“The filibuster has three paths forward—and all of them end, one way or another, in its demise.” So says a former speechwriter for Obama, David Litt, in an article written for The Atlantic (read it here). Here’s what he thinks they are: (1) The Democrats eventually win a Senate [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Voting Rights’
McConnell calls Biden’s voting rights speech a “rant”
You’d think making sure American citizens can vote wouldn’t be controversial, but this is the era of Republican opposition to democracy. “The president’s rant yesterday was incoherent, incorrect and beneath his office,” McConnell said on the Senate floor today, referrin[...]
October 30th, 2021 - 7:20 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
University of Florida orders profs not to testify in voting rights case
The university’s explanation is they “were not authorized” to serve as witnesses and their testimony would “pose a conflict of interest to the executive branch of the State of Florida” and “create a conflict for the University of Florida.” Read story here. [...]
July 30th, 2021 - 1:25 pm § in Politics
Our politics have been worse, and could be again
America’s politics have always been rowdy, and sometimes violent; if it’s bad now, it’s been much worse. Here, Texas Democratic politician Beto O’Rourke describes some incidents from his state’s political past. For example: “After Reconstruction, states throughout[...]
Democrats have already passed two voting reform bills in the House
Republicans are against democracy. They want to make it as hard as possible to vote. They also want to thwart majority rule. They want a “heads, we win; tails, you lose” political system. At least one GOP senator, Mike Lee of Utah, has come out openly against democracy, and has proposed [...]
October 20th, 2020 - 12:50 pm § in Politics
Voters’ rights
I live in Washington, which has all-mail voting, so some of this doesn’t apply here. But it’s very applicable in all the key battleground states. From USA Today (read article here): The right to vote free of intimidation 18 USC §594 makes it a federal crime to intimidate, threaten, or c[...]
May 16th, 2016 - 2:16 pm § in Politics
A 5-minute primer on vote supression
Politics is a dirty, bare-knuckles business. But of all the dirty rotten things Republicans do, none are nastier than their attempts to keep American citizens from voting in their own country — a right our veterans fought and died for. Of course, they rarely come right out and say “we do[...]