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Why the Mission Valley Stadium Site is So Tricky
Lost is all the discussion of the Mission Valley Stadium site is the question of what to do with the stadium?The Soccer City plan includes a new 36,000 seat soccer stadium. SDSU is announcing plans fo ...
28 Sep, 2017
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Wisconsin Files Final Brief in Groundbreaking Partisan Gerrymandering Case
On September 19, the state of Wisconsin filed its reply brief in Gill v. Whitford, 16-1161, the case over whether extreme partisan gerrymandering violates the U.S. Constitution. The hearing ...
20 Sep, 2017
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One Thing We Can All Agree On: Gerrymandering Sucks
Everybody hates gerrymandering. That’s the takeaway from a new poll that finds dramatic majorities of Americans in favor of limiting the ability of politicians and partisans to draw their own district ...
15 Sep, 2017
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The Neo-Independent: The Questions are Blowin’ in the Wind
Crazy times in America these days. The wrathful hurricanes pounding the South and the East Coast and the wildfires devouring the Northwest echo our storm-tossed politics.Everything is turned ups ...
13 Sep, 2017
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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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