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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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Solutions to the Military Sexual Assault Crisis
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel had his first in-person meeting with the panel responsible for reviewing the Department of Defense's (DoD) policies and procedures regarding sexual assault on June 27. ...
03 Jul, 2013
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Can States Nullify The Affordable Care Act?
President Obama signs healthcare reform in 2010 // Credit: Reid.senate.govCan a state unilaterally suspend the operation of ObamaCare within its borders? Of course not. That measure would violate the ...
01 Jul, 2013
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For SCOTUS Rulings on Gay Marriage, It Isn't Always Black and White
Credit: Wikimedia CommonsThe United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Defense of Marriage Act (Windsor v. United States) and California's Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry) in the n ...
20 Jun, 2013
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Amendment to Protect Industrial Hemp Production Survives House Vote
Source: Industrial Hemp Tasmania / FacebookA bipartisan amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARM Bill) that would guarantee a state's right to make its own de ...
20 Jun, 2013
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More Independent Voters Means We Need To Reform Primary Elections
An IVN article revealed the top five states with the highest number of registered independent voters. Surprisingly, a majority of these states still have primary elections that disenfranchise thi ...
19 Jun, 2013
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Entrepreneurs, Investors Continue to Gamble in Marijuana Industry
mikeledray / Shutterstock.comFrom police dogs being trained to ignore pot to a push from the medical community to package the drug in child-proof containers, marijuana has been moving steadily toward ...
12 Jun, 2013
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Ronnie Chang Suppression Hearing Attended by Local Mayor
Credit: voiceofsandiego.orgOn Monday May 20, 2013, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner attended a pretrial hearing at the federal district courthouse in downtown San Diego to show his support for defendant Ro ...
23 May, 2013
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News Du Jour
I was ready to ask what became of Kim Jong Il and the North Korean threat when he made the news for one day by firing off a couple of missiles. I thought his nuclear threat was a serious, immine ...
22 May, 2013
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Proposition C Passes in Los Angeles Elections
Polling place in Los Angeles // credit: atvn.orgUnofficial results from the LA City Clerk's office indicate that Proposition C has passed with 76.56 percent of Los Angeles voters supporting the ballo ...
22 May, 2013
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