The entire Republican Party apparatus is gearing up to suppress the vote in 2020

In 1982, the Republican Party agreed to a consent decree after Democrats sued it for activities at polling places that they said were aimed at suppressing the minority vote. The consent decree barred the organization from using voter challengers, poll watchers, i.e., the “National Ballot Security Task Force,” and vote caging plans to target and intimidate voters … Read more

Trumpism and the ‘COVID Contract’: sacrificing minorities for the comfort of privileged whites

The Coronavirus pandemic has hit communities of color disproportionately hard: Native Americans, Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet after a spike in deaths; African-Americans, Disproportionately black counties account for over half of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and nearly 60% of deaths, study finds; and Latinos, For Latinos and Covid-19, Doctors Are … Read more

Unaccountable: fourth Inspector General fired in a retaliatory discharge

Update to Unaccountable: Trump declares war on the inspector generals (lede): Like a mob boss, Donald Trump believes that he should never be held accountable for his actions by anyone, especially by those gumshoe government inspectors whose job it is to protect the public interest in the inspector generals office. In recent days, Trump has … Read more