—History—2oth century—Sources. I. Title. F334-M79N39 *997 97~79°9 3O5.8'oo976i47—dc2i CIP 01 oo 99 98 97 54321 THIS BOOK WAS DIGITALLY MANUFACTURED. For Claudette Colvin, Jo Ann Robinson, Virginia Foster Durr, and all the other courageous women and men who made democracy come alive in the Cradle of the Confederacy This page intentionally left blank We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens, and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its meaning. We are here also because of our love for democracy, because of our deep-seated belief that democracy transformed from thin paper to thick action is the greatest form of government on earth. And you know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression. -
Conservative Movement
Conservative Movement How did the conservative movement, routed in Barry Goldwater's catastrophic defeat to Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential campaign, return to elect its champion Ronald Reagan just 16 years later? What at first looks like the political comeback of the century becomes, on closer examination, the product of a particular political moment that united an unstable coalition. In the liberal press, conservatives are often portrayed as a monolithic Right Wing. Close up, conservatives are as varied as their counterparts on the Left. Indeed, the circumstances of the late 1980s -- the demise of the Soviet Union, Reagan's legacy, the George H. W. Bush administration -- frayed the coalition of traditional conservatives, libertarian advocates of laissez-faire economics, and Cold War anti- communists first knitted together in the 1950s by William F. Buckley Jr. and the staff of the National Review. The Reagan coalition added to the conservative mix two rather incongruous groups: the religious right, primarily provincial white Protestant fundamentalists and evangelicals from the Sunbelt (defecting from the Democrats since the George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign); and the neoconservatives, centered in New York and led predominantly by cosmopolitan, secular Jewish intellectuals. Goldwater's campaign in 1964 brought conservatives together for their first national electoral effort since Taft lost the Republican nomination to Eisenhower in 1952. Conservatives shared a distaste for Eisenhower's "modern Republicanism" that largely accepted the welfare state developed by Roosevelt's New Deal and Truman's Fair Deal. Undeterred by Goldwater's defeat, conservative activists regrouped and began developing institutions for the long haul. -
Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 115 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018 No. 66 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was their advice, and we will vote to con- OPIOID EPIDEMIC called to order by the President pro firm him. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, tempore (Mr. HATCH). We will be lucky to have this capable on another matter, our Nation’s opioid f public servant on the job. We know epidemic continues to plague commu- PRAYER Mike Pompeo is up to the task. After nities and families in my home State all, we confirmed him with a com- of Kentucky and across the Nation. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- fortable and bipartisan majority to Here in Congress, we are doing our best fered the following prayer: lead the CIA. In one of the most sen- to support the healthcare and law en- Let us pray. sitive positions in our government, the forcement professionals who are bat- Eternal Lord, marvelous is Your quality of his leadership was directly tling it every single day. Name. We celebrate the works of Your linked to the security of the American Last week, I introduced the Pro- hands: the sky and sea, the songs of people. tecting Moms and Infants Act, a bipar- birds, the hues of flowers, and the pre- tisan effort to confront the heart- West Point valedictorian, Harvard cision of the planets. breaking cases of prenatal and infant Law, U.S. -
Douglas K. Anderson Joins Savings Bank of Manchester As Vice
SPORTS Phone service Whalers, capture eludes the poor f j j wild 8-6 shootout ... page 4 ... page 13 Mmxdmtn ^ Manchester — A City of Village Charm Hrralft Monday, Feb. 2,1987 30 Cents CIA director quits F \ as questions raised E By Terence Hunt Casey testified in closed session The Associated Press before the panel "before the full scope of the situation was known” WASHINGTON - CIA Director and was not under oath, the report - < N William E. Casey, recovering from said. '■ / /' surgery for a brain tumor, has Although the report consistently resigned and will be replaced by his describes Casey as an advocate of deputy, Robert Gates, a 20-year the arms sales, it does not spell out veteran of the spy agency, the his exact role in debates over the White House announced today. matter within administration, nor __- , jrtaaMwfc-' He!''' ” It was Mr. Casey’s decision to does it give his views on the actions < t h S ^ ' ^ - - - ___ — . ' - ~ f resign,” said presidential spokes of CIA officers who assisted in the man Marlin Fitzwater. He said arms transfers and diversion of Casey, a longtime friend of Rea funds to help the Nicaraguan gan’s, would become a presidential guerrillas. Herald photo by Mitchell counselor when he could return to In its conclusion, the report said work. the panel was unable to answer the The resignation came at a time question; “ What role did the CIA Connecticut Chuckles, a groundhog at length of winter. The 3-year-old pre that many questions were being and other U.S. government agen the Lutz Children's Museum, made her dicted, by not seeing her shadow, that asked about the CIA’s middleman cies or their officials play In annual forecast this morning on the spring was imminent. -
Annual Report 2017
