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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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Friday Grabbag
Fox News' Host Tucker Carlson says teenagers aren't citizens.
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‘Our Children Are Showing Us…’
As thousands olf students spoke out about the epidemic of gun violence, Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn hailed the example they're setting for the entire country.
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DC Mayor Signs Ordinance Empowering Small Dollar Campaign Donors
There’s some good news for democracy this morning from a place where we haven’t seen much of it lately: Washington, D.C.
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He Wouldn’t Lie, So He Quit
A tip of the hat this morning to a federal employee who took a stand on principle and gave up his job rather than mislead the public on behalf of the president’s political agenda.
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House Panel Puts Party Over Country In Ending Russia Probe
The House Intelligence Committee’s Republican majority showed off its best ostrich impression late Monday, as members buried their heads in the sand concerning Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign’s possible involvement in it.
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States Lag In Hardening Voting Systems Against Attacks
A substantial number of states appear to be paying little attention to hard evidence from intelligence and law enforcement agencies that Russian cyber-vandals are working to hack into state election systems in advance of the 2018 midterm elections.
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Upcoming Challenge to New Congressional Map Shines Spotlight on Pennsylvania Once Again
Upcoming Challenge to New Congressional Map Shines Spotlight on Pennsylvania Once Again
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The Silence of the Bought
The U.S. Capitol grounds came alive last week as Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Rep. Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania convened an energy-filled rally in support of overturning the FCC’s recent decision to abolish the rules providing for net neutrality and an open internet.
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Trump, Pence, RNC, Running Scheme To Skirt Election Laws, Common Cause Charges
President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and the Republican National Committee are running an elaborate scheme to skirt federal election laws and use illegal “soft money” contributions for the Trump-Pence reelection campaign, Common Cause charges in complaints filed today.
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Congress Provided $120 Mil To Counter Cyberattacks; Trump Won’t Use It
The State Department has not spent even a penny of the $120 billion set aside by lawmakers to counter Russia’s cyberattacks on American democracy.
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Common Cause, Allies, Look to Block Covert Attack On Campaign Finance Laws
As congressional appropriators work to fashion a mammoth spending bill to keep the federal government running, Republican leaders are again trying to use the “must pass” spending legislation to advance their guerilla war against sensible campaign finance laws.
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Oregon Set To Enforce Net Neutrality Protections
Oregon is on the verge of joining a growing list of states that are stepping up to protect the free flow of information online in the wake of the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to repeal “net neutrality” protections.
