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— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md) made some very good arguments on MTP this morning, to counter the double-talking nonsense being spewed by Trump’s latest excuse of a lawyer. We’d be smart to take Raskin’s replies and run with them. “[Trump] conspired to...
by jamess
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— The Indictments of Defendant Trump are only “unprecedented” in one way — it’s the first time* that a former president committed such blatant crimes, while in office, that he left the Dept of Justice little recourse, but to pursue justice against him....
by jamess
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on Fri Aug 04, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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— Many Trump-defenders are now parroting excuses from the same pathetic playbook: Donald Trump’s lawyer, John Lauro, said the indictment brought against the former president for conspiring to seize a second term after losing the 2020 election was an...
by jamess
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on Wed Aug 02, 2023 at 04:20 PM PDT
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After Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure restoring voting rights to formerly incarcerated people, the state legislature passed a workaround requiring felons to pay all fees, court costs and restitution before their sentences were...
by Susiepoplola
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on Mon May 01, 2023 at 06:06 PM PDT
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The Reconstruction era following the Civil War was a time during which efforts were made to right the past wrongs of slavery via policies designed to greater empower newly freed slaves with "the same civil rights as those of whites." In the aftermath...
by Jay B
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on Sun Mar 26, 2023 at 06:19 AM PDT
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UPDATE: Monday, Nov 7, 2022 · 5:39:49 PM +00:00 · Lauren Sue A Michigan judge dismissed Republican secretary of state nominee Kristina Karamo's lawsuit on Monday, ruling that “the Clerk's Office will not reject ballots” and that the “Plaintiffs'...
by Lauren Sue
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on Mon Nov 07, 2022 at 07:56 AM PST
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This article was originally published at Prism
Voter disenfranchisement is one of the longest-lasting effects of incarceration. How people lose the right to vote upon entering the system varies ...
by Tamar Sarai Davis
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on Thu Oct 27, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
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by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Oct 07, 2022 at 02:50 PM PDT
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-Written by Linsay Rousseau, media affairs director for Continue To Serve Part two of a two part article. Read part one here. Source: The American ...
by ContinueToServe
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on Thu May 19, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
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-Written by Linsay Rousseau, media affairs director for Continue To Serve Part one of a two part article. This article started out as an examination of the notorious busing of immigrants from Texas to DC. But in light of the leaked SCOTUS memo that...
by ContinueToServe
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on Tue May 17, 2022 at 02:08 PM PDT
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed a bill that would automatically restore voting rights to those who lost them as a result of a constitutional provision penned to disenfranchise Black would-be voters in the Jim Crow era, according to Mississippi...
by Lauren Sue
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on Tue Apr 26, 2022 at 11:05 AM PDT
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I found this an interesting explanation of what doesn’t seem to make sense: President Biden’s lack of popularity. He says that typically popular presidents who are democrats are either charismatic or Southerners. He points out the disconnect between...
by Dem
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on Fri Jan 28, 2022 at 01:33 AM PST
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by BrianMcFadden
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If you have seen this, I apologize….Wow.. And Florida will lead the way. www.washingtonpost.com/... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would establish a special police force to oversee state elections — the first of its kind in...
by Vetwife
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on Tue Jan 18, 2022 at 01:08 PM PST
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The human attention span is now shorter than that of a goldfish. In fact, according to one study, over the past 20 years it has dropped by over 30%, given the instant gratification and complete absence of critical skills needed to decipher the clever...
by Dartagnan
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on Sun Nov 14, 2021 at 12:52 PM PST
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Montana Democrats filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against State Secretary Christi Jacobsen and Jeffrey Mangan, who serves as commissioner of political practices. The suit takes aim at Senate Bill 319 in particular, which Montana Democrats believe...
by April Siese
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on Tue Oct 12, 2021 at 03:02 PM PDT
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by BrianMcFadden
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While it’s not as good as it should be, what Manchin claims to support would reduce the voter suppression which republicans are pushing. However, he continues to require ten republicans join him before he will allow it to pass. He last claimed that the...
by Dem
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on Wed Jun 16, 2021 at 01:27 PM PDT
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Sen. Joe Manchin seems to believe upholding bipartisan sentiments equates to siding with white supremacists who have for centuries used voter intimidation tactics, chief among them lynchings, to run Black voters from the polls. Worse yet, the Democrat...
by Lauren Sue
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on Sun Jun 06, 2021 at 09:18 AM PDT
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— — Mitch McConnell ranted against Corporate free speech today, and their public stance AGAINST Republican-led Voter Suppression efforts, occurring nationwide. As well they should. BUT mealy-mouthed Mitch has not always been so adamant to Shut the...
by jamess
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