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Showing posts with label electoral politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electoral politics. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

'Thanks to Citizens United': 50 Megadonors Have Put Over $1.5 Billion Into 2024 Election

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By Edward Carver The top 50 contributors "skew Republican" but the list includes donors to both major parties, an analysis from Th...
Saturday, December 30, 2023

What did we miss in Tennesseee?

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 words by charles brooks A few months back, two Black state representatives, Rep. Justin Jones, (D-Nashville), and Rep. Justin Pearson, (D-M...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Just 6% of US House Seats Expected to Be Competitive Thanks to Rigged Maps

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Gerrymandered congressional districts come alongside a wave of GOP voter suppression laws. KENNY STANCIL February 17, 2022 In a major blow  ...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Senate Slammed for Passing 'Bloated' NDAA But Delaying Build Back Better Act

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"Don't tell me we can't afford to fight poverty, cancel student debt, pass paid leave, and defeat the climate crisis," sai...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Progressive Lawmakers to Biden: 'Cancel Student Loan Debt.' All of It. Now.

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  "Student loan payments resume in 61 days. Borrowers are NOT ready or able to restart them," said Democratic Congresswoman Pramil...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Cori Bush Booed by House GOP for Denouncing White Supremacy

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"What does it mean when they boo the Black congresswoman denouncing white supremacy?" asked the freshman Democrat from Missouri. b...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Is Biden’s anti-Trump message enough to win over Black voters?

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words by Charles Brooks     The significance of the Black vote is on full display as both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make their final case ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

AND STILL NO BLACK GOVERNORS...

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words by Charles Brooks AND STILL NO BLACK GOVERNORS Photo credit: Onasill ~ Bill - 72m  When the smoke cleared after the 2018 elections   f...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

ABRAMS NOT GOING AWAY QUIETLY

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words by Charles Brooks Photo Credit: Marco Verch Although the much talked about blue wave managed to sweep in a number of black elected o...