From Liberaland:
A self-described armed militia group in Wisconsin plans to target African American Democrats and responded to the controversy in the typical way: You're a racist if you call out racism. ?We prefer our people...
I took a stroll over to the dark side Tuesday night -- a visit to conservative blog?The Daily Caller. I was referred there after I read a brilliant piece by Salon's Simon Maloy about the...
You can have the biggest signs. You can have the most volunteers. You can even have the most money. Even with all of that, at?the end of the day only one thing really wins elections:...
The CEO of the world's largest fast food chain recently gave?his support for an increase in the federal minimum wage.
McDonald's CEO Don Thompson mentioned his support for "legislation that moves forward" on increasing the minimum...
On Election Days, winners traditionally celebrate with champagne, while losing candidates drown their sorrows with a straight-up whiskey or two. Except in South Carolina, that is, where for over a century has state law forbidden...
A large animal veterinarian and Republican congressman from Florida, Ted Yoho -- who first received recognition because of his support of the "birther" conspiracy movement -- isn't new to controversy and saying dumb things. But...
A federal judge has?struck down?Wisconsin's controversial voter ID law and declared it unconstitutional, a move that is sure to enrage Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. In March, the Republican governor said that if the courts?strike down...
Just when you thought that the "voter fraud" meme couldn't get more ridiculous, Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation has taken it to a new level of insanity. In a new article, Phillips claims that...
Today the American Civil Liberties Union?and ACLU of Kansas filed a lawsuit challenging the Kansas two tiered voter registration system that is leaving people unable to vote in local and state elections.
In its 2013 decision...
Jim Wright, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Represenatives, has become the latest high-profile victim of Texas' new voter ID law. The Texas Democrat, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over...
After the beating in the 2012 election cycle where 71 percent of Latinos, 73 percent of Asians, 93 percent of African-American, and 55 percent of women voted Democrat, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said...
Current Texas Attorney General and 2014 Republican Gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott nearly took away his own right to vote. As the Lone Star State's Attorney General, Abbott has been a zealous proponent of the Voter...
First, it was the Texas District Judge?Sandra Watts?who, after voting for the past five decades, was?almost barred? from voting Oct 22nd. Now it's gubernatorial candidate state Senator?Wendy Davis who had difficulty voting ?thanks to the...
Just weeks before Virginia's gubernatorial election between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli, state elections officials have announced that they have purged nearly 40,000 names from voter rolls. The Board of Elections aims to...
One of the really big stories being smothered by the government shutdown is the showdown looming in North Carolina over voting rights or, rather, now, the lack thereof. The Justice Department's suits against North Carolina...
Alas. There is finally something right happening in North Carolina's General Assembly.
Attorney General Eric Holder has announced a lawsuit today, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, to stop North Carolina's new discriminatory voting law....
A new poll from Public Policy Polling (PPP) in Raleigh, NC, shows that North Carolina has had a dramatic decline in how it is viewed nationally. During that period, Republicans have gained power with both...
North Carolina voters are disgusted with the state legislature. We're not just saying that based on what we see on MSNBC. Public Policy Polling (PPP) poll results show that.
According to polls, NC GOP candidates are...
The Republican Party may have out-foxed itself on the voting rights and voter suppression issue. Having maneuvered for years to achieve their dream of a conservative U.S. Supreme Court, they were thrilled with the?SCOTUS decision...
