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The Move to Politicize Churches Is Back, and Conservatives Should Be Outraged
Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa via AP ImagesThe headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washingtondemocracy_rules.jpgThere are a lot of reasons why President Trump’s plan to let churches wade...
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Hush Money May Prove Trump's Biggest Campaign-Finance Problem
(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Stephanie Clifford, who goes by the stage name Stormy DanielsAlleged campaign-finance violations keep piling up against President Trump, but the ones that involve the paltriest...
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Can This Census Be Saved?
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman poses for a photo with members of District Council 37 after a news conference on April 3, 2018, in New York. Schneiderman announced a...
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Republicans Are Running Out of Excuses for Trump
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells reporters on April 10, 2018, that he's seen no clear indication that Congress needs to step in and pass legislation that would...
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“No Corporate PAC” Pledges Go Beyond Cheap Promises
AP Photo/Denis PoroySenator Kamala Harris speaks in San DiegoIt would be easy to reject the growing popularity of “no corporate PAC” pledges among Democrats as symbolic at best.Corporate PAC dollars...
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Business as Usual? Michael Cohen Payments Look More Like a Smoking Gun
AP Photo/Richard DrewAttorney Michael Cohen in at Trump Tower in New YorkA surprisingly popular take on the millions in “consulting” fees that Michael Cohen collected from heavy hitters in the...
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The Return of the Spoils System
AP Photo/Alex BrandonPresident Donald Trump holds his hands together during a meeting in the Oval Office democracy_rules.jpgPresident Trump’s attacks on what he calls “13 Angry Democrats” working for...
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The Right's Campaign to Expand Voter Purges
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, FileVoters cast their ballots in Hinsdale, Ilinois.democracy_rules.jpgThe Supreme Court’s recent ruling to uphold Ohio’s controversial voter purge law spotlights the growing...
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What Trump Administration Corruption Lays Bare: Ineffectual Ethics Rules
AP Photo/Jacquelyn MartinInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke arrives for a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY19 budget on Capitol Hilldemocracy_rules.jpgIn an administration run by a...
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The Teacher Paradox: Educators Organize Under Fire
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)Mark Jewell, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators, protests at the General Assembly in Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 16, 2018. By rights, the nation’s...
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Trump's and the Koch Brothers' War on Disclosure
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Donald Trump salutes as he boards Air Force One on, July 20, 2018, en route to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.The Treasury Department’s recent...
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When the Rules Matter After All
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Michael Cohen leaves federal court on August 21, 2018, in New York.When politicians and their cronies violate ethics and campaign-finance rules, two things can stop them: A...
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Small Donors May Soon Be the Only Way to Fight Big Money
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)A City of Seattle Democracy VoucherA Supreme Court already hostile to campaign-finance restrictions looks poised to careen even further to the right if Judge Brett Kavanaugh is...
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FARA Fiasco: Congress Swings at Manafort, Hits Environmentalists
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisPaul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washingtondemocracy_rules.jpgNow that the full story of Paul...
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Will the Next Women’s March Be Taxed?
AP Photo/Jose Luis MaganaProtesters rally in front of the U.S. Capitol during the Women's March on Washington, on January 21, 2017.democracy_rules.jpgWhen protesters first turned up on Capitol Hill...
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Democracy Is on the Ballot
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)Voters enter the Hamilton County Board of Elections on the first day of early voting on October 10, 2018, in Cincinnati. Democracy itself is on the ballot this fall, as voters...
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Can the Progressive Coalition Beat Trump?
Mark Vancleave/Star Tribune via APMinnesota Representative Ilhan Omar, center, celebrates with her supporters after her Congressional Fifth District primary victory in Minneapolis....
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It’s Time to Fix American Elections -- Again
AP Photo/John MinchilloVoters use electronic polling machines as they cast their votes at the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio. democracy_rules.jpgIn Georgia, untold numbers of...
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Read It and Weep: Georgia Lawsuit Paints Stark Portrait of Voter Suppression
AP Photo/David GoldmanVoters wait in line on Election Day in Atlanta, Georgia. democracy_rules.jpgEmory University freshman Phoebe Einzig-Roth took three IDs to her Atlanta polling place on Election...
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Republicans Who Slap Voters in the Face May Be in for a Nasty Surprise
John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via APOpponents of the Wisconsin legislature's lame-duck actions rally in Madison. democracy_rules.jpgRepublicans in Michigan and Wisconsin who have moved aggressively...
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