Texas Republicans Pass Voting Restrictions to Solidify Anti-Democratic Hold on Power
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan opens the special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott on July 8 in Austin. Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It has long been assumed that as America heads toward a future in which people of…
Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Protect Voting Rights
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaking at a press conference about passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Budget Resolution, August 11, 2021.Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the wee hours on Wednesday morning, Republicans once…
GOP Could Retake the House in 2022 Just by Gerrymandering Four Southern States
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Before Georgia voted for Joe Biden, the biggest upset in recent state politics came when Democrat Lucy McBath became the first Black person to represent Newt Gingrich’s former congressional district. Georgia’s Sixth District, home to the affluent…
Civil Rights Groups to Biden: Abolish Filibuster to Protect Voting Rights
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., center, and Cliff Albright, right, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, are arrested with activists during a protest to support voting rights outside of Hart Building on July 22, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free…
This Is What a Real Filibuster Looks Like
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Until this week, there were two parallel fights over voting rights unfolding in the United States. In Washington, Democrats have spent the last few months talking amongst themselves whether to pass…
It’s Wild That the Attorney General Leading the War on Voter Fraud Has Been Under Indictment for Six Years
Jay Janner via ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Ex-President Donald Trump was the headliner of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas last weekend, but if you want to take the temperature of the party, it’s really the sycophants you…