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No Uncertain Terms Podcast Episode 102: Believe It, or Not…!

00:04 Philip Blumel: Believe it or not. Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the Term Limits Movement, for the week of August 10th, 2020. 00:14 Stacey Selleck: Your sanctuary from partisan politics. 00:17 Philip Blumel: The attraction of power drives careers, politicians, to absurd lengths. Today, we’ll share

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Lori Lightfoot wants to curb Chicago corruption with term limits

Chicago, the nation’s fabled “second city” — though, now the third largest incorporated metropolis in these United States — sports a new mayor. Last year, Lori Lightfoot won the city’s mayoral runoff by a whopping 47 points, tallying 73 percent of the vote. As reported, she is a mayor of many firsts. While Chicago has previously elected

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Arlington term-limit committee is nothing but an effort to overturn an election

I lead America’s largest pro-term limits group. We’ve been involved in more than 500 different term limits ballot drives throughout America. Term limits efforts, by and large, all play out in the same way: Some tireless group of citizens, fed up with corruption and self-dealing, creates a referendum to enact term limits. People in the

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No Uncertain Terms Podcast Episode 101: When Term Limits Went Viral

Philip Blumel: Term limits go viral. Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of August 3rd, 2020. Stacey Selleck: Your sanctuary from partisan politics. Philip Blumel: In June, 2019, US Term Limits was asked to provide testimony before a subcommittee of the

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The Limits of Corruption

Another corrupt, term-limits-hating, careerist politician bites the dust. “Federal prosecutors say Republican Speaker Larry Householder and four others — including a former state GOP chairman — perpetrated a $60 million federal bribery scheme,” reports the Dayton Daily News, “connected to a taxpayer-funded bailout of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants.” Last year, a citizen-initiated referendum campaign sought to give voters the

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No Uncertain Terms Podcast Episode 100

00:06 Philip Blumel: Is the longest serving house speaker in US history also the nation’s most corrupt? It could be. Although there’s a lot of competition. Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to episode number 100 of No Uncertain Terms, official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of July 27, 2020. 00:25 STACEY

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Legendary Term Limits Supporter Herman Cain Dies of Complications from CoronaVirus

Nick Tomboulides: I’m sure our listeners probably remember Herman Cain. He ran for President in 2012. Herman re-enacted a famous moment from a presidential debate when he was asked whether it’s important for someone to have a lot of experience in government, a lot of experience in Congress. He said, “Well, we’ve got a Congress

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New “The Swamp” Documentary Airing August 4th

by Stacey Selleck A couple years ago, a video documentary called “The Swamp” aired on Facebook. It provides an uncensored, behind-the-scenes view of how the corrupt political machine of Washington operates. Featuring term limits pledge signers Representatives Thomas Massie (KY), Ken Buck (CO), and Rod Blum (IA), among others, these political outsiders came to D.C.

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Top 10 Congressional Perqs

by Stacey Selleck Aside from $174,000 starting salary for a job with up to 230 days off, current and alumni members of Congress get several additional elite perquisites. While many of the following services are free, some require nominal fees (which are much lower than the cost “average” Americans would pay) because the perqs to

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