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The IRS Scandal Is Improper And Illegal Political Competition

Image Credit: WPSD-TV The IRS Scandal Is Improper And Illegal Political Competition Democrats, who are famous for making a bunch of noise about Fairness, Equal Access, Voter Suppression, and Racial Discrimination... read more

This week in the war on voting: North Carolina 'ground zero' in voter suppression fight

This week in the war on voting is a joint project of Joan McCarter and Meteor Blades. • North Carolina 'ground zero' in fight against voter suppression: • Democrats introduce bill to reform and reauthorize the Election Assistance Commission: The EAC was created in the aftermath of the disastrous elections of 2000 as part of the Help America Vote Act. Show More Summary

What Is Up In Ohio?

Hunter Walker reports on what one election law expert calls "the most blatant and shameful" voter suppression effort Ohio has yet seen....

You could look at it as losing your public school, or you could look at it as gaining a free tablet

We talked about how Louisiana is a school reform success story, earning a high grade from both reform industry insider Michelle Rhee and the voter suppression law lobby-shop, ALEC. We also talked about this innovative reform industry plan for Excellence in Profiteering. Show More Summary

Paul Abrams: Expand Holder's IRS Investigation to All Voter Intimidation as Civil Rights' Violations

The right-wing is screaming at Eric Holder to investigate potential civil rights' violations by IRS officials. He should take them up on their entreaties, and raise the ante by investigating all the voter suppression and intimidation during the 2012 election.

Voter Suppression Group Warns Immigration Reform Will Allow ‘Millions’ Of Immigrants To Vote

Following other far-right attacks on comprehensive immigration reform, True the Vote, a Tea Party group purporting to combat voter fraud, is now rallying against the Senate’s immigration bill. In a fundraising email to supporters, True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht warned that the bill presents a “golden opportunity” to allow “millions of newly legalized immigrants” [...]

As The Americanized Blacks Were Focused On "Using The Institutions Of The US Government" To Fight Voter Suppression Via Photo ID- 260,000 Of Their Brothers And Sisters Died In Somalia - Without Any Protests Outside Of The Somalian Embassy In Washington DC

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MSNBC's Hayes Sees 'Insane Right-Wing Dystopia' and 'Voter Suppression' in NC

On Tuesday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes asserted that, since Republicans have taken control of the North Carolina state goverment, the state is moving toward becoming an "insane right-wing dystopia," and claimed the the GOP wants to engage in "voter suppression" in the state. Hayes: read more

If You Think That The "LampBlacked Yellow Journalists" Are Going To Ponder IF The "Black Voter Suppression Claims" Were Fraudulent - You'll Be Waiting A Long Time

THINK ABOUT IT!! What if a particular OUTCOME that resulted from a set of fraudulent, contrived claims on the front end - was the AGENDA all along? Do you think that the purveyors of the fraud would look at the successful results and...Show More Summary

Big-Government Conservatives Set Sights On Cities

There's more to the madness in North Carolina than voter suppression efforts and bills to allow an official state religion. Gov. Pat McCrory's legislature is steamrolling Democrats and Republicans alike. The legislature is debating a...Show More Summary

House Bill Would Effectively Abolish Voter ID In Federal Elections

Voter ID laws, which require voters to show photo ID in order to vote, are one of the most common forms of voter suppression laws favored by Republican state lawmakers. Although the laws’ supporters claim that they are necessary to combat in-person voter fraud, a voter is more likely to be struck by lightning than [...]

Poll: North Carolina Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose NC GOP’s Voter Suppression Laws

Thanks in no small part to massive spending by just one Republican donor, Republicans now control the entirety of North Carolina’s government for the first time in more than a century. They haven’t wasted any time consolidating their gains. As part of a sweeping conservative agenda that includes taxing the poor to pay for tax [...]

Death And Violence In Post-Election Venezuela - But Thankfully No Claims Of "Racist Voter Suppression" Has Panned Out

Blax News: When Defeated Opposition Candidate Henrique Capriles Was Asked Why He Doesn't Call For Calm Among His Disenchanted Supporters As He Goes To The United Nations For Redress - He Stated: "Who do you think we are? The NAACP? We are more serious minded than to waste the United Nations time on these matters."

How The "Fear Of Right-Wing Voter Suppression" Among Black Progressive Fundamentalists Functions In The Same Manner That The "Fear Of The Black Criminal" Functions Among White Racial Bigots

Before I get into the depth of my argument I need to first establish a framework from which you can appraise the relative VALUE of that which is STOLEN in both of these circumstances referenced in the title of this post.I understand the debate style among Black people. Show More Summary

Voter suppression group admits it lied to lawmakers

And by disseminating disinformation, it made liars out of a bunch of misguided volunteers, as well: RALEIGH, NC–4:55 PM, Friday, April 12, 2013. Late this afternoon, we learned that some of our findings, revealed at the April 10 public Legislative hearing, may be inaccurate; so we plan to issue a full report after completing an audit. Show More Summary

After Courts Block GOP Laws, Wisconsin GOP Pushes Bill To Strip Most State Courts’ Power To Block Laws

Last November, Wisconsin was able to run a fair election unmarred by one of the Republican Party’s favorite voter suppression tactics because two lower courts struck down the state’s unconstitutional voter ID law, and the conservative state supreme court repeatedly refused requests to take up the case before it winds its way through the normal [...]

Rand Paul to black student: Bringing up GOP voter suppression ‘demeans’ Civil Rights movement

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Don't miss our TPMPrime Live Chat this afternoon with Professor Rick Hasen. If you don't know him, he's simply the expert on all manner of phony 'vote fraud' politics, voter suppression law and more. He's the guy I go to...

Send a message about the GOP's voter suppression efforts

You should be able to copy this image for use as an avatar or profile pic on Facebook or Twitter. Then again, I had a dream that I could fly a few nights ago, and it took like fifteen minutes after waking before I accepted the fact that I couldn't. Bummer. read more

100 NC mayors to McCrory: We will not comply with your voter suppression schemes

WILMINGTON, NC - Taking their cue from secessionist proposals made by Republican members of the General Assembly last week, more than a hundred North Carolina mayors declared their cities will not comply with any GOP legislation that...Show More Summary