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Media & Democracy 08.26.2014

ALEC Backs Dangerous Comcast -- Time Warner Cable Merger Plan, Opposes Open Internet

Corporate lobby ALEC is supporting proposed Comcast's plan to merge with Time Warner Cable

Media & Democracy 08.25.2014

Reform Groups Blast Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Plan

Common Cause and more than 60 other organizations have joined forces to urge the FCC to reject Comcast's plan to merge with Time Warner Cable

Media & Democracy 08.21.2014

Telling the FCC: Say no to merger madness

Comcast’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable must be stopped. Allowing the nation’s largest cable operator gobble up its next largest rival would be a disaster.

Voting & Elections 08.15.2014

Cap Times Backs Common Cause Wisconsin’s Effort to Highlight Candidate Views on Redistricting

The Capital Times published an editorial today supporting Common Cause Wisconsin’s call for candidates to make their views known on redistricting reform. Of the 99 Assembly races that will be decided in November, 52 candidates will run without major party opposition as a result of gerrymandering.

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