A few days ago, after Trump made the unsubstantiated claim that “millions” of people had voted illegally for his opponent during the recent presidential election, we discussed the possibility that this heightened rhetoric of his concerning voter fraud, which was particularly odd given the fact that he’d won the election, might have been a preemptive […]
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The post-Trump assault on voting rights has already begun in Michigan… Here’s what you can do to fight back
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged Aric Nesbitt, Bradford Jacobsen, call to action, discrimination, Donald Trump, early voting, Eric Leutheuser, Gretchen Driskell, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, House Elections Committee, Jeff Irwin, Jeff Sessions, Jon Hoadley, Klint Kesto, lame duck, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, Michigan House of Representatives, North Carolina, poll tax, redistricting, threats to Democracy, voter ID, Voter ID Act, voter impersonation, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act 35 Comments
I feel bad for America, but I have to admit I do take some pleasure in watching the Republicans be eaten alive by the monster that they created… Goodbye, Eric Cantor.
To my knowledge, Eric Cantor’s primary loss yesterday to Tea Party challenger David Brat was unprecedented in the modern era. House majority leaders just don’t lose primaries. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday in Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District. Eric Cantor, who, just last week, was polling some 34 points over Brat, ended up losing to […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-government, anti-immigration, Ayn Rand, David Brat, education reform, Eric Cantor, extremists, global climate change, Global Warming, government shutdown, House of Representatives, IRS, Jack Trammell, Libertarianism, minimum wage, social security, tea party, Virginia 9 Comments
Will Michigan Republicans make a move to rig the 2016 election by changing the way our electoral votes are cast?
According to Michigan Radio, state Republicans, despite the serious push-back they’ve been getting from voters, and the fact that a similar measure has apparently fizzled in Virginia, have every intention of moving forward with plans to radically change the way our electoral votes are cast for President in hopes of making it more likely for […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics Also tagged disenfranchisement, election reform, Elections Canada, electoral college, Jase Bolger, Michigan House of Representatives, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Peter Lund, Presidential politics, Randy Richardville, Rick Snyder, SB723, Virginia, voting 14 Comments