And here it is! The first chapter of the Moneyocracy transmedia documentary project is now online on www.moneyocracy-project.com. Combining a comic experience, a serious game and a documentary, ROOM 501C4 immerses you into a secret organisation that prepares the next election cycle. Influence, money, secret, discover what made the 2012 U.S elections so special. ROOM 501c4 is an introduction to an upcoming documentary focusing on the place of money in politics & the U.S democracy. Super PACs, Citizens United v. FEC and donors disclosure are among the topics these two segment will try to explain.  Don’t hesitate to like our facebook page or follow or twitter account for more informations and updates.  
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And here it is! The first chapter of the Moneyocracy transmedia documentary project is now online on www.moneyocracy-project.com. Combining a comic experience, a serious game and a documentary, ROOM 501C4 immerses you into a secret organisation that prepares the next election cycle. Influence, money, secret, discover what made the 2012 U.S elections so special. 

ROOM 501c4 is an introduction to an upcoming documentary focusing on the place of money in politics & the U.S democracy. Super PACs, Citizens United v. FEC and donors disclosure are among the topics these two segment will try to explain. 

Don’t hesitate to like our facebook page or follow or twitter account for more informations and updates.  

Here’s a troubling video of Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) being asked about whether or not it would be fine for foreign corporations to influence elections in total secrecy - using the legal disposition created by Citizens United v. FEC and Speechnow v. FEC.  Even if the Senator Blunt answer is not reflecting a clear stand for or against foreign influence in the general elections, his answer suggest that the disclosure act “isn’t a serious legislative issue”.

A Chinese, Russian, or Venezuelan corporation can legally influence American elections in secret, simply by setting up a corporation here, then funding a 501(c) group with some innocuous name to run attack ads. The ads could help elect lawmakers who support trade or foreign policy issues favorable to these countries, and the whole process would be perfectly legal and undisclosed under our current campaign finance system.

Read more here

In the very same time, the Associated Press released a poll result showing that

63 percent believe corporations or unions should not be able to spend as much as they want supporting political candidates, while 30 percent said they should spend freely.

Read the post here.

Note that

More than $130 million in secret money sailed through this loophole and into the 2010 elections; hundreds of millions more are flowing into this year’s races for control of the White House and Congress.

(via the Huffington Post)

In this new series, we will attempt to explore the main characters evolving around the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. Each “card” will represent a character who symbolize one aspect of the Citizen United case. These characters in fact are either directly linked to the case or are acting against or in favor of it. The full consequences of that decision still have to be determined as the 2012 Presidential campaign is still very much in its beginning. Yet, we can already evaluate the tremendous impact that Super PACs have on campaigns and political communication. KARL ROVE | Political Consultant, Founder of American Crossroads The former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bush administration is a long time conservative figure. He’s currently adviser and board member of American Crossroads, a 527 organization that has raised and spent tens of millions of dollars to defend and elect Republican candidates to federal office. According to Opensecret.org,  American Crossroads is a conservative group spearheaded by top Republican operatives. Karl Rove, the former top strategist for President George W. Bush, and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie encouraged the group’s formation and solicited donors for funds. Formed in 2010, American Crossroads initially reported its activities to the Internal Revenue Service as a so-called 527 organization. After the SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission federal court rule, which allowed outside groups that expressly advocate for or against federal candidates to raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions and individuals, American Crossroads registered with the FEC as an independent expenditure-only committee, better than as a super PAC. Steven Law — who previously worked in Bush’s Labor Department, served as Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell’s chief of staff, was the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and served as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s general counsel — heads the group. It regularly disclosed its donors, but Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, a spin-off registered with the IRS as a 501(c)4 nonprofit group, does not.  See the numbers here American Crossroads is very active during this Presidential Campaign and since the Republican Primaries are over, the organization starts to attack Mitt Romney’s opponent, Barack Obama.  According to Politico reporter Robin Bravender,  The Karl Rove-backed super PAC American Crossroads picked up steam in fundraising last month, raking in $4.6 million and stockpiling nearly $30 million to use against President Barack Obama and other Democrats. American Crossroads raised more in May than it has in any month since January after raising less than $2 million in both March and April. But despite the slight dropoff in recent months, the super PAC has continued to grow its cash reserves by spending relatively little. Read more on politico.com Part of the Rove’s organization, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation that works in conjunction with American Crossroads. As a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, Crossroads GPS’s primary purpose is the advancement of social welfare including public policy advocacy, although it is permitted to engage in political spending as well. Crossroads GPS is required to report what it spends, but it is not required to publicly disclose any donor information. Mid june 2012, in a letter to Crossroads — and a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission — the president’s lawyer, Robert F. Bauer, demanded that Crossroads divulge its donors because it is a political committee and not, as it calls itself, a “social welfare” organization. The GOP-aligned group Crossroads GPS has spent $7 million to air a new ad attacking President Barack Obama for “growing our debt faster than our economy.” The ad, called “Stopwatch,” begins airing in 10 states on Tuesday night. It is part of a $25 million effort to focus national attention on jobs, the economy, taxes and debt. (Read more on the Huffington Post) Next Post: Stephen Colbert
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In this new series, we will attempt to explore the main characters evolving around the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. Each “card” will represent a character who symbolize one aspect of the Citizen United case.

