We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Connecticut Got Big Money Out of Elections – So Why Are Democrats Gutting the Program?
The Citizens’ Election Program signed into law in 2005 seriously curbed the influence of corporations and the rich on state elections – but in the last two years, CEP’s very existence has come under threat with bipartisan vigor.
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Brits Go to the Polls with Devolution, Inclusive Growth – and Terror – On the Mind
Many hope today's election will signal a progressive push toward a fairer British society – away from old Tory policies that benefitted the rich at the expense of the poor, and toward devolution from London with greater inclusive growth.
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Michael Moore Launches TrumpiLeaks Whistleblowing Site
Michael Moore has launched a website that allows whistleblowers to securely leak information about the Trump administration, "in the name of protecting the United States of America from tyranny."
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Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election
Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials in the lead-up to last November’s presidential election.
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Beset by Terrorism, a Resistance Builds Across Britain On Eve of Election
As Britain reels following its second terror attack in two weeks, and with only days to go before the General Election on June 8, voters here are on edge. But, terrorism aside, they're also mad as hell.
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Exxon's Climate Accounting a "Sham" Under Rex Tillerson, New York’s AG Says
Eric Schneiderman says he has evidence that Exxon used one set of numbers in describing risks to investors but used a secret set internally.
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Student Debt Is Rising Worldwide, Straining Governments and the People They Serve
Higher education is contributing to unprecedented student loan debt challenges in both developed and developing countries, as college costs rapidly rise and student loan debts reach disquieting record levels for both graduates and governments.
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You Get What You Pay For: If Money Is Speech, Can Democracy Work?
Like many laws that bend public policy toward private advantage, campaign finance laws tilt the political playing field toward outcomes that are undemocratic – a self-reinforcing cycle of economic inequality begetting political inequality begetting economic inequality.
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Paris Exit Was "Victory Paid and Carried Out" by Republican Party for the Koch Brothers
The 22 Republican senators who sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement received more than $10 million dollars in campaign funds from fossil fuel interests.
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Offering "Moral Model" for Nation, California's Medicare-for-All Plan Clears State Senate
A bill to create the first state-level single-payer health care system in the U.S. passed the California Senate on Thursday, generating applause as a major step forward in creating a necessary proving ground for a national ‘Medicare for All’ program.
