Tag: elections
Supreme Court conservatives about to kill fair elections permanently
Our nation is at a legal and ethical crossroads, where we must choose between actual ‘rule of law,’ or the rule of ‘judicial capture.'
America: One big commercial!
We get more and more commercials as the newest election cycle approaches.
Just 6% of US House seats expected to be competitive thanks...
The vast majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are becoming non-competitive.
How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections
A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests.
‘Time for Citizens United to go’: US oligarchs poured $1.2 billion...
"Billionaires shouldn't get to use their enormous wealth to pick and choose who they want in office."
How to stop Republicans from stealing elections
The stakes could not be higher. Simply put, it’s democracy or authoritarianism.
Why disability rights advocates are pressing the Senate to allow an...
The push for voters with disabilities, and for overseas and military voters, pits civil rights activists against cybersecurity advocates.
How to develop movement candidates and win rural governing power
In elections, we are facing setbacks locally and more broadly. A bold new experiment in West Virginia offers lessons for long-term success.
More suicidal GOP gaffes as McConnell scolds corporations: Forget fair elections...
What if refusing to challenge the most onerous election obstacles hurts corporate bottom lines, the ultimate wickedness?
Our elections are being rigged
Republican lawmakers are stealing our electoral process in broad daylight.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.