These characters in fact are either directly linked to the case or are acting against or in favor of it. The full consequences of that decision still have to be determined as the 2012 Presidential campaign is still very much in its beginning. Yet, we can already evaluate the tremendous impact that Super PACs have on campaigns and political communication.

KARL ROVE | Political Consultant, Founder of American Crossroads

The former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bush administration is a long time conservative figure. He’s currently adviser and board member of American Crossroads, a 527 organization that has raised and spent tens of millions of dollars to defend and elect Republican candidates to federal office.

According to Opensecret.org, 

American Crossroads is a conservative group spearheaded by top Republican operatives. Karl Rove, the former top strategist for President George W. Bush, and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie encouraged the group’s formation and solicited donors for funds. Formed in 2010, American Crossroads initially reported its activities to the Internal Revenue Service as a so-called 527 organization. After the SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission federal court rule, which allowed outside groups that expressly advocate for or against federal candidates to raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions and individuals, American Crossroads registered with the FEC as an independent expenditure-only committee, better than as a super PAC. Steven Law — who previously worked in Bush’s Labor Department, served as Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell’s chief of staff, was the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and served as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s general counsel — heads the group. It regularly disclosed its donors, but Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, a spin-off registered with the IRS as a 501(c)4 nonprofit group, does not. 

See the numbers here

American Crossroads is very active during this Presidential Campaign and since the Republican Primaries are over, the organization starts to attack Mitt Romney’s opponent, Barack Obama. 

According to Politico reporter Robin Bravender, 

The Karl Rove-backed super PAC American Crossroads picked up steam in fundraising last month, raking in $4.6 million and stockpiling nearly $30 million to use against President Barack Obama and other Democrats. American Crossroads raised more in May than it has in any month since January after raising less than $2 million in both March and April. But despite the slight dropoff in recent months, the super PAC has continued to grow its cash reserves by spending relatively little. 
Read more on politico.com

Part of the Rove’s organization, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation that works in conjunction with American Crossroads. As a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, Crossroads GPS’s primary purpose is the advancement of social welfare including public policy advocacy, although it is permitted to engage in political spending as well. Crossroads GPS is required to report what it spends, but it is not required to publicly disclose any donor information.

Mid june 2012, in a letter to Crossroads — and a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission — the president’s lawyer, Robert F. Bauer, demanded that Crossroads divulge its donors because it is a political committee and not, as it calls itself, a “social welfare” organization.

The GOP-aligned group Crossroads GPS has spent $7 million to air a new ad attacking President Barack Obama for “growing our debt faster than our economy.”

