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ColbertNation https://www.dailykos.com/news/ColbertNation News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 03:08:57 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 03:08:57 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Will Colbert Nation save the galaxy? https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/5/17/1209860/-Will-Colbert-Nation-save-the-galaxy Christ marshaled his apostles to venture into the world to do good, sans guns. Why don’t we emulate? Who can build that peaceful army of do-gooders? Only someone who can preach to the world.   Is Stephen ready to lead the Colbert Nation to a better world?  Ask him what he’s going to do about this letter that was sent to his lowly paid interns several days ago. rss@dailykos.com (Peoples Lobby) AmericanWorldServiceCorps AmericanWorldServiceCorpsCongressionalProposal AmericaWorldServiceCorps AmeriCorps ColbertNation Daily Show DoctorsWithoutBorders finca Habitat Head Start HeadStart HeiferInternational InternationalRescueCommittee JesuitVolunteerCorps MercyCorps nader NationalService OnlytheSuperRichCanSaveUs Oxfam PeaceCorps Peoples Lobby PeoplesLobby Red Cross RedCross StateConservationCorps Technoserve TheDailyShow _1209860 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:21:39 +0000 Colbert: SuperPAC Top 22 List includes 2 Michigan GOP Top Funders https://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/2/3/1061492/-Colbert-SuperPAC-Top-22-List-includes-2-Michigan-GOP-Top-Funders The Colbert Report is making a bunch of noise since yesterday when <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/407712/february-02-2012/america-s-biggest-super-pac-donors">Steven Colbert listed the Top 22 Super PAC donors</a> revealing half of all Super PAC money came from their $67 million in contributions alone. <div style="/*background-color:#000000;*//*width:520px;*/"> <div style="/*padding:4px;*/"><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:407712" width="512" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" defang_base="." defang_flashvars="" /> The Colbert Report Get More: <a href='http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/'>Colbert Report Full Episodes</a>,<a href='http://www.indecisionforever.com/'>Political Humor & Satire Blog</a>,<a href='http://www.colbertnation.com/video'>Video Archive</a> </div> </div> <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/02/stephen-colbert-says-super-pacs-buying-democracy.html">From NYT coverage</a>, Colbert says: <blockquote>"I am sure that the good government goo-goos out there are saying this is just handing all the power to the 1% when in fact 22 people in a population of 300 million: That’s 7 one-millionths of 1 percent," Colbert said, tapping away on his trusty calculator until it spewed smoke. "So Occupy Wall Street, you’re going to want to change those signs."</blockquote> Two of the 22 donors were Bob Perry (TX), who gave $3,600,000 to "Make Us Great Again" supporting Rick Perry, and Paul Singer (NY) donating $1,000,000 to "Restore Our Future" backing Mitt Romney's candidacy in the <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/31/nation/la-na-super-pac-20120201">Republican Presidential Primary flooded with billionaire money</a>. But did you know that Perry and Singer are TWO of the Michigan Republican Party's Top 10 donors for 2010? Yep, <a href="http://www.mcfn.org/pdfs/reports/MCFN2010_CitGuide.pdf">that's a fact (Page 94)</a>. To Michigan Republican Related PACs <blockquote>Snyder, Richard & Sue (Campaign)     $5,943,702 DeVos, Richard, Sr. & Helen (FL) (Rich)    $1,199,904 Lynas, Robert & Joyce            $1,007,000 Perry, Bob (TX)                $1,000,000 Koch, David (NY)            $988,604 Singer, Paul (NY)                    $783,400 Cohen, Steven (CT)                    $482,604 Jandernoa, Michael & Susan        $416,655 Weiser, Ron & Eileen            $418,247 Johnson, Ruth (Campaign)        $354,834 Mills, Ted                $339,500 Meijer, Frederick & Lena        $339,000 DeVos, Dick & Betsy            $334,754 Moroun, M.J. & Nora            $333,225 Nicholson, James & Ann            $302,704</blockquote> Actually, as you can see, if you add Koch and Cohen to the list, FOUR of the Top Donors to the Michigan GOP are billionaires from out-of-state. You might just check in YOUR STATE. Welcome to a new country, and states too, bought and paid for, thanks to Citizen's United and the 1% (inside and outside) your state, as this shows. Cross-posted <a href="http://bloggingformichigan.com/2012/02/03/colbert-superpac-top-22-includes-2-michigan-gop-top-funders/">from Blogging for Michigan</a>. If it's Michigan, it's on <a href="http://bloggingformichigan.com">BFM</a>. rss@dailykos.com (Hector Solon) BobPerry ColbertNation DavidKoch Michigan MichiganGOP MichiganRepublicanParty PaulSinger StevenCohen StevenColbert Super Pac SuperPac The Colbert Report TheColbertReport _1061492 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:44 +0000 Sarah Palin Vindicated: Colbert Re-enactment Proves It! