Republicans are concerned about the bipartisan popularity of the campaign finance provisions of HR1, the voting rights package recently passed by the House.
Violence Targeting Asian Americans Shows The Cost Of GOP’s Grievance Politics
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Although the Trump administration is over, we are still witnessing the tragic effects of his politics, which have been wholly embraced by the Republican Party. The horrific shootings targeting Asian-American women in Atlanta are a stark, painful reminder that politics riddled with racism and toxic masculinity bear painful consequences.
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Here’s The Deal With Schumer’s Plan To Sneak Past The Filibuster Three Times In One Year
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has a trick up his sleeve: namely, an attempt to create a third reconciliation vehicle this year, which would let Democrats pass more legislation on a simple majority vote.
Corporations Wanted ‘Fair’ Voting Laws In GA. After Restrictions Became Law, They Got Pretty Quiet.
After an initial wave of lukewarm PR-speak about new, restrictive voting measures in Georgia, major companies with a foothold in the state now seem all too eager to avoid political controversy.
A Big, Big Deal
As we’ve discussed in various contexts over recent months, a big, big question is whether mRNA vaccines prevent COVID infection itself or the just illness that the virus causes. If the vaccine keeps you from getting a severe case of the disease or dying that is obviously a huge benefit. But the initial efficacy studies could not rule out one possibility: that vaccinated individuals were still getting infected and that the vaccine was pushing their cases into the asymptomatic category. That may not be a huge difference for individuals. But it’s all the difference in the world in terms of stopping the on-going spread of the disease through the population.
Now we have a study that seems to address this question directly.
Five Points On Why Former Trump Officials’ Recent COVID Revisionism Doesn’t Cut It
With the COVID-19 pandemic potentially nearing an end, Trump administration officials responsible for managing the crisis have begun to try to spin their way out of the carnage that the virus left behind.
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Where Things Stand: The Sad Wedding Guest
It’s a Monday in the new Trump-free world and most days it’s best to keep it that way. But we thought this particularly sad weekend news was worth flagging.
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Amid Georgia Furor, Other States Look at New Ways To Make Voting Harder
Georgia has become ground zero on the fight over voting rights after the 2020 election. Its governor signed into law legislation that will make some aspects of voting more cumbersome, though Republicans backed away from some of their most extreme proposals and in some parts of the state, the bill will lead to more ballot access.
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MLB All Star Game Thrown Into Uncertainty After New GA Voting Law
A curveball has been thrown at the Major League Baseball 2021 All-Star Game in light of the new Georgia voting law enacting sweeping changes to the state’s election rules. Continue reading “MLB All Star Game Thrown Into Uncertainty After New GA Voting Law”
New Lawsuit Claims GA Elections Bill Intentionally Discriminates Against Black Voters
A new lawsuit claims that race “was a motivating factor” behind last week’s passage of the Georgia elections overhaul law known as SB 202.