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Die Another Day — The Supreme Court takes a big step closer to gutting the last bits of campaign finance reform. — Back when Justice Elena Kagan was Solicitor General Kagan, she argued to the Supreme Court in favor of the ban on corporate spending in the Citizens United case.
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Surprise! The Rich Won One — Today, we are going to discuss the Supreme Court decision on political donations. Already, we have run into a terrible problem, which is the difficulty in having a fun conversation about campaign finance laws. — Let me try for a second: On Wednesday …
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Power Surge for Donors as Terrain Is Reshaped on Campaign Money
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Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and ‘Corruption’
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A Few Data Points on the Supreme Court's Donor-Limit Decision
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The chief either doesn't believe, or doesn't care, that money corrupts politics.
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Supreme Court strikes down aggregate campaign giving limits
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I Fought the Law and I Won
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Caps on Total Campaign Giving Voided by U.S. High Court
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The Supreme Court's Ideology: More Money, Less Voting
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How The Supreme Court Just Legalized Money Laundering By Rich Campaign Donors
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At least 4 killed in shooting at Fort Hood; gunman among dead — Fort Hood on Google Earth CBS/GOOGLE EARTH — Shares - — FORT HOOD, Texas - A soldier opened fire Wednesday at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding several others before taking his own life, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
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Iraq Veteran at Fort Hood Kills 3 and Himself in Rampage — KILLEEN, Tex. — A soldier who was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder opened fire at Fort Hood on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 16 before killing himself, the authorities said.
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Four dead, 16 wounded in new mass shooting at Fort Hood — A gunman on Wednesday killed three people and wounded 16 others at Fort Hood before killing himself, as tragedy again struck a Texas military base that saw one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history in 2009.
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One Death Confirmed In Fort Hood Shooting
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Fatalities reported in Fort Hood shooting
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Koch: I'm Fighting to Restore a Free Society — Instead of welcoming free debate, collectivists engage in character assassination. — I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It is those principles—the principles of a free society …
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Harry Reid Now Spreading Baseless Claim that Koch Brothers Don't Pay Corporate Taxes
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Tillis, Berger Issue Joint Statement On Newly Discovered, Alarming Evidence Of Voter Error And Fraud — Raleigh, N.C. - House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued a joint statement Wednesday in response to more alarming evidence of voter error …
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State elections officials seek tighter security — RALEIGH, N.C. — State elections officials said Wednesday that they're investigating hundreds of cases of voters who appear to have voted in two states and several dozen who appear to have voted after their deaths.
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US SECRETLY BUILT ‘CUBAN TWITTER’ TO STIR UNREST … WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government masterminded the creation of a “Cuban Twitter” - a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, built with secret shell companies and financed through foreign banks, The Associated Press has learned.
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DOJ silent on spy chief investigation — Months after requesting an investigation into Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for lying to Congress, lawmakers have yet to get an update from the Justice Department. — Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), the original author of the Patriot Act …
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Intelligence Director Appears to Concede NSA Searched Communications (Video)
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Health Enrollment Numbers Lift Democratic Hopes — WASHINGTON — After months of pummeling by Republicans and with a grim election season approaching, Democrats on Tuesday had a rare bright day. President Obama's announcement that the new health care plan had enrolled 7.1 million Americans coincided …
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Video: David Perdue knocks the “high school graduate in this race” — WASHINGTON — With David Perdue's ascent to the top of the polls in the Senate race comes additional scrutiny for his record and statements. Thus, a source passed along the above video of Perdue speaking in Bibb County …
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NPR Poll: Obamacare More Popular Than President … A new bipartisan NPR poll shows approval numbers rising for Obamacare —which is now slightly more popular than its namesake. — Our survey of likely voters, conducted for Morning Edition by Democrat Stan Greenberg of Democracy Corps …
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