Liberal Forum

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - THE COST OF MAGA ****

‘The Left Has Really Woken Up’: Fox News’s Dana Perino Reacts to ‘Staggering’ Election Turnout in Wisconsin - Mediaite (dot com)

Brandon Johnson Wins Chicago Mayor’s Race! Guess All Those Cops Will Quit Now. No Backsies. - Wonkette

GOP having full-blown freak out after being punished in elections this week: report - MSN

Wisconsin Supreme Court election loser refuses to concede to winner he deems not "worthy" - Salon

Disaster for working people loomed in Wisconsin if MAGA Republicans had taken Supreme Court - Raw Story


But not to worry 'cause the MAGAts have plans in place to UNDO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE - AS ALWAYS.

Wisconsin GOP supermajority already looking to impeach newly elected liberal Supreme Court judge - Salon

Wisconsin senate supermajority win gives Republicans impeachment power - The Guardian

Wisconsin GOP could try to oust new liberal state Supreme Court justice - NBC News

Montana GOP advances bill to change the rules and make Democrat Sen. Jon Tester's reelection bid tougher - Dailykos

Far-right California county throws out voting machines – with nothing to replace them - The Guardian


MEANWHILE, MORE DINO TREACHERY

North Carolina Lawmaker Switches Parties, Gives Republicans Unlimited Power - Vice (dot com)

North Carolina Democrat Switched Parties, Allowing Republicans to Ban Abortion - Jezebel (dot com)  State Rep. Tricia Cotham's switch on Wednesday handed the GOP a veto-proof majority with which to further decimate abortion access across the South.

AND

MAGA-hat wearing election judge sparks turmoil at Missouri polling station: report - MSN

Arizona Republicans ordered to pay legal fees in election certification lawsuit - Raw Story
 

DEATH OF DEMOCRACY - the REAL FRAUDSTERS
REPUBLICAN ENDGAME TO UNDERMINE THE VOTE
. Florida GOP election bill aims to make it harder for Gen Z to vote - Salon (I WONDER WHY?)

The Effort to Suppress the Vote Is Spreading to the Republican Mainstream - Slate

Alex Wagner Airs Secret Recordings Showing Giuliani and Trump Aide Telling Fox News They Couldn’t Prove Voter Fraud - Mediaite

Trump-appointed elections official wants to eliminate transparency for campaign finance complaints - Raw Story

Pro-Trump election denier Tina Peters sentenced to home detention over obstruction charges - Raw Story

Amid baseless voter fraud claims, an entire county election staff quits - NBC News   In Buckingham County, four people quit their jobs after a feud between local Republicans and the general registrar consumed the small community.

MEANWHILE:

Solid wins for Dems in Alaska elections - Dailykos

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - MINORITY RULE - HOW MAGAS CHEAT TO WIN IN...

OHIO:

The shame of Ohio: Corrupt, gerrymandered Statehouse Republicans assault voters, again - Ohio Capital Journal (dot com)

Just moments after I watched Ohio Senate Republicans pass a resolution for 41% minority rule over the Ohio Constitution on Wednesday, I walked past a field trip of Ohio children touring the Statehouse.

In so many ways, from higher education to the power of voting, those children were touring our historic Statehouse while Ohio Republican lawmakers were busy assaulting their futures.

Ohio Republicans are in a full-court press on their attempt to make it harder for voters to amend our Ohio Constitution by raising the threshold for passage from 50% to 60%

Special interest groups say they're trying to protect Ohio Constitution from special interest groups - Ohio Capital Journal

Can't Win, So They Cheat: GOP Tries to Keep Abortion Rights Off Ballot After Big Losses - CommonDreams (dot org)  "Republican lawmakers pushing these efforts want 41% of voters to block ballot initiatives that 59% of voters support. This is not democracy."

TEXAS:

GOP advances bills that could let it throw out future election results in Texas' largest blue county - Dailykos

Texas county election head who was targeted by Sidney Powell quits after lynching threats - Raw Story

Texas Republicans fire the latest salvo in their war on voting - Dailykos

Texas Senate moves to end countywide voting on Election Day - MSN

GEORGIA:

2020 election lies about Georgia could soon result in a legal reckoning - Raw Story

FLORIDA:

Editorial: Yet another scheme to make it harder to vote in Florida - Yahoo

ARIZONA:

Arizona GOP must pay Secretary of State’s legal fees for ‘bad-faith’ 2020 election lawsuit: appeals court - Raw Story

NEW YORK:

More charges expected in GOP scheme to cheat New York elections - Raw Story

NATIONWIDE:

U.S. elections official takes part in secretive GOP conference — sparking backlash - Raw Story

A commissioner of a federal elections agency recently spoke at a secretive conference of conservative voting activists and Republican secretaries of state and congressional staff — a step that election experts call highly improper for an official charged with helping states administer fair and unbiased elections.

