Retired Generals Paul D. Eaton, Antonio M. Taguba and Steven M. Anderson write at the Washington Post, Retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection: As we approach the first anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, we — all of us former senior military officials — are increasingly concerned about … Read more
After delivering a floor speech in the Senate, Senator Maggie Hassan talks with Rachel Maddow about the looming partisan threat to U.S. democracy and her change of heart about the Senate filibuster rule that Republicans are hiding behind to allow state Republicans to compromise the integrity of the election process. Paul Waldman of the Washington … Read more
Department of Justice Press Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State, challenging the State’s redistricting … Read more
Money quote: “That’s right. She [Sinema] and West Virginia senator Joe Manchin still think that the Republican Party – the party that lied about the 2020 election, gerrymandered congressional districts, and put in place laws that would overturn elections – that they must be asked for their permission for Democrats to take action to protect … Read more
Above Image: h/t the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in a different context. Axios reports, “Midnight is approaching” to pass voting rights protections: “Defenders of democracy in America still have a slim window of opportunity to act. But time is ticking away, and midnight is approaching,” according to more than 150 top scholars of U.S. democracy in … Read more