The ad, called “Stopwatch,” begins airing in 10 states on Tuesday night. It is part of a $25 million effort to focus national attention on jobs, the economy, taxes and debt. (Read more on the Huffington Post)

Next Post: Stephen Colbert

In this new series, we will attempt to explore the main characters evolving around the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. Each “card” will represent a character who symbolize one aspect of the Citizen United case. These characters in fact are either directly linked to the case or are acting against or in favor of it. The full consequences of that decision still have to be determined as the 2012 Presidential campaign is still very much in its beginning. Yet, we can already evaluate the tremendous impact that Super PACs have on campaigns and political communication. BARACK OBAMA | 44th President of the United States  As a politician, Barack Obama faces the same constraints when it comes to the elections. The 44th President of the U.S needs to raise money if he hopes to win the general election in November. Problem, a week after the Citizens United decision, during the State of the Union Presidential address, Barack Obama clearly stated that he was against the Supreme Court justices ruling: “Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign companies — to spend without limit in our elections,” Obama said tonight. “Well, I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, and worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that’s why I’m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong.” (Read mor on L.A Times) As a result, in May 2012,  The pro-Barack Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action is still struggling to keep up with GOP super PACs preparing to unleash millions of dollars in independent advertisements. Priorities USA Action raised $1.6 million in April, according to federal records released late Sunday. It’s the smallest haul the group has pulled in since the meager $59,000 the group raised in January. (Read More on Politico) Not surprisingly, wealthy liberal donors are reluctant to give to a Super PAC the President himself didn’t backed in the first place. His strategy is to adapt the successful 2008 grassroot campaign to the needs of the 2012 election, focusing on getting people involved more than high-dollar fundraiser.  At the end of the day, these efforts to raise money will probably make Barack Obama the first Billion dollar President (in terms of campaign money).
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In this new series, we will attempt to explore the main characters evolving around the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. Each “card” will represent a character who symbolize one aspect of the Citizen United case.

These characters in fact are either directly linked to the case or are acting against or in favor of it. The full consequences of that decision still have to be determined as the 2012 Presidential campaign is still very much in its beginning. Yet, we can already evaluate the tremendous impact that Super PACs have on campaigns and political communication.

BARACK OBAMA | 44th President of the United States 

As a politician, Barack Obama faces the same constraints when it comes to the elections. The 44th President of the U.S needs to raise money if he hopes to win the general election in November. Problem, a week after the Citizens United decision, during the State of the Union Presidential address, Barack Obama clearly stated that he was against the Supreme Court justices ruling:

“Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign companies — to spend without limit in our elections,” Obama said tonight. “Well, I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, and worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that’s why I’m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong.” (Read mor on L.A Times)

As a result, in May 2012, 

The pro-Barack Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action is still struggling to keep up with GOP super PACs preparing to unleash millions of dollars in independent advertisements.

Priorities USA Action raised $1.6 million in April, according to federal records released late Sunday. It’s the smallest haul the group has pulled in since the meager $59,000 the group raised in January. (Read More on Politico)

Not surprisingly, wealthy liberal donors are reluctant to give to a Super PAC the President himself didn’t backed in the first place. 
His strategy is to adapt the successful 2008 grassroot campaign to the needs of the 2012 election, focusing on getting people involved more than high-dollar fundraiser. 

At the end of the day, these efforts to raise money will probably make Barack Obama the first Billion dollar President (in terms of campaign money).

In this new series, we will attempt to explore the main characters evolving around the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. Each “card” will represent a character who symbolize one aspect of the Citizen United case. These characters in fact are either directly linked to the case or are acting against or in favor of it. The full consequences of that decision still have to be determined as the 2012 Presidential campaign is still very much in its beginning. Yet, we can already evaluate the tremendous impact that Super PACs have on campaigns and political communication. JOHN G. ROBERTS | 17th Chief Justice of the United States UPDATE: On june 25, 2012 the Supreme Court declined to revisit its Citizens United decision, the court summarily reversed a decision of the Montana Supreme Court that had upheld a state law limiting independent political spending by corporations. That decision, the United States Supreme Court said, was flatly at odds with Citizens United, which said the First Amendment allows corporations and unions to spend as much as they like to support or oppose political candidates. (Read more on the NYT)   John G. Roberts can certainly be considered as the architect behind the Citizens United v. FEC decision. As Jeffrey Toobin explains in The New Yorker on May 21, 2012 :  When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. The issue before the Justices was a narrow one When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. (…) Citizens United is a distinctive product of the Roberts Court. The decision followed a lengthy and bitter behind-the-scenes struggle among the Justices that produced both secret unpublished opinions and a rare reargument of a case. The case, too, reflects the aggressive conservative judicial activism of the Roberts Court. (Read more) John G. Roberts was nominated by former President Georges W. Bush on September 29, 2005 after Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died on September 3, 2005. During his confirmation hearings, Roberts said that he did not have a comprehensive jurisprudential philosophy, and he did “not think beginning with an all-encompassing approach to constitutional interpretation is the best way to faithfully construe the document”. Roberts analogized judges to baseball umpires: “It’s my job to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.” This Originalist approach of the law contrast with the method and the view expressed by John G. Roberts in the Citizens United decision. This questions the position of the Supreme Court and the influence of John G. Roberts :  They feel that the Court was not playing fair in characterizing precedents. This cynicism is precisely what Chief Justice Roberts pledged to avoid when he was elevated to the High Court. As someone who continues to wish the Chief Justice well, I hope that he will in time achieve his original vision of collegiality and minimalism. To do so, the Court must characterize precedents in terms all of the Justices can accept. ( Jeffrey Rosen, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy)  No doubt that the Citizens United v. FEC decision is the result of Roberts and subsequently Justice Anthony Kennedy’s vision. The impact on the elections - the locals, States, or Federal ones - would have been much less. Next post : Barack Obama
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In this new series, we will attempt to explore the main characters evolving around the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. Each “card” will represent a character who symbolize one aspect of the Citizen United case.

