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sheldon adelson says he'll spend $100 million to elect mitt romney.ew report says he could make a 2,000% return on that investment if mitt romney is elected president. i'll break down the numbers. stay tuned. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...but you still have to go to the gym. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> up next, $100 million may seem like a lot for one person to spend in an election. we'll have the details. >>> and tonight negotiations continue in chicago to end the teachers strike. they are not any closer to a deal. i'll ask chicago teachers union karen lewis the president about where it is at this hour. you c

casino magonate sheldon adelson.ill remember sheldon adelson joined romney on his controversy-filled trip to israel this past summer. adelson has clear interest in israel. i owns an israeli newspaper. he's been a vocal advocate for a tougher american stance against iran on israel's behalf but now it looks like his motives for supporting romney could even be a little more selfish. many of you may know he's under a federal investigation into money laundering at his casino in las vegas and possible violation of bribery laws in china. some observers thought that perhaps he was hoping to shield himself from that investigation by supporting the right candidate. adelson seemed to admit as much to politico saying... >> jennifer: sounds like he doesn't want to get into trouble for illegal behavior so he's trying to switch referees. maybe he should have invested in the nfl instead. joining me now from new york to talk about campaign news of the day is katrina vanden heuvel, the editor and publisher of the "nation" magazine. so

sheldon adelson says he'll spend $100 million to elect mitt romney.e could make a 2000% return on that investment if mitt romney is elected president. i'll break down the numbers. stay tuned. w mbrace2 system... is i can follow all my sports... catch the latest breaking news... keep in touch with friends... follow the financial headlines... find a great restaurant... and with siriusxm i can get weather forecasts... all from here. in my mercedes-benz. [ male announcer ] introducing mbrace2. the most comprehensive cloud-based telematics system on the road. it's your world, from your car. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. my brother doesn't look like a heart attack patient. i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i'm a fighter and now i don't have that fear. >>> up next, $100 million may seem like a lot for one person to spend in an election. we'll have the details. >>> and tonight negotiations continue in chicago to end the teachers strike. they are not any closer to a deal

both money laundering and bribing foreign officials is ryan grim at the huffington post suggests adelson is spending millions of dollars to curry political favor in the united states hoping to fend off charges that he spent millions of dollars to curry political favor an asia oh and adelson does stand to gain a two billion dollars tax cut if romney wins as well this is what our politics has devolved into thanks to citizens united a venue where the rich get richer and they can shield themselves from criminal investigations want to fix it go to move to amend dot org to put an end to these billionaire shenanigans. it's thursday let's get geeky jeffrey dahmer and ted bundy two of the most infamous serial killers in american history but what else might they have had in common well according to a new study coming out of australia they both may have had a pretty dysfunctional sense of smell researchers down under a test a theory that basically says the psychopath the common personality disorder of serial killers and banks toure's it is characterized by a lack of empathy and anti-social behavior

officially spent the most money in an american election ever or at least so we think how can we stop adelson and his billionaire club from buying off morelock american elections and prevent this sobering spending record for mean roquette again in the future. in screw news this was the scene in spain today as thousands of demonstrators clashed with riot police outside the spanish parliament in madrid there were reports of fifteen arrests and six injuries today's demonstrations were planned in advance by enough. of activist groups to fight back against another round of austerity cuts that are guaranteed to strangle the spanish economy including cuts to pensions cuts to social services and layoffs of public workers spain already has the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone and later this week the spanish government is expected to release its budget for next year one of the primary protest groups known as coordinate twenty five dash as released a statement that a reading democracy has been kidnapped on twenty five september we are going to say that we believe that the time of the decisions

sounds like a lot of money but considering the tax breaks he'll get during iranian presidency for adelson it's nothing short of the cap report ailsa it stands to save more than two billion dollars in taxes under romney's plan thanks to romney's cuts in the top income tax rate dividends tax rate and capital gains tax rate and stands to win big not only that his errors due to as repeal the estate tax which romney is proposing will give the heirs nearly nine billion more in an era it's so as it was in a said before is hundred million dollars contribution isn't a contribution at all it's an investment in fact it's an investment with an eleven thousand percent return now we can all see why the oligarchy are so happy with the supreme court's citizens united decision but on the flip side how are members of congress who are willing to play ball with billionaires supposed to survive this on slot of corporate and one percent cash let's ask one joining me now on the phone to senator sherrod brown democrat from ohio senator brown welcome tom thank you you're cynical guy to think that sheldon adelson

you saw sheldon adelson, who pledged to give $100 million to the republican cause. of course, david koch was a member of the new york delegation and said he may give as much as $400 million. >> in their meetings, celebrations were going on behind the scenes? >> absolutely. it was not on screen for the most part. >> arun gupta, your covering not only inside the convention, but outside as well. >> essentially, a military zone, a war zone outside the convention that was certainly part of the strategy. protests were extremely limited. they were spirited, but maybe 500 to 1000 people at mess. it was quite remarkable. when you're moving with the protesters, there were blanketed by the media, then it was in his police bubble and surrounded by this surveillance. i think that was the intention. at one point, i happened upon the westboro baptist, the guys who hate fags bunch -- >> explain which you mean. >> an extremist religious group. it is basically one family. they show up at high-profile events with signs of lycee "gode hates fags." they show up at u.s. soldiers killed i

