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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Something Fishy is Happening in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, and More
Coal baron Robert Murray recently announced he's laying off 163 of his employees because, he says, President Obama was re-elected, something fishy is going on in Florida's 18th Congressional …
Democracy Itself at Stake in Michigan
Michigan voters have a chance to repeal
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At Least Five Pennsylvania Counties Still Falsely Tell Voters They Need ID
Elections officials may not fully understand the requirement.
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Campaign Cash? Local TV News Hits Mute Button
Michael Winship: The total being spent for all the races in 2012 is projected at $6 billion this year.
The Rain on Our Parade: A Letter to My Dismal Allies
Rebecca Solnit: I have a grand goal, and that is to counter the Republican right with its deep desire to annihilate everything I love and to move toward far …
Ted Rall’s Tales From the Crypt of Democracy: Election Thieves
Inserted in the center of Greg Palast's just-released book,
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Never Mind Super PACs: How Big Business Is Buying the Election
Defending their new privilege of secret corporate electioneering, trade associations have bitterly opposed any attempts, postu2013Citizens United, at reform.
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Jim Hightower: Koch Brothers’ Moonshine
A dirty windfall from a dirty fuel to underwrite dirty politics. You don't need a bloodhound's nose to sniff this one out.
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Second Judge Finds Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
A Wisconsin judge has found that the state's American Legislative Exchange Council-inspired voter ID restriction imposes an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote, writing that the law "tells …
Thumbing Their Noses at Us: Election-Based Nonprofits Flouting Their Charters (Part One)
Right now, under the current