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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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Now What?
Election Protection, a non-partisan hotline through which volunteers troubleshoot polling place problems and provide voters with information, received twice as many inquiries and complaints on Tuesday as it had during the last mid-term election in 2010.
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Timeline of the 2014 ALEC Exodus
Over the last few months, numerous companies have left ALEC over ALEC’s denial climate change and its secretive operations. Here is a time of the recent ALEC exodus:
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Sehen Sie, wer bei der Wahl 2014 am meisten ausgegeben hat
Die gestrige Zwischenwahl war die teuerste in der Geschichte unseres Landes – OpenSecrets.org hat eine Liste der 25 Wahlberechtigten mit den höchsten Geldausgaben zusammengestellt.
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Election 2014’s Real Winner: Money
With $3.7 billion spent on campaigns this year, the Daily Show congratulates the 2014 election's real winner -- money.
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Democracy is on the line in Georgia, but it doesn’t need to be.
In a throwback to the days of Jim Crow, up to 40,000 Georgians who had registered to vote found themselves confused about whether their ballots would even be counted, cut out of democracy by antiquated voting laws and procedures.
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Wahlschutz in North Carolina
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Wahlschutz in Aktion
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Common Cause talks voting on C-SPAN
Voting should not be an endurance sport in this country. In 2012, voters in some states waited hours to make their voices heard on Election Day – particularly in neighborhoods with a high proportion of African-American and Latino voters. There are lots of reasons for the long lines – poorly-resourced polling place, broken voting machines, inadequately trained poll workers, and voter processes in dire need of modernization.
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John Oliver Skewers ALEC
Last night, comedian John Oliver had some choice words for some state legislatures and the extreme bills coming out of them. The whole segment is worth a watch, especially Oliver's send-up of the American Legislative Exchange Council, the shadowy corporate lobby rewriting bills across our nation.
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Berüchtigter Unternehmenslobbyist Rick Berman auf Band festgehalten
Wenn die Großkonzerne ihre Gegner angreifen, dabei aber ihre Hände sauber halten wollen, gibt es einen Mann, den sie anrufen können: Rick Berman, auch „Dr. Evil“ genannt. Jahrzehntelang hat sich Berman auf laxe Offenlegungsgesetze verlassen, um Hetzkampagnen zu starten, dabei aber die Geldgeber dieser Angriffe und ihre Ziele geheim zu halten.
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5 Threats To Our Democracy That Keep Their Costumes On After Halloween
It’s fun to dress up for Halloween – but here’s five threats to our democracy that keep up their masquerade year-round -- and they’re a lot scarier for our democracy than werewolves or vampires…
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Lower Hudson Valley’s The Journal News Editorializes against New York Proposal 1
The Journal News opposes Proposal 1.
