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Bitter Feud Erupts Over Black Women’s March On Yom Kippur
“The members we lose over this we will replace with the ones we recruit at the March,” a NOW board member wrote in an email.
Mandy Patinkin Accepting Rabin Peace Award from APN -- April 27, 2014
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As Senate GOP Blocks DISCLOSE Act, Top Donor Sheldon Adelson Probed for Bribery and Mob Ties
DemocracyNow.org - As Senate Republicans block the DISCLOSE Act, legislation that would unmask anonymous campaign donors, we look at Sheldon Adelson, a major donor behind Republican campaigns. Adelson has pledged to donate $100 million to defeat President Obama, but is now coming under new scrutiny for possible violations of federal anti-bribery law and ties to Chinese organized crime stemming from efforts to build casinos and other projects in Macau. An investigation by ProPublica, PBS “Frontline” and the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, found Adelson may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when he instructed a top executive to give $700000 to a Macau legislator who aided his company’s efforts there. We’re joined by Stephen Engelberg, managing editor of ProPublica, and by Peter Stone, a journalist who has spent two decades covering money and politics and has been reporting on Adelson since 2008. “I think it [the report] comes at an embarrassing time, potentially embarrassing time for Adelson and for a number of republican groups who have received incredibly large donations from him in this cycle,” says Stone. “He is now backing Romney. His overriding concern is to defeat President Obama.” To watch the complete weekday independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, search our vast archive, or to find more information about Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE …
Report Links Adelson to Bribery, Organized Crime
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the biggest Republican donor in the 2012 election, has come under new scrutiny for possible violations of federal anti-bribery law and ties to Chinese organized crime. The potential violations stem from Adelson?s efforts to build casinos and other projects in Macau. An investigation by the University of California, ProPublica and PBS Frontline found Adelson may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when he instructed a top executive to give $700000 to a Macau legislator who aided his company?s efforts there. Officials are also probing possible ties between Adelson?s company, Las Vegas Sands and Chinese organized crime. The projects in Macau helped Adelson amass a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion. He has given tens of millions of dollars to Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and other Republican causes, and has spoke of spending upwards of $100 million to defeat President Obama?s re-election.
Report Links Adelson to Bribery, Organized Crime
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the biggest Republican donor in the 2012 election, has come under new scrutiny for possible violations of federal anti-bribery law and ties to Chinese organized crime. The potential violations stem from Adelson’s efforts to build casinos and other projects in Macau. An investigation by the University of California, ProPublica and PBS Frontline found Adelson may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when he instructed a top executive to give $700,000 to a Macau legislator who aided his company’s efforts there. Officials are also probing possible ties between Adelson’s company, Las Vegas Sands and Chinese organized crime. The projects in Macau helped Adelson amass a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion. He has given tens of millions of dollars to Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and other Republican causes, and has spoke of spending upwards of $100 million to defeat President Obama’s re-election.
Dark Money: Will Secret Spending By a Group of Billionaires Decide the 2012 Election? 3 of 3
Dark Money: Will Secret Spending By a Group of Billionaires Decide the 2012 Election? 3 of 3
Dark Money: Will Secret Spending By a Group of Billionaires Decide the 2012 Election? 2 of 3
Dark Money: Will Secret Spending By a Group of Billionaires Decide the 2012 Election? 2 of 3
Norman Finkelstein: Waning Jewish-American Support for Israel Boosts Hope for Mideast Peace
SUMMARY: DemocracyNow.org - Well over a year into the Arab Spring, the author and scholar Norman Finkelstein argues that there is a new, albeit quieter awakening happening here in the United States that could provide a major boost to the winds of change in the Middle East. In his new book, “Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an End,” Finkelstein contends that American Jewish support for the Israeli government is undergoing a major shift. After decades of staunch backing for Israel that began with the 1967 war through the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, to the repression of two Palestinian intifadas, Finkelstein says that a new generation of American Jews are no longer adopting reflexive support for the state that speaks in their name. With this shift in American Jewish opinion, Finkelstein sees a new opportunity for achieving a just Middle East peace. To watch the complete weekday independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, search our vast archive, or to find more information about Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org