Pro-Trump groups in at least five states sent the government forged certificates of ascertainment declaring Trump the recipient of the state’s 2020 electors. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reported on the falsified documents Tuesday night, noting that the fake certifications, which were obtained by watchdog group American Oversight, have “almost the exact …
Read More »How Extreme Gerrymandering Paved the Way for Republican Vote-Counting Chaos
Election officials in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have distributed more than 4 million mail-in ballots to voters in the lead-up to the 2020 election. State legislators in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, however, have deliberately refused to give those administrators any extra time to open, process, and tabulate all of those ballots. And …
Read More »Will a Muted Microphone Be Able to Stop Trump From Interrupting Biden During the Debate?
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will square off for the final time on Thursday. We think. Though the third — err, second — and final debate is scheduled to take place on October 22nd, saying it’s “scheduled” is about as far as we’re willing to go …
Read More »Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Jenny Lewis Appear on Second Edition of Voting Rights Compilation
Pearl Jam, David Byrne and Jenny Lewis are among the many artists featured on Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy: Volume Two. The collection will be available on Friday for 24 hours only as part of the Bandcamp Fridays series. The tracklist is nearly twice the size …
Read More »Trump's Massive Debts Are a National Security Crisis
WASHINGTON —There’s a good rule of thumb for thinking about President Trump’s personal finances: It’s not what he owns; it’s what he owes. The New York Times’ explosive new investigation into Trump’s history of tax avoidance and IRS battles not only reveals that Trump paid a measly $750 in federal …
Read More »Read Kamala Harris' VP Nomination Acceptance Speech
Kamala Harris on Wednesday night became the first woman of color to accept a major party’s vice presidential nomination, closing out the third night of the Democratic National Convention with a powerful speech in which she traced the legacy of the black women who paved her way, and told her …
Read More »Is Texas Ready for a Democratic Senator? MJ Hegar Thinks So
The word “badass” gets tossed around a lot. But MJ Hegar, a 44-year-old Texas Democrat who is running to unseat three-term Republican Sen. John Cornyn, has actually earned the tag. After she went to the University of Texas in Austin, where she spent more than a few late nights blasting …
Read More »What We Know About Kamala Harris' Climate Record
This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Harris of California to be his running mate. Harris beat out a long list of qualified women for the spot — Senator Elizabeth …
Read More »Congress' Stinginess Is Putting Democracy at Risk, State Election Officials Say
WASHINGTON — A few weeks ago, more than 2,000 election officials from across the country participated in a virtual-training program known as a table-top exercise. Organized by the Department of Homeland Security, the training brought home the many obstacles facing state and local election officials in this pandemic year. Election …
Read More »'We Can Reverse This' — Why a Black Pastor Supports Joe Biden
I hear the humidity in Houston this September can be cut with a knife and served up like brisket. It is weather designed to make you sweat, and Joe Biden is likely about to do just that. The third Democratic primary debate is going down tonight, and with Biden having …
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