These characters in fact are either directly linked to the case or are acting against or in favor of it. The full consequences of that decision still have to be determined as the 2012 Presidential campaign is still very much in its beginning. Yet, we can already evaluate the tremendous impact that Super PACs have on campaigns and political communication.

JOHN G. ROBERTS | 17th Chief Justice of the United States

UPDATE: 
On june 25, 2012 the Supreme Court declined to revisit its Citizens United decision, the court summarily reversed a decision of the Montana Supreme Court that had upheld a state law limiting independent political spending by corporations. That decision, the United States Supreme Court said, was flatly at odds with Citizens United, which said the First Amendment allows corporations and unions to spend as much as they like to support or oppose political candidates. (Read more on the NYT)  

John G. Roberts can certainly be considered as the architect behind the Citizens United v. FEC decision. As Jeffrey Toobin explains in The New Yorker on May 21, 2012 : 

When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. The issue before the Justices was a narrow one When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. (…) Citizens United is a distinctive product of the Roberts Court. The decision followed a lengthy and bitter behind-the-scenes struggle among the Justices that produced both secret unpublished opinions and a rare reargument of a case. The case, too, reflects the aggressive conservative judicial activism of the Roberts Court.
(Read more)

John G. Roberts was nominated by former President Georges W. Bush on September 29, 2005 after Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died on September 3, 2005.

During his confirmation hearings, Roberts said that he did not have a comprehensive jurisprudential philosophy, and he did “not think beginning with an all-encompassing approach to constitutional interpretation is the best way to faithfully construe the document”. Roberts analogized judges to baseball umpires: “It’s my job to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.”

This Originalist approach of the law contrast with the method and the view expressed by John G. Roberts in the Citizens United decision. This questions the position of the Supreme Court and the influence of John G. Roberts : 

They feel that the Court was not playing fair in characterizing precedents. This cynicism is precisely what Chief Justice Roberts pledged to avoid when he was elevated to the High Court. As someone who continues to wish the Chief Justice well, I hope that he will in time achieve his original vision of collegiality and minimalism. To do so, the Court must characterize precedents in terms all of the Justices can accept. ( Jeffrey Rosen, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy) 

No doubt that the Citizens United v. FEC decision is the result of Roberts and subsequently Justice Anthony Kennedy’s vision. The impact on the elections - the locals, States, or Federal ones - would have been much less.

Next post : Barack Obama

“Good Night and Good Luck” is a video remix about the consequences of Citizens United v. FEC. This mashup is based on the Keith Olbermann’s 2010 Special Comment and serves as an introduction. 

For the nerds among you, this contextualized video remix is powered by the popcorn.js framework which allows to synchronize the video with text, video and photo to create a better understanding of the main content. 

We hope you’ll enjoy it and don’t be afraid to share it ;) 
Experience it on http://www.moneyocracy-project.com/!

