Don’t believe the hype: Federal law prohibits them from voting, and there’s no evidence that they’re doing so in any numbers that could sway elections.
Brad Raffensperger
Posted inProtecting the Vote
What Is Going on With Georgia’s Board of Elections?
What Is Going on With Georgia’s Board of Elections? In 2020, the state’s Republican governor and secretary stood down Trump’s efforts to “find” the votes to overturn the election. Now, the MAGA-dominated elections board has other ideas.
Posted inPolitics
Justice is Delayed as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Does the appointment of a special counsel in the Trump cases mean justice denied? Merrick Garland’s appointment of Jack Smith is hardly comforting.
Posted inPolitics
The Women Who Can Take Out Trump
Representative Liz Cheney has the platform, but Fulton County DA Fani Willis has the grand jury. Behold the Furies of January 6.
Posted inPolitics
“I’ve Lost My Name”
At the January 6 hearings this week, Ruby Freeman recalled counting ballots on Election Night—and how Trump, Giuliani, and their goons tore her life apart.
Posted inPolitics
The January 6 Committee’s Fatal Connections
Congressional hearings tend to leave sounds and images lingering in the mind. I will never forget the methodical drone of John Dean’s voice explaining that he had told Richard Nixon there was a cancer on his presidency, or the bland sangfroid of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman correcting Representative Devin Nunes, “Ranking member, it’s ‘Lieutenant Colonel […]
Posted inApril/May/June 2022
Can Democrats Hold Georgia?
The party did everything right to win the state in 2020—and the Republicans did everything wrong.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Making It Easier to Vote Is Good for Republicans, Too
Democrats are pushing an important set of voting reforms, from expanding dropboxes to helping ex-felons vote. They’re convinced it will help them at the polls. That’s hardly certain.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Trump’s Lenny Bruce Defense
Never tell them—deny it. They got the audiotape? Deny it!
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Georgia’s Recount Is Likely to Narrow Biden’s Lead There. Here’s Why.
It probably won’t reverse his Peach State victory, but it may give Trump another avenue to sow chaos.
