Today is Women’s Equality Day. Why is August 26 known as Women’s Equality Day? The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote nationally on August 18, 1920, so why is Women’s Equality Day on August 26th each year? The simple answer is that even when a constitutional amendment has been ratified it’s not official … Read more
Above: Mark Brnovich is Arizona’s Donald Trump (The Arizona Republic editorial, July 4 2015). There is some conflicting reporting on what is happening to the U.S. Postal Service in Arizona. The Arizona Mirror reported, Elections officials sound alarm: AZ vote by mail may be harmed by USPS changes: Joe Cuccinotto, the president of the American … Read more
Trump’s toady Postmaster General Louis DeJoy reversed course Tuesday, saying that all changes being made to the Postal Service would be suspended until after the November 3 election, after 20 Democratic state attorneys general announced plans to file federal criminal lawsuits. CNN reports, Postal Service backs down on changes as at least 20 states sue … Read more
Update to The entire Republican Party apparatus is gearing up to suppress the vote in 2020 (excerpt): In 1982, the Republican Party agreed to a consent decree after Democrats sued it for activities at polling places that they said were aimed at suppressing the minority vote. The consent decree barred the organization from using voter challengers, … Read more
Unindicted war criminal and Trump’s new best friend, torture memo author John Yoo visited the White House last Thursday. Nothing good can come of this unholy alliance. Trump, new legal guru meet at White House: John Yoo told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Saturday that he met with Trump in the Oval Office for about an hour. [B]ut … Read more