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No, Freedom of Speech Wasn't Violated During Trump's Rally
The recent cancellation of a Donald Trump rally in Chicago has re-energized a popular misconception about free speech in our country—namely, we all get to speak without receiving any flak for what we ...
14 Mar, 2016
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Reality Check: Democrats Have a Major Superdelegate Problem
Reality Check: Democrats Have a Super-Delegate ProblemReality Check: Democrats Have a Super-Delegate ProblemPosted by Ben Swann on Thursday, March 10, 2016The Democratic Party has a problem: superde ...
11 Mar, 2016
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AZ Campaign to Adopt Nonpartisan Elections Suspended after Key Donor Drops Out
Correction note: This article originally said that Open Primaries spent $300,000 in support of the donation disclosure initiative. It was the coalition in support of both initiatives. The article has ...
11 Mar, 2016
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Let's Face Reality: We're Stuck in Hopeless Gridlock
On Thursday, I was astonished to see someone argue that the gridlock and hopeless partisanship we see in Washington are just phenomenalized by the news, and that our politicians 'really do' work toget ...
11 Mar, 2016
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Op-Ed: California A 'No Party State' under Nonpartisan Election Reforms
On Thursday, March 10, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Douglas Jeffe published a column in Reuters about the impact nonpartisan election reforms are having in California, including independent redistric ...
11 Mar, 2016
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Justifying Egalitarianism: G.A. Cohen’s Socialist Critique of John Rawls' Liberalism
In 1999, President Bill Clinton praised the philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002) – who had just received the National Humanities Medal – for his contributions to liberal political thought. Clinton appla ...
10 Mar, 2016
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Vote Splitting in GOP Contest Continues to Wreak Havoc on Entire Process
March 9th update: Donald Trump finished first in the Michigan primary, where candidates' percentages closely tracked the Monmouth poll -- Trump earning 37% of the Republican primary vote, Ted Cruz 25% ...
10 Mar, 2016
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You Say You Want a Re-Alignment? Four Models for America's Political Future
“Realignment.” Get used to that word because we are going to be hearing it a lot in the next few months. American political parties realign themselves every 40 or 50 years, as governing coalitions eme ...
09 Mar, 2016
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Voice of the People: Americans Not Sold on Defense Spending Increase
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Barack Obama and leading Republican presidential candidates have called for increasing defense spending. However, given the opportun ...
09 Mar, 2016
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Former DNC Chair Says as Superdelegate He Doesn't Care What Voters Want
Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and former DNC chair, has committed his superdelegate vote to Hillary Clinton, despite U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders winning Vermont 86.1 percent to Hillary Clinton' ...
08 Mar, 2016
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