U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Donald Palmer, the former chief election official in Virginia, was a panelist at a February conference organized by conservative groups working to impose new voting restrictions, including the Heritage Foundation.

BLOWBACK:

Dominion lawyer shoots down Newsmax’s defense of 2020 coverage: It's the same lies as Fox - Raw Story

Dominion Lawyers Vow to Press on With Other Cases After Settlement - Mediaite

A TOM IN EVERY PLOT: Unrepentant bigot is instant GOP frontrunner in North Carolina governor's race - Dailykos
 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS CAN'T WIN UNLESS THEY CHEAT!

IN TEXAS:

TX Senate Passes Bill Allowing Abbott To Overturn Elections - Comic Sands (dot com)

Texas bill allows secretary of state to overturn elections - The Hill

IN FLORIDA:

The cost too great: Florida GOP passes more restrictive voting laws - Alternet (dot org)

Florida GOP send "egregious" voter suppression bill to Ron DeSantis - Salon

"This is the third year in a row Florida's lawmakers have changed our voting rules, attacked community-based groups who support voters, and implemented unnecessary and confusing barriers for Floridians looking to participate in our democracy

Provisions within the bill specifically target community-based voter registration groups with enormous fines and draconian new restrictions."

Appeals court largely backs Florida 2021 election law, overturning federal judge - Tampabay (dot com)

A judge last year ruled parts of the law intended to discriminate against Black voters.

Florida sued over confusing voting rules that target people with felony convictions - The Independent (dot co dot uk)

IN NORTH CAROLINA:

North Carolina Republicans Just Took Gerrymandering to a Whole New Level - The Nation (dot com)

"Reversing a ruling handed down by a Democratic majority on the same court last December, the justices not only threw out a verdict that held that state legislative and congressional voting maps were illegal gerrymanders drawn to give Republicans an advantage,

but effectively wrote the entire judiciary and the governor’s office out of reviewing district maps altogether."
 
 

JIM CROW ALIVE AND WELL IN MAGA AMERICA:

Direct democracy proves too scary for red state legislatures; so, they change the rules - The Fulcrum (dot us)

Audio reveals top GOP lawyer's 2024 strategy: Make it harder for college students to vote - Salon

Losing Ballot Issues on Abortion, G.O.P. Now Tries to Keep Them Off the Ballot - NewYorkTimes (dot com)  After abortion rights supporters swept six ballot measures last year, Republican legislatures seek to make it harder to get on the ballot, and harder to win if there is a vote.

Watchdog group accuses House Republicans of violating campaign finance law - Raw Story


NO LOW TOO LOW:

AZ election denier insults traditional media — but defends far-right media personalities like Alex Jones - Raw Story

Rudy Giuliani Admits To Suppressing NYC Latino Vote - HuffPost

Georgia’s Hot Mess Is Headed Your Way - The New York Times

Both Republicans in line to replace ousted Arizona election denier are closely aligned with her - Raw Story

MAGA clerk Tina Peters travels to Arizona to support lawmaker expelled over election conspiracies - Raw Story

Herschel Walker was a joke of a candidate. Now he may be center of a huge scandal. - Yahoo


FIGHTING BACK:

Blue Wave In Lincoln, Nebraska! - Dailykos

Lincoln's Democratic mayor overcomes expensive effort to beat her in Nebraska's capital city - Dailykos

DA Fani Willis to announce election fraud charges which “may provoke a significant public reaction” - Dailykos

There might be a grand jury in Michigan probing plots to seize voting machines in 2020: report - MSN
 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - HOW REPUBLICANS STEAL ELECTIONS:

Stop the steal — the Republican steal - The Hill

... the new maps drawn by the GOP-dominated state legislature [in North Carolina] are likely to give three or four more congressional seats to Republicans in 2024 (for a total of 10 or 11 of the 14 seats assigned to North Carolina following the 2020 census), in a state that regularly gives almost half its votes to Democrats and elected a Democratic governor.

