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McCain, Whitehouse to SCOTUS: Partisan Gerrymandering Wastes Votes and Silences Voices
US Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are joining the legal fight against partisan gerrymandering.McCain and Whitehouse filed a joint amicus brief to the Supreme Court in t ...
06 Sep, 2017
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Confessions of American Anarchism
Remorse of a Troubled YouthIn 1971, at 19, William Powell wrote The Anarchist Cookbook. The book has been found at bombings, and school shootings, ever since.It is hard to believe that the author of t ...
25 Aug, 2017
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Morning Report: August 16, 2017
Alabama Election ResultsIt's going to be about another month before we know who will represent the GOP in the Alabama Senate race to go head-to-head with Democrat Doug Jones.The race is for Attor ...
15 Aug, 2017
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Hacking the Vote: Lulu Friesdat Explains How It’s Really Been Done
This week on A Civil Assessment we meet the award-winning election journalist Lulu Friesdat.T.J. and Lulu discuss her history reporting on elections, her documentary “Holler Back” about voters who did ...
15 Aug, 2017
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Trump Was Right, The System is Rigged: 10 Ways He Can Help Fix It
In 2016, Donald Trump complained on the campaign trail that the presidential election in America was "rigged."He said:"The process is rigged. This whole election is being rigged. These lies spread by ...
02 Aug, 2017
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Swamp Attack: Jill Stein Fights Off Russia Collusion Narrative
The focus of the Russia investigation this week is on Donald Trump Jr, Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort. However, another name has been thrown into the ever-expanding Russia narrative: Dr. Jill Stein, ...
25 Jul, 2017
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Only 15% of Congressional Elections are Competitive in 2018 -- Here's Why
"Partisan gerrymandering is diluting the voice of the American people," writes US Rep. John K. Delaney (D-Md.) in a Facebook post.Delaney posted a video on his Facebook Page Monday explaining in simpl ...
25 Jul, 2017
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SCOTUS Sets Date for Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case
The Supreme Court of the United States has released its October oral argument calendar. Bloomberg SCOTUS reporter Greg Stohr tweeted the cases that will be heard, which includes the Wisconsin ger ...
20 Jul, 2017
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Judge: Partisan Gerrymandering "A Cancer on Our Democracy"
"A cancer on our democracy."Those are the words U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar used to describe the two-party gerrymandering scheme going on in Maryland and across the country.A US district ...
17 Jul, 2017
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You Thought Gerrymandering in Wisconsin Was Bad, Illinois Is Worse
ILLINOIS - Political reform in Illinois comes slowly, but one group is renewing the effort to put redistricting back in the hands of the people.After each decennial census, a state’s district maps are ...
17 Jul, 2017
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