Naturalized citizens are getting purged from the voters rolls in Texas, which drove the ACLU and others to file suit in U.S. District court demanding that the secretary of state explain a program that threatens to remove naturalized citizens...
This is the newest from the Lincoln Project. Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy. Voting is the bedrock of what keeps our nation free. These are basic truths. There are people in government today who fear...
Can America be a democracy if a minority writes the rules to entrench minority rule? Last week, Senate Republicans invoking the cause of “states’ rights” united in a filibuster to block democratic reforms, including the effort to revive the Voting Rights...
You know, I've been doing this a long time, and I've loved it. Politics is normally a zero sum game. Somebody wins, somebody else loses. Somebody gains, somebody else loses. And every once in a thousand years or so,...
Look, nobody but Manchin and Sinema actually understands, even in their own sick, twisted minds the rationale for their decision to gut voting rights by protecting a Jim Crow era filibuster rule. But it no longer matters. These two...
This just broke on The Rachel Maddow Show just before her handoff to Lawrence O'Donnell. The Senate was supposed to have the week off next week. Hell, why not? They just had three weeks off two weeks ago, why not burn...
Tonight, on his handover from Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell threw a helluva teaser out there. He said that Arizona Kyrsten Sinema was into a closed door meeting with fellow Democrats to discuss voting rights and filibuster reform. But it was...
First of all, a good day to you both, and thanks for your time and attention. When it comes to politics, you've both had a pretty good run playing the same game, portraying yourselves as the last of the...
Since June, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican caucus have filibustered three separate Democratic voting rights bills, refusing to permit even a floor debate on the legislation as GOP-led states intensify their assault on the franchise. But with Senate Democrats...
Not to spoil anybody's holiday cheer, but let's not forget that we have a sick relative on life support this Christmas and her name is democracy. We are intensely hoping that the old girl pulls through, after the past...

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