In the summer of 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr. took the stage at the NAACP’s 47th annual convention in San Francisco. Speaking at the precipice of the Civil Rights Movement, King cautioned that “the guardians of the status quo are always on hand with their oxygen tents to keep the old order alive.” Over the […]
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Early voting in the primaries for a hotly contested North Carolina US Senate race began today, with a field that includes a moderate former Democratic governor, a January 6 rioter, and a Trump-backed Republican. Winning the battleground state’s Senate race is vital for Republicans who want to keep the seat—and the Senate—and for Democrats, who […]
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Early Voting Just Began in North Carolina’s Highly Anticipated Senate Primary Read Post »
On Tuesday afternoon, the FBI finally released a court-ordered affidavit showing the basis for its January raid seizing nearly 700 boxes of ballots and voting records from the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia. A judge signed off on the raid after the FBI alleged “evidence of a commission of a criminal offense” relating to […]
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The FBI’s Fulton County Raid Was Based on Debunked Claims By Election Deniers Read Post »
Trump’s comments on Wednesday come just days after he called on Republicans to “nationalize” state-managed elections.
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Trump Says He’ll Only Accept 2026 Midterms If He Deems Them “Honest” Read Post »
“You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” former Trump strategist Steve Bannon said.
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Bannon Calls for ICE to Engage in Voter Intimidation During the Midterms Read Post »
If Democrats are to have any hope of retaking the Senate this fall, then Roy Cooper, the former North Carolina governor, must flip the seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis, in one of the most anticipated races of the 2026 midterms. The stakes of the race have already led to an influx of […]
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If Democrats are to have any hope of retaking the Senate this fall, then Roy Cooper, the former North Carolina governor, must flip the seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis, in one of the most anticipated races of the 2026 midterms. The stakes of the race have already led to an influx of […]
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A year ago this month, President Donald Trump granted clemency to nearly 1,600 people responsible for the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. When Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor who studies domestic political violence, heard about the pardons, he says he immediately thought it was “going to be the worst […]
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America’s New Era of Violent Populism Is Here Read Post »
Proposition 50 received support from 63.8 percent of California voters.
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California Republicans Sue to Overturn Voter-Backed Prop 50 Redistricting Vote Read Post »
On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a livestream for volunteers in support of Proposition 50, the governor’s redistricting measure, and the sole question on the ballot in the November 4 special election. As I reported last week in a story on the almost unprecedented spending around the measure: Prop […]
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Obama: California’s Prop 50 Is “Critical” for Democracy Read Post »
If you live in California, like me, chances are you’ve been inundated with political ads and have a recycling bin filled up with mailers urging you to vote for or against Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting proposal in response to Texas’ newly gerrymandered congressional map. Prop 50 is part of a larger redistricting fight […]
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The Unbelievably Expensive Battle For California’s Congressional Map Read Post »
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is dismantled, the impact will reshape political power across the US, experts say.
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SCOTUS Case Could Destroy Voting Rights Act and Cement GOP Control of House Read Post »
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