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/6/7/982824/-Sarah-Palin-Vindicated-Colbert-Re-enactment-Proves-It Last night's Colbert Nation was the site of an historical re-enactment of the ride of Paul Revere.  Host, Stephen Colbert even put himself in harm's way by saddling up to a <strike>real,</strike> <strike>live</strike> department store rocking horse to demonstrate how firing warning shots, and ringing bells whilst screaming "The British are coming, the British are coming" and warning the British themselves they're not taking our guns ... is not only plausible!  But it even shows how Paul Revere put his life in danger with this epic feat. rss@dailykos.com (Detroit Mark) ColbertNation History PaulRevere Recommended Sarah Palin SarahPalin StephenColbert youbetcha _982824 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:28:15 +0000 Colbert on (lack of) Justice Thomas: "it was a reward ..." https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/2/18/946575/-Colbert-on-lack-of-Justice-Thomas-it-was-a-reward Does your employer require you to sign a conflict of interest disclosure, violation of which can lead to your firing?  Would your boss be happy to hear that you didn't let him know about how your day job influenced your spouse's earnings?  If you've ever (and even if you haven't) had to sit through an ethics lecture, it is pretty clear that there are so no go lines that -- if crossed -- set you up for firing and, potentially, prosecution.  This is about one of the clearest issues re ethics and legal issues for any professional in a large organization (Corporate, government, or otherwise): avoid hidden interlinking of your personal and professional interests. This clarity, however, clearly seems to have escaped at least one Supreme Court Justice who has taken trips funded by Corporate interests, who funded his wife's projects, and who had significant roles in major cases where Justice Thomas provided the/a deciding vote ... and Justice Thomas did not -- contrary to the law -- identify the money going to his wife. This is all okay, after all ... <blockquote>Justice Thomas always rules on the side of more corporate influence in our elections. So this trip to Palm Springs wasn’t a bribe–it was a reward! </blockquote>                     rss@dailykos.com (A Siegel) ColbertNation Ethics justiceclarencethomas Koch Brothers KochBrothers StephenColbert _946575 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:18:30 +0000 Union challenges the Colbert Report to take on immigrant farmworker jobs https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/9/883031/-Union-challenges-the-Colbert-Report-to-take-on-immigrant-farmworker-jobs The "Take our Jobs" campaign calls on unemployed U.S. citizens to apply for farm worker jobs and harvest the summer’s lettuce, peach and grape crops. Americans can fill out an online application form entitled "I want to be a farm worker". rss@dailykos.com (Lets Breakthrough) 287g Ag Jobs AgJobs ArturoRodriguez BarackObama Blog BreakThrough CIR ColbertNation Comprehensive Immigration Reform ComprehensiveImmigrationReform Congress Deportation Detention Due Process DueProcess Enforcement fairdayincourt Family Farm Workers FarmWorkers Human Rights HumanRights Immigration President Obama Racial Profiling RacialProfiling Restore Fairness RestoreFairness SaladbowlofAmerica StephenColbert TakeOurJobs The Colbert Report TheColbertReport U.Scitizens UFW UnitedFarmWorkers USBureauofLaborStatistics _883031 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:22:54 +0000 Colbert KNOWLEDGE TEST: Identify 28 objects on Trophy Wall https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/6/589713/-Colbert-KNOWLEDGE-TEST-Identify-28-objects-on-Trophy-Wall Number them 1 through 28.  (29 is a bonus) Identify each. Explain the rationale for why they each item was added. <img alt=" title=" src="http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u210/quicksite/Blog-dKos/citizens/colbert-knowledge_sm2.jpg" /> rss@dailykos.com (rhfactor) ColbertNation culturalartifacts StephenColbert Test trophywall _589713 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:13:32 +0000