Hello there! Second week in Washington DC! Since we arrived a week ago, things have been a bit crazy and we’ve been working a lot, recording interviews, meeting awesome people and shooting b-roll shots for moneyocracy! It is great to be there, where the whole story is, and have the opportunity to discuss about the Citizens United decision with some of the most sharpest people on that matter. We’ve invested a lot too, to make that happen and thanks to our backers, the help they’ve provided and the support they continue to offer is a great addition that make it all possible. We’ve still a lot of work ahead, interviews and meetings will be in our schedule, as well as a “discussion/conference” at the Alliance Française of washington about political advertisement in France and the US on june 1st.  Of course we won’t make the whole project in a 2 weeks time. We have still a lot to do, and we’re planning to come back by the end of august for the Conventions and again to record interviews. For that, we’ll need your support too, and we’ll be grateful if you can spread the word about the project as much as you can.  Until then, you can check out our new piece, “Good Night and Good Luck, Moneyocracy”, a contextualized video remix about the U.S Supreme court decision Citizens United v. FEC based upon the Keith Olbermann’s special comment of January 21st, 2010.  This video remix aims to introduce the story of Citizens United v. FEC and illustrate what the consequences of this decision are. This piece will be soon translated into French (traduction française à venir ;). We hope you will enjoy it! If you have a twitter account, tweet about it, if you have a facebook page, post it on your wall and/or share it with your friends. If you like the project (and I know you like it) don’t hesitate to communicate about it, talk about the issue if you’re an american, but also if you’re not, cause you cannot know for sure that what happened in the U.S won’t happen in your country someday. If you have any suggestions, questions or reactions don’t hesitate to reach out by sending us an email… we will answer it asap!  We hope to see you soon here and on one of our other platform and until then, take care.  (photo 1: Screen grab of the Trevor Potter interview | photo 2: Jean Nicholas filming on National Mall) Follow us on twitter: @moneyocracy Like the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/moneyocracy and of course our main website: www.moneyocracy-project.com
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Hello there!

Second week in Washington DC! Since we arrived a week ago, things have been a bit crazy and we’ve been working a lot, recording interviews, meeting awesome people and shooting b-roll shots for moneyocracy! It is great to be there, where the whole story is, and have the opportunity to discuss about the Citizens United decision with some of the most sharpest people on that matter.

We’ve invested a lot too, to make that happen and thanks to our backers, the help they’ve provided and the support they continue to offer is a great addition that make it all possible.

Jean Nicholas Guillo filming at the National Mall for Moneyocracy-project.com

We’ve still a lot of work ahead, interviews and meetings will be in our schedule, as well as a “discussion/conference” at the Alliance Française of washington about political advertisement in France and the US on june 1st. 

Of course we won’t make the whole project in a 2 weeks time. We have still a lot to do, and we’re planning to come back by the end of august for the Conventions and again to record interviews. For that, we’ll need your support too, and we’ll be grateful if you can spread the word about the project as much as you can. 

Until then, you can check out our new piece, “Good Night and Good Luck, Moneyocracy”, a contextualized video remix about the U.S Supreme court decision Citizens United v. FEC based upon the Keith Olbermann’s special comment of January 21st, 2010. 

This video remix aims to introduce the story of Citizens United v. FEC and illustrate what the consequences of this decision are. This piece will be soon translated into French (traduction française à venir ;). We hope you will enjoy it!

Good Night and Good Luck video remix

If you have a twitter account, tweet about it, if you have a facebook page, post it on your wall and/or share it with your friends. If you like the project (and I know you like it) don’t hesitate to communicate about it, talk about the issue if you’re an american, but also if you’re not, cause you cannot know for sure that what happened in the U.S won’t happen in your country someday. If you have any suggestions, questions or reactions don’t hesitate to reach out by sending us an email… we will answer it asap! 

We hope to see you soon here and on one of our other platform and until then, take care. 

