The state’s clean elections commission will now be required to defer to the IRS on which political-spending groups can keep their donors secret.
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Washington Is Failing Rural America: We Need a Change
An Iowa Democrat is running for Congress on fighting the corporations keeping rural Americans down.
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Biden Sides With Big Pharma Against Affordable Coronavirus Vaccine Plan
Unlike Sanders and other Democrats, Joe Biden has not embraced a key executive authority: cutting the cost of a possible coronavirus vaccine and other pharmaceuticals developed with federal research dollars.
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Progressives Take On District Attorney in L.A. County Election
Los Angeles is the latest city where criminal justice reformers are running against traditional law-and-order incumbents.
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I Spend, Therefore I Am
Today on TAP: The good billionaire? Michael Bloomberg pledges to help the Dems’ nominee
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Could Tom Steyer Steal Nevada?
The billionaire has used an ad blitz to get into the conversation in Nevada. His position on health care could entice the state’s most powerful union.
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The Christmas Miracle: Biden’s Unexamined List of High-Powered Fundraisers
The media let slip a golden opportunity to put into context how a Biden administration might use its power.
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In the Spin Room With David Dayen
The Prospect’s executive editor interviewed newsmakers and campaigners at Thursday’s debate.
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Wealthy, White, and Over 50: The Demographics of the Democrats’ Biggest Presidential Donors
Sludge and Data for Progress analyzed the Democratic presidential candidates’ donors by income, race, gender, age, and ideology.
