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Defining Democracy: Coordination
Teil einer unregelmäßigen Serie über die in den Nachrichten dominierende Sprache, die beeinflusst, wie die Amerikaner erfahren, wie unsere Regierung funktioniert.
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Bills Would Protect Mueller’s Investigation
Senators left Washington late Thursday with a hopeful sign that they will not tolerate any effort by President Trump to derail Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russia’s meddling in last year’s election and the Trump campaign’s possible involvement in it.
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Fixing ‘the Engine of Government’
Faces of Common Cause: Miranda Viscoli and Steve Lipscomb
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Trump Goes Nose-to-Nose With Congress, and Flinches
Donald Trump ran for president as an anti-politician, someone who would adhere to the Constitution and stand his ground on principles no matter how hard he was pushed or who was pushing him. Turns out that was a lie.
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Democracy Vouchers Leveling the Political Playing Field in Seattle
There’s news today about an interesting – and promising – experiment in democracy in the Pacific Northwest.
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Getting Their Money’s Worth
Major investments in congressional campaigns by health professionals, hospital companies, and health insurers are producing big returns in Congress.
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Waist Deep (At Least) and Still Sinking
The swamp that candidate Donald Trump promised to drain is getting deeper six months into President Trump’s administration.
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Hackers Demonstrate Election Vulnerabilities
In a matter of minutes over the weekend, a band of self-styled computer nerds demonstrated how voting machines similar to those used in hundreds of precincts across the U.S. can be manipulated to produce wildly inaccurate vote totals.
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House Republicans Launch New/Old Attack on Hillary Clinton
Perhaps the door to comity has cracked open in the Senate but it remains shut and locked tight in the House of Representatives
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Thinking About De-registering? Don’t Do It!
Not even President Trump’s most fervent admirers take seriously the president’s claim that up to 5 million people cast illegal ballots last fall.
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Kobach Pays $1K for Misleading Federal Judge
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, whose deceptive public statements about voter fraud appear to be part of a strategy to advance his political career, is finding that deception doesn’t work so well when it’s directed at federal judges.
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Fair Elections Now Introduced in Senate
Wednesday’s introduction of the Fair Elections Now Act deserves a tip of the hat to sponsoring Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, and his 23 co-sponsors for continuing to stand up for a good idea.
