How A Small Coterie Of Rethug Lawyers Built The Phony ‘Voter Fraud’ Meme. What’s ‘fake’ is real, and what’s ‘real’ is fake:
Lisa Graves, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), said it’s no coincidence that toughened voting requirements and purges tend to fall heaviest on minorities and students, groups that are more itinerant, less likely to have official ID documents, and which tend to vote Democratic.
Republican claims of voter fraud are “not about facts,” said Graves, who now works with several progressive watchdog groups. “It’s about structural changes that make it harder for people to vote – people they don’t want to vote.”
Trump Spreads Virus In North Carolina. May all his rallies be unmasked. In Iowa, the Rethug governor refuses to do anything to curb one of the country’s largest outbreaks. I’d like to see some polling from that state, especially with (possibly) a competitive US Senate race under way,
Barr To Defend Trump–In Rape Case?? Barr’s legalistic contortions are in Rose Mary Woods territory. According to Barr, Trump was somehow functioning as President when he called E. Jean Carroll’s rape accusations a lie. Meaning, all of us will pay for Trump’s defense against defamation.
Killer SUV’s. How the automakers created a market for one of the worst causes of pollution–especially, of course, in the US.
County Council Members Blister FOP Endorsement Of Trump. Jea Street has become my favorite go-to official on the police:
“Initially I was angry, but not surprised because it’s absolutely consistent with the response I got from leadership at the time in the police department on August 9, 2012, when a young man was shot in the back of the head by one of our police officers, and the response I got was: ‘All I can tell you is it ain’t a good day to mess with a county cop,'” said Street.
But Street said he’s actually glad the FOP came out.
“Let’s be crystal clear, it’s not just the county police, state police, Wilmington Police, Delaware River & Bay Authority–well I’m glad–because this administration has brought the die-hard, dedicated racists out of the woodwork, and the FOP that signed off on this has made it crystal clear now who they stand with and how they stand, and they make it crystal clear that they want to continue their business as usual, that they’re going to continue to fight police reform efforts…now it’s exposed, it’s crystal clear.”
Yes, they will continue to fight police reform efforts and, as Street has said before about the General Assembly, “The cops run the place.” That must change.
Trump Campaign Says It Will Pay To Replace Destroyed White House Lawn. Do you believe them? I want to see the receipts.
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