Republicans weaponize statehouse rules to disenfranchise voters - Salon (dot com)  From preemption laws to the expulsion of Democratic representatives, Republicans in red states are rigging the game

Right-wing groups lead new under the radar effort to restrict voting access: report - Raw Story

Texas Republicans Want to Control Voting, Elections in Democratic Houston - Bloomberg

Opinion: This is not democracy. Ohio lawmakers working to shred our Constitution - news.yahoo (dot com)

Republicans have declared all-out war on younger voters: voting rights organizer - Alternet (dot org)

GOP Can’t Beat Gen Z, but It Can Stifle Its Vote - thedailybeast (dot com)  Republican policies are unpopular with young people, so they’re copy-pasting racist voter suppression tactics to silence their voices.


MEANWHILE:

Rough News for Trump: A Georgia Prosecutor Has Bagged Eight Fake Electors – Mother Jones

Georgia GOP chairman tries to evade indictment by throwing Trump's team under the bus - Salon (dot com)  Lawyers for David Shafer say he formed fake elector group on “repeated and detailed advice of legal counsel”

Georgia Fake Electors Insist They Did No Crime, And If They Did, It Was Trump's Fault - Above the Law


AND, SNAKES BEING WHAT THE ARE:

Georgia MAGA faction plots to get 'traitor' Brian Kemp booted from party - Raw Story
 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS: MAGAS WORKING TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE AND RIG THE OUTCOMES:

A Massive Texas County (Houston) Turned Blue. Then The GOP-Controlled Senate Voted To Overturn Their Elections - talkingpointsmemo (dot com)

The local toll of election denialism: Virginia county loses second registrar in 2 months - NBC News  Republicans advancing baseless voter fraud allegations pushed out the nonpartisan election chief. A man who advanced those same claims took her place. He is now gone, as well.

Georgia election workers say former Trump lawyer is dodging subpoena - news.yahoo (dot com)

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy tells young Iowans US should raise voting age from 18 to 25. - news.yahoo (dot com)

Kansas GOP wants to kick minority, youth and women’s groups out of party leadership - kansascity (dot com)

MEANWHILE:

Virginia is the eighth Republican-led state to leave ERIC - NPR (dot com)

Another One Gone: Virginia Leaves Voter Roll Program Plagued By Right Wing Conspiracy Theories - talkingpointsmemo (dot com)

After all, how else could MAGAS "VOTE TWICE"... like their elected and seeking to be elected MAGA leaders are TELLING THEM TO DO... if there's a way to track their asses.

Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC):

At least every 60 days, each ERIC state submits their voter registration data and motor vehicle licensing data to ERIC. ERIC's technical staff matches that data against data from all the other member states and Social Security death data. ERIC identifies voters who have moved, voters who have died, and voters with duplicate registrations within a state's database. States may also request National Change of Address (NCOA) reports using official data from the US Postal Service and, after federal general elections, participate in a fraud check to see if voters cast ballots in more than one state. (source: wikipedia)

FIGHTING BACK:

League of Women Voters foils Trumpist voter suppression scheme in Pennsylvania - Dailykos (dot com)

Conservatives endorsed by Sarah Huckabee Sanders defeated in closely watched Arkansas election - Raw Story

Smartmatic subpoenas Trump campaign in lawsuit against Fox News over 2020 election conspiracy theories - news.yahoo

Former President Bill Clinton Says Get Rid of the Electoral College - MSN (dot com)
 
 

THE UNDERHANDED FASCIST MAGA SCHEME TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY AT THE POLLS:

Indicted Texas AG Ken Paxton, 2020 election denier, wants voting ‘integrity’ powers? - STAR-TELEGRAM (dot com)

Eliminating countywide voting in Texas would make the process harder on voters, cost more money, election leaders say - Raw Story

Oklahoma GOP Blocks State From Joining Voter Roll Program Its Not Even In, Over Far-Right Conspiracy Theory - talkingpointsmemo (dot com)

Mystery swirls over GOP candidate who doesn’t appear to actually exist - Raw Story

A TOM IN EVERY PLOT: Daniel Cameron wins Republican primary in Kentucky governor's race - MSNBC (dot com)

BLOWBACK!

