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Stacey Abrams Just Revealed That Voter Suppression Almost Blocked Her From Voting
On Tuesday morning, Stacey Abrams revealed that she was told she wasn’t eligible to vote when she went to the polls to cast an in-person ballot in Georgia’s midterm election, providing her own example of how voter suppression tactics prevent thousands of people from voting. First, let’s get one narrative out of the way. Conservative…
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Stacey Abrams to Voter Suppression Terminator: 'I'll Be Back'
You have not seen the last of Stacey Abrams. Sure, she lost the Georgia governor’s race because it was impossible for her to beat the human voting suppression terminator that is Republican Brian Kemp. Abrams, black god’s favorite candidate and the former minority leader of Georgia’s House of Representatives, told CNN’s State of the Union…
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GOP Advisor Channels the Ghost of 2Pac in 'Hit 'Em Up'-Style Rant Against Brian Kemp
From tying her shoe strings together, to grabbing the controller while she wasn’t looking and entering the Contra Code, we all know governor-elect Brian Kemp went to great lengths to steal the spoils of victory from Georgia’s should-be governor Stacey Abrams. But apparently there’s plenty of outrage on the other side of the fence too—as John…
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Stacey Abrams Ends Campaign for Governor of Georgia
Like the previous one and the one before him, the next governor of the great state of Georgia will be a white man. In a speech Friday afternoon, Stacey Abrams announced the end of her gubernatorial campaign, effectively squashing her bid to become the first black woman to serve as a chief executive of a…
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Stacey Abrams May Ask For a Whole New Election: Report
As Georgia officials are preparing to crown former secretary of state and reigning Grand Wizard of Voter Suppression, Brian Kemp, governor, the legal team for the Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, is readying an unusual but not unprecedented legal challenge: A do-over. In light of numerous instances of voter suppression, vote-tossing, long voter lines,…
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‘Straight-Up Racist’: Boston State Rep Calls Out Democratic Party’s Institutional Problems
A new crop of Democratic leaders isn’t afraid to take its own party to task—saying what has been obvious to many black voters and voters of color for years now. The latest is newly elected Boston state Rep. Nika Elugardo, who at a recent panel called out the Democrats for being “straight-up racist.” The panel,…
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Why It’s Taking Florida and Georgia So Long To #CountAllTheVotes, Explained
Well hello again, Racist Baby! I’m afraid it’s a little more complicated than that. No one is trying to steal the election, people are just trying to make sure all the votes are counted. Well actually, that’s not true. Because we have a white nationalist president, those seem to be the only places he wants…
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Huge Legal Win for the Abrams Campaign: Judge Orders Provisional Ballot Review and Extends Certification Deadline
A new election ruling passed down by a Georgia federal judge could be significant for the Stacey Abrams campaign. Judge Amy Totenberg has ordered that the deadline for certifying the election be moved to this Friday at 5 p.m. instead of the original Tuesday 5 p.m. deadline imposed by interim Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden…
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Stacey Abrams Keeps The Same Energy, Sues to Count Rejected Ballots In Georgia Governor's Race
Stacey Abrams’ campaign still has the time and the energy. Along with the Georgia Democratic Party, Abrams’ campaign has filed a federal lawsuit to get rejected absentee and provisional ballots counted for the extremely tight gubernatorial race. Brian Kemp’s lead in the race has slowly but surely been dwindling, inching closer and closer to the…
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Bernie Sanders Didn't Mean to Tell the Truth
Every once in a while, some combination of external circumstance and internal conviction force the truth out of the mouths of our politicians. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, during an interview with the Daily Beast, let slip an important nugget of truth lost on the majority of the electorate: Racist voters cost black candidates. “You know,”…