"Alabama's the Confederacy," Fran Liebowitz said on Real Time last year, correcting Bill Maher's assertion that it was the heartland. Its long association with slavery, racism, and pedophilic Senate candidates will take a long time to shake. Its current governor, Kay Ivey, ...read more
The American Women's Party seeks to empower the millions of unregistered voters in this country by registering them and schooling them in how to combat voter suppression. Founded last fall by organizers Maya Contreras and Mia Brett, the group launched its second major initiative ...read more
In a Daily Beast article this week, Emilie Plesset reveals that Indiana is removing voters from the lists without telling them, thanks to a new law that violates the National Voter Registration Act (aka the Motor Voter Act.) Back in 2014, Indiana, under then-governor Mike Pence, ...read more
On Monday, Florida Governor Rick Scott's latest attempt to disenfranchise voters was thwarted by a federal court judge and the governor was reprimanded for his "irrational" decision. Last week, Hurricane Matthew ripped through Northwest Florida causing flooding, government ...read more
They keep doing it. Republicans continue to accidentally spill the beans about unspoken GOP plots to roll back constitutional rights. Donald Trump, last week, accidentally blurted something about punishing women who undergo illegal abortions. And this week, It should be obvious. ...read more
And I am, well, I cannot think of anything more ridiculous than considering James O'Keefe anything but a major douchebag so you can just come up with the second part of that sentence yourself. If you have forgotten who O'Keefe is -- good for you! I'll have what you're having ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From TPM: A Pennsylvania man employed by a company working for the Republican Party of Virginia was arrested by investigators from the Rockingham County Sheriff’s office on Thursday and charged with destroying voter registration forms. Colin ...read more
