If the Citizens United Decision Made You Mad...

Check this out: Citizens United got a special press designation so now they don't even have to disclose who is giving them money. Contact your federal reps if you want Congress to pass a law overturning this or making it impossible in the future:

The hostility of the Supreme Court to regulation has emboldened Republicans on the Federal Election Commission to grant new “press” exemptions for ideological groups that produce and distribute political propaganda to the general public; by a 4-to-1 vote, the FEC awarded Citizens United’s film operations a special press pass so it won’t have to file disclosure reports about its donors or spending.

Two brief essays in American Interest – one by Mark Schmitt, the other by Richard Hasen – provide a breezy overview of the evolution of campaign finance regulation, Supreme Court activism, and the future of public financing linked to small donors, i.e., voter-owned elections. Meanwhile, North Carolina’s voter-owned elections program for judges continues to serve as a role model that provides information to voters and incentives to candidates who reject large donations and special-interest dependency.

BTW, here's a good wrap-up of Citizens United from the NYImes