IDEAS LEADERSHIP ACTION OUR MISSION 2 Letter from Dan Porterfield, President and CEO WHAT WE DO 6 Policy Programs 16 Leadership Initiatives 20 Public Programs 26 Youth & Engagement Programs 30 Seminars 34 International Partnerships 38 Media Resources THE YEAR IN REVIEW 40 2017-2018 Selected Highlights of the Institute's Work 42 Live on the Aspen Stage INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT 46 Capital Campaigns 48 The Paepcke Society 48 The Heritage Society 50 Society of Fellows 51 Wye Fellows 52 Justice Circle and Arts Circle 55 Philanthropic Partners 56 Supporters STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 90 2017 Annual Report WHO WE ARE 96 Our Locations 98 Aspen Institute Leadership 104 Board of Trustees LETTER FROM DAN PORTERFIELD, PRESIDENT AND CEO A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO DAN PORTERFIELD There is nothing quite like the Aspen Institute. It is In the years to come, the Aspen Institute will deepen an extraordinary—and unique—American institution. our impacts. It is crucial that we enhance the devel- We work between fields and across divides as a opment of the young, address the urgent challenges non-profit force for good whose mission is to con- of the future, and renew the ideals of democratic so- vene change-makers of every type, established and ciety. I look forward to working closely with our many emerging, to frame and then solve society’s most partners and friends as we write the next chapter on important problems. We lead on almost every issue the Institute’s scope and leadership for America and with a tool kit stocked for solution-building—always the world. -
The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Service by Lisa Graves/True North Research for in the Public Interest
The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Service By Lisa Graves/True North Research for In the Public Interest JULY 2020 About Lisa Graves Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of True North and its editor-in-chief. She has spearheaded several major breakthrough investigations into those distorting American democracy and public policy. Her research and analysis have been cited by every major paper in the country, and featured in critically acclaimed books and documentaries including Ava DuVernay’s “The 13th.” She has appeared frequently on MSNBC as a guest on Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell as well as on other MSNBC shows. She has also served as a guest expert on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNBC, BBC, C-SPAN, Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!, the Laura Flanders Show, and other news shows. She’s written for the New York Times, Slate, TIME, the Nation, In These Times, the Progressive, PRWatch, Common Dreams, Yes!, and other outlets. Her research is cited in major books such as Dark Money by Jane Mayer, Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman, Corporate Citizen by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, The Fall of Wisconsin by Dan Kaufman, and others. About In the Public Interest In the Public Interest is a research and policy center committed to promoting the common good and democratic control of public goods and services. We help citizens, public officials, advocacy groups, and researchers better understand the impacts that government contracts and public-private agreements have on service quality, democratic decision- making, and public budgets. Our goal is to ensure that government contracts, agreements, and related policies increase transparency, accountability, efficiency, and shared prosperity through the provision of public goods and services. -
South Carolina African American History Calendar
2018 South Carolina African American History Calendar Presented by South Carolina Department of Education RICH IN African American History FROM THE UPSTATE TO THE LOWCOUNTRY Dear Students, Educators, and Friends, The greatest lessons are often learned from listening and observing those people closest to us. Sermons from a life well lived give us inspiration, encouragement, pride, and hope. The South Carolina African American History Calendar honors our neighbors and friends who have lived their lives well. Their achievements have impacted the quality of life for all of us in extraordinary ways – through business, education, medicine, and public service. It is my hope that their courage and determination will inspire you as students and citizens of South Carolina to strive to make a positive difference in our state and nation. While the South Carolina Department of Education has been a partner in the production of the calendar for many years, we are honored to be the presenting sponsor of the 2018 calendar. All community partners have been invaluable to the calendar’s success and we appreciate their continued support and commitment in this 29th edition. Each month you will meet an honoree who has lived a life to the fullest. I hope that you will be inspired to do the same. Molly M. Spearman South Carolina Superintendent of Education Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, S.C. After graduating from the Avery Institute, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, S.C. When he returned to Charleston, he worked as a real estate and insurance broker. Outside of work, however, he connected with the local chapter of the NAACP. -
Tip of the Iceberg: Religious Extremist Funders Against Human Rights for Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Europe 2009 - 2018
TIP OF THE ICEBERG Religious Extremist Funders against Human Rights for Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Europe 2009 - 2018 TIP OF THE ICEBERG Religious Extremist Funders against Human Rights for Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Europe 2009 – 2018 ISBN: 978 2 93102920 6 Tip of the Iceberg: Religious Extremist Funders against Human Rights for Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Europe 2009 - 2018 Written by Neil Datta, Secretary of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights. Brussels, June 2021 Copyright © EPF 2021 All Rights Reserved. The contents of this document cannot be reproduced without prior permission of the author. EPF is a network of members of parliaments from across Europe who are committed to protecting the sexual and reproductive health of the world’s most vulnerable people, both at home and overseas. We believe that women should always have the right to decide upon the number of children they wish to have, and should never be denied the education or other means to achieve this that they are entitled to. Find out more on epfweb.org and by following @EPF_SRR on Twitter. 2 TIP OF THE ICEBERG Religious Extremist Funders against Human Rights for Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Europe 2009 – 2018 Tip of the Iceberg is the first attempt understand the anti-gender mobilisation in Europe through the perspective of their funding base. This report assembles financial data covering a ten year period of over 50 anti-gender actors operating in Europe. It then takes a deeper look at how religious extremists generate this funding to roll back human rights in sexuality and reproduction.