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Jill Stein enlisted to help build Cornel West’s third-party presidential campaign
Two-time Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein told CNN on Thursday that she is now assisting Cornel West, the former Harvard professor and longtime progressive activist, as he builds up his recently announced campaign for the White House. “I’m a transition coordinator helping his campaign move from its previous People’s Party context into the Green Party […]
RFK Jr Stands With Russia, Putin, Blames US Government For Ukraine War
If anyone needed further evidence of where RFK Jr stands on Ukraine, look no further than his full support of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Tuesday night in what his campaign billed as a major foreign policy address for the long shot Democratic presidential […]
Abortion still dominates Democratic politics: 3 takeaways from Virginia’s primary night
The battle for Virginia’s future — and 2023’s biggest down-ballot elections in the country — can now begin in earnest. Gov. Glenn Youngkin aims for unified Republican control in a state that hasn’t gone for a GOP presidential candidate since George W. Bush, and Democrats hope to retake enough seats to defend abortion rights in […]
Republican primary spending projected to approach or surpass $1 billion
So, money and politics, and this is the result. Billions raised and spent and corrupted to the core. The Republican presidential primary is getting crowded. With a former president and well-heeled politicians running, plus super PACs boosting them, it all points to what’s likely going to be the most money ever spent to win the […]
Conservative-Voting State Has Originalist Judiciary
For decades, the ambitions of Florida’s Republican governors were stymied by the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court. That is, until Ron DeSantis was elected. The court let him erase a congressional district with a large Black population. It opened the door to a law making it easier to impose the death penalty. Now, it’s poised to […]
The Virginians Who Can’t Vote on Tuesday Because of Glenn Youngkin
George Hawkins had a long to-do list when he left the Greensville Correctional Center on May 3, a free man for the first time in his adult life: stay out of trouble, find work, enroll in school, and relearn the streets of Richmond, which he hasn’t known since he was locked up at age 17. And, […]
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Has Vetoed Over 20 Election Bills So Far
In just over five months into her administration, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) has vetoed the same number of bills that her predecessor, former Gov. Doug Ducey (R), had shot down in his eight years in the governor’s mansion. As of June 12, based on data from Voting Rights Lab and Democracy Docket’s internal tracking, the Arizona Legislature has […]
Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez jumps into presidential race
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is joining the crowded Republican field for president, becoming the first Hispanic in the race who also contends he can broaden the appeal for Republicans nationally — especially to Hispanics. Suarez, 45, filed official federal paperwork on Wednesday, just one day after Donald Trump’s arraignment in downtown Miami on charges that […]
Fox News Is Already Declaring the 2024 Election Rigged
It appears that Fox News hasn’t learned any lessons from the recent financial losses they have taken over lying to the public about the elections. But here they go again showing they are the most untrustworthy brand around by claiming an election that is over a year away is already rigged and against them. Laying […]
Nevada ‘fake electors’ appear before D.C. grand jury investigating Jan. 6
Even as Trump is set to appear in court in Miami in the classified documents probe, a grand jury investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election is continuing in Washington. With Donald Trump set to appear in Miami for one set of federal charges, back in Washington, another grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, […]
Trump-backed Arizona ‘audit’ was even more of a debacle than previously known
The Trump-backed “audit” of the 2020 election in Arizona ended disastrously for the former president as it not only confirmed President Joe Biden won the state, but it actually gave him a bigger final margin than the official state tally. And now the Arizona Republic is reporting that newly unearthed text messages sent by the CEO of the company that conducted […]
A Cold Civil War Is Upon Us
The Incipient Threat Of Political Violence In the wake of the Mar-a-Lago indictment there were echoes of Trump’s call to arms before Jan. 6, urging supporters to protest his first court appearance tomorrow. There’s two levels of analysis here: (i) the immediate risk assessment of something bad happening Tuesday; and (ii) the broader threat posed by the injection of […]
Tweet from GOP’s Clay Higgins is call for ‘civil war’
Tell ya what dumbo, you’re going straight to jail. We don’t take that shit code word dog whistle stuff in the United States anymore. You want to talk that shit then be prepared to go straight to jail for incitement to insurrection and sedition and TREASON you limp dicked motherfucker. Story below: Rep. Clay Higgins […]
George Santos files appeal to keep names of those who helped post $500,000 bond sealed
George Santos is now claiming that his family put up his bond. So, the family wasn’t there for him on bounced checks in Brazil, wasn’t there when he needed to pay multiple landlords for the rent he skipped out on, wasn’t there when he mooched off pandemic aid, but suddenly they are there with a […]
DOJ investigating conservative-backed efforts in Wyoming to infiltrate DNC ahead of 2020 election
Federal prosecutors are investigating conservative-backed efforts in Wyoming to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2020 election, according to people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors have subpoenaed Richard Seddon, a former British intelligence official, and Susan Gore, a Republican donor and heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune, as part of the investigation, the people […]
SCOTUS 5–4 ruling AFFIRMS the Voting Rights Act’s protection against racial vote dilution
This just in, SCOTUS had affirmed the Voting Rights Act in a 5-4 decision. Read more here: WHOA! The Supreme Court's final decision of the day is a 5–4 ruling that AFFIRMS the Voting Rights Act's protection against racial vote dilution! Roberts and Kavanaugh join the liberals. This is a HUGE surprise and a major […]
The Paranoid In American Politics: RFK Appeals To Conspiracists
Funny thing about Steve Bannon owned RFK Junior is that democrats are the least paranoid about conspiracy theories. That’s more for the right wingers and Q-Anon inspired folks and the toothless trailer trash hillbillies. So, if he appeals to them so be it. They weren’t going to vote for Biden anyway. Story below: When Karl […]