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does sheldon adelson have competition? if someone else was spending even more man than sheldon adelson to win the election this, how would we know? >>> okay. the secret mitt romney fund raiser video that kicked off mitt romney's very bad week last week is everywhere in the campaign now. and features in the new t.v. ad the obama campaign is in ohio today much it's also the subject of two obama campaign web videos. all reporting on this video has been different than everybody else's. we were part of the story how this came into the public eye in the first place. late last month a piece of the video was posted to a youtube account that was made to look like it was mine, even though it wasn't. this is a little bit of a geeky, technical issue but it's also connected to the video's impact. the quality of the video directly affects the ability to authenticate it, report on it, all the reasons and the ways that it functions in politics. check this out. after the fake maddow account was removed, the same person posted other clips f

who this whole war sort of mentality benefits sheldon adelson because most of his income comes from china and if. the g.o.p. platform has now announced basically that when they get and they're going to decree that china is a currency manipulator so the un he thinks will rise his income will go up so it's all about you could make graffiti polite but it's still graffiti you could say you're about freedom and liberty and all this other stuff when it's really just about destroying your competition getting monopoly powers and so forth crime so sheldon adelson of course you've mentioned his income comes from casinos to chinese casino so he knows a thing or two about chinese prostitutes and yeah they could run for congress and he's down there at the r. and c. in florida hobnobbing with everyone else who wants to get better there is johnny's prostitutes and that's the entire point of the entire convention was how best to get better johnny's prostitutes in ten easy lessons invision by clint eastwood that's what i do all my takeaway from the whole event was speaking of clint eastwood g.o.p. p

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my colleague was tracking with the super pac donors, like sheldon adelson and his wife were doing.delson showed up at needed for the republican jewish coalition, which he is given about $6 million to this election. it was closed to the press. at one point, sheldon adelson was sitting -- putting on a button that said "obama, oy vey ." >> mike burke attempted to ask sheldon adelson how much money he would be spending on this event, but his daughter intervened, grabbed the camera of our videographer hany massoud, was taking it into the suite and when our team reached for it, she dropped it on the ground, also pushing our producer back. that was our team's attempt to try to find out how much money is being spent. you can go to democracynow.org to see that. >> a lot of the donors would not acknowledge a much money they have spent, even though they are funneling millions of dollars are spending millions of dollars. >> and republican party? >> david koch was there. the americans for prosperity event. my colleague tried to go to the event and was firmly told he was not allowed to be there.

we're not married and i'm a nice girl but i will scissor you. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: has sheldon adelsonnded? >> well, i'm not privy -- i'm not exactly privy to what happened behind closed doors, but i do know that sheldon adelson saw the video, and he is still contributing $100 million to romney which is not good. >> jennifer: do you have any evidence that the great shlep and these videos this year are going to have an effect of getting young people to the polls. >> we do know in 2008 the first video got 20 million views, and hundreds of people actually went down to florida and talked to their grandmas and grandpas to get them to vote for obama as it has been proven to help turn florida blue. the video that came out yesterday already has 2 million views. >> jennifer: that's fabulous. >> yeah it felt like we broke the internet for about five opinions. >> jennifer: what is going on there? why is this the best way to get the attention of millennial voters? >> okay. well i would say first i think the comedic videos they allow people to kind of have a point of entry that maybe they wouldn't

if he switches his money to democrats. >> the sheldon adelson one made me uncomfortable.nk: talking about sheldon adelson reaching a conclusion. >> right exactly. but i love this, she's trying to target younger people, younger voters. i love that. she's trying to inform them. it grabs everyone's attention. do you think everyone wants to watch voteer i.d. law stories everywhere welcome. >> cenk: except on "the young turks" of course. >> she's also going to elderly voters, let's not forget. she's working for this jewish super pac helps her credibility in numbers she can reach. >> cenk: and they're fighting back against so many pacs we're seeing. now another part of this drama about whether you should vote or not. sarah silverman is on one side, and lupe fiasco, who we've had on the show, said we shouldn't vote. >> cenk: so now, lupe gets mad and he starts tweeting. i love in a world where if you're mad you can start tweeting. that's a good world. he said, you put up $50,000 and i'll put up $50,000 and let's put out programs for our inner city youth. he said obama needs swin

