UPDATE: The GQP Queen of Voter Suppression, Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita is pushing Senate Bill 1485. As originally proposed, it spelled out that if someone does not return an early ballot in at least one of four prior elections — meaning a primary and a general election in two successive years — the person is dropped from … Read more
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who was a loyal Trump lap dog for four years after telling his caucus that Trump was on Putin’s payroll during the 2016 election, and was among the 138 GQP House members who voted not to certify the 20202 election even after the violent armed seditious insurrection against the Congress by … 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
Zach Beauchamp at Vox earlier reported, The conservative movement is rejecting America: The right-wing rebellion against American democracy is often subtle, expressing itself through tricky changes to election law without a full-throated acknowledgment of what lawmakers are actually doing. But sometimes, the mask slips — and someone in the conservative movement openly tells you what’s … Read more