congressional candidate dan o'connor. well america prides itself on being a capitalist nation a system that gives everyone a shot at the american dream but is that really what it is today some would argue that it's no longer a government for the people but a government for corporations that's after the controversial passage of citizens united which allows corporations to pump unlimited amounts of money to fund campaigns and speaking of campaigns today as hundreds today hundreds to place it to the polls and the g.o.p. primaries but if you ask columnist for truth take an author chris had is voting doesn't even matter he gave us his take on it or earlier take a listen. there's no way to vote against the interests of goldman sucks. especially when you mention citizens united since two thousand and ten the corporations can anonymously spend unlimited amounts of money against any candidate who dares to challenge corporate interests and that has the centrally kept. elected politicians completely in line because if they step over

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o'connor. i also met betty for dan and various women who repaired part of the dinner party. have sandra day o'connor who she admired and she sent me a hand because the american women had just won the world cup. i was delighted that she advocated for greater attention to women's sport. that was a thrilling occasion and i was definitely one of the less famous people in a room full of high achievers. but my role was to sort of represent the women's history persons and part of the stomach to his students students on the trolley around d.c. and we pointed out how easy it is to imagine women as justice and liberty. we have obviously the statue of liberty and women holding up scales at the supreme court, but we don't have any actual women castanon delivers a whole controversy over how the model statute was actually in the basement of the capitol for many years until it was went upstairs and the complaint was so heavy and dusty. yeah, so is women's history. bring it out in the open. i think it's great. i support those who assert sojourner truth should be part of it. i think a lot of