voter suppression

Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

A split Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, sidestepping a decision on the merits of the claims and instead ruling that the case must first wind its way through lower courts.

Why did the Trump administration do nothing to protect our election from this massive, widespread voter fraud that they are claiming? If what they are saying is true, wouldn’t that mean that Trump is dangerously incompetent and unqualified because he did nothing to address the threat? Voter fraud on the scale they are alleging would be one of the greatest attacks ever perpetrated on the United States, yet it happened under Trump’s watch.… Continue reading

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls it “wise” to bar Democrats who move to red states from voting

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-it-wise-bar-democrats-who-move-red-states-voting-1664155

On Wednesday, the Georgia congresswoman posted on Twitter that “brainwashed people” who move from California and New York need a “cooling-off period.” Her comment was in response to a Twitter user who wrote he supports discriminating against Democratic transplants, including restricting their ability to vote for a period of time. He also wrote that they should have to “pay a tax for their sins.”

Republicans are waging full scale war on our voting institutions. This isn’t some off hand joke, it’s a statement from an elected US official. She deadass believes this, and odds are good that swaths of republicans do as well.… Continue reading