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Last month's Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited special-interest intervention into our elections made a broken political system much worse. Only one bill currently under consideration is strong enough to restore public trust in Congress.

No other reform could be as important right now as passing the Fair Elections Now Act. Help defend our democracy. Support Fair Elections.

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March 17, 2010

Citizens Unite

Change Congress founder Lawrence Lessig has an article at TNR.com, titled "Citizens Unite."

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March 05, 2010

Systemic Denial

By: Lawrence Lessig

We need to admit our (democracy's) problem. We need to get beyond this stage of denial. We need to recognize that until we release our leaders from a system that forces them to ignore good sense when there is an opportunity for large campaign cash, we won't have policy that makes sense. Wall Street continues unchanged because the Congress that would change it is already shuttling to Wall Street fundraisers. Both parties are already pandering to this power, so they can find the fix to fund the next cycle of campaigns.

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February 26, 2010

A Choice You Won’t Get Anywhere Else

I hate feeling that someone is pretending to talk to me when they're really asking me for money. I hate feeling that the only reason I'm receiving an email from some organization is because they hope I'm going to click the "DONATE NOW" button. Maybe you're different. Maybe you like being asked for money. But if you're like me, read on.

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03-19 4:29 am

ktiu @thomaswanhoff what makes you think the elections wouldn't be fair? they're free and secret. if you want to make sure, get the un to monitor

03-19 3:39 am

edgery Take Action @change: Open Letter; #Sudan's April Elections will be neither free nor fair. http://bit.ly/9jyKEo

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