Update to A Creative Solution To Democratize The Senate Filibuster Rule. I posted about a creative solution to the anti-democratic Jim Crow relic Senate filibuster rule that even Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema would be hard pressed to argue against. Don’t eliminate the filibuster. Democratize it. They proved me wrong this past week. I suppose … Read more
The right-wing rag National Review, founded by snooty patrician William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of modern movement conservatism, defended white supremacy and American Apartheid (sate sanctioned racial segregation and Jim Crow black codes). The Intercept reflects that In 1957, Buckley wrote an editorial entitled “Why The South Must Prevail.” The South does not want to … Read more
The media villagers gave us endless reporting on what motivated Trump voters in 2016. It was “economic anxiety” they insisted about being left out of the Obama economic recovery. These media villagers glossed over the fact that this anxiety was “white grievance” about being “replaced” by minorities in the new economy. Losing their “white privilege” … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has lost his mind over corporate accountability, corporations speaking out in favor of voting rights in the wake of GQP Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression laws being enacted by state legislatures around the country based upon Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the election was stolen from him. McConnell is starting … Read more
Above Graphic: From the Public Citizen report. Despite nearly 200 companies speaking out against voting law changes in Texas, other states, America’s largest corporations are just paying lip service while funding the very voter suppression Republicans. A new report (pdf) released Monday morning by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen found that during the 2020 election … Read more