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Anti-Mask Florida Republican Dies Day After Testing Positive for COVID. Conspiracy Theorists Think Hospital Killed Him
Gregg Prentice, a Florida Republican who was also against the vaccine, died without leaving access to software vital to GOP election finances.
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Corporate America Cancels Political Donations for GOP Legislators Who Objected to Electoral College Votes
Man, is Donald Trump the worst thing that ever happened to the Republican party, or what? Who knew that electing the Tropicana-flavored guy from The Apprentice to the highest office in the U.S. would lead to widespread voter fraud propaganda, an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and the canceling of congressional Republicans by corporate America?…
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Hate Crime Legislation in Arkansas Facing Roadblock From GOP Lawmakers
Arkansas is one of three states that doesn’t have a hate crime law on its books. Despite support from community members, local businesses, and the state’s Republican governor, Republican state legislators are working to kill a hate crime bill. The Associated Press reports that the lack of hate crime legislation has long made Arkansas a…
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Stacey Abrams’ Sister, a Federal Judge, Also Doesn’t Play, Blocks Attempt at Georgia Voter Purge
Man, I know the Georgia GOP is probably tired of the Abrams sisters right about now. Stacey Abrams’ work in combating voter suppression was essential in turning the state blue, and her sister, a federal judge, has blocked an attempt to purge over 4,000 voters from the rolls ahead of the state’s Jan. 5 runoff…
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Virginia Judge Rules Portraits of White Judges Prevents Black Defendant From Receiving a Fair Trial
A judge in Virginia’s Fairfax County has ruled that the portraits of white judges in the courtroom prevent Black defendants from receiving a fair trial. According to the Washington Post, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard issued an opinion on Monday saying that the portraits of the mostly white judges that have presided over…
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The Republican Party Goes All In Against Democracy, Files Brief to Supreme Court Asking to Void Millions of Votes [Update: SCOTUS Rejects Texas' Lawsuit]
Though it may be easy and somewhat comforting to hold onto the idea that President-elect Biden’s win and soon-coming inauguration will fix the problems in America’s democracy exposed by Donald Trump, the reality of today’s Republican Party upends that notion. This week, 126 out of the 196 Republicans in the House signed onto an amicus…
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Georgia Republicans Vow to Suppress the Vote After Twice Confirming Trump’s L in the State
Despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud, Georgia Republicans are vowing to craft legislation that will make voting harder in the state. According to NBC News, Republican officials in the state announced plans on Tuesday to limit access to mail-in voting and to dismantle election laws that contributed to the state’s record turnout.…
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies GOP Bid to Overturn Pennsylvania Election Results; Nevada Supreme Court Swipes Left, Too
The post-2020 presidential race is really starting to look like a political sequel to Groundhog Day, where you wake up every morning reading what feels like the same headline from the day before (and the day before that, and the day before that). In this case, the recurring headline is: Trump Voter Fraud Nonsense Rejected…
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Rep.-Elect Cori Bush Wore a 'Breonna Taylor' Mask to Congress and Republicans Thought it Was Her Name
Whenever I think I can no longer be surprised by the GOP’s utter lack of anything resembling humanity, another piece of evidence jumps out to remind me. Cori Bush, a first term congresswoman recently elected to the House to represent Missouri’s 1st district, showed up to Congress on Friday wearing a mask bearing the name…
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Vote Challengers Chant 'Stop the Count' at a Detroit Vote-Counting Facility
Vote challengers erupted in a chant of “stop the count” outside of a vote counting facility in Detroit on Wednesday. The Detroit Free Press reports that police officers had to push back crowds who were demanding they should be allowed in the vote tallying room at the TCF Center. Republicans whined and shouted that they…