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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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Big Win on Net Neutrality
By now you've heard. The FCC just approved the strongest Open Internet ("net neutrality") rules - ever.
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Kung Hindi Nasira…
Isang malaking panalo ang nagmula sa Cornhusker State kahapon. Ang unicameral na lehislatura ng Nebraska, sa isang bipartisan na hakbang, ay tinalo ang isang photo ID bill na nasa sahig apat na magkakasunod na taon. Salamat sa matagal nang pagsisikap ng isang malakas na koalisyon - kabilang ang Common Cause Nebraska - pinawalang-bisa ng estado ang batas na maaaring tanggihan ang 112,000 Nebraskan na walang access sa prescriptive ID mula sa paggamit ng kanilang karapatang bumoto.
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What higher contribution limits mean for 2016
The CRomnibus appropriations bill that became law in December attracted attention for rolling back an element of the Dodd-Frank financial reform, but perhaps just as important were the changes to campaign finance law.
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Open Mic at the FEC
Last week, I spent an hour at a witness table next to Shaun McCutcheon. He was the lead plaintiff in the eponymous Supreme Court case that dissenting Justice Stephen Breyer wrote “eviscerate[d] our campaign finance laws.”
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5 Pangulo Tungkol sa Demokrasya
Ngayong Araw ng Pangulo, binabalikan natin ang matatalinong salita ng ilan sa ating mga pangulo sa buong kasaysayan.
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Karaniwang Dahilan Sinusuportahan ng Georgia ang Repormang Muling Pagdistrito sa Pagdinig ng Senado ng Estado
Ang Common Cause Georgia Executive Director William Perry ay tumestigo sa harap ng Georgia Senate's Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee ngayong linggo bilang suporta sa reporma sa pagbabago ng distrito.
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8 times Jon Stewart was at his greatest
With Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show, we're all losing an important voice. Here are 8 times Jon Stewart was at his greatest.
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Ano ang mas maganda: 25% ng pagboto ni Angelenos? O 75% ng pagboto ni Angelenos?
Ang Charter Amendments 1 at 2, sa Los Angeles March 3rd primary election ballot, ay magtataas ng partisipasyon ng mga botante at papanagutin ang mga pulitiko sa pamamagitan ng pagdaraos ng municipal at school board elections kasabay ng federal at state elections.
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Karaniwang Dahilan ang Ohio Kumuha ng Kaso para sa Muling Pagdistrito ng Reporma sa Cincinnati
Ang Common Cause Ohio ay sumali sa mga kasosyong organisasyon sa Cincinnati upang suriin ang mga detalye ng Isyu 1.
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Victory
Chairman Tom Wheeler said it best at last week’s historic FCC meeting: “The Internet is simply too important to allow broadband providers to be the ones making the rules.” Amen.
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Missing Charles
Charles Benton has been gone less than a week, but I miss him already. I miss him as friend, as a thoroughly delightful person, and—apropos to this testimonial—a dauntless and effective champion of the public interest. I could not have admired this good man more.
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From the Worst FCC Vote to the Best
But, 13 years later, a spirit of redemption is in the air. Last week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler moved boldly to correct the bizarre classification rulings of his predecessors. He put forward a plan that would bring broadband providers clearly under the consumer-empowering provisions of Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Title II is where consumer protections, universal service, privacy, disability rights, and other important safeguards are housed.
