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From Fringe Figure to Movement Leader: Michele Bachmann's Far-Right Roots
Cross posted on The Huffington Post Rep. Michele Bachmann, who today officially announce her candidacy for the presidency, isn't just a Tea Party candidate - in many ways she embodies the evolution of...
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Issa Helps Himself by Helping Goldman Sachs
You may recall that last year the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) filed a civil suit against Goldman Sachs, and that Rep. Darrell Issa tried to thwart the government[] investigation by sending...
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New Tool Gives Unprecedented Insight into ALEC
Today, the Center for Media & Democracy and The Nation unveiled www.ALECexposed.org, an important resource that provides key insight into the workings of the American Legislative Exchange Council...
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ALEC’s Elections Agenda
Justin wrote earlier today about the trove of model legislation from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that the Center for Media and Democracy released today. ALEC, which is funded...
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PFAW Denounces Voter Suppression Laws
At yesterday’s press conference on Capitol Hill, People For the American Way joined with Rev. Jesse Jackson, 12 other national civil rights organizations and numerous members of Congress to denounce...
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Will California’s LGBT-inclusive curricula promote safer schools?
California's Governor Jerry Brown signed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act (FAIR Act) today, a landmark piece of legislation requiring the state’s public schools to include...
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Is Rick Perry a moderate? Perhaps, if the price is right.
Cross-posted on Right Wing WatchHere at People For the American Way, we’ve spent the last several weeks marveling as Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans a blockbuster Christian prayer rally in Houston,...
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Politico's Playbook Misses the Call on ALEC
Politico’s Mike Allen publishes a daily run-down on the happenings in Washington called the “Playbook,” in which he boils down the news of the day into salient tidbits that fit easily on your...
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Help build support for comprehensive immigration reform
Last month, Sen. Menendez introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011. Drawing on provisions from the AgJOBS, DREAM, and Uniting American Families Acts, this piece of legislation seeks...
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ALEC maintains its secrecy with hypocritical media policy
As the American Legislative Exchange Council wraps up its summer conference in New Orleans this week, and the group maintains its usual modus operandi: presenting legislators with pre-written bills...
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Wisconsin Recall Round-Up: Post-Election Edition
Last night, voters sent a message to Scott Walker and his corporate, right-wing allies. They told him that Wisconsinites won’t sit back and let him attack working families to score political points....
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Koch Brothers Sink to a New Low to Undermine Public Education
The Koch brothers have had a piece of the right-wing anti-public education franchise for some time, through their sponsorship of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The corporate-funded...
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Wisconsin Recalls -- The Final Results
The recall process is finally over with, but the fight for middle class families continues.This all started when Wisconsin's governor Walker and the Republican legislature tried to ram through...
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4th Circuit Upholds Rule of Law in Healthcare Case
In a badly-needed boost to the rule of law and the nation's much-abused new health reform, a three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit today rejected two attacks on "Obamacare." In one case, Virginia v....
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Mitt Romney and Rick Perry Confirmed to Attend Far-Right Values Voter Summit
The Family Research Council sent word today that GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is now confirmed to join Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Herman Cain at this year’s...
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