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<h3><center>Take Action</center></h3>[[Image:BoA_take_action_block_200pxsq_flatThomasScaliaAlito.jpg|160pxframe|leftright|Supreme Court Justices (L-R) Alito, Thomas and Scalia]]<h3>[http://salsawww.democracyinactionprwatch.org/onode/632/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8910 Tell President Obama to Break Up Bank of America!11226 Supremely Unseemly Conduct by Supreme Court Justices Spurs Call for Mandatory Ethics Rules]</h3>by [[Mary BottariLisa Graves]]<br>Something reeks at Bank of America. This behemoth bank The Center for Media and Democracy has assets equivalent to 15% joined a coalition of our entire economy. So why are its shares trading public interest organizations in calling for the United States [[Supreme Court]] to agree to follow the $5 range? Because BofA is a zombie bankCode of Conduct for U. And now this zombie is trying to move $22 trillion in dangerous derivatives from one division into its FDIC-insured divisionS. Tell President Obama, no more bailouts! Break up Bank of America before it breaks usjudges. '''Sign CMD joins the petition [http://salsawww.democracyinactionafj.orgAlliance for Justice], [http:/o/632www.aauw.org American Association of University Women], [http:/p/diacitizensforethics.org Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington], [http:/action/public/?action_KEY=8910 herewww.commoncause.org Common Cause]''' ------<h3>, [http://www.prwatchcwa-union.orgCommunications Workers of America], [http:/news/2011www.credoaction.com CREDO Action], [http://12www.equaljusticesociety.org Equal Justice Society], [http:/11198/break-bank-america-it-breaks-us Break Up Bank www.lulac.org League of America Before it Breaks UsUnited Latin American Citizens]<, [http://h3>by [[Mary Bottari]www.nela.org National Employment Lawyers Association]<br>Recently, Bank of America (BofA) stocks briefly traded for under $5[http://www.pfaw. Yes, you could buy a share of BofA org People for less than the noxious debit card fee they tried to force down your throatAmerican Way Foundation], and [http://www.uspirg. BofA is massive, with assets equivalent to 15 percent of org U.S. GDPPublic Interest Research Group] in a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. So why is The letter calls on the Court to "take it trading for upon itself to agree to be bound by the price of a latte? Because Wall StreetCode," and "do so unequivocally and publicly." (The coalition's dirty little secret is that BofA is a zombie bank. Now letter to Chief Justice Roberts accompanies the reek is getting too strong to ignorefull article. ) Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/12/11198node/break-bank-america-it-breaks-us 11226 here.]
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[[Image:Voting.jpg|210px|left]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11208 ALEC-Linked Group Revealed As Major Secret Donor In Referendum On Maine Voting Rights]</h3>by Scott Keyes<br>''Originally published by [http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/12/28/395496/maine-election-day-registration-alec-group/ Think Progress]''<br>Last month, Maine voters delivered a major rebuke to Gov. Paul LePage (R) and the Republican-held legislature when they [http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/08/politics/early-results-indicate-election-day-voter-registration-restored/ approved] a referendum restoring election day voting registration rights in the state. Earlier this year, state legislators passed a [http://www.mainelegislature.org/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ID=280041037 bill] repealing the state's 38 year-old law allowing citizens to register at the polls on election day. Tens of thousands of Mainers responded by petitioning for the matter to come to a referendum. Issue 1 was one of the most-anticipated votes on election day this year, with pundits watching closely to see how citizens would react to the Republican-led [http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/what-states-are-doing-to-restrict-voting-rights/ war on voting], which ramped up in states across the country this year. Recognizing the referendum's importance, voting rights opponents poured money into the campaign to repeal election day registration. In fact, just two days after the state's campaign finance reporting deadline, a secret conservative donor [http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/11/03/360076/maine-election-day-registration-conservative-money/ funneled $250,000] into the race, allowing the "No On 1" campaign to make significant TV ad buys in an inexpensive media market.Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11208 here.]
