Fixing the FEC

You’re looking for a baby sitter and there are only two agencies in town. After looking around on the websites of both these agencies, you’ve found out that neither one of them screens for registered sex offenders, despite the fact there have been several complaints from parents in your town about sitters from these agencies […]

The First Real Election

At the time of this writing, Russia has invaded Ukraine. They’ve gotten their asses kicked pretty soundly up to this point, scaling back their full scale take over plans to a region in eatern Ukraine known as the Donbass. Their eyes got a little too big for their stomachs, it truns out. And even now, […]

Opening the Vote

If a leader tells us they were elected with 100% of the vote, we know they’re lying. There would be no such thing as an election if people could agree completely on anything as important as political leadership. Most of us can’t agree on pizza toppings in a room of eight people. Two hundred and […]

Instead of Voting

It’s a pretty popular thing to do to bitch about how corrupt our elections are. Especially following the Citizens United decision, which took the gloves off for how much money corporations can spend trying to get candidates elected, it seems pretty clear that the case is closed on whether or not elections can be bought. […]

Citizens United: What Really Happened?

“Citizens United has an annual budget of about $12 million. Most of its funds are from donations by individuals; but, in addition, it accepts a small portion of its funds from for-profit corporations. In January 2008, Citizens United released a film entitled Hillary: The Movie … It is a 90-minute documentary about then-Senator Hillary Clinton, […]

Weeding Out the Astroturf

Astroturfing is what it’s called when rich people pay failed improv comics and actors too pathetic to be soap opera alternates to stop choking prostitutes and start speaking at city halls so that public officials making public policy in those halls will act the way rich people want them to. It’s called ‘Astroturfing’ because from […]

Princess Fantastic

Think About It.