- Lawrence Lessig's Anti-Corruption Mayday PAC is 95% of the Way to its Crowdfunding Goal: "It's a remarkable turnaround — The effort had brought in just $2.1 million, or 46% of their target, as of less than one week ago. Mayday PAC now finds itself in the home stretch." http://daily.represent.us/lawrence-lessigs-anti-corruption-mayday-pac-95-way-crowdfunding-goal/ 235 comments politics
- New Plugin Shows Exactly Where Your Congressperson's Money Comes From: "If you use the extension when reading about a Congressional vote on energy policy, for example, maybe you’ll discover that a sponsor of a bill has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry." http://daily.represent.us/new-plugin-shows-congress-money/ 110 comments technology
- The 4 Most Ridiculous Arguments Against Getting Money Out of Politics: "Some of the most common arguments against efforts to reign in money in politics were on proud display at today's hearing, so now seems as good a time as any to get debunking." http://daily.represent.us/4-most-ridiculous-arguments-against-money-out-of-politics/ 26 comments politics
- McCutcheon is One of the Worst Supreme Court Rulings of All Time: "The kind of people who are willing to drop more money than most Americans will make in their entire lives on one election can now wield enormous leverage" http://daily.represent.us/mccutcheon-one-worst-supreme-court-decisions-time-heres-need-know/ 15 comments politics
- How Money Won Congress: "Fundraising success almost always leads to victory. In fact, winners outspent their opponents by about 20 to 1." http://daily.represent.us/infographic-money-wins-congress/ 5 comments politics
- Jon Stewart confronts Pelosi on money in politics, delivers best interview in recent memory http://daily.represent.us/jon-stewart-confronts-pelosi/ 116 comments politics
- Bill Moyers gets it. http://daily.represent.us/outraged-bill-moyers/ 6 comments politics
- Politicians Like To Claim Their Votes Aren't For Sale. The Data Disagrees. http://daily.represent.us/politicians-like-claim-votes-arent-sale-data-disagrees/ 16 comments politics
- Stephen Colber's Lawyer explains why all is not lost. http://daily.represent.us/stephen-colberts-lawyer-explains-hope-lost/ 3 comments politics
- There's No Polite Way To Say It — Both Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Suck: "the people of Virginia have found themselves in an all-too-common predicament. Their next governor will not be the candidate they like the most, but the one they despise the least" http://daily.represent.us/virginia-candidates-suck/ 7 comments politics
- There’s something absolutely insane happening in the House right now: "We have a bill that would roll back protections put in place after the financial crisis that was literally written by lobbyists for one of the major players in that same financial crisis" http://daily.represent.us/theres-something-absolutely-insane-happening-house-right-now/ 515 comments politics
- Video Beautifully Sums Up the Current State of Washington (from 2011) http://daily.represent.us/news-anchor-completely-loses-it-on-camera-because-of-everything-thats-wrong-with-america/ 5 comments politics
- "It is being extracted through banking, it is being extracted through trade, and it is being extracted through taxation... and there is not a single politician that has stepped forward to deal with this." http://daily.represent.us/news-anchor-completely-loses-it-on-camera-because-of-everything-thats-wrong-with-america/ 4 comments politics
- Is this a viable option for our system's corruption and economic problems? http://daily.represent.us/news-anchor-completely-loses-it-on-camera-because-of-everything-thats-wrong-with-america/ 3 comments politics
- Before He Died, George Carlin Explained Exactly Why Americans Keep Getting Screwed, and No One Laughed http://daily.represent.us/before-he-died-george-carlin-explained-exactly-why-americans-keep-getting-screwed-and-no-one-laughed/ 5 comments politics
- Monsanto Hijacks Bill Designed To Avert Government Shutdown: "Monsanto alone spent over $1.2 million on campaign contributions and $5.9 million on lobbying in the 2012 election cycle" http://daily.represent.us/monsanto-protection-act-extension/ 216 comments politics
- CNBC hosts try to teach Elizabeth Warren about reform, learn not to mess with a former Harvard Law professor http://daily.represent.us/cnbc-hosts-try-to-teach-elizabeth-warren/ 120 comments politics
- Elon Musk explains why Texas lawmakers got Tesla sales banned in the state: "A perversion of democracy...The car dealers are such huge contributors to their political campaigns on the local level." http://daily.represent.us/watch-this-texas-lawmaker-explain-why-he-thinks-its-okay-to-be-corrupt/ 1209 comments politics
- "Our form of democracy is so broken with special interests on both sides…All our legislators do is raise money. That's all they do. They don't legislate. They raise money and campaign. Period." http://daily.represent.us/lesley-stahl/ 788 comments politics
- "The public doesn't trust politicians and they don't trust politics. And they don't trust it because of the level of money in politics." http://daily.represent.us/kirsten-gillibrand-money-in-politics-daily-show/ 56 comments politics
- EPA told the public that fracking hadn't contaminated the water in Dimock, PA--despite evidence to the contrary: "The whole [oil] industry...they have such an influence on what's happening here." http://daily.represent.us/if-people-only-knew-what-was-said-off-the-record/ 4 comments politics