Obamacare Aftermath, Public-Private Partnerships, ALEC, GM, Monsanto, Corporations

Obamacare Aftermath

• What the health care ruling means to you
• Did John Roberts switch his vote?--"The dissents suggest the court was set to overturn Obamacare -- until Roberts suddenly changed his vote " Salon
• GOP governors vow to ignore Obamacare
• Don’t Celebrate Yet--"The Supreme Court’s decision will make it much harder to extend health insurance to America’s poor."
• Conservatives Freak Out Over Health Care Decision
• The Daily Show: CNN & Fox News Report Supreme Court Decision
• Blast from the Past: I Don't Want Health Care If Just Anyone Can Have It The Onion

Public-Private Partnerships

• Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms
• Most Anti-Environment House Of Representatives In History Voted 109 Times To Enrich Big Oil
• Fla. Senate president comes to aid of lobbyist's firm--"When a politically connected company was in danger of losing a $9.4 million no-bid contract with the state, Senate President Mike Haridopolos came to the rescue of the outfit — a firm that employs his good friend and political benefactor as a lobbyist."

ALEC

• Arizona FBI Probe Linked To ALEC, State Legislators
• Does ALEC influence politics, laws?--"The American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative, Washington, D.C.-based think tank, has come under fire in some quarters lately for allegedly improperly influencing legislation in statehouses around the country, including Alabama."
• Dell Latest Company To Leave Controversial ALEC After Trayvon Martin Shooting

GM

• Meet the Corporate Front Groups Fighting to Make Sure You Can't Know What's in Your Food
• Senate votes 73–26 to deny states the right to label GMO foods
• GM grass linked to Texas cattle deaths--"A cattle ranch in Elgin, Texas., where 15 head succumbed to death by cyanide poisoning after eating genetically-modified grass."

Monsanto

• Monsanto maize banned in France--The EU blocks the ban.
• Monsanto may lose GM soya royalties throughout Brazil
• Government tyranny: Illinois Department of Agriculture secretly destroys beekeeper's bees and 15 years of research proving Monsanto's Roundup kills bees
• Superbug vs. Monsanto: Nature rebels against biotech titan
• Monsanto 3Q profit soars, maintains year view

Corporations

• Corporations Have Feelings (A Short Story by the GOP)
• Vandana Shiva: "People should see that corporations have abandoned them long ago."
• Opinion: Should Corporations Have More Leeway to Kill Than People Do? NYT