Lawsuit challenges Arizona’s ‘election day receipt’ law for early mail-in ballots

The Washington Post reports that a Democratic lawsuit challenging Arizona absentee ballot deadline cites Supreme Court ruling on Wisconsin primary: A Democratic lawsuit challenging Arizona’s absentee (early mail-in) ballot deadline is citing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling about the Wisconsin primary to support its case, arguing that the decision to allow absentee ballots to count … Read more

The ‘Coronavirus Denier’ movement has begun, and it poses a public health threat

The modern conservative movement is not traditional conservatism at all, but rather what has come to be labeled populist libertarianism. It is for all intents and purposes an “anti” movement: anti-government, anti-science, anti-experts, anti-intellectuals, etc. It thrives in a fever swamp of “anti” movements and conspiracy theories often amplified in the mainstream conservative media. This … Read more

‘The Expendables’: GOP believes the loss of American lives is worth it in order to reopen the economy

First, what the hell was this all about? On Monday, Fox News hyped Donald Trump’s Council to Re-Open America. Trump says decision coming ‘shortly’ on reopening economy, as task force formed: Sources told Fox News Monday that the second task force, which Trump first teased last Friday and is set to be formally introduced Tuesday, … Read more

Time is running out to enact funding for all-mail voting this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has teamed up with former Georgia House Minority Leader and gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, now chair of Fair Fight Action, in a new video promoting efforts to expand voting-by-mail and early voting ahead of the November general election. Klobuchar and Abrams team up to promote vote-by-mail, other expansions: The roughly three minute video, … Read more