Voter suppression

By Robert P. Alvarez | – ( Otherwords.org ) – I believe in God and in the right to vote. Georgia’s recent election bill doesn’t just feel like an attack on democracy — it feels like an attack on my faith. The bill, formally SB 202, infamously makes it illegal to give people food or […]

Republican Party

Republican Apoplexy – Play Ball and Pass the Popcorn

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – This Republican apoplexy over Major League Baseball (MLB) taking the All-Star game out of Atlanta is hilarious on one level; but scary on another. And they’re punishing themselves to amplify their position that Georgia has a right to engage in brazen voter suppression, in service to the Donald […]

Republican Party

A Mob Is Coming for Your Voting Rights

Jim Hightower

( Otherwords.org ) – In February, Texas Senator Ted Cruz ran off to a luxury resort in sunny Cancún, Mexico during the deep freeze that devastated millions of his constituents. But I wasn’t mad that Ted fled. What upset me was that the government let him back into our country. Cruz is, after all, the […]

Republican Party

Republican Voter Suppression and Election Theft outdoes anything Putin could Dream of

Institute for Policy Studies

By Robert P. Alvarez | – (OtherWords.or) – When turnout climbs, Republicans lose. No wonder they’re closing polling places and purging voters all over the country. It’s true: Four of the five states with the highest voter turnout voted blue in the last presidential and midterm elections. All are crucial swing states. In 2016, the […]

Voter suppression

GOP Candidate Kemp Purges 107,000 Voters from Georgia Rolls on Eve of Midterms

TeleSur

(TeleSur) – Georgia’s voting laws have come under scrutiny in the hotly contested race for governor. Georgia officials have expunged 107,000 people from voter registration rolls, an APM Report investigation finds. The state’s electoral board has purged an estimated 107,000 voters from the system, largely for not voting. Georgia’s “use it or lose it” law […]

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New Survey Finding: Trump Likely owed his 2016 victory to ‘fake news’

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Democratic defectors to Trump believed Hillary was ill or sold weapons to ISIS

African-Americans

Worse than Russian Hack: GOP Voter Suppression planned in 20 States

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By Jen Herrick | ( Otherwords.org) This year, at least 20 states are considering laws that would make it harder to vote. When President Trump created the “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity” last spring — and put notorious vote suppressor Kris Kobach at the helm — voting rights advocates had decades of good reasons […]

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Gerrymandering is about Race even when it seems just “Partisan”

Juan Cole

By Olga Pierce and Kate Rabinowitz | ( ProPublica) | – – The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide. The Wisconsin voting rights case before the Supreme Court has been cast as the definitive test of whether partisan […]

Donald Trump

Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring translates the remarks of Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast on Rosiyya 1 TV on Thursday. He responded to the remarks last week of former FBI director James Comey in his testimony before the senate, deploring Comey’s assertion, without offering any proof, of Russian interference […]