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Long Before McCutcheon, Conservatives Invested in Pushing Our Legal Culture Rightward
4 Apr 2014 … An interview with Steven Teles, author of The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement. Continue reading
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Conservative Strategist Grover Norquist and Civil Rights Lawyer Christopher Edley
11 Nov 2004 … This episode of NOW featured interviews with Grover Norquist, architect of the Conservative revolution, and public policy and national politics expert Christopher Edley. Continue reading
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Batty Secession Schemes Gain a Foothold Among Rural Conservatives
9 Sep 2013 … With news this week that five conservative rural counties in Maryland want to flee from what they see as the tyranny of a democratic state government they don’t control, we appear to have a trend. Continue reading
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Conservatives Grudgingly Praise Warren For Opposing ‘Wall Street Giveaway’
12 Dec 2014 … "A populist who talks like Elizabeth Warren and really means it is a Democrat a conservative like me would consider voting for." Continue reading
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Conservative Campaign Finance Reform Increases Participation
2 Feb 2015 … Many conservative reformers aren't worried about the amount of money in politics, but that too few Americans are participating. Continue reading
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The Bigger Dog Whistle Bogeyman: Liberal Government
3 Mar 2014 … The conservative assault on food stamps -- authored by Reagan, updated by Ryan -- is really an attack on the middle class. Continue reading
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Who’s Behind the Right-Wing Assault on Public Universities?
9 Sep 2016 … The conservative movement in the United States has long been wary of higher education. This is understandable given the fact that survey after survey demonstrates a positive correlation between education and progressive values. Conservatives tend to attribute this phenomenon to Continue reading
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Why Conservatives Are Marching for Campaign Finance Reform
4 Apr 2016 … In this week’s protest marches demanding reform of the nation’s broken campaign finance system, they are red dots conspicuous in a sea of blue. But, yes, there are conservatives joining the movement to get big money out of politics. That Continue reading
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Bill Moyers: Campaign Finance Reform — It’s Not Just Liberals Anymore
4 Apr 2016 … When I first met Richard Painter some months ago, I thought he must be the loneliest man in the Republican Party. He’s a conservative, and, of course, I’m not. But he believes, as I do, that there’s too much money Continue reading
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How a Top Conservative Strategist Ended Up With More Than $200,000 in Shady Money
10 Oct 2014 … Whitney Ball, who oversees a conservative fund of $100 million, benefited from her father's unethical handling of an elderly woman's estate. Continue reading