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Today's News Tips: June 27, 2012
Today's News Tips. Your Independent News Tip Sheet.IVN – Prison Population Grows by 700%, How Much Does it Cost?With a startling increase in the national prison population it should be no surprise tha ...
27 Jun, 2012
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Ron Paul Delegate Count Rises from Romney Missteps and Frivolous Lawsuit
Last week, IVN commented on a lawsuit brought by alleged delegates to the Republican National Convention. The Republican National Committee, while stating that suit was frivolous at the same time orga ...
26 Jun, 2012
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Supreme Court: Citizens United Applies to Montana
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on the side of three corporations, reversing Montana's 1912 limit on corporate campaign spending. Today's decision not only strengthens the 2010 Citize ...
25 Jun, 2012
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Dana Milbank's Selective Outrage Is About Partisan Bias, Not Presidential Dignity
As non sequiturs go, Dana Milbank's selective outrage in his June 19 editorial, "Debasing the Presidency" may go down as one of the great howlers in journalism history.Published in my paper on Friday, ...
24 Jun, 2012
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Lunch Tips: June 11, 2012
IVN – Obama Focusing Fundraising Efforts on CAAfter trailing Romney in fundraising, Obama’s re-election campaign has focused its attention on the Golden State for fundraising. The campaign has been pu ...
11 Jun, 2012
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Court Ruling Improves Ballot Access for Montana Independents
Independent candidates seeking public office generally face tougher hurdles than their partisan counterparts. A recent federal court ruling, which gives non-partisan candidates more time to collect si ...
01 Jun, 2012
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Lunch Tip Sheet - May 30th 2012
Stories we're following from around the web...SLATE - Gay Marriage Challenged in MDMaryland Conservatives have collected double the required 55,000+ signatures required to put an anti-gay marriage ref ...
30 May, 2012
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Alternative Candidates in Majority of Gov, Senate & House Races
One of the most enduring myths in US politics is the assertion that there are no alternatives to the candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties. Many would-be voters who are fed up with the f ...
28 May, 2012
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Spending Binge by Super PACs Fires Up Opposition to Citizens United
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which created an environment of unbridled campaign financing through the funding of Super PACs, is now being challenged on at least four fronts. In ...
28 May, 2012
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Labor Rule Reversal Praised by Agricultural Stakeholders
Directed by the Obama Administration to abandon a proposed change to its regulatory code, the Labor Department has announced that it will not enforce new rules designed to limit the type of work ...
02 May, 2012
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