The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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What Republicans and Billionaires Really Mean When They Talk About ‘Freedom’
If you ask the Koch brothers and their buddies—who slap those words "freedom" and "liberty" on pretty much everything they do—you’d get a definition that largely has to do with being “free” from taxation and regulation.
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Koch Justice: Billionaires Seek to Expand Influence Over Law Enforcement and Courts In 2018
Charles and David Kochs’ campaign to influence state attorneys general and state courts has largely flown under the radar.
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Brett Kavanaugh Could Bring An Avalanche of Big Money to Elections
Kavanaugh’s appellate court decisions and public comments suggest he will accelerate the trend toward a political system dominated by wealthy elites – often operating in the shadows, without any form of disclosure.
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"Morally Reprehensible" New Orleans Utility Used Paid Actors As Protesters
In a textbook case of astroturfing, the sub-contractor of a local power utility in New Orleans paid people to act as supporters of a proposed $200 million gas-fired power plant.
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How Rightwing Groups Wield Secret 'Toolkit' To Plot Against U.S. Unions
Rightwing activists are launching a nationwide drive to persuade public-sector trade union members to tear up their membership cards and stop paying dues, posing a direct threat to the progressive movement in America.
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Political Corruption Is Ruining Everything, but We Can Fix It
A bold new idea from Washington that might truly beat back routinized scandal.
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How the Anti-Democracy Movement Used Media to Command the Narrative
The deregulation of media in the 1990s illustrates the effectiveness of the Anti-Democracy Movement in convincing Republicans and Democrats alike that a narrow, market-driven, anti-government approach was imperative—even if it led to oligopoly.
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Koch Document Reveals Laundry List of Policy Victories Extracted from the Trump Administration
“This year, thanks in part to research and outreach efforts across institutions, we have seen progress on many regulatory priorities this Network has championed for years,” the Koch brothers' memo notes, detailing victory after victory.
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Fears Grow As Rightwing Billionaires Battle to Erode U.S. Union Rights
Supreme court hears arguments Monday in a case that could strip unions of a major source of income – amid worries that the unions will lose.
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Paul Ryan Receives Half a Million in Koch Contributions Just Days After Passing Tax Law
“It looks like House Speaker Ryan is quickly being rewarded for passing this legislation that overwhelmingly benefits the Kochs and billionaires like them."