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Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-Maryland) has introduced a Constitutional amendment to undo the democracy-destroying SCOTUS ruling that corporations have the same free-speech rights as people. John Conyers has co-sponsored the bill, and it is beginning to build some buzz. It's endorsed by the groups Voter Action, Public Citizen, the Center for Corporate Policy, and the American Independent Business Alliance.

You can visit the web site here, where you can view the amendment and sign the accompanying resolution. You can also help spread the word, and even give money to support this important step to preserving democracy. If you want to know more first, make the jump to view the video:

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Excited about this new vision for America! Catch the new ad below:

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Write the date down: January 21, 2010. You'll want to be able to tell your grandkids, "Yep, I was alive then. Sure was. I wasn't paying a lot of attention -- none of us were, really; the health care fight and basketball season got all the press. But now we know -- that was the day that democracy began dying."

Yes, on this date, in one of the worst decisions since Dred Scott, the Supreme Court of the United States officially helped our democracy commit suicide. Not the quick suicide of a coup or a surrender to a foreign power; no, more like the long, slow suicide of gradually increased doses of a powerful drug. But suicide, nonetheless.

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A diarist on Daily Kos has penned a pretty funny, and rather acerbic, diary on the upcoming SCOTUS nomination:

BREAKING: Obama to nominate Jesus Christ to Supreme Court -- Republicans Announce Filibuster

Jump over and give it a read ... and the comments. Some good stuff there.