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...
Georgia is still the center of the political universe and legislation taken by its senate this week may be remembered as the Ft. Sumpter in the voting rights war. The Georgia Senate voted to eliminate no-excuse absentee balloting and...
It's about time that somebody set the record straight. The GOP has spent the last 2 years of their relentless quest for power through minority rule by passing more and more restrictive voting laws in GOP controlled states. But as...
The 2021 Virginia state elections are two weeks from next Tuesday, and Democrats are nervous. Frankly I prefer that. Play like you're 10 points down in the second half. And there is cause, as former Governor Terry McAuliffe is...
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,...
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...
The Washington Post reports that voter participation surged for Tuesday’s primary election, surpassing even the levels seen in 2020, despite the efforts of the Georgia GOP legislature’s to make it harder to cast a ballot: “By the end of Friday,...
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lawd. And I've been waiting for this moment for all of my life, oh Lawd   Phil Collins   In the air tonight Oh Lord. Where to start with this. The GOP,...
I just wrote an article in which I described the GOP's continuing disconnect with reality when it comes to the ultimate loyalties of corporate America. But now it begins to appear that the disease might be spreading to the...
Conservatives love their voter fraud conspiracy theories. It's been an article of faith with them long before 2020 rolled around, which is part of why Trump's Big Lie took hold in Republican's minds the way it did. Frankly, I...

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

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