New Orleans In the typical rightwing kneejerk, the other day all of the bloggers circulated a so-called report with blaring headlines produced in some inexplicable, sloppy way by something called Cause for Action, calling themselves “advocates for government accountability.” The list was enjoyably ludicrous, but at the same time dangerously chilling. The report called itself …
Category: Voting Rights
Voting Wars: Masking Voter Suppression Under the Fog of War
Little Rock Back in the old days of the Cold War, one of the things we were frequently taught from classroom to scout den had to do with the nefarious tricks of the propaganda trade involving the so-called “Big Lie.” If one repeated a lie often enough, then people would start believing the lie and not …
Following Up on Mom’s Voter ID, Dave Clohessey and SNAP, and Campbell Brown’s Anti-Union Rage
New Orleans Pennsylvania took a pass on making voting fair and other states continue to hardball voters. It all comes too close to home. One of the items on my list today is taking my mother out on the town. Unfortunately that means rolling her out on the street from the facility where she is …