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U.S. Kills 62 Somalians in Another Airstrike Without Congressional Approval
62 Somalians were killed in four U.S. precision airstrikes over the weekend, the U.S. military said in a statement Monday.Nobody knows the identities of the 62 people who were killed, but just as it n ...
17 Dec, 2018
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Federal Judge Rules Ranked Choice Voting Constitutional in Maine
Update 12/14/18: US Rep. Bruce Poliquin calls for an end to the recount, but says he may still appeal the court's decision. Says there continue to be unanswered questions that have, in fact, been answ ...
13 Dec, 2018
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To Earth: A Four Line Poem to Bring in the New Year
Dear Reader,The poet Hart Crane (1899-1932), a favorite of mine, famous for intricate works like “The Bridge” and “For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen” wrote a four-line poem that was never publishe ...
12 Dec, 2018
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Pew Study: In The Midterm U.S. House Elections, Policies Took a Backseat to Partisanship
Shortly after the U.S. midterm elections last month, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey of U.S. adults from November 7th - 13th to find out what voters would say about why they voted for one p ...
12 Dec, 2018
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Showing the World, and Ourselves, that Democracy Means Accepting Defeat
Among the many moments of President Bush’s life celebrated last week, I have a particular reason to focus on November 3, 1992, when President Bush delivered what to me were the most important words of ...
11 Dec, 2018
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7 Monumental Developments in Nonpartisan Reform to Watch in 2019
The 2018 midterms ended up being the biggest year in political and election reform in half a century, yet these efforts to unrig the elections and political process got mostly overlooked by traditiona ...
11 Dec, 2018
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OPINION: Stand With Us for Open Primaries
Oftentimes as citizens we say things like “someone should really do something about X, Y, or Z,” or we wonder how some big achievement in history happened, almost as if it happened by magic.But change ...
10 Dec, 2018
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Maine Sec. of State Debunks Another Effort by GOP Congressman to Discredit Election Results
AUGUSTA, MAINE - US Rep. Bruce Poliquin and the Maine Republican Party have raised yet another concerns with the election in Poliquin's district. Specifically, they report they have spoken to over 15 ...
06 Dec, 2018
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Opinion: No, Open Primaries Are Not "Nuts"
Writing for the Santa Fe New Mexican, Richard Block, a co-founder of Santa Fe Public Radio, avers: "Open primaries are nuts."Block begins his piece by saying:"Every year the subject of open versus clo ...
06 Dec, 2018
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OPINION: Kasich Should Run for President as a Reformer
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaning strongly toward running for president in 2020 as a third-party candidate -- the wisest course for him. But if he does, he should make systemic political refo ...
05 Dec, 2018
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