Florida Voted to Give Ex-Felons the Franchise. Now Republicans Are Throwing a Wrench in That Process.
Voters in Hollywood, Florida, line up to vote on Election Day 2018. Susan Stocker/Sun Sentinel/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A month after Florida voters approved a measure to restore the franchise to about 1.4 million former felons—the largest expansion of voting rights in decades—a battle over implementing that change…
David Byrne Rode His Bike to Our Office and Talked About Everything
David Byrne performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in April.Amy Harris/Invision/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since the late-1970s, when David Byrne formed the iconic (and alas, now-defunct) Talking Heads, his career has been an endless stream of fascinating side projects, starting with his super-weird, super-cool Brian…
Republicans Finally Have an Election Fraud Scandal. And None of Them Want to Talk About It.
People arrive for early voting at a polling place in Charlotte, North Carolina, ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Chuck Burton/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the weeks following the midterm elections, President Donald Trump and several Republican members of Congress became obsessed with the possibility of election fraud.…
Which Investigations Will the Dems Launch First?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rob DobiSometime in the mid-1990s, I was talking to a senior Clinton White House official who was in a lousy mood. After Republicans had seized control of the House of Representatives in 1994 for the first time in four decades, they had launched a blizzard…
A Runoff Election Tuesday Could Reverse Brian Kemp’s Voter Suppression in Georgia
Democratic secretary of state candidate John Barrow speaks during a campaign stop in Augusta, Georgia, on November 5.Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. John Barrow is the only former member of Congress with the unfortunate distinction of being drawn out of his district not once,…
Wisconsin’s GOP Aims to Strip Power From the Incoming Democratic Governor
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, left, and Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are making a last-ditch effort to strip crucial powers from the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general before Republican Gov. Scott Walker finishes his…