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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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It’s not about “Can we?” It’s about “Will we?”
Next week public comments are due regarding the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) proposed rules for net neutrality. Much of the focus will be on arcane legalisms, the particulars of various court decisions, and the confounding twists and turns of FCC regulatory oversight (or lack thereof). This is all well and good, and based on more than a decade tracking such minutiae as a member of the FCC, I am confident that those of us favoring real Open Internet will have much the better detailed arguments to put forward. But it’s...
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What We’re Reading This Week – 7/3/14
This week – super PACs, the Voting Rights Amendment Act, Hobby Lobby, and Twitter
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Fighting For Net Neutrality in Burlington
The Media and Democracy team recently traveled to beautiful Burlington, Vermont. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) invited Michael Copps, former FCC Commissioner and special advisor to our Media and Democracy program, to testify on the Open Internet ("net neutrality").
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FCC Calls for Political Ad Disclosure
Politicians have learned to harness every form of technology to manipulate voters, but none are more visible than ads on TV. For many voters who haven't had time to do their own research, these ads may be the only information they have as they head to the polls.
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Hawaï fait des progrès en matière de participation électorale
Hawaï progresse vers une plus grande participation aux élections. Afin de lutter contre le faible taux de participation actuel de l'État et d'élargir l'accès aux urnes, le gouverneur Neil Abercrombie a signé un projet de loi permettant aux électeurs de s'inscrire dans les bureaux de vote par correspondance à partir de 2016, ouvrant ainsi la voie à l'inscription le jour du scrutin qui débutera en 2018.
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What We’re Reading, Week Ending June 27
This week – MA SWAT teams, Mayday PAC, disclosure, and executive power
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Cause commune et étudiants font pression sur Sallie Mae pour qu'elle divulgue tous les actes de lobbying
Common Cause et d'autres groupes d'intérêt public ont appelé aujourd'hui le géant des prêts étudiants Sallie Mae à faire des divulgations financières détaillées sur son activité de lobbying.
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Défendre le serment du peuple
Le serment empêche-t-il l'argent de s'immiscer dans la politique ? Oui !
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Koch-backed Groups Linked to Scalia Trip, Speech Last Summer
Minutes after a lawyers’ group funded in part by industrialists Charles and David Koch welcomed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for a luncheon speech last August, another Koch-backed entity led a “stop government spending” rally in the same Montana hotel, a Common Cause analysis of Scalia’s annual financial disclosure report indicates
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Common Cause Hawaii accueille quatre nouveaux membres au conseil d'administration
Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir quatre nouveaux membres talentueux au sein de notre équipe chez Common Cause Hawaii !
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Walker Documents Strengthen Case for Campaign Finance Reform
New evidence of coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and groups supporting him strengthens case for campaign finance reform.
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Newly Released Documents Put Scott Walker in the Hot Seat
Documents unsealed Thursday by a federal appeals court in Chicago suggest that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign in the 2012 recall election worked hand-in-glove – perhaps illegally – with special interest groups.