(photo 1: Screen grab of the Trevor Potter interview | photo 2: Jean Nicholas filming on National Mall)

Follow us on twitter: @moneyocracy

Like the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/moneyocracy

and of course our main website: www.moneyocracy-project.com

Hi everyone! We’ve finally arrived in Washington D.C for a two weeks long taping session. First contact with the city is great and we’re lucky enough to have our place close by the National Mall. Again, thanks to all the backers who supported the project. It means a lot for us and be sure that you’re a with us in this adventure. We’ve started on saturday by looking for equipment. As we didn’t want to travel with a light kit or a bunch of tripods, we took the option to buy the stuff we needed here.  Here’s Jean Nicholas testing our video rig with a light sound set. First round of interviews is set for tomorrow with the guys from Opensecret.org, and I must confess that we’re very excited about that. We have still a long to do list for the week, like prepping the other interview we have, scouting in the city to find the best spots for B-Roll, and also rehearsing for our conference at the Alliance Française on June 1st.  Last but not least we’re trying to release our Good Night and Good Luck video remix but as you can imagine days are short and a minor technical problem has put us behind schedule. So stay sharp, this should be released even before you can say “ouf” (this one is very french).  I’ll leave you there with that beautiful view of the Potomac river near the Cantina Marina where we relax at the end of the day.  Thanks for following us and our efforts, if you’re just discovering this project/blog don’t forget to pay a visit to our website www.moneyocracy-project.com and/or like our Facebook page. If you’re already into it and want to know more about Citizens United, why don’t you discover our Facebook timeline, a 100 years of Finance campaign law history. In any case you can start following us on twitter @moneyocracy, you’ll have plenty of updates and info about the Supreme court decision and what’s going on in the U.S on that topic.  And if you’ve just cashed in a million dollar check or if you feel generous, don’t forget that we have our donation page where you can send a couple of bucks via paypal to help fund the project.  Thanks a lot and have a great week! Stay tuned for more during the week. Gerald & Jean Nicholas
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Hi everyone!

We’ve finally arrived in Washington D.C for a two weeks long taping session. First contact with the city is great and we’re lucky enough to have our place close by the National Mall. Again, thanks to all the backers who supported the project. It means a lot for us and be sure that you’re a with us in this adventure. We’ve started on saturday by looking for equipment. As we didn’t want to travel with a light kit or a bunch of tripods, we took the option to buy the stuff we needed here. 

Jean Nicholas, Moneyocracy, Video Rig

Here’s Jean Nicholas testing our video rig with a light sound set.

First round of interviews is set for tomorrow with the guys from Opensecret.org, and I must confess that we’re very excited about that. We have still a long to do list for the week, like prepping the other interview we have, scouting in the city to find the best spots for B-Roll, and also rehearsing for our conference at the Alliance Française on June 1st. 

Last but not least we’re trying to release our Good Night and Good Luck video remix but as you can imagine days are short and a minor technical problem has put us behind schedule. So stay sharp, this should be released even before you can say “ouf” (this one is very french). 

I’ll leave you there with that beautiful view of the Potomac river near the Cantina Marina where we relax at the end of the day. 

Thanks for following us and our efforts, if you’re just discovering this project/blog don’t forget to pay a visit to our website www.moneyocracy-project.com and/or like our Facebook page. If you’re already into it and want to know more about Citizens United, why don’t you discover our Facebook timeline, a 100 years of Finance campaign law history. In any case you can start following us on twitter @moneyocracy, you’ll have plenty of updates and info about the Supreme court decision and what’s going on in the U.S on that topic. 

And if you’ve just cashed in a million dollar check or if you feel generous, don’t forget that we have our donation page where you can send a couple of bucks via paypal to help fund the project. 

Thanks a lot and have a great week! Stay tuned for more during the week.

Gerald & Jean Nicholas

Here’s a full, complete, Facebook timeline about campaign finance laws and reforms in the U.S and the Citizens united ruling. Just check it out to see how strong is the trend against money in politics.  This timeline - proposed by Moneyocracy, a transmedia documentary about the Citizens United vs FEC ruling - presents a century of Campaign finance laws, from Teddy Roosevelt to the 2010 Citizens United supreme court decision and beyond. Visit the page here
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Here’s a full, complete, Facebook timeline about campaign finance laws and reforms in the U.S and the Citizens united ruling. Just check it out to see how strong is the trend against money in politics. 

This timeline - proposed by Moneyocracy, a transmedia documentary about the Citizens United vs FEC ruling - presents a century of Campaign finance laws, from Teddy Roosevelt to the 2010 Citizens United supreme court decision and beyond.

Visit the page here