Representative Jackie Walorski Wins Re-Election in 2nd District
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Representative Jackie Walorski Wins Re-Election in 2nd District

Representative Jackie Walorski has won re-election to a second term. The freshman Republican incumbent was favored over Democrat Joe Bock throughout the campaign. She has taken a 58-40 lead with 76 percent of precincts reporting. All of the vote in the district’s largest Democratic county — St. Joseph County — have been counted. Walorski first…

Election Day 2014: Polling Place Times and Locations
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Election Day 2014: Polling Place Times and Locations

It’s Election Day 2014 throughout the United States. Voters will be going to the polls in Indiana to elect a slate of local candidates for county and state offices, school board, and Congressional seats. In Illinois and Michigan, voters will also be electing a governor and US senator. Polling locations open in Indiana beginning at…

The Media and Congress Get It Completely Wrong on Ebola
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The Media and Congress Get It Completely Wrong on Ebola

Ebola coverage has already been a circus for the past few weeks. Cable networks are frantically covering every angle of a story that is receiving far more attention than it deserves (compared to a very real and deadly crisis like obesity) — and far less critical scrutiny. CNN has gone so far as having their…

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Senate Republicans Block Constitutional Amendment Overturning Citizens United

The United States Senate voted down a constitutional amendment Thursday that would reverse the Supreme Courts’ Citizens United decision, which opened unlimited corporate and union cash into federal elections (the Court later ruled that state and local elections were also covered). It would also partially reverse the 1970s era Buckley v. Valeo, which held that…

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Ferguson Shows Why Congress Must De-Militarize Police Departments

Sometimes it takes a seminal event to spark change. That might be taking place today in regards to the militarization of the nation’s police departments. The image of police wearing military uniforms, brandishing assault weapons in the streets of a small Midwestern town, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, and arresting journalists is…

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President Obama Highlights Strong Economic Growth While Lashing Out at ‘Do-Nothing’ Congress

President Obama delivered a speech on the economy today from Kansas City. The president was in high spirits as he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd. The atmosphere was that of campaign season, flanked with a diverse crowd of dozens of young people on stage. The energetic president had good reason to be happy. The Commerce…

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President Obama to Sign Bill Legalizing Cellphone Unlocking

A bill that just passed Congress will once again make it legal for US cellphone owners to unlock their phones. The vote was 295 to 114 in the House of Representatives. It had already passed the Senate. The ban has been in place since 2013 after vigorous lobbying from wireless carriers. President Obama says that…

Fixing the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Ruling is Actually Quite Simple

As the South Bend Voice reported on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby in a 5-4 decision along ideological lines. The Court’s conservatives prevailed, ruling that the government could not force for-profit “closely-held” corporations (i.e. private, family-owned) such as Hobby Lobby to include contraception in their health care coverage. What the…