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The State of Voting in 2014
As we approach the 2014 election, the United States is still in the midst of a high-pitched and often highly partisan battle over voting rights.
The Ultra-Right-Wing State Nobody Mentions
Quick! Name the state that's been ground zero for all issues ultra-conservative. It's not Texas or Arizona...
Fannie Lou Hamer and the Racist Dixiecrats
Bob Moses describes how in 1874 the white racist Democratic Party violently overthrew the Governor of Mississippi (who had been elected by a mostly black Republican Party), and how …
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Meet the Groups Fighting Against Limits on Restraining School Kids
Republicans say it is a matter of states' rights.
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The GOP Is the Pro-Death Party
We've known for a while now that suicide rates tend to increase during times of Conservatives governments, when money is going to corporations and the wealthy elite, at the …
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DC Press Corps Part of Incestuous Culture That Worships Power
In DC, being a celebrity empowers you with the status of being able to influence people and also - if you are in the media - to raise the …
Bradley Foundation Bankrolled Groups Pushing Back on Scott Walker John Doe Criminal Probe
The campaign against Wisconsin's John Doe criminal probe is being led by groups bankrolled by the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation.
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Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Billionaire Summit
The Koch brothers held an annual, highly secretive mega-donor conference, called “American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society,” featured a who's who of Republican political elites.
Repugnant Republicans – An Analysis
No doubt there are Republicans who are both racist and politically unprincipled in their attitudes to President Obama.
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Hawks Push for Iraq War, the Rule of Law Prevents It
Obama does not have the authority to go to war without congressional authorization.