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Breaking fraud/suppression news from Election Day
With Election Day half over (at least for some), we have three new reports of the Right Wing’s voter-fraud fraud and voter suppression. This follows up on a couple of the items Miranda shared earlier...
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Editorial Boards From Across the Country Call on Senate to Pass DISCLOSE Act
Even though Republican obstructionism has upheld passage of the DISCLOSE Act in the US Senate twice before, the need to pass the bill has grown more urgent following the midterm election which...
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GOP’s Corporate Backers Intent on Busting Unions, Not Solving Budget Problems
In both Wisconsin and Ohio, Republican governors are attempting to rush through legislation that would devastate workers’ rights that would in reality do little to help close their states’ budget...
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Alabama Governor Signs Anti-Immigrant Law Even More Extreme Than Arizona’s
Last year, Arizona’s state legislature caused a national uproar when it passed a constitutionally dubious bill giving state and local law enforcement officers the power to police for illegal immigrants...
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From Fringe Figure to Movement Leader: Michele Bachmann's Far-Right Roots
Cross posted on The Huffington Post Rep. Michele Bachmann, who today officially announce her candidacy for the presidency, isn't just a Tea Party candidate - in many ways she embodies the evolution of...
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Last abortion clinics in Kansas shut their doors
Abortion is legal in the United States. But as of tomorrow, there will be one state where you can’t get one.Tomorrow is when Kansas’s new TRAP (targeted regulation of abortion providers) regulations...
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PFAW Denounces Voter Suppression Laws
At yesterday’s press conference on Capitol Hill, People For the American Way joined with Rev. Jesse Jackson, 12 other national civil rights organizations and numerous members of Congress to denounce...
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Wisconsin Recall Round-Up: Post-Election Edition
Last night, voters sent a message to Scott Walker and his corporate, right-wing allies. They told him that Wisconsinites won’t sit back and let him attack working families to score political points....
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Mitt Romney Still Thinks Corporations are People. They Still Aren’t.
Campaigning in Florida today, Mitt Romney doubled down on his recent claim that “corporations are people”: Speaking to a town hall-style gathering at a Miami airport hotel, the former Massachusetts...
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“Gut and go” used to move up proof of citizenship in Kansas
“Gut and go” used to move up proof of citizenship in Kansas A Kansas Senate committee put the brakes on efforts to move up proof of citizenship for voter registration – until a backdoor maneuver known...
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UPDATE: “Gut and go” used to move up proof of citizenship in Kansas
UPDATE: “Gut and go” used to move up proof of citizenship in Kansas A Kansas Senate committee put the brakes on efforts to move up proof of citizenship for voter registration – until a backdoor...
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UPDATE: “Gut and go” used to move up proof of citizenship in Kansas
PFAW Foundation: UPDATE: “Gut and go” used to move up proof of citizenship in Kansas Good news – H Sub SB 17 died in committee on June 1. Good news – H Sub SB 17 died in committee on June 1. read more
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Getting the inside scoop on voter suppression
PFAW Foundation: Getting the inside scoop on voter suppression The Right’s own words bear out a national trend toward disenfranchisement. The Right’s own words bear out a national trend toward...
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Keeping an eye on Kansas
PFAW Foundation: Keeping an eye on Kansas Voting rights supporters are on high alert for voter ID issues during August 7 primary. Voting rights supporters are on high alert for voter ID issues during...
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Birthers at Kansas State Board Could Keep Obama Off the Ballot
Birthers at Kansas State Board Could Keep Obama Off the Ballot Top Republican officials in Kansas are considering removing President Obama from the ballot at the request of “birther” activists who...
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