1 hour ago by pgolio

Post #3 – Accusations of voter fraud / voter-registration fraud against ACORN A second controversy, accusations of widespread voter fraud, reveals (in a number of episodes) ACORN’s inattention to legal fine points and indifference to procedural safeguards, as well as the perils of paying part-time c ...

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1 hour ago by pgolio

“They want everybody to vote. I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the election, quite candidly, goes up as the voting populace goes down.” – Pau ...

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6 days ago by radioactivegavin

Jon Stewart: Fox saw Obama’s Q&A as ‘against the narrative’ TODAY’S TOP STORIES Blair lied to public and misled parliament in build-up to Iraq War NPR finds right-wing crank to spit on Zinn’s grave from FAIR The creed of objectivity killed the news by Chris Hedges Law would keep FCC off low-power ra ...

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14 days ago by Eric J. Davis

The United States Supreme Court gave corporations free rein to spend without limits in political races in a precedent-shattering 5-4 ruling. With unfettered restraints on businesses' ability to fund and influence political races, our republic might appear to be for sale. This single change, however, ...

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66 days ago by bluebanshee

There was no mention of the GOP’s favorite boogeymen, ACORN and the Black Panthers in a recently released report on the Bush Civil Rights Division of the DOJ. Instead, the report focused on the Bush administration’s disinclination to actively pursue the recommendations of career DOJ attorneys. Take ...

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69 days ago by Hal

You have to love charities in Texas. They are so . . . Texan. Texans, you see, make a great show of being against illegal immigration. They elect state and federal legislators who make it their business to wave the bloody shirt of illegal immigration whenever possible, especially to redirect one’s a ...

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135 days ago by Mary Mancini

Guber Candidate Ron Ramsey takes aim at fair elections. Last week, Lt. Governor and gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey appeared with Republican Secretary of State Tre Hargett and at an event in Kingsport and told business leaders that not only wouldn’t they follow the law and implement the Tennessee ...

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135 days ago by Mary Mancini

Below is a list of voter suppression tactics used by those in power to suppress voter turnout. There are two reasons why it is important to pay attention to voter suppression tactics now even though we do not have a statewide election until next year: 1) Some of these tactics are being used in Tenne ...

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141 days ago by Hackwhackers

Daily Kos has picked up on a nugget in a NY Times story on Wingnuttia's latest hero, James "O Crap" O'Keefe, whose videos have targeted ACORN. Asked why he targeted ACORN, O Crap said it was because ACORN registers minority voters who are likely to vote against Rethuglicans. It's been a rule of poli ...

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144 days ago by David Schraub

Last April, the Supreme Court uphold an Indiana voter ID law which disenfranchised folks for literally no tangible reason. The intangible reason was to prevent voter fraud. I call that reason "intangible" because Indiana had never, in its history, had a prosecuted case of voter fraud of a form this ...

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