[[Image:ALECexposed flat.jpg|160px|left]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11230 Inside ALEC: Naked Contempt for the Press and Public in Scottsdale] </h3>by Beau Hodai<br>''[Excerpt]'' - Bob Ortega, of the Arizona Republic, stepped outside the Westin's eastern gate on the morning of November 30 to scope out the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) occupation. Ortega was one of the few reporters to be credentialed by ALEC for coverage of the conference. Following the incident where the police tore down the protesters’ banner, Ortega attempted to return to the conference. He was stopped by police in riot gear, pepper spray in hand, at the Westin gate. The cops told Ortega that he could not enter the grounds. Ortega showed them his ALEC-issued press credentials, identified himself and identified the paper he represented. "I don't care who you are, turn around and leave or you're going to be arrested," retorted one of the officers. Ortega persisted in arguing his point, explaining that he had permission from both ALEC and Kierland security to attend the conference -- at which point a cop grabbed him by the arm from behind. "Okay, you've been warned," said the cop, who commenced to march Ortega off to a waiting paddy wagon. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11230 here].
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[[Image:CarlFortiBoA_take_action_block_200pxsq_flat.pngjpg|frame160px|left|Carl Forti]]<h3>[http://wwwsalsa.prwatchdemocracyinaction.org/nodeo/632/p/dia/action/public/11214 Mitt Romney's "Super" Friends Take Aim Through the "Restore Our Future" Super PAC?action_KEY=8910 Tell President Obama to Break Up Bank of America!]</h3> by [[Lisa GravesMary Bottari]]<br>In the Iowa caucus race, the pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC called "Restore Our Future" massively outspent the candidate's official presidential campaign on advertisingSomething reeks at Bank of America. The Restore Our Future PAC [http://firstreadThis behemoth bank has assets equivalent to 15% of our entire economy.msnbcSo why are its shares trading in the $5 range? Because BofA is a zombie bank.msn.com/_news/2012/01/03/9926906-romney-super-pac-outpaces-romney-campaign-in-iowa-ad-spending spent] over And now this zombie is trying to move $3 million 22 trillion in ads, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/romney-versus-gingrichdangerous derivatives from one division into its FDIC-a-super-pacs-over-the-top-ad/2011/12/20/gIQAeJQn7O_bloginsured division.html primarily negative ads against Newt Gingrich]Tell President Obama, who was the target of no more than [http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/22/nation/la-na-iowa-ad-blizzard-20111223 1,200 negative ad spots] from this PAC and others in the span bailouts! Break up Bank of about a monthAmerica before it breaks us. With so-called "independent" groups poised to outraise and outspend the electoral candidates themselves, the question is who is really behind this Super PAC and others unleashed by '''Sign the U.S. Supreme Court's "petition [http://wwwsalsa.united4thepeopledemocracyinaction.org Citizens United]" revision of the First Amendment to allow individuals and corporations to give unlimited amounts of money to influence U.S. elections. Read the rest of this item [http:/o/632/http:p/dia/www.prwatch.orgaction/nodepublic/11214 ?action_KEY=8910 here.].'''
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[[Image:SupportHoosiers.png|left|200px]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11215 Indiana Workers Stand against the ALEC Agenda and the Anti-Labor Bill Called the "Right to Work" (for Less) ] </h3>by [[Lisa Graves]] <br>Thousands of Indiana workers rallied outside, and inside, their state capitol on Wednesday, January 4, to speak out against Governor Mitch Daniels' renewed effort to force through so-called "right to work" legislation designed to undermine labor unions and workers' rights protected by collective bargaining. Workers won a victory after the Governor rescinded new restrictions that had been created to limit the rights of Indiana citizens to freely access their state capitol building. Prior to last year's protests, citizens in Indiana, Wisconsin and other states had long enjoyed easy access to their state houses to express their views on legislation, but in Indiana -- as with Wisconsin and other states -- partisan political leaders imposed supposedly "safety-based" restrictions to limit citizens exercising their freedoms of assembly and speech. On Wednesday, faced with thick lines of constituents winding down the streets of the capitol, the state lifted the 3,000-person cap on the number of people who could enter the building where legislation is being pushed to restrict worker rights. Read more [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11215 here].
