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July 19, 2012 4:12 pm | By Sam
Young Elected Progressives Program
People For the American Way is dedicated to fighting for equal rights, freedom of speech, religious liberty and equal justice under the law for every American. One way we do that is by supporting great progressive candidates throughout the country…
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July 19, 2012 1:37 pm | By Dylan
Right-wing Florida officials win fight for citizenship data
The federal government has granted Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner access to the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, further fanning the flame under their voter suppression fire. The move followed…
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July 18, 2012 4:40 pm | By Amelia
Step back for ex-offender voting rights in Florida
Florida Governor Rick Scott has reversed the policy of his predecessor, fellow Republican Charlie Crist, of automatically restoring suffrage to non-violent offenders who have completed their sentences. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad earlier reversed a similar policy in his state. Florida…
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July 18, 2012 4:00 am | By
Romney, the Senate GOP and the Right-Wing Secrecy Machine
The following originally appeared at Huffington Post. Yesterday, Senate Republicans voted, for a second time in two days, to continue their filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act, a bill that would simply require outside groups spending money on elections to tell the…
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July 17, 2012 11:08 pm | By Paul Gordon
Don’t Forget Who John Roberts Is
Add this to the good news/bad news mix from the Supreme Court's healthcare decision: Because of the good news (Chief Justice Roberts voted to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act), we get the bad news that his standing…
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July 17, 2012 9:54 pm | By Justin
Dirty Money Underwriting Pro-Romney Super PAC?
Although he voted to block the Senate from considering the DISCLOSE Act yesterday, Senator John McCain is usually a supporter of campaign finance reform. In an interview on PBS Newshour, McCain said that the astronomical contributions of Mitt Romney’s major…
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July 17, 2012 8:10 pm | By Amelia
UPDATE: Voter ID on trial in Texas
UPDATE: Attorneys for both sides gave closing arguments last Friday after a weeklong trial. Experts expect the ruling, which could come before November, will hinge on whether the defendants have successfully shown that the law has a disparate impact on…
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July 16, 2012 8:37 pm | By Justin
For DISCLOSE Before They Were Against It
The DISCLOSE 2012 Act is a simple and seemingly-unobjectionable proposal that would require outside groups spending money in elections to disclose their donors and help inform the American people as to who is trying to sway their votes. Yet the…
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July 16, 2012 7:25 pm | By Calvin Sloan
Obstruction to Election Spending Disclosure: Welcome to 2012 America
Today, Monday July 16th 2012, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to end the filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act, and more likely than not, the effort to bring the popular bill to a final floor vote will fail. Yet…
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July 13, 2012 8:12 pm | By Josh Glasstetter
Another Company Dumps ALEC, the 26th in Recent Months to Cut Ties
The St. Louis based pharmacy benefits manager Express-Scripts told the Center for Media and Democracy today that it had terminated its relationship with ALEC. The move was confirmed by Express Scripts head of Communications David Whitrap. The disclosure comes at…
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July 13, 2012 4:55 pm | By Calvin SloanA Romney Supreme Court – The Dream of Corporate Special Interests
As the November election approaches, one thing is becoming outstandingly clear: we should all Fear the Romney Court. If elected president, it would be Mitt Romney who would nominate the next Supreme Court Justice for a lifetime term, the next…
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July 12, 2012 10:22 pm | By Omar
Representative Ellison Responds to Republican Islamophobia
Sharia law and the Muslim Brotherhood are coming! Clearly that idea is ridiculous. Not even Rep. Michelle Bachmann believes that. She believes they are already here! On June 13, Bachmann, along with fellow Republican congressmen Trent Franks, Louie Gohmert, Thomas…
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July 12, 2012 8:36 pm | By Justin
DISCLOSE Act to Get Senate Vote
Next week, the Senate will vote on the DISCLOSE Act, which would bring much needed transparency to the corporate and special interest money that allows the wealthiest few to take over our airways and coöpt our elections. Since the Supreme…
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July 12, 2012 4:25 pm | By Dylan
Voter suppression remains a hot topic in Virginia
Back in April, instead of signing the voter ID bill, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell sent it back to the legislature for several amendments, with mixed results. He ultimately decided to sign it into law, but issued an executive order mandating…
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July 11, 2012 9:00 pm | By Justin
Questionable Ethics In Issa’a Zeal to Score Political Points
Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) has been targeting the Obama administration since his earliest days as chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and recently he’s been waging a political witch hunt against Attorney General Eric Holder surrounding the…
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July 11, 2012 8:36 pm | By Josh Glasstetter
Romney Continues to Refuse Financial Transparency
A New York Times editorial published yesterday takes aim at Mitt Romney’s continued obfuscation regarding his tax returns. Shirking a precedent embraced by previous presidential candidates, including his father, George Romney, the GOP nominee has yet to fully disclose the…
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July 11, 2012 7:48 pm | By Dylan
Call to action hopes to increase Native vote
With the nationwide attack on voting rights a regular topic of discussions these days, we must not forget that our democracy is strongest when all citizens participate – which is exactly what the National Congress of American Indians reminded us…
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July 11, 2012 6:38 pm | By Amelia
Time is running out for voter ID in Mississippi
Last November, Mississippi voters approved by referendum a voter ID constitutional amendment. Because the amendment required enacting accompanying legislation, the legislature then passed HB 921, which Governor Phil Bryant signed into law on May 17, 2012. ALEC Members Joey Fillingane…
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July 11, 2012 3:29 pm | By Amelia
Making voter registration easier in New York
The Right to Vote under Attack: The Campaign to Keep Millions of Americans from the Ballot Box, a Right Wing Watch: In Focus report by PFAW Foundation, details the worst of the worst of the Right’s fight to suppress the…
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July 10, 2012 10:03 pm | By Justin
A Different Reality for Romney’s Mega-Donors
Top-dollar donors to Mitt Romney’s campaign gathered last weekend to hobnob with the candidate at three fundraisers in East Hampton, N.Y., including an event at the massive home of billionaire David Koch. With the price of admission around $75,000, the…