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Two former senators want to undo US political 'crisis point'
Lott and Daschle's diagnosis of the problem of hyper partisanship in the US is not particularly new - broadly, they believe, there's too much money in politics, centrist voters are apathetic, the boundaries of Congressional districts encourage extremism and US campaigns are too long and too negative.
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New documents reveal how Trump’s racist dad inspired Woody Guthrie’s most bitter writings
In December 1950, Woody Guthrie signed his name to the lease of a new apartment in Brooklyn. Even now, over half a century later, that uninspiring document prompts a double-take.
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[Wisconsin] Civil service overhaul heads to Scott Walker’s desk after Senate passage
The Senate voted on party lines, 19-14, late Wednesday to pass the civil service bill. By Mark Sommerhauser.
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Does America need to change how it elects its presidents?
The US presidential election is the greatest democratic show on earth, but it is also blighted by a deficit of reason, says Nick Bryant.
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The centre cannot hold
Two moderate members of Congress explain why they are leaving.
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Charles Koch On Political Spending
The organization of donors led by Charles and his brother David has vowed to spend $889 million to influence the 2016 election. Yet he suggested to NPR he is merely playing defense, not offense.
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The Republican Party May Be Failing
What “The Party Decides” could get wrong about Donald Trump and the GOP. By Nate Silver.
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Donald Trump Will Skip the Fox News Debate
Donald Trump will not attend the next Republican debate, the presidential candidate’s campaign manager said just minutes after Trump said he “probably” won’t show up.
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Why Don’t Boomer Women Like Hillary Clinton?
Mrs. Clinton, 68, has always counted on women of her generation as her rock-solid base. Polls don’t quantify doubts, but anecdotally, enthusiasm for her is anemic.
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29th January 1979 - Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter sign accords
Deng Xiaoping, deputy premier of China, meets President Jimmy Carter, and together they sign historic new accords that reverse decades of U.S. opposition to the People’s Republic of China.
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The Sánchez Insurgency
Inspired but isolated, Maria Quiñones-Sánchez is at war with her own party, Latino political bosses and half her [Philly] Council colleagues. Her fighting spirit could make her mayor someday — or leave her career in ashes. By Holly Otterbein. (Jan. 24)
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New York Times Gets it Wrong: Bernie Sanders Not “Top Beneficiary of Outside Money”
The Times article hinges on a technicality in campaign finance law. Hillary Clinton, not Bernie Sanders, is the top beneficiary of outside money — by far.
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Top Hillary Clinton PAC Donation Amounts to 222,000 Bernie Sanders Donations
Billionaire George Soros gave $6 million to Priorities USA. The average donation to the small-donor-funded Bernie Sanders campaign was $26.28.
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What can historic maps reveal about next week's New Hampshire primary?
New Hampshire political history resounds with the names of candidates who used the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary to vault to the White House. But what did those primary elections look like in the moment, town by town across New Hampshire?
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Ted Cruz gets major win over Donald Trump in Iowa
Iowa's evening caucuses set the contours of the race for GOP nomination.
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Inside the Bizarre War Anti-Abortion Zealots Are Waging Against School Kids
Why have a group of out-of-towners and a known felon laid a six month siege against sleepy eyed kids coming into Two Rivers Charter School?
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These Are the New Weapons the Pentagon Chief Wants for Tomorrow's Wars
Defense secretary lays out his vision for the next decade’s killer capabilities in 2017 budget preview.
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As a woman, I just hope that one day I have as many rights as a gun does.
The Slippery Slope From Disagreement to Harassment
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The Time-Loop Party
**Submitter's Note: browse site in Privacy/Incognito mode.** The truth is that the whole G.O.P. seems stuck in a time loop, saying and doing the same things over and over. And unlike Bill Murray’s character in the movie “Groundhog Day,” Republicans show no sign of learning anything from experience.
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GOP leaders reject Obama's final budget before it's even printed
More than most of my colleagues on The Times' editorial board, I sympathize with the Republicans in Congress who complain about President Obama's expansive use of executive power. I don't always agree, but I see why they complain when the administration ignores a statutory deadline (as it has done with the employer mandate in Obamacare) or creates new legal obligations out of thin air (as it did in granting waivers to the No Child Left Behind mandates).
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