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Call your senator to vote against TPA-Trade Promotion Authority and TPP
The TPP is not really about trade at…
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US HOUSE TO VOTE ON TPP “FAST-TRACK” TODAY!
Velvet Revolution Call To Action: Call Your US…
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Voting machine password hacks as easy as ‘abcde’, details Virginia state report
Touchscreen voting machines used in numerous elections between…
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The 5 Most Damning Revelations From The CIA’s Report On Bush-Era Torture
On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a…
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Victory For POE, VR: Electronic Voting Machines Shutting Down Nationwide
After years of controversy and concerns for election integrity, electronic voting machines may finally be relegated to the ranks of a costly and failed experiment. States have abandoned electronic voting machines in droves, and most voters — in fact, nearly 70% — will be casting their ballots by hand this election day. Although once viewed…
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Karl Rove May Yet Face The Music Over Crossroads GPS Campaign Activities
Public Citizen and Protect Our Elections are taking aim at the FEC for dropping the ball on Rove’s failure to disclose donors. Earlier this year, FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel was so frustrated by the partisanship within the panel that she took to the op-ed pages of the New York Times to shake her fist at the way her Republican…
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US Attorney files Amicus Brief in ACLU Voting Rights Case
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Department of Justice today intervened in the ACLU of Wisconsin voting rights case, filing an amicus brief in opposition to the voter ID law. The case is currently at the 7thCircuit Court of Appeals. The 37-page brief said, in part: Regarding the “constitutional claim, the district court credited plaintiffs’ evidence demonstrating that, under…
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Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America
Russia’s campaign to shape international opinion around its invasion of Ukraine has extended to recruiting and training a new cadre of online trolls that have been deployed to spread the Kremlin’s message on the comments section of top American websites. Plans attached to emails leaked by a mysterious Russian hacker collective show IT managers reporting…
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Too Funny: Ted Cruz Wins Presidential Straw Poll At GOP Summit
Texas Sen. Ted ‘I shut down governments’ Cruz has won the latest 2016 presidential straw poll at a conservative summit in Louisiana. This is a gift for Democrats. I’m only surprised that his father, Rafael, who fought for Fidel Castor, didn’…
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Morning Reads: “Open Carry” Sparks Backlash; Could Facebook Swing Elections?
Good morning! The Civil War ended 149 years ago today. The carnage had claimed the lives of 620,000 troops on both sides. And 60 years ago, Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy charged that the CIA was chock-full of communists. But at that point in his career…
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Conservative stance in Doe wrangling comes down to one simplistic, wrong-headed, self-serving argument
Conservative political groups are filing lawsuits early and often in an unprecedented attempt to stop the now widely known John Doe investigation before the inquiry is complete and before it has issued any criminal charges. That’s the secret Doe inquiry…
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Slavyansk families find shelter in Ukraine monastery
Elena and her four-year-old son arrived at the monastery doors clutching two travel bags and a teddy bear, as they sought shelter from the violence engulfing their hometown of Slavyansk. More than a month into Kiev’s “counter-terrorism” operation against…
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Ukraine showdown to shadow Obama in Europe
President Barack Obama will begin Monday a trip ringing with historic echoes to Europe, where sudden turbulence has rocked the political and security order and reshaped his foreign policy. The East-West showdown over Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which…
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Russia pushes back Ukraine gas cut ultimatum
Crisis-hit Ukraine won a vital reprieve from Russia on Monday when Moscow pushed back until next week a possible cut in gas shipments that would also impact parts of Europe. But the seven-week insurgency in its eastern rust belt continued unabated when…