Texas Republicans try (and fail) to justify long voting lines
"If you can wait in line for a covid test," the Texas GOP argued, "you can wait in line to vote." That's an unusually bad argument.
By Steve Benen
In May 2020, the Trump White H ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2022 at 12:35PM
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Mitch McConnell's Electoral Count Act offer is a poison pill for voting rights
McConnell has spent 30 years making the same arguments against voting rights.
By Hayes Brown, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
The Electoral Count Act, the law governing h ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2022 at 12:26PM
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Top Priority In 2022
Junious Ricardo Stanton
It is not uncommon to begin a new year with goals, affirmations, declarations, promises and resolutions. We say things like: “I’m going to lose weight, I’m going to save money, I’m going to earn a pro ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2022 at 12:03PM
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Americans point to the best president of the last 40 years in new poll
By Steve Benen
Barack Obama tends to do quite well when scholars rank American presidents, with several surveys from recent years showing the Democrat among the top 10 presi ...
Posted Sunday, January 9th 2022 at 6:00PM
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After an attack like Jan. 6, America's founders rallied to save their democracy
America's founders dealt with "mobbish insurgents" by strengthening the democracy.
By Michael Steele, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
History will not soon forget the ...
Posted Sunday, January 9th 2022 at 5:56PM
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