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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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The Supreme Court Tips Its Hand
In a win for judicial independence, the Supreme Court this week upheld the ability of states to ban judges and judicial candidates from directly soliciting campaign contributions in their judicial elections.
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It’s time to amend the Constitution
The Supreme Court seems determined to dismantle our country’s campaign finance rules, with decisions like Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC leaving lawmakers constitutionally prohibited from placing common sense limits on the amount of money raised and spent on elections.The results of their decisions have been disastrous.
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Congressional Bill Seeks End to Congressional Gerrymandering
Today Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced The Redistricting Reform Act of 2015 to end the gerrymandering of congressional districts by requiring that they be drawn by an unbiased citizen commission.
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Public Interest Leadership, Par Excellence
The hits just keep on coming for Team Internet. This
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La ficción legal que está arreglando las primarias plutócratas de 2016
Causa Común insta a los gobernadores Jeb Bush y Scott Walker a ser sinceros con los votantes de las primarias republicanas y acatar las leyes de financiamiento de campañas mientras consideran la posibilidad de postularse a la presidencia. En cartas enviadas a cada uno el viernes, les instamos a reconocer lo obvio —que están buscando activamente una posible candidatura— y a dejar de eludir las leyes que limitan la recaudación de fondos de los candidatos declarados y de quienes están tanteando el terreno.
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5 Ways You’re A Candidate (Even When You Say You’re Not)
Presidential hopefuls are trying to pull a fast one on us by claiming that they are “non-candidates,” because campaign finance laws impose strict fundraising limitations on prospects who are “testing the waters” and on declared candidates.
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Una amplia coalición contra Comcast
Hay que reconocerle a Comcast que realmente saben cómo organizar a la oposición.
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Los aspirantes presidenciales de 2016 opinan sobre el dinero en la política
A medida que la campaña presidencial de 2016 se intensifica, los aspirantes presidenciales y los candidatos potenciales de ambos partidos están hablando más sobre la creciente influencia del gran dinero en nuestro sistema político y sus soluciones para ayudar a resolver el problema:
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T-Mobile corta lazos con ALEC
La compañía de telefonía móvil inalámbrica T-Mobile es la última en abandonar el Consejo Americano de Intercambio Legislativo (ALEC), un grupo de lobby corporativo secreto.
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Nice Try, ALEC
We’ve exposed them for running a tax scam and a secretive “war on democracy.” We’ve documented how their “scholarship” program works as a slush fund to cover the cost of trips to luxury resorts for state legislators and how their corporate members ghostwrite legislation. We’ve worked with allies to successfully encourage dozens of corporations to abandon them.
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Menendez Indictment Exposes Faultiness of Citizens United Logic
Last night, I spoke with Thom Hartmann about how Sen. Robert Menendez's indictment for corruption exposes the faulty reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United and how we can fix that decision's corrosive influence in our democracy.
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Common Cause Oregon Interns Speak Out About The Lack Of Oregon’s Campaign Contribution Limits
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