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Unions and local governments simply have to be held to account for their bad investments.

The environmental movement is not just a well funded special interest, it is a big bully gaining increased control over the U.S. economy. Environmentalists are cozy with the Democratic Party, are funded in part by the government, and are rapidly expanding their power in Washington, D.C. Joe Hicks talks to leading scholars about the motives and intentions of Big Green in this PJTV Special Report.

President Barack Obama’s own Organizing for America has praised the effort, calling it the “biggest progressive demonstration in decades.”

While the House of Representatives debated cap and trade legislation last year, Emanuel asked Exelon executives to pressure undecided members of Congress. Asked about this cozy relationship, Elizabeth Moler, who was then Exelon’s top lobbyist, told Forbes, “We are proud to be the president’s utility.

“The American people are opposed to these costly environmental regulations but they are still growing right under our feet at the state level with these regional initiatives. It’s shocking how few people realize New Jersey already has the program.”

The Hijacking Of America, Chicago-Style – Obama’s secret plan quickly becomes obvious. Use Americans’ incomes, savings and future earning capacities as collateral for borrowing trillions of dollars from foreigners. Give those assets plus draft choices and unspecified amounts of borrowed cash to a list of “friends” on his Political Facebook. Then force his non-friends to pay off the debt with heavy taxes that pauperize and enslave them.

President Barack Obama’s administration has an “anti-business” bias which manifests itself through intimidation, trade, taxes and regulation, Welch also said.

Democrats are the primary beneficiaries of educators’ federal political donations. Employees at nine educational institutions or systems have collectively donated $100,000 or more to Democrats. Employees of the University of California public university system topped the list of Democratic contributors, donating $414,351 to Democrats so far in the 2010 election cycle.

In unusually vitriolic attacks on a sitting president, including references to communist Russia and Adolf Hitler, CEOs have complained they can’t predict what Obama will do next — and how his new regulations and taxes might hit their companies.

After news of 200 jobs to be lost in a GE light bulb factory closing, two congressmen want to rethink the incandescent bulb ban.