Month: November 2012

Nightline investigates True the Vote voter intimidation and suppression

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Dan Harris of ABC News does an investigative report for Nightline on True The Vote voter intimidation and voter suppression. The founder of True The Vote, Catherine Engelbrect, lies her ass off in this interview, and Mr. Moran does a fairly weak job of pointing it out, tripping her up once on a county attorney's finding of race-based voter challenges in Houston in a prior election. Moran accurately points out that "Study after study has shown that voter fraud is virtually non-existent."

Video below the fold.

Update – California Supreme Court orders ‘dark money’ Americans for Responsible Leadership to disclose donors, group defies court order

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The California Supreme Court issued an order late Sunday to allow California's political watchdog to identify contributors to an Arizona group's last-minute infusion of $11 million to the campaigns opposing Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative and supporting an antiunion measure on Tuesday's ballot. Late drama over donations: After ordering written arguments through … Read more

One Modest Prediction and Two Hard Truths

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Posted by Bob Lord I'll sandwich my modest prediction in between the two hard truths. First hard truth: This still is a very racist country. In an election between a black centrist and a bald faced shape shifting liar, it's neck and neck. If Obama were white, this would be a landslide, We wouldn't even … Read more

For the immature at heart

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by David Safier A touch of liberal levity to brighten your day — if you're young immature at heart. It's funnier if you've watched the Gangnam Style video, but it stands on its own pretty well.  

Charter school horror stories: Florida edition

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by David Safier How is it that Florida, home of Jeb Bush's "Education Miracle" has some of the most amazing stories about bad charters and voucher-accepting private schools? Makes you wonder how miraculous the "miracle" is. (Hint: It's not that miraculous, even the good stuff.) The latest story is about NorthStar High charter school. The … Read more