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Dark Money author Jane Mayer on The Dangers of President Pence, New Yorker, Oct. 23 issue on-line

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"Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America" see: our site, and George Monbiot's essay on this key book by historian Nancy MacLean.

Full interview with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer March 29, 2017, Democracy Now! about her article, "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency."

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September 13, 2012

Sarah van Gelder: "5 Issues this Election Should Be About, and One to Drop"

"The stakes have never been higher. To get action on climate change, to restore the economy, to get a fairer tax structure, to reduce the massive scale of the military-industrial complex, and to move ahead on any number of fronts, we’ll need to put the interests of people first. And that means we need to take on the power of giant transnational corporations." (Excerpt)

On September 11 in the on-line edition of YES! Magazine, she writes:
"Cutting through the campaign rhetoric and attack ads, here are five issues we believe should be at the center of the 2012 election, plus one that has no place in the public sphere."

Here are the 6 issues, and here is the full article: 5 Issues this Election Should Be About, and One to Drop

1. Rebuild the economy, starting with the middle class and poor, not Wall Street and CEOs.

2. Support practices that improve health; end those that harm us.

3. Rein in deficit spending, starting with the U.S. military.

4. Get real about the climate crisis.

5. Stand up to corporate power.

What should not be part of this election?

Many more items are essential parts of public discourse, from education to immigration, but there’s one thing the election should not be about:

This election should not be about Governor Romney's Mormon faith nor about President Obama's Christianity"...

Read full article here  

Sarah van Gelder wrote this article for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media organization that fuses powerful ideas and practical actions. Sarah is co-founder and executive editor of YES!

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