really just about destroying your competition getting monopoly powers and so forth crime so sheldon adelson of course you've mentioned his income comes from casinos chinese casino so he knows a thing or two about chinese prostitutes and yeah they could run for congress and he's down there at the r. and c. and florida hobnobbing with everyone else who wants to get better there is johnny's prostitutes and that's the entire point of the entire convention was how best to get better johnny's prostitutes in ten easy lessons invision by clint eastwood that's what i do all my take away from the whole event was speaking of clint eastwood g.o.p. platform the war on drugs and the war on terror have become a single enterprise this was item number seventeen on the g.o.p. platform so they've now admitted that their war on terror and the war on drugs are single enterprise and i thought of the empty chair syndrome when they said mexicans bear are bearing the brunt of drug cartels savage assault and that's why we need to spend more to go protect them from our we're fake war on drugs and now war on terror th

that's on top of 30 millioo the adelsons have already poured into this election cycle.tly cut a two million dollar check to red super pac 'restore our future.'fellow texan robert rowling -- a successful investor also ponied up two million for the 'american crossroads' super pac.floridian william koch (pronounced "coke"] an avid yachtsman and twin brother of pndustrialist billionaire david -- also gave two million dollars to 'restore our future' [sot in vatz]sot in 39:13 "people view money as freedom of speech, at least they should view it as freedom of nothing wrong with people giving money to the andidate they support."trt=:08and there's also nothing wrong with employees of major companies cutting checks for campaigns . among those squarely in romnee's fold.... [graphic]goldman sachs, jp morgan, bank of america, morgan stanley and citigroup to name a few.[sot vatz]sot in 38:14 "people believe thatt if bbrack ooama wins this election he's going to pontinue the ar against wealthier americans." trt=06 during the democratic national convention we will parse the money behin

a new report shows the billionaire casino mogul and top politician donor sheldon adelson stands to reap a massive tax windfall should mitt romney win the presidential election. according to the center for american progress, romney's policies would save adelson more than $2 billion in taxes. the savings would come through a combination of romney's proposals to cut the rate for top earners, avoid or exempt foreign profits, and maintain low rates on dividends and capital gains. residents opposed to the new york police department's controversial stop and frisk policy rallied in new york on thursday as part of a nationwide campaign to "blow the whistle" on police abuses. protesters from los angeles to new york sought to draw attention to police brutality and the disproportionate targeting of people of color. the organizer joined dozens of other protesters in harlem. >> we will see how the police respond. they may step back and hope we will stop after a while and things can go back to normal, but we're determined not to go back to normal because normal is people being stepped on by the police

i don't know how it is that shelden adelson got the front row.'m not exactly sure what precisely i said, but i stand by what i said, whatever it was. ♪ >> we begin with a hectic day on the campaign trail with the romney/ryan duo launching an aggressive play for battleground states where the republican ticket is slowly and surely losing support. just an hour ago the campaign kicked off its three-day bus tour in ohio with an absentee mr. romney handing over the driving to his deputy, paul ryan. the tour comes as the latest poll in the must-win buckeye state shows romney at a five-point deficit to the president and as the president leads by three points in politico's new national poll with a seven-point edge in the crucial question of likability. wile i'm sure they were disappointed to be deprived of mitt's marvelous magnetism and charisma, he was out west today courting swing state coloradoans and granting the rare privilege of a nonfox news interview with nbc's peter alexander who asked him about that failure to connect. >> how have you failed to

sense that the arc of the obama campaign was not thrown off track by all of the money coming in from adelson and the others. >> you could say that. we're not infallible i think the candidate is ultimately the most important thing in politics, and i think there are some problems that mitt romney doesn't seem to be able to overcome, i think that helps. but there is 40 days left in the election, and there is a lot of money that has not been spent and is not on the airwaves. the real fall barrage is perhaps yet to come. >> eliot: you said you are so -- ahead of the curve on tracking where the money is coming from and where it is booing. one of the early indicators of senior republican dissatisfaction will be when the money begins to swift away from the -- presidential race towards the senate. is that something you are starting to see. >> no, i'm not. we're all looking out for that and of course it can be very hard to separate out what represents a move away from the presidential race. american cross roads we have always known was going to focus a lot of fire power on the senate anyway. they have

limits on how much money america's oligarchy can spend in our elections billionaires like sheldon adelson and the koch brothers are pledging tens in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars to defeat president obama and progressives around the nation all thanks to the supreme court's citizens united decision a poll last april found that only fifteen percent of americans agree with that decision more americans believe in ghosts than agree with the supreme court's citizens united decision support around the country is there to to overturn citizens united now it's time to pressure lawmakers introducing a constitutional amendment that says corporations are not people and money is property not speech go to move to amend or. after the break conspiracy theories employed a large role throughout the obama presidency and they're in this election cycle conservatives constantly throwing them around but when it comes to conspiracy theories how do we separate the fact from the fiction lask out actor comedian and author richard belzer. download the official publication so choose your language stream q

