Sen. Joe Manchin may have killed S. 1, the For The People Act, with his objections to the way the bill is currently drafted. This puts him at cross-purposes with virtually the entire Democratic Party and its constituents, and also makes him the chief enabler of the “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Mitch McConnell. This is … Read more
End Citizens United Action Fund is out with a new report, The Dark Money Assault On Voting Rights (excerpt): THE BACKDROP During the Trump Administration, Republican operatives raised at least $250 million in dark money contributions to help push through more than 200 conservative judges to the federal bench, including many who had records of … Read more
E.J. Montini of The Arizona Republic actually went there and called on the NFL to cancel Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in 2023, in response to the voter suppression bill passed by our MAGA/QAnon cult legislature and signed by our “Wimpy Kid” Governor, Doug Ducey. (And let us not forget the ongoing disgrace … Read more
The Senate Rules Committee marked up S. 1, the For The People Act on Tuesday, and it went as well as you might expect with the Prince of Darkness, the “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Mitch McConnell making a rare appearance, and two of the insurrectionist senators who voted not to certify the results of the … Read more
On one side is the pro-democracy party that wants to expand voter participation and voter access, and to make our democracy work again. On the other side are “Republicans who now represent one of the largest, in terms of numbers, anti-democratic movements in the world.” – Nicolle Wallace. She is correct. As I have posted … Read more