finally, alec, meet alice. that's right, alec now has some competition.rs, the wisconsin champion of open democracy, alice is a transparent, non-corporate, out-in-the-open, web-based library of model laws on a range of public interest issues. alice doesn't have corporate or billionaire backers. the work is done by volunteers -- so in the constant struggle for democracy is still david versus goliath, but as you'll remember from that ancient story, the giant doesn't always win. ♪ ♪ ♪ the presidential debates are upon us and many people are describing them as mitt romney's last best chance to establish himself as a serious contender worthy of the white house. it's happened before. john kennedy, ronald reagan, george w. bush, all bounced higher in the polls after credible debate performances and went on to win the white house. whatever the outcome, most agree it's the debates that will give us our best opportunity to evaluate these candidates, sort out their positions and separate truth from fiction. not a moment too soon. according to a new survey from the a

states of alec. a special bill moyers report and how the secretive american adjusted exchange council has helped corporate america propose and even draft legislation for states across the country. >> i was stunned at the notion that politicians and corporate representatives were voting behind closed doors on these changes to the law before they were introduced in state houses across the country. >> as the yen and the states declares wikileaks founder julian assange to be an enemy of the state, we will air is addressed to the united nations from inside the ecuadorean embassy in london where he has been holed up for the past 100 days. >> it is time for the u.s. to cease the persecution of wikileaks, to cease its persecution of our people, and to cease its persecution of our sources. >> we will play julian assange's address and speak to his attorney michael ratner. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. anti-austerity protes

messages during election cycles they would never be able to push through this legislation without alec or the american legislative exchange council one of the most powerful think tanks in d.c. court of the website there are harmless nonprofit that provides a quote constructive forum for state legislators and private sector leaders to discuss and exchange practical state level public policy issues alex serves as a resource for its members does not lobby state legislators well and reality what alec is is the legislative arm of the corporatocracy behind closed doors corporations hands state legislators changes to laws that directly benefit their bottom line along with legislators corporations have membership and alec corporations including wal-mart up until this year sit on nine alec task forces and vote with legislators to approve model bills on these task forces corporations and lawmakers have equal votes so for example one more doesn't want to get sued every time one of their guns kills people so they'll push for a new law that makes homicides more legal or justifiable like stand your

from bad people are not formulated around our safety they're pushed through with front groups like alec designed to make sure that gun manufacturers meet their bottom line. with so much sensationalist garbage being fed to us from the corporate media can be hard to sort through it all and find out what's really important what's really going on with the news media that now picks a side when it comes to political issues instead of simply presenting the facts it seems that people are pretty much now just told what to think now to discuss this further i'm joined by conservative blogger and editor of red alert politics francesca chambers thanks so much for coming on a thanks for having me so when i see the media landscape today i mean there is a poll that came out that said overwhelming majority of americans really don't trust the corporate press when they look at it seems like the conservatives blame it on the liberal media and liberals can blame it on the conservative media where do you come in or what do you think about you know actually the poll that you're talking about i believe is the

alec ross of the state department, joe marks of nextgov.thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. >> look for these titles in this bookstores this

there are connections to nationwide groups like alec.he mackinac center is a member of the american legislative exchange council, which is sort of a clearing house of corporate lawmaking or corporate representatives and lobbyists meet with state legislators and craft loss and get replicated throughout the country. representatives -- legislators and representatives from the mackinac center have gone to alec meetings and in many cases exported pieces of anti-union legislation into alec for the will become model legislation and replicate throughout state houses across the country. >> just to be clear, the american legislative exchange council law, alec? >> it is a network of state legislators and corporate lobbyists who meet three times a year, i believe, at hotels and they have closed-door meetings, where by corporate representatives, members of free-market think tanks, and state legislators get together and act the craft the language of a variety of bills, including their most famous this year for the stand your ground law, which popped u

joining us is alec ross, the senior advisor for innovation at the state department. it would come just in an overall sense -- how does the state department use technology to further its goals? >> look, we live in a world where technology, networks are of increasing consequence in our foreign policy. it is increasingly the backbone for communications in commerce around the world. so for us, it is just a tool, but it is an important tool. we use it for communications. we have 288 facebook pages with 13 million fans. i think we have almost 200 official twitter accounts with a couple million followers. we are using it for communication, but of greater consequence in my opinion is part of what we are looking at our some really tough traditional foreign policy challenges -- are some really tough traditional foreign-policy challenges and thinking about how we can apply to america's unique strengths of our ability and technology and see how we can apply this to any given foreign policy challenge. >> when you release information via facebook or twitter -- >> we do. there are

alecs are and joe marx. thank you. >> thank you. >>> here's a look at book being published this week the late -- experiences serving as united nations secretary general in interventions. a life and war in peace. israeli politician danny dan nondeputy speaker presents the thoughts on relations between israel and the u.s. in "israel the will to prevail." william silver professor of finance and economics at new york city university recrownt the career of former federal reserve chair. in stromb thur monday's america emery university chronical the life and career of the late republican senator from south carolina. look for the tights in bookstores this coming week and be

alec is the organization that does all kind of model legislation.hey currently have said, their statement is that alec has no policy relating to voter i.d. and it would probably be best to find someone else to talk on your show. that was their statement to us when we asked someone from alec to come on and have a conversation about this. they did write this legislation, this model legislation. it is accurate they are now out of it but they did write this legislation initially, right? >> that's right. they were the ones that put together the template. they took the law from indiana and made a template. that spread like wild fire in 2011. in 2012, 23 states. while alec has shut down that committee that pushed this law, you may remember that at the rnc convention, voter i.d. was part of their platform. we can't divorce this from at the end of the day, this is about politicians who have manipulated the rules in order for them to win. on the other end, the losers of this are democracy. the losers of this are the people who were most impacted, elderly, vet

