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SCOTUS aids GOP voter suppression of 1 million voters in Florida

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There have been far too many reports and commentaries recently suggesting that Chief Justice John Roberts has become a “liberal” based upon a handful of somewhat surprising opinions this past term. Puh-lease. John Roberts, since his days in the Reagan Justice Department, has first and foremost been an advocate for GOP voter suppression, just like … Read more

Voter ID pushers are completely full of it

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Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

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The Arizona Eagletarian has already dealt with TownHall columnist Mona Charen’s pile of malarkey defending voter ID laws that appeared in Thursday’s Arizona Republican. I would add that the study that right wingers have been passing around like a doobie at a Willie Nelson concert that purportedly “proves” that a significant number of non-US citizens are registered to vote has been fact-checked and found to be lacking in conclusive evidence.

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