Voter suppression is alive and well in some states in America..... Five years after the Supreme Court invalidated the Voting Rights Act’s requirement that certain states get federal approval to change their election laws, there are few places where the results are clearer than … [Read more...] about Seven Ways Alabama Has Made It Harder to Vote…
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The Midwest doesn’t like Trump anymore; the South likes him fine….
Donald Trump changed the electoral map in 2016, but state-by-state polling from Morning Consult suggests that it’s changing back rather quickly. In broad terms, the Trump shift was to do better than Mitt Romney with white voters with no college degree but considerably worse than … [Read more...] about The Midwest doesn’t like Trump anymore; the South likes him fine….
North Korea is back to being a threat…Trump White House…
Donald Trump is back at it again.... Throwing down in the opposite direction to try get movement on policy... After his love-fest on North Korea? He's back to throwing bricks.... The White House in an announcement on Friday said North Korea remains an “unusual and … [Read more...] about North Korea is back to being a threat…Trump White House…
Protests breakout against ICE…
Immigration enforcement as an issue is growing.... Protesters are occupying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the country, inspired by a Portland protest that resulted in the indefinite shutdown of an ICE detention center on Wednesday. "Occupy ICE" … [Read more...] about Protests breakout against ICE…
Trump immigration executive order is in trouble within the Government…
It seems that inside the Trump government? There is problems with how to handle the directive , if it is even legal.... Several agencies are simply NOT following parts of it.... The whole thing has actually gotten worst because of Trump's lack of management style, which … [Read more...] about Trump immigration executive order is in trouble within the Government…
Trump Press Sec Sanders asked to leave eatery due to who she works for….
Working for Donald Trump seems to hurt your chances of ducking the bad will your boss has spread around the country.... White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders acknowledges in a tweet that she was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant Friday night. Sanders says … [Read more...] about Trump Press Sec Sanders asked to leave eatery due to who she works for….
Daily Kos Elections releases our initial 2018 House race ratings
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. LEADING OFF ● House: Daily Kos … [Read more...] about Daily Kos Elections releases our initial 2018 House race ratings
Donald Trump’s actions to make Immigration More popular to American’s…Open Thread for 6/23/18…
A full 75% of Americans SUPPORT efforts by outsiders to come to America to live their lives.... And.... 65% of Republicans also support the idea.... 85% of Democrats.... So? While Donald Trump (with his trusty assistant Stephen Miller coaxing him on) fights to … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s actions to make Immigration More popular to American’s…Open Thread for 6/23/18…