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• Will our views on GM food be modified?

  
  Newsvine - Pamela Drew's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 128
  Will our views on GM food be modified?Stand by for yet another attempt to persuade a resistant British public to consume genetically modified food.
  6 hours ago

• 60 plus Association – Pharma Astroturf

  
  G2 Visual Design Salad and Other Healthy Appetizers — Authority: 134
  Only reason for even mention this is that the so called 60 plus association have started running ads targeting moderate congress critters with the intention of stopping health care reform. They are not who they claim to be i.e. an alternative to the AARP but rather a front group for big pharma. They have zero [...]
  10 hours ago

• A House Divided? The War Within The Tea Party Movement Heats Up

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 806
    The Tea Party movement is often seen by outsiders as one big monolithic force, especially by its detractors (who occasionally use nastier words than “monolithic” to describe it). But lately, there has been a mounting civil war between two rival factions of Tea Partiers. One big bone of contention: the ...
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  Bildungblog — Authority: 155
  David Koch, Teabagger Extraordinaire
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• Utilities and Coal Companies Demean Vete…

  
  G2 Visual Design Salad and Other Healthy Appetizers — Authority: 134
  Utilities and Coal Companies Demean VeteransSeeing corporations and their interest groups / astroturf organizations use the military and / or patriotism to push their products and agendas always makes me feel queasy.The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) has really outdone itself now though. By ...
  3 days ago

• Coal group misrepresents veterans

  
  theCLog — Authority: 490
  When will they stop lying? The coal front group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has been in hot water lately for employing an astroturf group that forged letters to Congress opposing the House climate bill—and then for possibly lying under oath about their position. Now ACCCE is in trouble ...
  3 days ago

• The Same Tired Talking Points Brought To You This Time by Senator Baucus and Dirty Energy Lobbyists

  
  It's Getting Hot In Here — Authority: 591
  Today, the Senate Finance Committee held its first hearing for the Boxer-Kerry bill. News such as this would typically be welcomed as necessary progress, as we are pushing for strong climate legislation to pass through the Senate before Copenhagen. However, one must take into consideration ulterior motives when ...
  3 days ago

• The Same Tired Talking Points Brought To You This Time by Senator Baucus and Dirty Energy Lobbyists

  
  Action Factory DC Blog — Authority: 487
  Today, the Senate Finance Committee held its first hearing for the Boxer-Kerry bill. News such as this would typically be welcomed as necessary progress, as we are pushing for strong climate legislation to pass through the Senate before Copenhagen. However, one must take into consideration ulterior motives when ...
  4 days ago

• Oil and Gas Company Wants You to Write Congress About the Undue Hardship Clean Energy Legislation Will Place on the Oil and Gas Industry

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 535
  Via Stephen Webster we learn of this ad that is being displayed at Valero gas stations in Austin, Texas: And you wouldn’t know by looking at the ad itself, but ‘Voices for Energy’ campaign is paid for by Valero. The site itself is a simple ’send a letter to Congress’ tool, which includes this ...
  5 days ago

• Did Thurber Ever Sign On As Bonners Ethics Adviser?

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 773
  Did American University professor James Thurber ever sign on to act as an independent ethics adviser for astroturf lobbyist Jack Bonner, in the wake of the scandal over those forged letters to lawmakers on climate change? The two principals cant seem to agree. Thurber has now backed out of the gig, after an ad ...
  5 days ago

• Astro-turfers Targeting Matheson, Add Your Voice

  
  The SideTrack — Authority: 122
  Matheson seems to be listening to them too. Utah Health Policy Project in the inbox: Congressman Matheson and his colleagues will be called to the House floor for a rare Saturday vote on the most far-reaching health care reforms in more than 40 years! Call Congressman Matheson TODAY and urge him to support H.R. ...
  1 week ago

• what does he mean -- "We work with the police... you dont have to be arrested unless you want to..."

  
  the moon's favors — Authority: 136
  
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• Michele Bachmann’s Astroturfing Teabaggers: A Rally for NO Solution

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 573
  Bachmann urged her followers to "scare" members of Congress, saying, "Nothing scares members of Congress more than freedom-loving [...]
  1 week ago

• you too can be a corporate lobbyist! how the grassroots got to Bachmanns Nov 5 news conference

  
  the moon's favors — Authority: 136
  Wow! You dont have to be a billionaire! A $25 love gift and you get a ride to the Nations Capital! And FREE DOUGHNUTS! stay tuned for their "grassroots" Hot Air Tour exposing Global Warming... AFP buses coming to Washington DC Nov. 5 google news. buses paid for by Americans For Prosperity trip to DC, ...
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• Bonners Independent Ethics Adviser Backs Out Over Ad Flap

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 773
  The "independent" ethics adviser that astroturf lobbyist Jack Bonner told Congress hed retained in the wake of the flap over those forged letters to lawmakers has backed out of the role, citing the TPMmuckraker-driven fallout over an ad he placed this week praising Bonner. James Thurber, a long-time political ...
  1 week ago

• Americans for Prosperity Brings Tea Partiers to Washington

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  It was widely reported that the corporate-funded, small-government, anti-health care reform group Americans for Prosperity was helping to organize Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) Tea Party at the Capitol today. ThinkProgress has video of AfP workers handing out signs and talking points to the Tea Partiers the ...
  1 week ago

• Astroturf In Action: Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch Pays For 40 Buses To Haul In Protesters

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 844
  Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the corporate front group founded in the 1980s by Koch Industries billionaire David Koch, worked closely with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to orchestrate the anti-health reform rally today. As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, AFP has been encouraging right-wing activists to board ...
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• The Superbowl of Freedom

  
  The Contrarian — Authority: 132
  How heinous is Rep. Michelle Bachmann ? Let us count the ways. For one, the most noxious member of the House of Representatives has organized what she’s calling “High Noon for Health Care,” which aims to assemble a large group of “Real Americans” on my city to try to prevent expanding health care options ...
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• University Probing Ad Placed By Bonners "Independent" Ethics Adviser

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 773
  American University is investigating the ad praising astroturf lobbyist Jack Bonner that ran in Roll Call yesterday in the name of one of the schools departments. "The university is aware of the ad and is looking into the facts of the situation," a university spokeswoman told TPMmuckraker. "The university does ...
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• ‘Tip of The Spear’: Lost NY-23 is New Template For 2010 ‘LOON Tea-Bagging’ Conservatives

  
  PoliticalArticles.NET - Blog — Authority: 139
  They lost a seat held by a Republican since the civil war to a Democrat, but that has not stopped the ReTHUGliLOONS, led by FAT Dick Armey, from trying to frame it as victory. Armey characterized the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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