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Barriers to military, other overseas voting are falling
January 27th, 2012 05:50 PM

While a growing and disturbing number of governors and state legislators seem bent on making it more difficult for Americans living in the U.S. to vote, a study released today praises most states for lowering barriers to voting by troops and other citizens who will be outside the country on Election Day. Two years after [...]


Jack Abramoff Talks ‘Capital Punishment’
January 27th, 2012 03:50 PM

I didn't help myself wearing a hat coming out of my plea in court.


Super PAC Comparison Shopping
January 27th, 2012 12:30 PM

Great chart by CNN shows spending in all primary and caucus states during this campaign.


LA Votes to Disclose
January 26th, 2012 06:49 PM

If AB 1148 becomes California law, it will set a national precedent that special interests can no longer hide and reform is needed to fight against Citizens United.


Colorado and the Federal Heavy Hitters
January 26th, 2012 05:15 PM

Jamie Raskin, a State Senator from Maryland, said of corporations, “We want them to prosper and succeed, but we don’t want them to govern.”


Sorry to Retrogress But Whose Side Are You On?
January 26th, 2012 02:33 PM

You know you are having a bad day in court when your star witness starts scoring points for the other side.


Corporations Unaccounted
January 26th, 2012 01:35 PM

Here’s our point: corporations shouldn’t be playing in politics, but if they are then their investors deserve the right to approve how their money is spent on campaigns and elections.


McCain Goes Maverick on Citizens United
January 26th, 2012 08:51 AM

"I predict to you there will be a major scandal associated with the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United. There is too much money washing around."


Texas Maps: All Texans Should Be Outraged
January 25th, 2012 02:43 PM

On Tuesday, January 24, US House Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) told a panel of federal judges in the ongoing (seemingly never-ending) Texas redistricting case, that, well, the Texas Maps stunk. Actually, those are my words. She was even more eloquent and precise. She said the maps were an “outrage” and gave some strong reasons why. [...]


Talking Points: An America Built to Last
January 24th, 2012 08:53 PM

The White House released these talking points this morning ahead of the 2012 State of the Union Address. Talking Points: An America Built to Last In his State of the Union Address, the President will lay out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last – an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, [...]