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Open Mic at the FEC
Last week, I spent an hour at a witness table next to Shaun McCutcheon. He was the lead plaintiff in the eponymous Supreme Court case that dissenting Justice Stephen Breyer wrote “eviscerate[d] our campaign finance laws.”
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5 Presidents On Democracy
On this President's Day, we look back at the wise words of some of our presidents throughout history.
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Common Cause Georgia Backs Redistricting Reform in State Senate Hearing
Common Cause Georgia Executive Director William Perry testified in front of the Georgia Senate’s Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee this week in support of redistricting reform.
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8 مرات كان جون ستيوارت في أفضل حالاته
مع رحيل جون ستيوارت عن برنامج The Daily Show، فقدنا جميعًا صوتًا مهمًا. إليكم 8 مرات كان فيها جون ستيوارت في أوج عطائه.
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What’s better: 25% of Angelenos voting? Or 75% of Angelenos voting?
Charter Amendments 1 and 2, on the Los Angeles March 3rd primary election ballot, would increase voter participation and hold politicians accountable by holding municipal and school board elections at the same time as federal and state elections.
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Common Cause Ohio Takes Case for Redistricting Reform to Cincinnati
Common Cause Ohio joined partner organizations in Cincinnati to review the details of Issue 1.
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Victory
Chairman Tom Wheeler said it best at last week’s historic FCC meeting: “The Internet is simply too important to allow broadband providers to be the ones making the rules.” Amen.
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Missing Charles
Charles Benton has been gone less than a week, but I miss him already. I miss him as friend, as a thoroughly delightful person, and—apropos to this testimonial—a dauntless and effective champion of the public interest. I could not have admired this good man more.
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From the Worst FCC Vote to the Best
But, 13 years later, a spirit of redemption is in the air. Last week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler moved boldly to correct the bizarre classification rulings of his predecessors. He put forward a plan that would bring broadband providers clearly under the consumer-empowering provisions of Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Title II is where consumer protections, universal service, privacy, disability rights, and other important safeguards are housed.
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Comcast-TWC and the Open Internet: One Issue, Not Two
It’s now a two-front people’s crusade to prevent gatekeepers from wresting control of our nation’s communications ecosystem.
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A Most Unvirtuous Circle
It’s shaping up as a great political year ahead—if you are a billionaire with an axe to grind or a broadcast or cable operator.
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Copy of A Most Unvirtuous Circle
It’s shaping up as a great political year ahead—if you are a billionaire with an axe to grind or a broadcast or cable operator.
