Jane Mayer at the New Yorker reports that the unpublished memoire of Republican strategist Harvey LeRoy “Lee” Atwater – an adviser to presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and a chairman of the Republican National Committee – who took Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy national, i.e., increasing political support among white voters by appealing to … Read more
The headline in the New York Times today reads Why Democratic Departures From the House Have Republicans Salivating. Nowhere in this analysis do the reporters even mention that 147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results even after the Capitol attack. Every one of these seditious insurrectionists should have been expelled from Congress. The … Read more
Progressive PAC MeidasTouch is calling on people to reject the “radicalized” GOP ― and spotlights the harmful influence that personalities on right-wing media such as Fox News can have on MAGA/QAnon cult Republicans ― with its latest viral ad. ‘Radicalized’ GOP And ‘Twisted People’ On Fox News Called Out In Damning New Ad: The narrator in … Read more
To distract Americans from the violent MAGA/QAnon insurrection and failed coup d’etat to overthrow American democracy on January 6, Republican politicians and their propagandists in the conservative media entertainment complex began harping on the one issue that motivates the white nationalists base of the GQP: there was a “border crisis” of brown people invading America … Read more
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act bill needs to be passes A.S.A.P. Redistricting will begin shortly, this summer. Section 5 DOJ Preclearance needs to be restored and in effect by then. POLITICO reports, The redistricting cycle is about to begin: The most chaotic year in congressional politics is about to begin. The U.S. Census … Read more