Democrat Donna Deegan flips the Jacksonville mayor's office in a major upset - NBC News

Progressives carry the day in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County - Dailykos

Pennsylvania Dems retain their House majority! - Dailykos

Sean Hannity is scared that the GOP is losing its way after this week's election smackdown: analyst - Raw Story

The erosion is continuing: Wall Street Journal editors sound alarm of GOP's latest election flops - Raw Story

Efforts to suppress the Gen Z vote are poking a bear - The Hill (GOOD. Keep on trying to silence their voices and suppress their right to vote, magats.)

Attempted GOP takeover of Fulton County elections board falls apart - Raw Story

Congressman, others urge feds to investigate Tarrant County judge over voting rights - news.yahoo (dot com)

Elected officials who represent Tarrant County’s minority communities have asked the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to investigate County Judge Tim O’Hare and other county officials over a pattern of voter intimidation and harassment.”

Oregon Senate walkout continues as 6 more Republicans banned from re-election - MSN

The Oregon Senate failed to reach quorum again Thursday, meaning six additional Republican senators have now disqualified themselves from running for reelection under Article IV, Section 15 of the Oregon Constitution.
 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - CULLING THE VOTE, ANY WHICH WAY THEY CAN

KS GOP to back off proposal kicking minority groups off board - The Kansas City Star - kansascity (dot com)  The Kansas Republican Party appears to be backing off a proposal to kick elected officials and groups representing Black, Hispanic, female and young Republicans off of key party governing boards

(Black, Hispanic, female AND young? Sounds about right... for MAGAS)

Georgia GOP chairman should be worried about charges in election probe: legal analyst - Raw Story

Georgia was epicenter of coup plot because Trump allies were so surprised he lost there: analyst - Raw Story

Tensions in heavily GOP Tenn. county after conservative takeover reflect wider battle over elections - The Independent (dot co dot uk)

many of the new majorities overseeing county governments are considering changes to how elections are run, from getting rid of voting machines to removing ballot drop boxes. The pressure has led some local election officials around the country to quit. In a few cases, they have been replaced by people who promoted election conspiracy theories.

BLOWBACK:

Kari Lake's last-ditch effort to overturn Arizona 2022 election results is over — what's next - Raw Story (oh, i dunno. a bowl of soup and some crying maybe?)

Democratic bill targeting Monmouth County sheriff and GOP chair advances - POLITICO   The bill would bar county constitutional officers, sheriffs, clerks and surrogates from serving as chairs, co-chairs or vice chairs of county political parties.

Bad actor: Cyber Ninjas boss under investigation for Georgia election meddling plot: attorney - Raw Story

AND:

A progressive wave washed away the competition in Western Pennsylvania: How they did it and what it means - Raw Story

The Downballot: Another kick-*** election night for Democrats - Dailykos

Colorado Republicans reckon with string of major electoral losses as Democrats strengthen their hand in the onetime GOP stronghold - News.yahoo (dot com)

( So y'all keep those abortion bans and hate peddlin' a'comin' now, heah?)
 NEW POSTS COMING IN: Covid Is Not a HoaxDeath of Democracy in America - The Republican ENDGAMEThe Republican War on Education: A Culture War Upon KNOWLEDGE ITSELFTHE REAL FRAUDSTERS - The Republican Conspiracy to RIG THE VOTEThe Criminality of Donald J Trump

Neo » 25 Jun 2022, 9:30 am » wrote: ↑

25 Jun 2022, 9:30 am

Progressives have spent 6 years trying to remove or prosecute one orange man and have failed. Keep screaming, your frustrated impotence is amusing.

Amuse yourself with this:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 53.3.0.pdf

 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - THE MAGA PLOT TO STEAL, STIFLE, AND SABOTAGE THE VOTE - BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

Republicans Around the Country Are Trying to Rob Democrats of the Right to Govern – Mother Jones

Republicans' sweeping power grab in Texas’ most Democratic county - Alternet dot org

Republicans Have Seized Control Over Voting in Texas’ Largest Democratic County – Mother Jones

Texas Republicans pass bills targeting elections administration in Houston-area county - News.Yahoo dot com

Flashback: Trump would have also lost TX in 2020 but for AG Paxton blocking mail-in ballots - Dailykos

New Texas law gives secretary of state power to intervene in Democratic stronghold county's elections - Raw Story

‘As long as possible’: Inside Republicans’ power play to keep Texas red amid wave of blue - Raw Story

