Whether or not Donald Trump wins this election, his candidacy will have added several new words to the nation’s vocabulary. From Trumpnik to Trumpista, Trumpian and Trumpism, words to describe Trump’s followers, ideology, and movement have popped up in print, on the air, and on the internet. There are trending Twitter hashtags such as #Trumpkin, […]
Eliza Newlin Carney
Eliza Newlin Carney is a freelance writer and founder of The Civic Circle, a civic education nonprofit. She is former senior editor at The American Prospect, and previously worked for CQ Roll Call and National Journal. Her email is newlincarney@gmail.com.
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Time for an ACLU Shift on Campaign Finance?
The American Civil Liberties Union’s selection of David Cole as its new national legal director creates an opening for the group to revisit a campaign-finance stance that is increasingly out of step with its members and the nation.
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The Election is Rigged After All — Against African Americans
Voting rights advocates have won a string of court battles, but state election officials have found ways to restrict early voting anyway—often at the behest of GOP leaders.
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Is 2016 Another “Year of the Woman?”
Twenty-five years after Anita Hill’s allegations against Clarence Thomas transfixed the nation, another sexual assault controversy is driving cash and volunteers to women’s political groups.
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Could Clinton Tame Congress?
How a Democratic Senate might shift the legislative dynamics.
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Big Money May Not Save GOP Senators
Conservative super PACs have poured hundreds of millions into this year’s Senate contests, but even their massive war chests may not be enough to save Republicans this year.
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Trump’s Voter Fraud Fantasy
Donald Trump’s exhortations to supporters to monitor polling places in “certain areas” recycles voter fraud myths that increasingly are being rejected by scholars and federal courts.
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Trump Foundation Legal Problems Pile Up
Recent disclosures suggest that Donald Trump may have used his charitable foundation, already in trouble for political activity, to pay personal expenses and dodge tax liability.
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Republicans Would Rather Impeach Than Disclose
The GOP campaign to ensure total secrecy for politically active tax-exempt groups is getting harder to justify amid court rulings and document leaks that condemn “dark” money.
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Nonprofit Structure Backfires on ‘Our Revolution’
The group set up to carry on Bernie Sanders’s progressive movement has gotten off to a bumpy start, in part because Sanders backers set it up as a tax-exempt organization.