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Media & Democracy 05.3.2018

Bringing Back Privacy

Michael Copps, Common Cause's special advisor on media and democracy issues and a former member of the Federal Communications Commission, makes the case for a comprehensive overhaul of online privacy protections. This post first appeared on www.benton.org.

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Money & Influence 05.3.2018

Giuliani’s Greatest Hits

A tip of the hat to Politico.com for compiling a compelling list of 31 quotes from Rudy Giuliani's Wednesday-Thursday media blitz on Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, and President Trump.

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Money & Influence 05.2.2018

Nebraska Lobbyists Set Another Spending Record

$17.5 million investment represents a 26 percent jump in five years.

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Voting & Elections 05.2.2018

Requirement Worked to Shut Out Native American Voters

State "has failed to demonstrate any evidence of voter fraud in the past or present," Judge Daniel Hovland writes.

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