Ken Paxton, Who Tried to Overturn an Election, Says Impeaching Him Would Be Overturning an Election – Mother Jones

How conservative activists worked to kill an effort to protect Florida election workers from harassment news - The Black Chronicle

GOP activists killed Florida attempt to protect election workers from harassment - Raw Story

Ron DeSantis Faces Three New Lawsuits After Signing New Voter Suppression Bill – Mother Jones

Nevada fake elector bill heads to desk of governor who recently endorsed fake elector - Raw Story

The devious plan to screw the 2024 election on Trump’s behalf - Alternet dot org

Out-of-state megadonor bankrolling Ohio measure to limit voter power - Raw Story

YouTube changes policy to allow false claims about past US presidential elections - AP News

Republicans sowed distrust over elections — and now they may push out Wisconsin's top elections official - Raw Story

This County Chose an Election Denier, 9/11 Truther, and QAnon Conspiracist to Run Its Elections - Vice dot com

Ohio Supreme Court lets GOP proceed with August election on making ballot initiatives harder to pass - Dailykos

FIGHTING BACK:

Bombshell report reveals chaotic GOP voter outreach operation riddled with cheating - Raw Story

Maricopa County seeks sanctions against Kari Lake for repeated demonstrably false statements - Raw Story

Cyber Ninjas shutting down after judge fines Arizona audit company $50K a day - The Hill

Cyber Ninjas forced to turn over 39,000 emails; as suspected, the FRaudit was a sham from the start - Dailykos

DOJ expands probe of Republicans who allegedly tried to infiltrate DNC before 2020 election: report - Alternet dot org

GOP lawmaker's lawsuit against newspaper backfires and exposes damning 2020 election emails - Raw Story

Rep. Crockett Rips Cheating GOP's Voter Fraud Hypocrisy - Comic Sands

Minnesota joins alliance to elect president by popular vote, adding new momentum to campaign - Dailykos

Mexican President Urges Hispanic Americans to Not Vote for Ron DeSantis - People dot com

MY OTHER POSTS FOR JUNE 26-27 FOUND IN:

Trump GOP Inspired Racism and Hate - Liberals Only PCR
The Conservative Courts - A Republican Assault - Liberals Only PCR
The Continuous Republican Assault Upon the Rights - Liberals Only PCR
The Republican War on Education - Liberals Only PCR
The Real Fraudsters The Republican Conspiracy - Liberals Only PCR
Death of Democracy - NHB
The Capitol Insurrectionists - NHB
Liz Cheney Says Republican Leaders Have Enabled White Supremacy - NHB
On Being Civil to Incivility - NHB
A Platform of Hate, Intolerance, Intimidation, and Terror - Peanut Gallery
 

In addition to passing (on a daily basis now) racist, retrogressive, and discriminatory Jim Crow laws designed to roll back and undermine civil rights, education, diversity, and inclusion, under the fraudulent guise of a (what do they call it?) "culture war"

(because I guess it rolls from the tongue more smoothly than calling it what it is: "straight up fascist nazi ****)

the MAGA's are also continuously working to UNDERMINE VOTING RIGHTS, while rigging the vote in THEIR FAVOR.

In the next three to four posts, the 100 PLUS related articles I've collected over the last several weeks. Copy and paste the titles (in blue) to find the sources.

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS:

Arizona Court Cheats To Deny Citizens Voting Rights Initiative - Dailykos

Giuliani admits to lying about election workers in Georgia - Dailykos

Damning court documents reveal Rudy Giuliani knew claims about Georgia election workers were false - The Independent

Rudy Admits He Defamed Georgia Poll Workers, But Claims He Had A First Amendment Right To Do It. - Above the Law

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who rejected Trump's push to overturn the 2020 presidential results in his state, called Rudy Giuliani's admission of making false election claims 'very troubling' - Business Insider

DeSantis' 'election police' are an illegal voter intimidation tactic: lawsuit - Raw Story

Georgia ‘Voter Suppression’ Alleged Over Plans To Drop Nearly 200K Registered Names From Rolls - Newsone

From the classroom to the ballot box, the party of Trump has launched a war on young voters - Dailykos

Republican-controlled states target college students' voting power ahead of high-stakes 2024 elections - CNN

Republicans Aren’t Even Hiding Their War on Young People - The New Republic

Why haven't Wisconsin fake electors been charged? - Raw Story

Alabama Legislative Committee Advances Map That Ignores SCOTUS Ruling, Again Diluting Black Power - Talking Points Memo

