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Common Dreams
- Sotomayor Says 13 People Executed During Trump Killing Spree ‘Deserved More From This Court’on January 16, 2021 at 4:29 pm
Jon Queally, staff writer”This is not justice,” said the liberal Justice after the state murder of Dustin John Higgs as she excoriated the court’s conservative majority for essentially […]
- Will Trump’s Grand Finale Be Conviction by the US Senate?on January 16, 2021 at 3:37 pm
Ralph NaderCongressional Republicans have aided and abetted, for four years, Trump’s assertion that “With Article II, I can do whatever I want as president.” Dangerous Donald did just that.
- As Democrats Confirm They Did Not Host Pre-Insurrection Capitol Tours, Which GOP Members Can Say the Same?on January 16, 2021 at 2:29 pm
Jon Queally, staff writer”I can say with 100% confidence I didn’t give any Capitol tours to anyone last week,” said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Friday. “Any Republicans out there who want to join us in […]
Pew Research Center
- Black, Latino and Asian Americans have been key to Georgia’s registered voter growth since 2016by Carrie Blazina on December 21, 2020 at 6:31 pm
The number of Black registered voters in Georgia increased the most among all major racial and ethnic groups between 2016 and 2020. The post Black, Latino and Asian Americans have been key to […]
- Key findings about voter engagement in the 2020 electionby Carrie Blazina on December 14, 2020 at 6:00 pm
53% of U.S. adults who voted in the general election say they engaged in at least 1 of 6 political activities over the past six months. The post Key findings about voter engagement in the 2020 […]
- Most mail and provisional ballots got counted in past U.S. elections – but many did notby Carrie Blazina on November 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm
In the 2016 general election, voters submitted nearly 33.5 million mail ballots, but more than 400,000 (1.2% of the total) weren’t counted. The post Most mail and provisional ballots got counted in […]
- Amid pandemic, the long decline of in-person voting on Election Day is likely to accelerate this yearby Carrie Blazina on November 3, 2020 at 9:30 pm
Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast. The post Amid pandemic, the long decline of in-person voting on […]
Inside Elections
- Capitol Invasion Marred Hope of “Peaceful Transfer of Power”by Jacob Rubashkin on January 14, 2021 at 4:19 pm
By Jacob Rubashkin At the final presidential debate of 2016, moderator Chris Wallace asked then-candidate Donald Trump if he would commit to abide by “one of the prides of this country…the […]
- Wrestling With the Mobby Jacob Rubashkin on January 8, 2021 at 7:30 pm
By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin The invasion of the U.S. Capitol will live forever in America’s history. One of the core problems is that the country is so divided that people do not […]
Socialist Alternative
- Hong Kong Mass Arrests: Xi Jinping Strikes While Western Powers are in Disarrayby George Martin Fell Brown on January 15, 2021 at 11:29 pm
Mass arrests of democratic opposition under China’s national security law ISA reporters in Hong Kong The latest sweeping crackdown by the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) in Hong Kong effectively bans […]
- Online Rally to Defend Kshama Sawant: Going All Out to Defeat the Right Wing Recallby Rebecca Green on January 14, 2021 at 7:37 pm
On Saturday, January 9, 2,000 working people and progressive activists tuned in to an online rally to reject the right wing and big business backed recall attack against Seattle City Councilmember […]