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[[Image:ALECexposed flatCitiBankPhoto.jpg|160pxframe|left|CitiBank, New York City]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11230 Inside ALEC11254 Scott Walker’s Plutonomy: Naked Contempt An Economy for the Press and Public in ScottsdaleOne Percent] </h3>by Beau Hodai[[Mary Bottari]]<br>''While volunteer after volunteer from each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties [Excerpthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPPVbGMxLH4 marched]'' - Bob Ortega, of into the Arizona Republic, stepped outside state’s election board to deposit over one million signatures for the Westin's eastern gate on the morning recall of November 30 to scope out the Wisconsin Governor [[American Legislative Exchange CouncilScott Walker]] (ALEC) occupation. Ortega , Walker was one of the few reporters no where to be credentialed by ALEC for coverage of the conferencefound. Following At the incident where the police tore down the protesters’ bannerhour petitions were being deposited on January 17, Ortega attempted to return Mother Jones revealed that Walker was [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/scott-walker-recall-new-york-fundraiser scheduled to attend] a high-dollar fundraiser in the heart of the conference. He was stopped by police in riot gear, pepper spray in hand, New York’s financial district at 339 Park Avenue -- the Westin gatetowering headquarters for global financial giant [[Citigroup]]. The cops told Ortega that he could not enter the grounds. Ortega showed them his ALEC-issued press credentials$5, identified himself and identified the paper he represented000 per couple fundraiser was hosted by none other than [[Maurice R. Greenberg|Maurice "I don't care who you areHank" Greenberg]], turn around and leave or you're going former CEO of [[AIG]]. Walker’s choice to be arrestedon Wall Street the day of the recall filing is so astounding," retorted one for many it goes far beyond the notion of the officersa tin ear. Ortega persisted in arguing his point"Walker could not have sent a clearer signal to Wall Street, explaining that he had permission from both ALEC is on the side of the 1 percent ready to do their bidding and Kierland security to attend the conference -- at which point a cop grabbed him by take the arm from behind. "Okay, you've been warnedheat," said Scot Ross of the copWisconsin group, who commenced One Wisconsin Now. Ross points to march Ortega off the [http://walkerfailure.com/ data his group compiled] to a waiting paddy wagonsupport his claim that Walker is constructing an economy that only the 1 percent could love. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11230 11254 here].
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[[Image:BoA_take_action_block_200pxsq_flat.jpg|160px|left]]<h3>[http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/632/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8910 Tell President Obama to Break Up Bank of America!]</h3>by [[Mary Bottari]]<br>Something reeks at Bank of America. This behemoth bank has assets equivalent to 15% of our entire economy. So why are its shares trading in the $5 range? Because BofA is a zombie bank. And now this zombie is trying to move $22 trillion in dangerous derivatives from one division into its FDIC-insured division. Tell President Obama, no more bailouts! Break up Bank of America before it breaks us. '''Sign the petition [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/632/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8910 here.]'''
