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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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Frauen stehen vor politischen Hindernissen, können diese aber überwinden
Zwei Frauen, die aus erster Hand die institutionellen und strukturellen Barrieren kennen, mit denen Frauen konfrontiert werden, die sich um ein politisches Amt bewerben – und die gezeigt haben, dass diese Barrieren überwunden werden können – haben heute Morgen einem Publikum aus politisch interessierten Frauen ihre Erkenntnisse zum Thema Frauen in der Politik mitgeteilt.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down North Carolina Redistricting
The Supreme Court gave voting rights activists in North Carolina an important victory this morning, upholding a lower court ruling that the state legislature packed African-American voters into two congressional districts in an effort to dilute their voting strength elsewhere.
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Another Wall?
The Trump administration is walling off more information from public scrutiny, telling the government’s internal ethics watchdog to stop asking for copies of ethics waivers the president has issued to former lobbyists now working for federal agencies.
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Troubled Times for the First Amendment
When the Constitution’s authors crafted the initial amendments to that document, the freedoms of speech and the press were part of the First Amendment. So every American should be on the alert for threats to First Amendment freedoms and troubled anytime First Amendment rights are violated.
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Grounds for Impeachment Are a Political, Not a Legal, Question
In recent days, amid reports of President Trump’s involvement with the FBI investigation of Russia’s meddling in last year’s election, many have wondered whether the president is guilty of obstruction of justice and if such an offense would be impeachable.
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Special Counsel Will Help, But Russia-Trump Probe Still Needs Independent Commission
As welcome news about the appointment of a special counsel arrived on Wednesday night, Americans got another reminder of the how much work is still needed before we can be confident that the truth ultimately will emerge.
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Republicans May Be Turning on Trump
Uneasy for months about a president who courts chaos while hopeful he could help them achieve long-held conservative goals, congressional Republicans are beginning to send a new message: Sorry, Mr. President, I don’t think we can let this go.
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Nothing to See Here
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republicans accused Hillary Clinton of mishandling classified information and even demanded her indictment. Today, as President Trump has admitted sharing classified information with Russia, GOP leaders are more forgiving.
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Oberster Gerichtshof lehnt Wiedereinführung des restriktiven Wahlgesetzes in North Carolina ab
In North Carolina ist der Zugang zu Wahlen wieder erleichtert worden! Der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA hat heute die Anhörung einer Berufung gegen das Urteil eines Untergerichts abgelehnt, wonach ein 2013 verabschiedetes Wahlgesetz in North Carolina verfassungswidrig ist und Afroamerikaner diskriminiert.
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Administration Looks to Hide Thousands of Government Records
A disturbing report in this morning’s Washington Post details what appears to be a Trump administration effort to shroud tens of thousands of government records that had been readily available to Americans online.
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Versuch, Floridas Verbot parteiischer Wahlkreismanipulation auszuhöhlen, scheitert
Befürworter einer Reform der Wahlkreise haben den Versuch gestoppt, die Bürger Floridas in ihren Möglichkeiten, die Fair Districts Amendments des Staates zu nutzen, um die Gesetzgeber für die Manipulation ihrer Wahlkreise zur Verantwortung zu ziehen, stark einzuschränken.
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Finding Wisdom, Inspiration in the Great Southwest
This is a tough time for democracy reformers in Washington. So I was particularly pleased last week to get away from the national capital for a few days to meet Common Cause activists – and some new recruits – in Arizona and New Mexico.
