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Wed Jun 6, 2012, 06:39 PM Jun 2012

"The Big Lie Coup d'Etat" by Robert Reich

The Big Lie Coup d'Etat

by Robert Reich

http://robertreich.org/post/24472398883

"SNIP......................................................

JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BP, Chevron, WalMart, and billionaires Charles and David Koch are launching a multi-million dollar TV ad buy Tuesday blasting President Obama over the national debt.

Actually, I don’t know who’s behind this ad because there’s no way to know. And that’s a big problem.

The front group for the ad is Crossroads GPS, the sister organization to the super PAC American Crossroads run by Republican political operative Karl Rove.

Because Crossroads GPS is a tax-exempt nonprofit group, it can spend unlimited money on politics — and it doesn’t have to reveal where it gets the dough.


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