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5 Ways Common Cause Defended Democracy in the First Trump Administration
Here’s just a few examples of how members like you made a positive impact during the first Trump Administration.
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The Law and Order President Goes to War on Law and Order
We are in the middle of what looks like an effort to make the FBI the president’s personal police force.
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A Candidate’s Lament
The truth is too often in short supply in our politics, so when a candidate provides it – and with no punches pulled – it’s worth paying attention.
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Ignoring the Bear in the Room
Trump wants Americans to forget about the Russian attack on our elections.
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Connecting the Dots
The president and his allies are running what looks like a cover-up
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Common Cause, Allies, Want Nunes Barred from Russia Probe
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-CA, must surrender any role in the committee’s investigation, Common Cause and 15 other organizations and individuals said today.
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Bipartisan Groups of Governors, Lawmakers Join Gerrymandering Challenge
Common Cause and other groups that have been fighting for years on behalf of fairly-drawn congressional and legislative districts finally have the wind at our backs.
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“Art of the Lie” Details Trump’s Assault on Honesty, Integrity
A report released this morning by Common Cause and Democracy 21 paints a blistering portrait of President Trump and his first year in the White House – all in his own words and/or actions.
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Citizens, Congress Must Stand Up for Mueller Probe
White House Counsel Don McGahn apparently stopped President Trump from firing Robert Mueller last summer; now it’s time for citizen action and members of Congress to make sure Trump doesn’t try it again.
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DC Citizens On the Verge of Major Campaign Finance Reform
A citizens’ movement has brought the city government in our nation’s capital to the verge of implementing a tested-and-proven-effective way of breaking the power of big money in politics and getting candidates to focus their attention on public, not private interests.
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A Timely Pair of Reminders About People Power in America
Two very different stories this week, both involving young people, are reminders of the power each of us holds in the First Amendment and its guarantees of free speech and freedom of the press.
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“A Closer Look” At the Trump Campaign’s Alleged Payment to ‘Adult’ Film Star
Late night host Seth Meyers has some insightful analysis of Common Cause's charge that the Trump campaign may have broken federal law in buying the silence of "Stormy Daniels."
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Common Cause Seeks Quick Supreme Court Ruling on Gerrymandering
Common Cause is inviting the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve questions about the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering once and for all.
