To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, July 26, 2024

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The Man Who Drowned Democracy With ‘Sewer Money’

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BY JOE CONASON This week marked the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, which exposed American democracy to increasing domination by the country’s very richest and most reactionary figures – modern heirs to those “malefactors of great wealth” condemned by the great Republican Theodore Roosevelt – so it is worth recalling the false promise made […]

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Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He writes a column for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies, which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.