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California 17th District Seat No Longer 'Safe' For Mike Honda
The race for California's 17th congressional district seat would have been a slam-dunk only 2 election cycles ago. Following the implementation of Proposition 14, the nonpartisan top two primary syste ...
11 Jul, 2013
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California 17th District Seat No Longer 'Safe' For Mike Honda
Silicon Valley // Credit: sjchamber.comThe race for California's 17th congressional district seat would have been a slam-dunk only 2 election cycles ago. Following the implementation of Proposition 1 ...
11 Jul, 2013
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Government Transparency Doesn't Pierce the NSA
Source: http://fabiusmaximus.files.wordpress.comThe surveillance war rages on.Last week, the NSA apologized for lying to the American people about its surveillance tactics. Now, the agency won't reve ...
11 Jul, 2013
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Strong Second Quarter Fundraising For Congressional Incumbents
credit: thv11.comThe 2014 midterm election is more than a year away. Nevertheless, congressional incumbents have been busy gearing up for the ever-longer campaign season. The fundraising deadline for ...
09 Jul, 2013
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Nationwide Fair Redistricting Would End Gerrymandering
credit: Votecitizens.orgGerrymandering has become a prevalent hurdle to meaningful political participation across the country (with few exceptions, including California*). The duopoly at their finest ...
26 Jun, 2013
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New Wisconsin Abortion Law Requires Ultrasound, Follows Popular Trend
Credit: Planned Parenthood Advocates of WIAmericans remain divided over their views on abortion. The Gallup survey recently reported that about 45 percent of Americans identify as pro-choice and 48 p ...
18 Jun, 2013
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Independent Bernie Sanders On Wiretapping: "Nothing Unusual"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdcHBifH5fg&feature=youtu.beSpeaking on the floor of the Senate Tuesday, Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) offered his view on warrantless wiretapping:"It turns out that wh ...
12 Jun, 2013
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Top 5 National Groups Advancing Transparency on Twitter
The list of government waste, scandal, and secrecy seems to be mounting, with news this week of a recent governmental order requiring Verizon to provide the National Security Agency with classified in ...
07 Jun, 2013
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GOP Lawmaker Introduces Less Restrictive Voter ID Bill in Wisconsin
Credit: CHRIS KNIGHT, The Patriot-NewsIn reaction to the many restrictive laws passed in 2012, there has been an influx of new laws to enhance voter participation in 2013. However, in Wisconsin, the ...
03 Jun, 2013
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Freedom of Speech on Facebook at Odds with Community Respect
Credit: courantblogs.com"In recent days, it has become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gen ...
31 May, 2013
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