Alabama Republicans, despite Supreme Court ruling, reject call for second majority Black House district - POLITICO

Alabama GOP passes new congressional map but fails to create second Black district - Dailykos

Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court - NBC News

Alabama’s Defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court Is Un-American and Criminal - The Daily Beast

Alabama GOP 'ripping off Black voters' with new congressional map - Raw Story
 

continued from above:

GOP state legislatures seek greater control over state and local election offices - ABC News

Ex-Georgia elections director under investigation for role in 2020 is hired to run another vote: report - Raw Story

GOP flip-flops on mail-in voting that Trump warned would allow 'massive cheating' - Raw Story

House GOP Proposes Voting Restrictions, More Dark Money - HuffPost

Nevada GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo rejected a bill that would have made it a crime to sign fake Electoral College certificates - Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada governor vetoes bill criminalizing fake elector schemes - JURIST

“They’re hypocrites”: Republicans now funding the same voting methods they demonized under Trump - Salon

Democrats scramble to reach voters after Florida cancels mail-in ballot requests - NBC News

Texas Senate Approves Bill To Allow Gov. Greg Abbott To Overturn Elections - HuffPost

Texas Senate passes bill to allow secretary of state to overturn Harris County elections - NBC News

Texas Passes Bills Targeting Elections in Democratic Stronghold - The New York Times

Republicans can now take control of running elections in Texas's biggest blue county - Dailykos

GA to Purge Nearly 200,000 Voters; AL Legislature Ignores SCOTUS Redistricting Order - Democracy Now!

Georgia plans to purge 191,000 inactive voters from voter rolls Yahoo News

The election-denying Republicans who aided Trump’s ‘big lie’ and got promoted - The Guardian

Wisconsin Elections Commission member bragged about GOP plan to suppress Milwaukee votes - Wisconsin Watch

Joe Rogan spreads Jan. 6 conspiracy theory that got Fox News sued again for defamation - Raw Story

An exercise in futility: Trump fake electors furious over being 'duped' by his people - Raw Story (bs - you WANTED to be 'duped')

Voting Rights Are Still Under Assault. Sen. Raphael Warnock Has a New Plan to Protect Them. – Mother Jones
 

Thanks for the last two posts.

As you show, Republicans are already accelerating their vote-rigging efforts into overdrive.  One can only imagine what new outrages the next 17 months ahead of the election will bring.   And Republicans still have the advantage of that bizarre institution, The Electoral College.

For them, November 2024 is all or nothing.  They are either going bring down Democracy or die trying.  If they can't win, at least the presidency, in the next election, they are, most likely, done for. 

Democrats and patriotic Conservatives are in for the fight of their lives to save the last semblance of Democracy in the USA.

 

Thank YOU, Bludog for your comments. Indeed we ARE in the fight of OUR lives and that of our DEMOCRACY.

Here are more articles dealing with the topic of the MAGA assault upon the RIGHT TO VOTE:

DeSantis refuses to call special election for seat Democrats might flip - Dailykos

GOP presidential candidate (and son of immigrants) Vivek Ramaswamy calls for end to US citizens’ automatic right to vote at 18 - Alternet

Elon Musk supports eliminating voting rights for people without children - Yahoo News

Elon Musk agrees ‘democracy is probably unworkable’ unless the childless are barred from voting - Dailykos

Trump-supporting Ohio lawyer admits voting twice in past elections: Accidents do happen - Raw Story (no mfkr... you don't 'accidentally' vote twice)

Close To 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged In Georgia—Almost All By Just Six Right-Wing Activists - Talking Points Memo

Republicans verging on total control in Virginia as Dems accuse GOP of meddling in primary elections - Raw Story

Kris Kobach comes for Kansans' birth certificates - Raw Story

In Rural Alabama Town, Rightfully Elected Black Mayor Says He Was Locked Out Of Office, Removed by Illegal Vote - Blackenterprise

A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district - The Guardian

Elected mayor of Newbern, Alabama sues to take control of government after incumbents change the locks - Boing Boing

‘This needs to stop’: Michigan elections chief says right-wing rhetoric imperils democracy - Raw Story

Chaos reigns as California Republicans tweak primary rules to benefit Trump - Dailykos

GOP’s Debate Rules Make It Impossible for Trump to Lose - The Daily Beast

From polling minimums, loyalty pledges, and the GOP’s refusal to cooperate with the Commission for Presidential Debates—every scenario looks rosy for the ex-president.

