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Wednesday Night Owls: GOP cozies up to Jim Crow with still more voter suppression bills
On Tuesday, Georgia’s Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan introduced a bill repealing no-excuse absentee voting, which 1.3 million Georgians used in 2020, including 450,000 Republicans. Under his proposal, only a small subset of voters, such as those who are out of town, disabled, or over 65 (a demographic that leans…
Read More »Nine senators who voted to confirm Betsy DeVos flog Biden Cabinet pick's 'lack of experience'
BetsyDeVos DepartmentofEducation DonaldTrump HHS POLITICS Recommended Senate TedCruz TomCotton Trump XavierBecerraDeVos’ real qualification for becoming a top administration adviser, of course, was that she’d donated a shite-tonne of money to Republicans. Absent that largesse, she’d have been hard-pressed to find a job dumping grainy pink puke powder on second graders’ vomit. But, hey, Republicans’ very existence depends on shoving stuff down the…
Read More »Q&A: Two women could make history as the first Black woman DA and sheriff in Alameda County
AlamedaCounty BayArea Berkeley bhm blackhistorymonth California CriminalJustice da DistrictAttorney Elections ElectoralJustice Oakland POLITICS PRISM Q&A RacialJustice SheriffBoth could make history if elected, becoming the first Black women to ever hold those positions in the county. This is Price’s second bid for district attorney after running in 2018 against current District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who has held that seat since 2010. Walker is running against incumbent Sheriff…
Read More »Daily Kos Elections presents our comprehensive guide to the 117th Congress' members and districts
The chart below summarizes those stats by party for the House. (Note that we have assigned vacant seats to the party, if any, that last held them following the 2020 elections.) The new House has more than 100 women for the second time in its history, though at 28% of…
Read More »Judge indefinitely halts moratorium on most deportations. But Biden can still act in other ways
DepartmentofHomelandSecurity Deportations DrewTipton ICE Immigration JoeBiden KenCuccinelli KenPaxton moratorium POLITICS TexasCampaign ActionThe AP reports that Tipton’s initial ruling late last month “did not require deportations to resume at their previous pace. Even without a moratorium, immigration agencies have wide latitude in enforcing removals and processing cases.” This is where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has its options to not deport individuals.…
Read More »A Takeaway From House Hearing On Media Disinformation: Networks Have To Stop Feeding Viewers A News Diet Of “Rage”
Adam Kinzinger Breaking News CNN Entertainment Fox News House Energy and Commerce Committee Media MSNBC News POLITICS Soledad O'BrienThere was plenty of partisan sniping of double standards and whataboutism at today’s House subcommittee hearing on disinformation. As Democrats fume over the role of right-wing media disinformation in the Capitol siege, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) reminded of the 2017 attack on a Republican softball practice, in which he was…
Read More »CBS News To Launch New Streaming Version Of ’60 Minutes’ For Paramount+
60 Minutes+, a streaming version of the CBS News Sunday newsmagazine, was among the array of new offerings announced for ViacomCBS’ Paramount+. The network said that three new episodes will debut on March 4, the day of the launch of Paramount+. The program will feature longer segments and a new…
Read More »NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Denies Former Aide’s Renewed Harassment Claims
Breaking News Entertainment governor andrew cuomo lindsey boylan New York POLITICS Sexual harassmentSwirling chaos surrounding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo deepened Wednesday as a former aide accused him of inappropriate behavior, accusations the governor called “quite simply false.” The former aide, Lindsey Boylan, who worked for the state’s economic development agency, led off a blog post on Wednesday alleging harassment on a…
Read More »UK and EU fail break to break impasse over Irish Sea border
Joint committee reiterates commitment to Northern Ireland protocol despite problems with supply chains EU and UK leaders have failed to break the impasse over the controversial Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland after more than two hours of talks. However, the two sides have pledged to reach a “pragmatic solution”, with…
Read More »Keir Starmer under pressure to back plans for corporation tax rise
Labour leader has faced backlash after saying he would oppose any new tax on business in budget Keir Starmer is under pressure to back future rises in corporation tax after a backlash when the Labour leader said he would oppose any new tax on business in next week’s budget. Treasury…
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