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2012 Email to Clinton: al-Qaeda Is on Our Side in Syria
2012 Email to Clinton: al-Qaeda Is on Our Side in Syria
WikiLeaks posted a leaked 2012 email Wednesday from a policy advisor to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that said al-Qaeda was helping rebel forces in Syria and was "on our side."https:// ...
13 Apr, 2017
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Rand Paul: "They Want to Send Your Kids to War with No Debate"
Rand Paul: "They Want to Send Your Kids to War with No Debate"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1zdvSsLBvMOn Monday, the Senate approved in a near unanimous vote to clear the way for Montenegro to be the latest entry into NATO. The vote does not officia ...
28 Mar, 2017
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Ranked Choice Voting Dies in Utah Senate Committee
Ranked Choice Voting Dies in Utah Senate Committee
It looked possible that Utah would become the second state to adopt ranked choice voting for statewide elections. However, HB349, the bill that got a surprising amount of bipartisan support in the Hou ...
07 Mar, 2017
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Utah House Passes Bipartisan Ranked Choice Voting Bill
Utah House Passes Bipartisan Ranked Choice Voting Bill
On Friday, March 3rd, 2017, the Utah House voted 59-12 to pass HB 349, a bill that would require the use of ranked choice voting for nearly all Utah elections. Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck ...
04 Mar, 2017
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Ranked Choice Voting Gets Bipartisan Support in Utah
Ranked Choice Voting Gets Bipartisan Support in Utah
Last week, Utah state Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck introduced legislation that would initiate ranked choice voting (RCV) in her state. According to fairvote.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit advoca ...
24 Feb, 2017
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Trump Silent on Biggest Campaign Promise: Unrigging the Election System
Trump Silent on Biggest Campaign Promise: Unrigging the Election System
President Donald Trump’s first weeks as president seem to be centered around one strategy: Prove to the American people that he’s a man of his word and that unlike most politicians, he will actually k ...
17 Feb, 2017
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Obamacare: The Pinnacle of Two-Party Hypocrisy
Obamacare: The Pinnacle of Two-Party Hypocrisy
With a Trump presidency coupled with a GOP Congress on the near horizon, changes in health care reform are finally on the table. Other than those with preexisting conditions, many on the left hav ...
17 Jan, 2017
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Marijuana Policy Project: Trump Administration's Stance on Prohibition Enforcement 'Promising'
Marijuana Policy Project: Trump Administration's Stance on Prohibition Enforcement 'Promising'
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the nation's largest marijuana policy organization, released a statement Tuesday, January 10, regarding U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions' remarks on prohibition enforceme ...
10 Jan, 2017
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Ranked Choice Voting: An Easy Solution to Fix Our Broken Elections
Ranked Choice Voting: An Easy Solution to Fix Our Broken Elections
This piece, written by Rob Richie, originally appeared in Cato Unbound as the lead essay in a series on ranked choice voting in December of 2016.American democracy today is working more poorly than it ...
05 Jan, 2017
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Why the Democratic Party Opposes “One Person, One Vote”
Why the Democratic Party Opposes “One Person, One Vote”
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election, the Democratic Party and its allies have had a renewed appreciation for the “one person, one vote” principle established in the landmark 1964 Sup ...
20 Dec, 2016
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