main point here is that there is there is no real distinction when it comes to treatment between adelson children for example we were doing constant arrest appropriations throughout the west bank arresting i don't know how many people you know on a nightly basis in many of the people that we were arresting were either children or teenagers did the most occasions we didn't even know why they were being arrested in one of the radio parisian states we had a day that we basically invaded the palestinian town in the city of hebron the children started throwing stones at us so it's going to be picked at random kid that didn't even necessarily threw stones at us and used him as a shoe. the stones that were being thrown by his friends or by his supposed friends with the team instead of us we were hoping that that would stop him somehow that would stop his friends from throwing stones obviously didn't help him he just got injured in the indication so certainly not a good time for the idea of finding ourselves being criticised on a number of fronts r.t. television and u.k. court has shattered the

sheldon adelson, the target of the u.s.e are people out there who still don't think we need campaign finance reform. [ applause ] >> stephanie: and he hates mitt romney too. he would have preferred newt gingrich who would have probably been at least quicker at starting a war with iran. >> yes. >> stephanie: so he will settle for the guy that will keep him out of jail, i guess. >> great. >> stephanie: allegedly. we'll be right back with the remaining minutes of the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: i got her number off of the men's room stall. 1-800-steph-1-2. ♪ of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer firefighters that support our from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. they're doing this this corruption based on

when was the last time you heard sheldon adelson's name? the koch brothers kicking out a big check to romney. the political wisdom is that whenever you have the width of a -- the whiff of a losing campaign, the money starts to flee. that's looked like the case with mitt romney. and he's struggling to keep cash on hand. so to me, that's the biggest indicator that romney's campaign is in very, very serious trouble. but, of course in washington you never know. anything can happen to turn this thing, mitt romney is still within striking distance. >> eliot: joe, i love you dearly. did you mix metaphors? i think your point is right either way. sam, am i right? i just don't think any amount of money could salvage this campaign for mitt romney. he stands -- nobody likes him. >> i think you're right. the fat lady has sung and the fork is inside him. >> eliot: use both metaphors. >> not only are we seeing a lack of the big donors step up for the romney campaign, also outside expenditure groups like the super pacs starting to focus more on the -- beca

think well what am i bothering to check all this stuff out if it's decided by people like sheldon adelson and the koch brothers for anyway and they're not wrong about that and then second of all there was a lot of people excited in two thousand and eight for change and hope and then you know some at least saw what president obama did and he had some progressive priories no question but overall did not bring the big change to washington he was talking about so they too no saying no turns out we're never going to get any change is going to be the same old system where the lobbyists and the donors went so you think we're kind of seeing the post citizens united effect i think so absolutely now look remember citizens united is not what ruined our politics in the first place it was actually a couple of decisions in the late one nine hundred seventy s. that first said corporations have first amendment rights and can spend money on politics with citizens united was it took the roof off its. put those earlier decisions on steroids and it went from corporations being able to pyaar politicians in su

romney asked on his position on libya last april at an event held by sheldon adelson., quote after his speech romney refused to take questions from reporters about his position on libya. instead, he and his wife, ann fled down a hallway and escaped up an escalator to avoid any answers questions about libya. after his saber rattling today even some republicans suggested that mitt romney was actually better off not saying anything at all especially after last night's events. here's conservative columnist peggy noonan on fox news. >> i don't feel that mr. romney has been doing himself any favors, say, in the past few hours perhaps since last night. sometimes when things happen, cool words or no words is the way to go. >> jennifer: honestly, he probably should have just run down the hall and escaped up an escalator. the kind of rhetoric he has put out in the middle of the crisis is not just inept, it is dangerous. now, romney does have some defenders. sarah palin, donald rumsfeld, well, as they say, you can certainly tell a lot about a person by the company that they keep.

. >> we're trying to follow karl rove and sheldon adelson as they go down the hallway down in the suites much money are you going to spend on this election? >> get off. >> i did not touch her. she ran into me. she grabbed the camera. >> cenk: well, as you can see some drama at the convention, and a bit of a hostile attitude. code pink was removed from the speech last night but michael shure tried to go in another direction. he asked republicans, can you say one nice thing about president obama? let's see what the result is. >> the republican initial convention we thought it would be a fun thing to do with all of these partisans to see as asifthey could say one nice thing about president barack obama. >> can you tell us one nice thing about president obama? >> he plays good basketball. >> he's good sports fan. >> can you say one nice thing about president obama. >> yes. >> he's a family man. >> 's good family guy. >> he has a great family life. >> can you say one night thing about president obama? >> he has a nice crease in his pants. >> bin laden was killed. >> he wears clothes beautiful

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