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Inside the Investigation of Leading Republican Money Man Sheldon Adelson
At least one prominent Republican has expressed concern about the source of Adelson's campaign contributions.
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Ron Paul Loses Virtually His Last Presidential Bid in Nebraska
Ron Paulu2019s bid for the presidency has all but officially ended, with supporters failing to rally a plurality of Nebraskau2019s Republican delegates in a last-ditch effort to ensure that …
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The Voting Dilemma
Soon it will be presidential voting time again in the U.S.. That four year cycle comes to us with the regularity of a returning comet, accompanied by a shroud …
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Women Secure a Third of Mexican Parliament
This historical representation is the result of two decades of lobbying that culminated in a legal obligation requiring political parties to fill at least 40 percent of their candidate …
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Election Countdown 2012: The Secret Service Is Going to Great Lengths to Protect the Democratic National Convention This Year, and More
In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: The Secret Service is going to great lengths to protect the Democratic National Convention this year, police in California respond to a sidewalk chalk …
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Election Countdown 2012: Independent Voters More Sympathetic to Romney, and More
A day after reports that DNA found at an Occupy Wall Street-affiliated protest had been matched to an unsolved murder case, a law enforcement official said the link was …
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The GOP’s Redonkulous Alternative to the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Courtu2019s affirmation of the Affordable Care Act predictably brought renewed calls from Republicans to restrict medical malpractice litigation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), for instance, …
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The GOP’s Crime Against Voters
The Republican-led crusade for voter ID laws is revealed as a cynical ploy to disenfranchise as many likely Democratic voters as possible, with poor people and minorities the main …
Election Countdown 2012: Drone Pilots May Practice by Tracking Civilian Cars, and More
Occupy. #NatGT: u201cThe hundreds of thousands who participated in Occupy protests last fall did not trek to Philadelphia.u201d And? The value of a conference is in the deliverables: A …
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Over 750,000 Pennsylvanians Could Be Disenfranchised by Voter ID Law
Pennslyvaniau2019s new voter ID law, which will take effect for the first time this November, may prevent 758,939 otherwise eligible voters, who do not currently have an acceptable ID, …