Remember Patrick Braxton? The absolute legend who got sick of his small Alabama town being run by a bunch of unelected racist anti-vaxxers? The guy who ran for mayor of Newbern, AL, and won, despite said unelected officials trying to give him the wrong information about running for office? The guy who was then subsequently locked out of the mayor's office by said racist anti-vaxxers and sued?
Well, he has had a minor setback: a federal judge refused to grant his and other plaintiffs' request for an immediate injunction forcing Haywood "Woody" Stokes III (the unelected, white mayor who inherited the mayoralty from a 60-year-long chain of unelected white men) to stop locking Braxton out of town hall and step down. She noted that the plaintiffs, by waiting over a year to file the suit, failed to show the urgency of the request. However, she also noted that his argument in the trial, set to begin this September, is likely to win out.
#HouseRepublicans held a hearing today on the need to prevent noncitizen voting in federal elections, despite it already being illegal and there not being evidence of the phenomenon. #Democrat Rep #JoeMorelle said, “It’s not provable because there’s no proof.”
#MarjorieTraitorGreene is a #RussianAsset who thinks her job is to promote Russian #disinformation and #propaganda to the American people. She doesn't even make an effort to hide her treasonous behavior. I'm seriously worried about the number of elected #Republicans who, by all appearances, are on #VladimirPutin's payroll. I really hope the #DOJ is investigating her, and other #RussianStooge Republicans who are violating their oaths of office.
Via Dave Wasserman, who confirms my lack of confidence in winning the House back:
New: NC Republicans just passed a new gerrymander that could flip the state from 7D-7R to as lopsided as 11R-3D. It dooms Reps. Kathy Manning (D) in #NC06, Wiley Nickel (D) in #NC13 and Jeff Jackson (D) in #NC14 and puts Rep. Don Davis (D) in a Toss Up #NC01. #NorthCarolina
On media, and democracy.
This event shows why democracies must prevent a handful of billionaires from controlling our media.
@MAD_democracy asked the FCC to hold a hearing about Fox Corp’s knowing lies—lies that led to Jan 6. These politicians objected. But Fox covers these politicians! And thus Murdoch has huge power over them. We’ve seen the same in Australia and the UK.
No wonder why the rightwing in Israel are interested in #judicialOverhaul
CNN
most Israelis oppose the plan to weaken the courts, rightwing minority see it as a step toward, and not away from, democracy
Other parts, which are yet to be voted on by the #knesset would give the government more control over the appointment of ⭕judges and would remove independent legal ⭕advisers from government ministries
And with Republicans sticking to unpopular policies for young people, especially those affecting education, free choice, and college debt, these towns will become strongholds for Democrats.
Will Republicans change any policies to win over these voters? No. They will work feverishly to either A) gerrymander these areas and B) restrict access to the ballot box. Organize to get around it now.
"Oh great. A couple of brainwashed chucklefucks from Shasta have infiltrated the local government and ended their contract with #dominionvoting Now California has to pay for some hand-tabulation process so these dingdongs can cheat in the election.
Excellent article from Democracy Docket and Marc Elias.
We can't out-organize voter suppression. This is scary because what are the options?
Yes, organize. But we have to fight like our lives depend on it. We have to call it out as unconstitutional. We have to get rid of the politicians who are repressing us.
Can any of us who saw what Trump tried to do to overturn the results of the 2020 election have any doubt he will once again try to do whatever necessary to regain power, even if illegal and unconstitutional? https://bit.ly/3NalCsJ