The annual Granny D Walk is back! On August 3rd, honor the radical lady herself in a walk from Dublin to Petersborough, NH to protest big money in politics! Who was Granny D? Doris “Granny D” Haddock (1910-2010) was a legendary reformer in New Hampshire and the founder of Open Democracy. Beginning January 1, 1999,… Read more
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End Citizens United Wants an Anti-Corruption Debate
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Following the first primary debate of the 2020 election cycle and growing public pressure, the DNC is considering a debate focused specifically on the climate change emergency. Now End Citizens United, a nonpartisan political action committee funded by grassroots donors, is calling for a similarly specialized debate on corruption and democracy reform. “Several Democratic presidential… Read more
Thanks for pledging to #Stamp4Independence!
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Another Independen$e from Big $$$ in Politics Day has come and gone, but its influence is far from finished. Over the past month, Stampers across the country have been hard at work to #Stamp4Independence, calling on Congress to get big money out of politics once and for all. Thanks to you, 598,250 bills were pledged… Read more
Shelby, Six Years Later
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Activists across the country are taking to the streets this week to mark the six-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder. The decision, handed down on June 25, 2013, stripped the Voting Rights Act of 1965 of its enforcement powers, allowing voter suppression to continue to plague our democracy without repercussions.… Read more
More Than Halfway: NH Becomes 20th State to Call for 28th Amendment!
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Breaking News! New Hampshire’s State Senate passed HB 504 today, calling on Congress to pass a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United and STAMP big money out of politics for good. New Hampshire is now the 20th state to formally call for the 28th amendment. That’s more than half the states needed to ultimately ratify… Read more
What’s Your Favorite Stamp Phrase? Survey Says…
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All of us have a favorite stamp phrase, the one that fires us up more than any other and inspires us to stamp every bill in sight. We asked a handful of our stampers to tell us their favorite stamp phrase, and the results are in! The top stamp phrase is… *drumroll* STAMP $$$ OUT… Read more
Declaring Independen$e: Stamp Your July 4th!
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It’s that time of year, Stampers: Independence Day is here again! July 4th is our favorite holiday over here at Stampede HQ. Beyond the ice cream weather, barbecues, and fireworks, we are reminded that our Founding Fathers created a republic that would ideally represent all citizens. In reality, of course, this hasn’t been the case.… Read more
Connection Lost: Big Telecom Bribes Senators to Undercut Net Neutrality
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During the summer of 2016, the United Nations declared that access to the Internet is a basic human right. It saw any attempt to limit it as a violation of free speech. Yet now the United States threatens this right enshrined in the First Amendment by allowing Big Money to dictate net neutrality. Big Telecom… Read more
March on Harrisburg Recap: 110 Miles, 20 Arrests, 1 Major Co-Sponsor
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The March on Harrisburg 2019 ended on Monday, and after ten days of nonviolent civil disobedience, the democracy warriors of MOH made great progress on the Gift Ban. The marchers set off from Thomas Paine Plaza in Philadelphia on a sunny Saturday morning. They marched between ten and eighteen miles daily, flyering for their cause… Read more
Show 2020 Candidates Stamping Out Big Money: Enter Our Photo Sweepstakes!
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Attention, Stampers! Primary season is kicking off across the country, and we want the 2020 candidates to know that the American people are ready to stamp big money out of politics. We must show them we want elections by and for the people, not corporations and big money interests. To do that, we’re holding a… Read more