Federal judge blocks voter purge of 4,000 Georgia voters
National Democratic Party attorney Marc Elias called this move a “blow to GOP voter suppression.”
California legislature introduces bill for cops to hold bachelor’s degrees to join police force
"This could be the beginning of changing the entire way that policing is done on the front end. Then we can let the bad cops retire on the back end.”
New York lawmakers ban evictions until May
“This bill is only a temporary solution to the urgent housing crisis we find ourselves in.”
Year-end insights galore, but what will we, can we learn from calamity?
On display: full combat between the forces of ignorance, bigotry, deception and propaganda vs. knowledge, understanding, wisdom and besieged aspirations of justice and equality.
Trump issues pardons to former cronies and Kushner’s father
President Donald Trump issued another round of pardons, including Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and his son-in-law’s father.
The troubling rise of vaccine nationalism
“No one should be blocked from getting a life-saving vaccine because of the country they live in or the amount of money in their pocket."
Dairyland in denial: Red states & the myth of the real American
Unless or until progressives start to recognize the cost of losing the underpopulated red states in Middle America, ultra-right-wing Republicans will continue to have power in Washington all out of proportion to the popular will.
Trump vetoes defense bill because of Section 230, calls it a national security threat
The House will meet on Monday to vote to override the President's veto of the NDAA and Senate will do the same on Tuesday.
Sanders rips GOP for happily endorsing Trump’s assault on Democracy but refusing to back...
"Republicans in Washington are happy to cheer on Trump's bogus conspiracy theories on non-existent election fraud, but refuse to support him when it comes to providing a $2,000 direct payment to working-class Americans facing economic desperation."
Trump issues pardons to Blackwater mercenaries and corrupt congressmen
“I’m really shocked…The American judiciary is fair and equitable. I had never imagined that Trump or any other politician would affect American justice.”