June 13, 2026
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Charlie Dent, the moderate Republican incumbent in Pennsylvania’s 15th District, is pushing for the exclusion of Independent candidate Jake Towne from all debates.
“We don’t think that John Callahan should be afforded the opportunity to hide behind Jake Towne’s presence at any potential debate,” said Shawn Millan, Dent’s campaign manager.
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By Ralph Nader at Nader.org:
Last month, Big Business interests shamelessly dealt our already depleted democracy a devastating blow by misleading California voters into approving Proposition 14, without their opponents being able to reach the people with rebuttals.…
Via TPID:
From a lengthy guest post at Zero Hedge by Jim Quinn:
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news. There are no easy solutions.
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Posted by David Nolan at LP blog:
Nolan interviewed about U.S. Senate bid
On Thursday, July 22 I was interviewed, along with the Green candidate for U.S.…
Sent to [email protected]:
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From Counterpunch (read the full thing here):
There seems to be agreement on all points on the political spectrum that our current elected government doesn’t really represent the American public.
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Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner has announced plans to hold a twitter town hall this coming Wednesday at 11:00 AM. You may submit questions via Twitter if you would like to participate.…
SurveyUSA recently polled three Virginia congressional districts at the behest of a local news organization. Here are some of their results.
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One local paper wrote this interesting article about Heaton’s campaign and his practice of travelling outside of the district to learn about national issues.…
Bob Unruh in World Net Daily:
In a Fox News appearance, NAACP officer Hilary Shelton accused the (tea) party of sheltering those who are “tied to the Nazi party.”
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