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5 Things Congress Must Do Differently to Save Our Family Farms
5 Things Congress Must Do Differently to Save Our Family Farms
The 2018 Farm Bill is a weapon aimed at family-owned dairy farms. For decades, especially since 2000, the federal government has set the price of milk BELOW the cost of production, guaranteeing farm d ...
13 Aug, 2018
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7 min read
When Voter Registration Becomes A Barrier to Voting
When Voter Registration Becomes A Barrier to Voting
Earlier this year, Utah and Washington quietly joined 14 other states that have eliminated the use of registration deadlines as a final cutoff to be able to vote. The congruent actions of a red s ...
26 Jul, 2018
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3 min read
76 Reasons I'm Lucky to Be An American
76 Reasons I'm Lucky to Be An American
Being born in America is like winning the lottery of life.Being able-bodied and able-minded on top of that, in good health and of average or better intelligence, is just a big 'ole cherry right on top ...
03 Jul, 2018
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14 min read
New TV Doc: Grassroots Rebellion Takes over American Politics
New TV Doc: Grassroots Rebellion Takes over American Politics
WASHINGTON – If like most Americans you’re angry that our democracy feels broken, that elections are being corrupted by billionaire and corporate money, and that politicians are rigging elections thro ...
25 Jun, 2018
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1 min read
California’s Strange Truth: Impending Blue Wave or Spreading Red Tide?
California’s Strange Truth: Impending Blue Wave or Spreading Red Tide?
A few weeks ago we witnessed in disbelief the seductress of reality tv Kim Kardashian swap her greased and puckered internet-breaking social media posts for an austere and fully-clothed Oval Office ph ...
19 Jun, 2018
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10 min read
Google Wants All Humans to Reflect Google's Values
Google Wants All Humans to Reflect Google's Values
Google's plan for world domination is fleshed out in public for the first time in an 8 1/2 minute video leaked from the tech giant in May.This is not the Onion.The video is a caricature of a low-budge ...
02 Jun, 2018
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1 min read
Immigration Reform is Good for Healthcare Reform
Immigration Reform is Good for Healthcare Reform
Rep. Jeff Denham  (R-CA) is passionate enough about immigration reform that he is leading an effort to buck House Republican leadership to get it done. And if he does, it could open up a lane for ...
29 May, 2018
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6 min read
Voter Suppression: How Politicians Are At War With Your Vote
Voter Suppression: How Politicians Are At War With Your Vote
Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from voting and is different from political campaigning.Campaigning attempts to change ...
09 May, 2018
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9 min read
Ohio: The Next State to End Gerrymandering?
Ohio: The Next State to End Gerrymandering?
Update 5/9/18: Issue 1 -- Ohio redistricting reform -- passed with three-fourths voter support, 74.9% voting "Yes."Update 5/8/18, 8:57 PM ET: Election results in Ohio point to overwhelming victory for ...
07 May, 2018
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4 min read
The Predicament of Polling
The Predicament of Polling
If 2016 taught me anything, it is how disastrous political polls have become. And as we head into the 2018 midterms, we should take a hard look how we are conducting them, crunching the numbers and us ...
20 Apr, 2018
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6 min read