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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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Trump Goes Nose-to-Nose With Congress, and Flinches
Donald Trump ran for president as an anti-politician, someone who would adhere to the Constitution and stand his ground on principles no matter how hard he was pushed or who was pushing him. Turns out that was a lie.
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Los vales democráticos nivelan el campo de juego político en Seattle
Hoy hay noticias sobre un interesante –y prometedor– experimento de democracia en el Noroeste del Pacífico.
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Getting Their Money’s Worth
Major investments in congressional campaigns by health professionals, hospital companies, and health insurers are producing big returns in Congress.
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Waist Deep (At Least) and Still Sinking
The swamp that candidate Donald Trump promised to drain is getting deeper six months into President Trump’s administration.
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Hackers Demonstrate Election Vulnerabilities
In a matter of minutes over the weekend, a band of self-styled computer nerds demonstrated how voting machines similar to those used in hundreds of precincts across the U.S. can be manipulated to produce wildly inaccurate vote totals.
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House Republicans Launch New/Old Attack on Hillary Clinton
Perhaps the door to comity has cracked open in the Senate but it remains shut and locked tight in the House of Representatives
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¿Estás pensando en darte de baja? ¡No lo hagas!
Ni siquiera los más fervientes admiradores del presidente Trump toman en serio la afirmación del presidente de que hasta 5 millones de personas emitieron votos ilegales el otoño pasado.
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Kobach Pays $1K for Misleading Federal Judge
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, whose deceptive public statements about voter fraud appear to be part of a strategy to advance his political career, is finding that deception doesn’t work so well when it’s directed at federal judges.
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Fair Elections Now Introduced in Senate
Wednesday’s introduction of the Fair Elections Now Act deserves a tip of the hat to sponsoring Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, and his 23 co-sponsors for continuing to stand up for a good idea.
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Kochs Plan Massive Campaign for Business Tax Cuts
The Koch brothers invested $260 million – more or less – to elect a Congress that will do their bidding; now they and their ultra-wealthy network of business leaders are putting millions more into a “grassroots” lobbying campaign aimed at making their investment pay off in a massive business tax cut.
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California On Path to Stronger Disclosure of Campaign Money
Even in California, where strong state campaign finance laws set an example for the nation, it’s not that easy to see who is bankrolling political candidates or initiatives.
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Un alegato elocuente; una votación fallida
A John McCain le diagnosticaron un tumor cerebral la semana pasada y regresó al Senado el martes con su perspectiva sobre su vida y su servicio allí agudizada por esa confrontación con su propia mortalidad.
