Under Obama, Patriot Act Sneak-and-Peek Outpaces Bush Use (and is mostly about Drugs)

Remember George W. Bush? Remember thinking that a vote for Barack Obama would be a vote to bring the Homeland Security state of George W. Bush under control? Well, think again. According to federal law, the Administrative Office of the …

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After Presidential Draft Candidate System Debuts, Who’s Talking About Americans Elect and How?

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On the last day of January 2012, Americans Elect rolled out its online voting system by which identity-verified delegates could draft candidates to appear on the ballot for the Americans Elect presidential nomination. Americans Elect has indirectly referred to the …

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Kansas House Speaker Presents Test Of The Power Of Prayer

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Schlingensiepen and McCollough are themselves pursuing a nasty path of Christian theocracy as they state that it is unacceptable for anyone in public office to “abuse” the Bible, to cite their holy text in a way that they don’t approve of. That’s establishing a religious test for public office, which is specifically prohibited by the Constitution.

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Jill Stein Wins Ohio Green Party Presidential Nomination

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Jill Stein won the support of the Ohio Green Party in the state’s nominating convention yesterday, placing her in the lead to become the Green Party nominee for President in 2012.

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With Zero Candidates on Target to Qualify for its Ballot, Americans Elect Postpones its Election

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On January 31 2012, Americans Elect opened up the qualifying round of voting in the first-ever online, proprietary, corporate-run presidential nomination. Starting that morning, Americans Elect delegates could visit this page to draft possible presidential contenders and cast votes in …

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Nevada Republican Caucus Results for 2012: Map of Winners by County

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On February 4 2012, GOP voters in the state of Nevada turned out — about 30,000 of them — to indicate their preference in a presidential candidate. The biggest caucus vote-getter in each county of Nevada is shown by map …

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Schedule of the 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries

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A calendar of the remaining Republican presidential primary and caucus elections in 2012. Check this schedule to be sure when the voting is taking place where you live.

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Ten Questions for Americans Elect, February 2012

After almost two years of asking Americans Elect questions and not getting answers from them, I’m grateful to Kris McAlister of the new Americans Elect “Northwest Web Team”, who has written to me and very kindly solicited my questions so …

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H.R. 3745, Putting All of a Credit Union’s Eggs in the Collection Basket

There’s a saying that’s popular among credit unions: “not for profit, not for charity, but for service.” Most people know that credit unions are non-profit organizations that return all their proceeds to members, distinguishing them from banks, institutions whose goal …

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The Brutal Math Of Keith Drummond For President

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In Keith Drummond’s America, the corporations will be able to pollute as much as they want, without regulations in the way. They’ll be raking in the profits without paying taxes. They won’t have to worry much about the poor, polluted, uneducated, sick American population, either, because they’ll just continue to outsource all their manufacturing to China.

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Americans Elect, Insisting it is Not A Political Party, Generates Thousands of Political Party Registrations in California

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January 31, 2012: Americans Elect Political Director Darry Sragow is the latest in a long parade of Americans Elect corporate leaders to declare that Americans Elect is not a political party: February 2, 2012: California publicly releases its statistics regarding …

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31 hour Green Party Straw Poll outpulls 60 hour Americans Elect Candidate Draft

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At 11 AM on Wednesday February 1 2012, Green Party Watch started an online presidential straw poll. 31 hours later, at the time when the straw poll was scheduled to close, 1689 people had voted, each for one candidate. The …

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President Obama Finally Nominates Civil Liberties Board. Now the Judiciary Committee Sits on It.

For 1,060 days of his presidency, Barack Obama refused to nominate enough members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight board to constitute a quorum. That made it impossible for the PCLOB to carry out its legally-mandated job of collecting …

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What Americans Elect Wants From You / What Americans Elect Will Tell You

Personal Information the Americans Elect Corporation Requires from all Applicants interested in becoming State Committee Members or Electors Full Legal Name Address Birth Date Social Security Number Duration of Current Residency Citizenship Status Voter Registration Status Name of Congressional Representative …

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Our Made In The USA Skull Voting Tshirt

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The skull is to represent what will happen to democracy if you don’t vote this year.Voting is the quintessential American ritual. So, we thought it was especially important that this tshirt is made in the USA.

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I’ve Got Crazy Fatigue

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When I hear yet another outlandish claim or a pathologically rude statement, every now and then I catch myself shrugging in response. I start to get numb to their rejection of basic democratic values.

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Who is Susan Bonamici?

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We can expect Susan Bonamici to vote with her Democratic colleagues when it is safe to do so, but to vote with the Republican Party quite often as well. Though Bonamici’s victory is an advantage for the Democratic Party establishment, it is not a great gain from the perspective of liberal activists.

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Update: Special Status for Bomb Threat Presidential Candidate Revoked by Americans Elect

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Yesterday, Americans Elect announced that its presidential contender Craig Ennis (he of the bomb threats) “has a similar level of experience as past presidents, he or she needs at least 1,000 supporters in each of 10 different states to qualify.” …

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