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Unprecedented Steps as Vinson Carrier Group Inches Toward N. Korea
Unprecedented Steps as Vinson Carrier Group Inches Toward N. Korea
San Diego, CALIF.— According to multiple reports, the USS Vinson strike carrier group out of San Diego has almost reached the Korean Peninsula.Two Japanese destroyers will join the group as well as se ...
24 Apr, 2017
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Collision Course: Budget Showdown in the Land of Hypocrisy
Collision Course: Budget Showdown in the Land of Hypocrisy
It is certainly a big week in the land of hypocrisy.Tax reform, Obamacare, the border wall, and a possible government shutdown are all on the table as Congress wrestles with progress and its 17% appro ...
24 Apr, 2017
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Nonpartisan Elections in Florida? One Coalition is Trying to Make It Happen
Nonpartisan Elections in Florida? One Coalition is Trying to Make It Happen
Florida voters may soon have a chance to adopt nonpartisan open primaries. At least, that is the hope of a coalition of nonpartisan organizations that are asking the state's Constitution Revision Comm ...
18 Apr, 2017
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0-18: No Viable Third-Party Choice in Georgia
0-18: No Viable Third-Party Choice in Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia – In three counties just north of Atlanta, voters are heading to the polls for a special election Tuesday.The nationally watched election is getting enormous attention as Democrats ar ...
18 Apr, 2017
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Father of Modern Polling: Trump's Electoral Upset a Revolt against Establishment
Father of Modern Polling: Trump's Electoral Upset a Revolt against Establishment
While at Unrig the System this weekend (more on that later but a great meeting). I got to meet Pat Caddell, who has worked in presidential offices and campaigns since the Carter administration. He als ...
17 Apr, 2017
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April 15, 1947: The Day That Changed America
April 15, 1947: The Day That Changed America
Seventy years ago today, April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.Jackie Robinson was a baseball player and four-sports star at UCLA – football, basketb ...
15 Apr, 2017
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Nonpartisan Election Reform Introduced In Another Battleground State
Nonpartisan Election Reform Introduced In Another Battleground State
North Carolina may be jumping on the “Top-Two” train. A house bill introduced this week, H.B. 737, would reform the current partisan open primary system to a nonpartisan, top-two primary sim ...
13 Apr, 2017
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John Oliver Misses Prime Opportunity to Discuss Better Solution to Gerrymandering
John Oliver Misses Prime Opportunity to Discuss Better Solution to Gerrymandering
On HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver tackled an issue that many consider the most pressing threat to our democracy: gerrymandering. As he often does, Oliver explained the intricacies of this comp ...
12 Apr, 2017
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Anti-Corruption Group Wants to Help Trump Drain the Swamp
Anti-Corruption Group Wants to Help Trump Drain the Swamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t67ezWp7Zao&feature=youtu.bePresident Trump has actively utilized executive orders to bypass the unpredictability of Congress. Now, Represent.us has authored a ...
11 Apr, 2017
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Alaska Becomes Battleground for Open Primaries with HB200
Alaska Becomes Battleground for Open Primaries with HB200
State Representative Gabrielle LeDoux (R-Anchorage) is the latest legislator to introduce legislation that would open state elections to all voters. Rep. LeDoux’s HB200 would establish a top-two style ...
10 Apr, 2017
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