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I voted on Friday. I had received my ballot book in the mail, but the ballot never arrived. It was expected since Trump’s stooge Louie DeJoy took over the postal system. I regularly get mail from other addresses, sometimes from the same block, and...
by jtg
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 07:05 AM PST
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A new poll out of Monmouth University offers a bit of hope for our democracy. Asked a series of questions about Taylor Swift, the majority of people polled (68%) said they approved of Taylor Swift encouraging her fans to vote in the upcoming...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 01:37 PM PST
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The right wing’s obsession with attacking mega pop star Taylor Swift has prompted the Department of Defense to make an official statement refuting one of the more egregious pieces of misinformation being spread: that Swift is a part of a “deep state”...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 03:20 PM PST
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When they start with the Big Lie, why would you believe anything else they tell you? Why would you believe you’d gets results any different from those reported in a recent Washington Post investigation titled, “GOP voter-fraud crackdown overwhelmingly...
by RickElia
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on Fri Jan 05, 2024 at 05:44 AM PST
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Once again, Democratic Candidates in Chesapeake Virginia need your help. During the last two years we have watched the threat of the Youngkin agenda become a reality. Youngkin has focused on defunding schools, attacking LGBTQ+ people and restricting...
by DWashington79
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on Fri Oct 06, 2023 at 03:09 PM PDT
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More media navel gazing: TFG (Trump, for the acronym-challenged) is taking campaign money and paying for personal legal bills --isn't that shocking? “To pay lawyers, [Trump] has often turned to money from supporters: Over the past two years, he has...
by citixen
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on Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 11:34 AM PDT
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By Michelle Sanchez, CASA in Action Regional Voter Engagement Manager I did a double take when Jonesboro, which is a 25-minute drive from Atlanta, announced its double election day. The Jonesboro City Council moved to host the city and county elections...
by CASA in Action
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on Tue Aug 01, 2023 at 08:23 AM PDT
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by Aaron Mendelson
Center for Public Integrity
Santiago Mayer moved to Southern California from Mexico City in 2017, around the time President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” was sparking ...
by The Center for Public Integrity
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on Sat Jul 29, 2023 at 09:45 AM PDT
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Today, I found something wonderful when I came back home from a trip to the store. Stuck into my door (and the side door that we actually use at home, too) was a leaflet from my local Democratic party titled “Voting Precinct News”. Here’s an image of...
by Stwriley
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on Wed Jun 28, 2023 at 02:15 PM PDT
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The Federalist Society pushes their agenda and showed up in downtown Orlando Tuesday. (Citrus Club December 6) They are flush with their success rigging our country by messing with the US Supreme Court. They use a gang approach to the law and push...
by CAHettinger
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on Thu Dec 08, 2022 at 07:40 PM PST
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I have upgraded my prediction from Warnock +4 to Warnock +5 for a variety of reasons. First, there are lots of mail ballots still to arrive and be counted and those are going favor Warnock overwhelmingly. During the general election, Warnock even won...
by FightingRegistrar
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on Mon Dec 05, 2022 at 01:28 PM PST
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As expected, it was a huge day for early voting in Georgia yesterday. Over 380,000 people voted by mail, ballot dropoff, or in person. Lines stretched as long as three hours in Atlanta. By examining the electorate yesterday, we can see some encouraging...
by FightingRegistrar
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on Sat Dec 03, 2022 at 09:40 AM PST
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Day after day, year after year, Trump and his maga cohorts spew endless lies about election fraud and voter malfeasance. Any journalists and news pundits worth their salt should be hammering these lies for what they are, smear campaigns designed to...
by ConcernedCitizen68
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on Mon Nov 14, 2022 at 03:24 PM PST
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is trending once again, and as always, it’s not for a good reason. This time, MTG is facing backlash after calling a voter “too old” to speak or have a view on abortion rights. During a call-in show, Night Talk, on North...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed Oct 26, 2022 at 08:28 AM PDT
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The people we are up against have no morals at all. That’s why they supported a lying bigot and why they supported the insurrection. Cassidy Hutchinson simply verified what we already knew: most of the major players backing Trump knew that his election...
by Dem
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on Fri Jul 08, 2022 at 11:24 AM PDT
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I am seeing a large number of people here promoting a pox on both houses and attacks on the leadership of the Democratic Party. If you slam the leaders of the Democratic Party, leaders who are unlikely to lose their positions prior to the midterms in...
by Dem
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on Mon Jun 27, 2022 at 05:18 AM PDT
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The AJC is reporting a sharp drop in the rate at which Georgians register to vote when getting a drivers license. While officials seem to be denying that it’s the result of any kind of a policy change, it coincides with a new computer system for...
by silence
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on Mon Apr 18, 2022 at 02:46 PM PDT
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by Nick Anderson
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on Wed Jan 26, 2022 at 05:00 AM PST
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New York, do you want to expand voter access? If YES, you need to vote in the 2021 general election. Here’s why: New Yorkers have the opportunity to vote “yes” or “no” on Proposal 4. Voting “yes” supports amending the New York State Constitution to...
by FriendsVoteTogether
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on Sat Oct 09, 2021 at 09:27 AM PDT
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It is very hard to come up with descriptors for Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. He is a truly loathsome human being. The levels of bigotry, hypocrisy, and legislative malfeasance he has participated in over the last decade are hard to categorize with a few...
by Walter Einenkel
199 comments
on Thu Sep 23, 2021 at 03:12 PM PDT
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