The Donald’s bizarre remarks on Monday betray a widely held contempt for women and their bodies.
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Gunfight at the GOP Corral
Three items to ponder: Republican gun hypocrisy, a win for reproductive rights, and the Fed’s rate hike.
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The Irony in Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz’s Argument Over “Amnesty”
The GOP candidates are competing to be the toughest on immigration, but a path to citizenship is quite popular with Republican voters.
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Democracy Prospect: Omnibus Battles Spotlight Political Money Fault Lines
The GOP blocks campaign-finance reforms in the new budget bill, 2016 is set to break outside spending records, and Sheldon Adelson buys Nevada’s biggest paper.Â
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GOP Riders Fuel Secret Spending
Conservative riders in the new omnibus budget bill explicitly ban the SEC and IRS from taking critical steps against dark money spending.Â
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For the GOP, A Small Step Forward on Campaign-Finance Reform
Conservative Republicans in Congress have taken one small step on campaign-finance reform, and one (potentially) giant leap forward for bipartisanship. Last week, Freedom Caucus conservative and Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar introduced a bill, the Stop Foreign Donations Affecting our Elections Act, that would close a loophole he says allows foreigners to illegally make online contributions […]
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For Watchdogs, Budget Deal a Mixed Bag
For the past couple of weeks, a number of controversial riders aimed at deregulating the campaign finance system and curtailing President Obama’s ability to increase the transparency of undisclosed political spending have been at the center of federal budget negotiations. A coalition of progressive reformers has been mobilizing to stop the riders. And now, with […]
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More Than a Dozen States Eye Automatic Voter Registration
Advocates of automatic voter registration won two legislative battles in Oregon and California this year, and lost another in New Jersey when GOP Governor Chris Christie vetoed automatic registration legislation last month. Now the question is whether 18 states mulling a variety of automatic voter registration bills will approve or reject those proposals. The bills […]
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Is Adelson Spending Going Underground?
Tonight, the leading Republican presidential contenders will descend upon Las Vegas to participate in this year’s final GOP debate. And in a perfect metaphor for the rising influence of billionaire mega-donors, the debate is being held at The Venetian, the palatial casino owned by notorious Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson. Adelson spent close to $100 million […]
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Thinking About President Trump
Frightening as it may seem, the Donald could actually win the White House.Â