alec. you may also remember alec being mentioned in connection with the trayvon martin case. imagine if a bill from the hill had its origins not in some idea from some folks back home, but an organized group that brings corporations together with hundreds of state legislators who are sympathetic to the interests of those corporations, and instead of those folks back home calling their local congressman to write a bill, alec drafts model legislation for those legislators to take back to their states to pass into law. stand your ground was one of those model laws, so was voter i.d. the bill, drafted by alec in 2009, according to a report from news 21. and the walter cronkite school of journalism. pennsylvania's voter i.d. law, based on the law upheld by the supreme court and not influenced by his alec membership and news 21's analysis found more than half of the 62 voter bills introduced nationwide were sponsored by members or conference attendees of alec. but, of course, correlation does not equal causation, which may leave us with more economies about the life of the pennsylv

a longtime member of alec but beyond that in to the past donations its involvement in the electoral campaign through one of its arms indicate that it's largely supporting republican candidates almost all of the time astounding people can learn more about this and said n.f.i.b. exposed or lisa gratian doing great work thank you so much thanks thank you so much . speaking of big politics influencing big bunny influencing politics we now have an idea exactly why chinese casino mogul shelley ate them for adults and some debate is spending more money this election than any american in history to help mitt romney win because he's trying to derail an investigation that could cost him his fortune in an interview with politico a very candid adelson suggested the reporter mike allen that a mitt romney win would put an end to investigations into adolescence offshore chinese casinos and investigation being conducted right now by the obama justice department adelson is business is under investigation for both money laundering and bribing foreign officials is ryan grim of the huffington post sugg

doors on these changes to the law before they were introduced in statehouses across the country. >>> alec been i think a wonderful organization. not only does it bring like-minded legislators together. but the private sector engagement in partnership in alec is really what i think makes it the organization that it is. >>> that's next week's program. meanwhile, at billmoyers.com, our colleague laura flanders has a web-exclusive interview on occupy wall street's first anniversary, and whether its campaign to fight income inequality has made a difference. she talks with journalist arun gupta and author and activist marina sitrin. >>> occupy wall street got a drubbing in a lot of the press on the anniversary. you had "the new york times" talking about a "fad" and, you know, "talk is cheap." how do you respond to that, marina? >> to find out what occupy is doing, you'd actually have to dig a little deeper and see that occupy has kind of re-territorialized itself. >> occupy put the public space back in society. and it recreated the public so that people could come into these spaces and say, lik

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shouldn't this scare the diapers off alec baldwin?where is the march for freedom of expression. streisand, clooney, julie luis dreyfuss, where are you people? hiding under harvey winestein? i know you can. but you know who will be arrested next? kathryn bigelow. she is the maker of "zero dark thirty." in anyone dies because of the end zone dance of death, she i'll have blood on her hends. right, mr. president? >> bob: you know, greg, i want to know who the source was on that video? >> greg: i was the source on that. >> bob: i do this from a public relations standpoint, the worst idea imaginable, i first thought about it and i said probation violation. even if he did, wouldn't you say to yourself i think i'm not going to arrest this guy right you in wait a couple of weeks. >> eric: worse, they perp walked him before they arrested him when think called in for questions. in the middle of the night the l.a. police took him out. >> kimberly: this is america. >> eric: what about bringing him in questions before arresting him. >> andrea: nob

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well, replacements could include alec baldwin, harrison ford, or ben affleck.ed jack ryan in the tom clancy movies. and according to bob woodward, the president gets paul and jack confused anyway. and finally, a tough one. joe biden. how about meryl streep? honestly, she can play anyone. plus, she swears like a sailor. not just a big deal if you're playing joe biden, but. >> this is a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the problem with politics, though, is no matter how good meryl or alec or ben might be, there is no real way to replace

alec jr?oys r us announcing it is waiving the holiday lay away fees and doing away with minimum purchase the move after walmart started lay away season earlier than ever. emac said it is bad news for the economy. why is this a bad sign. >> it is not only jump on holiday spend competition. toys r u.s. was one of the first to bring back lay aways. and those same reasons still stand today. middle class consumer is still hurting. >> rick, is this good or bad. >> i have followed toys rus for many years . only thing they were amazed they were bone headed enough to put a fee. they are struggling against the deep discounters and internet and of course, they take the fees off lay away. they can't do anything to send business elsewhere. >> mike, do you agree. >> i agree with emac. it shows how weak the economy is. lay aways are around for a long time. they are taking negative interest rates to finance the program and clear out the inventy. they are facing slowing sales growth. lay aways don't work when

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alec jr? it was a gift. alec jr?get! everybody get! get your cash back. chase freedom. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> jimmy: at age 11 -- at age 11, our next guest started a blog. it quickly became the talk of the fashion industry around the world. last year, at the ripe old age of 15, she started an online magazine for girls called "rookie." to celebrate the site's one-year anniversary, "rookie: yearbook one" is in stores now. you got to pick this up. it is so rad. please welcome tavi gevinson, everybody. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: tavi gevinson, nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> jimmy: thank you for being on our show. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: this is amazing. how does an 11-year-old -- first of all, how do you get into fashion at 11 years old? are your parents really fashionable? >> no, i mean, they're -- [ laughter ] they're, like, very nice, good people, but they're not -- they were really confused when i was interested in it and didn't understand why i was, and also maybe a little concern

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