Around 2500 people met at the Minnesota capitol grounds to call on Republican President Donald Trump to release his returns, divest his holdings, and disclose his conflicts of interest. (Photo Credit: Fibonacci Blue, CC 2.0) Every week seems to bring a new story of corruption and avarice from the Trump Administration, driven in large part by … [Read more...]
What Policy Positions Will Stand Out in The September 12 Democratic Debate?
Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) When 10 Democratic candidates take the stage at Texas Southern University in Houston on … [Read more...]
North Carolina Court Strikes Down Republican Gerrymander
A three-judge panel in North Carolina has struck down that state's existing map of legislative districts, ruling that the maps represented an unacceptable partisan gerrymander designed to systematically advantage Republican candidates. Republican leaders in the state have said that they do not intend to appeal the ruling, meaning that it will … [Read more...]
Michigan Voted To Create an Independent Redistricting Commission. Republicans Are Suing To Destroy It.
Last year, e-mails emerged in Michigan dating back to the state's 2011 redistricting effort. With the state government totally controlled by Republicans in the aftermath of the 2010 Tea Party wave, Republicans were able to gerrymander the closely divided state to give their party a decisive advantage in the state legislature and the congressional … [Read more...]
FEC Chair Demands Trump Back Up Voter Fraud Claims
In the run-up to the 2016 election, there was serious concern about Donald Trump's willingness to accept the outcome of the race. Trump had a consistent track record of questioning the legitimacy of any defeats or setbacks he suffered, and when asked during one of his debates with Hillary Clinton if he would accept the outcome of the race he merely … [Read more...]
The States Defying Their Demographic Destinies
(Photo Credit: Susan Ruggles, CC 2.0) As American Legal News discussed in a previous story, American politics has become sharply divided along demographic lines. Speaking very broadly, the Republican Party dominates with white voters without college degrees, while Democrats rely heavily on voters of color and voters who have graduated from … [Read more...]
Stacey Abrams Launches “Fair Fight 2020” To Protect Voters in Battleground States
The Republican Party faces two fundamental political problems. The first is that while the party's overall “small government” message is broadly popular with a significant cross-section of the electorate, its specific policies (huge tax cuts for the rich, complete opposition to gun control, radical environmental and workplace deregulation) are … [Read more...]
Gun Control Bills Languish in Senate As Nation Mourns Mass Shootings
Mitch McConnell speaking at CPAC 2014 in Washington, DC.(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) On Saturday, August 3, an armed man entered a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas. Using a semi-automatic version of an AK-47, the gunman killed 22 people and wounded 24 others (as of this writing). It was the seventh-deadliest mass shooting in American … [Read more...]
McConnell Blocks Election Security Bills As Analysts Warn of Potential for More Russian Interference
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) In his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on July 24, Special Counsel Robert Mueller had the following exchange with Congressman Will Hurd, a Texas … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump To Move Forward With Border Wall
If Donald Trump has been consistent on any policy issue going back to his presidential campaign, it's been on the construction of a wall along the nation's southern border with Mexico. “Build the wall” has been a popular chant at Trump rallies going back to 2015. So it was natural and predictable that the President declared victory in late July … [Read more...]
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