Georgia state troopers arrested Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday after she knocked on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s statehouse office door as he was signing a controversial elections bill into law in a closed-door ceremony. Georgia legislator arrested, pulled out of state Capitol as governor signs voting law: Video of the incident shows Cannon, who … Read more
Does everyone remember this scene from the 1959 classic Ben Hur? This is the scene where the Romans forbade Ben Hur and the other prisoners from getting water before the Roman Soldiers. Later when Nazerines give water to the prisoners, a Roman Centurion stops Ben Hur from getting water. Jesus Christ ignores the order and … Read more
Prima donna Joe Manchin gave an interview to Bloomberg News which demonstrates that he is delusional. Manchin Says Any Overhaul of Voting Rights Must Have GOP Support: Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said any voting-rights legislation must be bipartisan to be accepted as legitimate by U.S. voters, complicating the path to passing a bill that is … Read more
The vast right-wing conspiracy funded by crypto-fascist millionaires and billionaires who want to maintain a Plutocracy (a country or society governed by the wealthy) is behind the GQP’s Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression efforts nationwide. The New York Times reports, G.O.P. and Allies Draft ‘Best Practices’ for Restricting Voting: In late January, a small group … Read more
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, and Burt Neuborne, the Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties at the New York University School of Law, make a fascinating argument for declaring the anti-democratic Senate filibuster rule unconstitutional in the LA Times. The filibuster is unconstitutional. Here’s how Vice President Harris can take it … Read more