Politics
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Georgia Faith Leaders Call for April 7 Boycott if Companies Don’t Step Up Fight Against Voter Restriction Laws; Stacey Abrams Says Hold Off
Georgia Republicans’ recent passage of voter suppression measures is facing a building challenge from stakeholders in the state, and corporations continue to be called on to play a larger role in the fight for voting rights. On Thursday, faith leaders from Georgia—including African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Reginald T. Jackson—announced their push for a boycott of…
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Georgia Governor Says State's Voter Suppression Law Isn't About Fraud
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said during an interview with WABE, an Atlanta-based NPR affiliate, that the state’s recent law limiting access to the ballot box has nothing to do with voter fraud. The interviewer brought up unfounded claims by Republicans in the state that voter fraud was widespread during the state’s elections in 2020 and…
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Texas Appeals Court to Hear Case of Crystal Mason, Black Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Voting Illegally
As Texas Republicans join Georgia Republicans in attempting to make Republicans win again (MRWA doesn’t roll off the tongue like MAGA, but whatever) by passing laws that place arbitrary roadblocks between voters and ballot boxes, one name comes to mind: Crystal Mason. Mason was sentenced in Texas to five years in prison for casting a…
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Texas Republicans' Response to Georgia's Voter Restriction Laws: Hold My Beer
Republicans, no matter which state, know one thing: The more access people have to the ballot box, the less likely most people will vote for them. The remedy to that problem is simply to restrict people’s access to voting. Republicans in Texas, following the voter suppression efforts of their colleagues in Georgia, have advanced a…
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Delta CEO, Atlanta's Major Sports Teams Call Out Georgia's Voting Law; Flood of Corp. Statements After Black Execs Demand More Companies Speak Out
The story of the egregious legislation recently passed by Republican lawmakers in Georgia, which prohibits the handing out of water or food to people standing in line to vote—along with other measures transparently aimed at limiting voting, is not yet over. The CEO of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, on Wednesday issued a memo sharply…
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Proud Boy Leader Used by FBI to Inform on Antifa, an Organization That Doesn’t Exist
Considering the FBI’s history with COINTELPRO, it isn’t a great look that they used a leader of the Proud Boys to inform them about people standing up to Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the Proud Boys themselves. According to NBC News, a court filing revealed that before he was arrested after being among those who stormed…
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2 US Capitol Police Officers Sue Donald Trump Over His Role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Donald Trump is responsible for the Capitol riot on Jan 6. I know it, you know it, Mitch McConnell knows it, and I’d be willing to bet every Republican who voted not to convict him in his second impeachment trial knows that there would have been no storming of the Capitol if not for Trump’s…
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Can a Sexless Robot Run for President? Some Think Mike Pence Is Making a Push for 2024
Remember back a million years ago when America was under the rule of the most racist president and his sexless robot former Vice President Mike Pence? Well, it looks like someone’s done some tinkering with his mainframe because the once homeless, couch-surfing VP might be looking to make a run at the White House in…