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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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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.
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Que se passe-t-il après Ferguson ?
Le président Miles Rapoport appelle à la justice à Ferguson, dans le Missouri, et à une attaque nationale contre les inégalités économiques et politiques qui ont alimenté la violence dans cette région.
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Un autre mord la poussière — Microsoft quitte ALEC
Microsoft, l'une des plus grandes entreprises du pays, a abandonné son adhésion à l'American Legislative Exchange Council.
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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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An entirely different landscape
Since the Supreme Court, in Shelby Co. v. Holder, eviscerated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, a statute that for decades protected against discrimination at polling places in a number of historically-discriminating jurisdictions, states across the country – some previously covered by the act, others not – have been, in quick succession, passing and implementing legislation making it harder for many, including people of color once protected by the VRA, to cast their ballots in elections.
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Florida Legislature’s Proposed Congressional Map Again Fails Minority Voters
Common Cause Florida Chair Peter Butzin criticized the Florida State Legislature’s proposed congressional map in Reuters yesterday for its continued packing of minority voters to limit their influence on surrounding districts.
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Yahoo rejoint Exodus, met fin à son adhésion à l'ALEC et coupe ses liens avec l'ALEC
Yahoo publie une déclaration mettant fin à ses liens avec ALEC
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Common Cause Stays Engaged as Florida Legislature Redraws Congressional Lines
Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of Florida jointly wrote two letters to the leadership of the Florida Legislature last week during the special session called to redraw the state’s congressional districts. Judge Terry Lewis ruled that current districts violate new state constitutional provisions forbidding partisanship to be a factor in the redrawing of lines and ordered the Legislature to draw a new map by August 15.
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New ALEC Chair Received Thousands In Corporate-Financed Junkets
A Texas legislator chosen to head ALEC has ties to energy interests and the Koch bfothers
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Obama Affirms Support for Open Internet
President Obama underscored his support for open Internet protections this week.
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La Cour suprême du Wisconsin crée encore plus de confusion avec la décision sur l'identification des électeurs
Les tribunaux d'État et fédéraux sont en désaccord sur la constitutionnalité d'une loi sur l'identification des électeurs dans le Wisconsin
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Republican Group Launders Secret Cash, But Was It Illegal?
Citizens United invited corporations, unions and other groups to find ways to circumvent longstanding limits on their political spending; a bombshell report today in Politico exposes just how skillfully they’ve answered the challenge.
