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Crossroads Blasts Bank Bailouts But Takes Wall Street Money
While American Crossroads as a 527 group is mandated by law to disclose its donors, its sister 501c4 “social welfare” group, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS), is allowed to keep its...
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New Attacks on Public Schools
When Republicans take over the House next month, we can expect a flurry of bills seeking to impose school vouchers. But around the country, state and local officials are already escalating their...
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GOP’s Corporate Backers Intent on Busting Unions, Not Solving Budget Problems
In both Wisconsin and Ohio, Republican governors are attempting to rush through legislation that would devastate workers’ rights that would in reality do little to help close their states’ budget...
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Madison Police Chief: Walker’s Remarks on Protesters are “Unsettling and...
Madison, Wisconsin’s police chief isn’t so happy about Gov. Scott Walker’s joking around with a caller who he thought was billionaire Republican donor David Koch. In his conversation with a reporter...
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Congressmen Expose King Hearings for Undermining Law Enforcement and American...
During Rep. Peter King's misguided King hearing on what he calls the " radicalization of Muslim American community," Republicans took time to speak about the purported threat of Sharia Law and myths...
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Pence Admits to Using Women’s Health as a Bargaining Chip
NPR reports today on Republican efforts to gut funding to Title X family planning clinics, which “serve 15 percent of women in the United States who obtain contraceptive prescriptions or supplies, or...
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Update from the Frontlines in Ohio: Voter ID Bill Could Affect Poor and...
Poor and minority populations are again under attack in Ohio. With Ohioans putting all of our efforts into stopping Governor Kasich and Republican leaders from destroying workers’ rights, we’re being...
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GOP Attempt To “Defund The Left” Paying Dividends
The Republican drive to eliminate workers’ rights and bust unions has always been a partisan campaign to “defund the left” cloaked in language of ‘fiscal responsibility.’ Wisconsin State Senate Leader...
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Constitutional Privacy Rights and Title X
46 years ago today, the Supreme Court issued its historic ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut, overturning the Connecticut state law that criminalized the use of contraceptives and recognizing that the...
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More Than 50 Legal Academics Blast Obstruction of 7th Circuit Nomination
More and more Americans are fed up with freshman Senator Ron Johnson's single-handedly blocking the Senate from even considering the nomination of Victoria Nourse to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals....
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ACLU DNA, Lead Paint, and the Judges who Made it Through GOP Obstruction
As we like to remind anyone who will listen, the current GOP senate has been shameless in its enthusiasm for obstructing judicial nominees just for the sake of obstruction. For instance, a PFAW memo on...
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House votes to slam courthouse doors shut to immigration cases
Though unlikely to pass the Senate, the Black amendment shows a profound and dangerous contempt for the rule of law.Teaser Image: Though unlikely to pass the Senate, the Black amendment shows a...
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Richard Mourdock's Religion Trumps Everyone Else's
The GOP candidate's explanation for why he'd outlaw abortion in the case of rape raises serious questions about the role of religion in making government policy.Teaser Image: The GOP candidate's...
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Richard Mourdock and the Supreme Court
If Mitt Romney wins the election, his Supreme Court justices would empower far-right politicians like Richard Mourdock to codify their religious beliefs into law.Teaser Image: If Mitt Romney wins the...
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PFAW Releases New Toolkit on Getting Money Out and Voters In to Our Democracy
We believe in a democratic system where all Americans have equal access to the voting booth and can express their views on a level playing field.Teaser Image: We believe in a democratic system where...
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