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Supreme Court Ruling on Alabama Voting Map Has Voting Rights Advocates Worried
The court's ruling likely sends a message to states that they can pass whatever maps they want before the 2022 midterms.
Convoy Movement Isn’t a Struggle Over Freedom, It’s an Attempt to Kill Democracy
Anti-democratic forces like the trucker convoy are subverting the idea of freedom in service of right-wing extremism.
Trump’s Illegal Document Shredding May Haunt Him in January 6 Investigation
All of this contempt for the rules of governance is being laid bare by the House committee investigating January 6.
Democrats Plan to Use Republicans’ “Legitimate Political Discourse” Against Them
Polling indicates that voters are narrowly split on which party should control Congress after the midterm elections.
Christian Nationalists Are Rewriting Jan 6 History. Alarmingly, It’s Working.
A new report shows Christian nationalist support for those who attacked the Capitol has doubled in the past year.
Trump Took “Top Secret” Classified Material to Mar-a-Lago Estate
One former federal prosecutor said that the FBI would want to review how and why Trump had the documents.
Trump’s Post-Election Vengeance Campaign Has Split the Republican Party in Two
This is Mitch’s Republican Party as much as it is Trump’s.
Black Congresswomen Urge Biden to Pick Civil Rights Champion for Supreme Court
Nominating a “Black woman is not mere symbolism; it is an essential step” for justice, lawmakers wrote.
Trump’s Phone Records From Capitol Attack Have Huge Gaps, Says Jan. 6 Committee
Members of the January 6 select committee are confident they can fill in the gaps through other means.
Pharma-Funded Republican Blocks Sanders’s Demand for Vote on Drug Price Bill
The demand was blocked by GOP Sen. Mike Crapo, who’s gotten about $300,000 from the pharmaceutical industry since 2017.