In the last few weeks – several corporate CEOs have been exposed for compelling their employees to vote for Mitt Romney – and warning them that should Barack Obama win re-election, then they might lose their jobs. Billionaire CEO of Westgate Resorts – David Siegel wrote a mass email to his employees saying that during a Obama second-term, he will, “have no choice but to reduce the size of his company.” Similar emails have been sent out within the Koch brothers Georgia Pacific Corporation – and Ohio’s Murray Energy company. Now, we know where all of this may have started.

As labor journalist Mike Elk with In These Times reports – during a June 2012 conference call with the National Federation of Independent Businesses – Mitt Romney told employers that they should make it clear to their employees who to vote for this election. As Romney said, “I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future in the upcoming elections…Nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business.” One of the consequences of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision is that employers now have a lot more freedom to compel workers to vote in a certain way.

So not only can corporate plutocrats spend as much money as they’d like to help Mitt Romney – but they can also enlist their employees to be Romney campaign foot soldiers. And Mitt Romney is in on the ploy. In the Citizens United world – the wealthy have seen their free speech rights expanded, while working people have seen their free speech rights restricted.

This radical ruling needs to be overturned to stop Mitt Romney and the plutocrats’ power grab. Go to MoveToAmend.org

-Thom

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "At Last Night’s Debate: Romney Told 31 Myths In 41 Minutes" by Igor Volsky.

Article: "Transcript: Second presidential debate".

Article: "White Paper: A Chance For Every Child" by mittromney.com.

Article: "Romney’s Seven Biggest Debate Lies" by George Zornick.

The Big Picture
- Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator

Article: "Remarks by the President on the Deaths of U.S. Embassy Staff in Libya", September 12, 2012.

Article: "Tagg Team: The Romney Family Recipe for Crony Capitalism" by Lee Fang.

Book: "The Thom Hartmann Reader" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration" by Sam Stein.

Article: "Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan & Kevin McCarthy: Plot To Sabotage US Economy with Frank Luntz" by keepemhonest.

Book: "Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives" by Robert Draper.

Article: "How Unequal We Are: The Top 5 Facts You Should Know About The Wealthiest One Percent Of Americans" by Zaid Jilani.

Article: "Barack Obama to be re-elected President in 2012".

Article: "Mitt Romney to be elected President in 2012 ".

Book: "Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores" by Greg Palast.

Article: "4th Amendment".

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "Obama and Romney vie for support from women after contentious debate; just 20 days left to go" by AP.

Article: "Romney Campaign Defends Record On Women" by Geoff Holtzman.

Article: "Obama Hits Romney’s “Binders Full Of Women” Remark" by TRNS.

Article: "Presidential contenders accuse each other of having ‘binder’ problems" by Alex Pappas.

Article: "Republicans Try To Seize Control Of The Word ‘Binder’ Following Debate" by Evan McMorris-Santoro.

Event: "13th Annual Legal Reform Summit" with Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Rick Santorum and Scott Rasmussen.

Article: "FBI arrests man for attempting to bomb New York Federal Reserve" by Basil Katz and Jessica Dye.

Article: "New housing starts surge 15% in September -- best level since '08" by Jim Puzzanghera.

Article: "National do-not-call list hits 217 million phone numbers, FTC wants to stop illegal robocalls " by Maggie Shader.

Article: "Report on Impacts of Ryan Budget on Seniors in LA Metro Area" by Rep. Henry Waxman.

Article: "Four peacekeepers killed in Darfur in evening ambush" by Emily Alpert.

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Site: Governor Don Siegelman.

Petition: "President Obama: Please restore justice and pardon my dad!" by Dana Siegelman.

Hour Three: "What if every farfetched conspiracy theory about Barack Obama turned out to be true?"
- Jamie Weinstein, The Daily Caller / Co-author (w/Will Rahn)-"The Lizard King"

Book: "The Lizard King: The Shocking Inside Account of Obama's True Intergalactic Ambitions by an Anonymous White House Staffer" by Jamie Weinstein and Will Rahn.

The good: "Justice Stevens: Second Amendment is ‘no obstacle’ to banning automatic weapons" by Joel Gehrke.

The bad: "Citigroup CEO Walks Off With $260 Million After His Bank Loses 88 Percent Of Its Value" by Pat Garofalo.

The very, very ugly: "Fischer Doubles Down: School Diversity Celebration Is Like ‘Poisoned Halloween Candy’" by Zack Ford.

Article: "Diplomatic Attacks Are Much Rarer Than They Used to Be" by Kevin Drum.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Article: "Princeton Economist: Romney Tax Plan Mathematically Sound" by Tony Lee.

Article: "2nd Amendment".

Article: "U.S. Postal Service Hits $15 Billion Borrowing Limit For First Time" by Reuters.

Article: "US Supreme Court denies Husted's request to close polls early" by Marc Kovac.

Article: "Tree-dwelling protesters try to stop East Texas pipeline project" by David Schechter.

Article: "Join the Blockade of the Keystone Pipeline" by Chris Hedges.

Site: "Tar Sands Blockade".

Article: "NOAA: Around World, September Tied Record For Warmest Temperatures" by Mark Memmott.

Article: "Green party candidate Jill Stein's arrest highlights presidential debate stitch-up" by Amy Goodman.

Joining Thom in the studio today...
- Attorney Mike Papantonio, host of "Ring of Fire Radio"

Hour Two: Let's take away free speech for companies
- Peter Ferrara, Policy Director-Carleson Center for Public Policy / Attorney & Author "America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb".

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