Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Tag: 2016 Presidential Elections

Observers sent to polling places to help protect voters

These poll watchers will be sent to places more likely to be affected by racial discrimination, intimidation or other means of depriving voters.

With voting rights protections gutted, polling places have been shuttered on...

Decisions to shutter or reduce voting locations are often made quietly and at the last minute, making pre-election intervention or litigation virtually impossible.

‘We are not ready’: Arizona voters warn Election Day could be...

Phoenix heads into Election Day with last-minute law changes, misinformation, long lines, and threats of intimidation.

Why is Washington still pushing the trans-pacific partnership?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) embodies the stacked deck. It was negotiated in secret of, by and for the global corporations.

Eight ways to strengthen our democracy beyond voting

The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections.

Like a halloween nightmare, this election keeps scaring us to death

Only the silver stake of an actual election can finally kill these spiteful specters, and save us from this long night of phantasy horror.

Will the DOJ or FCC Stop the AT&T Merger From Creating...

“If you’re not a Time Warner shareholder ... if you’re not a Wall Street banker, there is very little in this deal for you.”

Can Any U.S. President Ever Overcome the Power of the Establishment...

I firmly believe that the days of the Establishment and the existence of the Circle of Power and Control are clearly numbered; and it’s only a matter of time before this controlling entity becomes a thing of the past.

American Irrationalism: Sleepwalking Into Oblivion

There are hundreds of millions of Americans who know that something is terribly wrong, but they lack the words and ideas to make sense of what is happening around them.

Bad Hombre

Michelle, you get four years off for great behavior but we want to see you run in 2020. No one could heal this nation better.

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Wetlands in Louisiana. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Trump EPA proposes rule that would strip protection from most US streams and wetlands

Environmental groups say the rule would eliminate protection for most freshwater wetlands nationwide.
Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts. Photo: Parkerjh / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall

More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Photo: Artaxerxes / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How the Loser-in-chief sabotages the midterm – better a trumped up martyr than disaster-driven...

Haranguing, bonkers and beset,/ “Victim” Trump makes his riskiest bet.
A ballot drop box. Photo: Cliffordsnow / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks Trump administration rule restricting mail ballots

The order covers the November election, months after Trump signed an executive order targeting how ballots move through the mail
A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.