BLOWBACK:

Texas man who threatened Arizona election official and kids sentenced to more than 3 years - Yahoo

Republicans Keep Being Charged for Meddling With Voting Equipment – Mother Jones

Mother and daughter Georgia poll workers attacked by Trump are cleared of false 2020 election fraud claims - The Independent

Georgia election board dismisses ‘unsubstantiated’ 2020 fraud claim against two black poll workers - The Hill

Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps - ABC News

These four swing states had conservative supreme courts. Now progressives control them all - Dailykos
 
 

Newsmax Host Reads Disclaimer Acknowledging 2020 Election Results ‘As Legal and Final’ - Mediaite (no **** sherlock)

Trump got lucky: Conservative breaks hard truth to MAGA fans about 2016 win - Raw Story

Cyber Ninjas CEO accused of trying to hide 1,600 texts sent to indicted Michigan lawyer - Raw Story

Hatching schemes to stay in office after losing an election 'is not a crime': says Fox News host - Raw Story

Newbern: Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor - CNN

Black man elected mayor of Alabama town -- then white locals changed the locks on town hall: lawsuit - Raw Story

Wisconsin Elections Commission deactivates more than 100,000 voter records in routine process - AP News

MORE BLOWBACK (OHIO):

Ohio voters reject GOP effort to cripple abortion rights amendment - CNBC

Ohio Voters Reject Measure Targeted at Blocking Abortion Rights Amendment – Rolling Stone

Ohio Voters Reject GOP Effort To Limit Direct Democracy - NPR

Turnout, polling, and spending all pointed to loss for GOP effort to rig Ohio's ballot measure rules - Dailykos

Sneaky tactic: Bipartisan voters say MAGA Ohio bill sponsors had been trying to pull a fast one - Raw Story (so yeah... keep dying on that anti women's rights hill, magas)

Progressives Are Defeating Conservatives in School Board Elections—Even in Ohio - Washington Monthly Waging culture war at the local level is backfiring on Republicans.

MORE BLOWBACK (YOUNG VOTERS):

Facing Widespread Precarity, Young US Voters Are Becoming Even More Progressive - Common Dreams

‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP - POLITICO

'We're not just voting. We're also running.' David Hogg launches young candidate PAC - NPR Gen Zers are running for office and this new PAC wants to back them

MORE BLOWBACK (MICHIGAN):

Michigan mayor faces calls to resign at city meeting as constituents sound off on fake elector scheme - Alternet

Michigan fake electors face prison after being arraigned on multiple felonies - Raw Story

Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies - ABC News

Michigan clerk stripped of election duties after being charged for acting as fake elector in 2020 - Dailykos

Here’s what we know about the charges against Trump's 16 Michigan fake electors - Raw Story

Open-and-shut: Law professor says Michigan fake Trump electors have no defense - Raw Story

A woman facing felony charges for her role in Michigan's fake elector scheme bragged in May about not being in jail - Business Insider
 
 

MORE MAGA SHENANIGANS:

Revealed: The shocking voter purge crisis of democracy by Thom Hartmann - Raw Story

If you live in the Blue part of a Red state, Republicans don’t want you to vote. And their latest strategy is their most brute-force method: simply remove you from the voting rolls.

A new growing threat to democracy is coming to a state near you: report - Raw Story

States removed more than 19 million people—or about 8.5% of the registered U.S. electorate—from voter rolls between the 2020 and 2022 electoral cycles, often via flawed practices that prevent many eligible persons from exercising their right to vote, a report released Thursday revealed.

Leaked recording reveals Michigan Trump ally ranting about civil war after fake elector wife is indicted - Raw Story

Montana voters rejected an anti-abortion measure. State GOP lawmakers passed a similar bill anyway - Salon

MORE BLOWBACK:

Fani Willis has evidence to charge multiple Trump allies with breaching voting machines: report - Raw Story

‘They’re coming for everyone’: Looming Georgia indictments send Trump allies running for cover - Raw Story

Man who threatened to kill Michigan elections worker is indicted: report - Raw Story

Attorney Faces Criminal Charges For Tampering With Voting Machines After The 2020 Election. Again. - Above the Law  Trump allies under fire for tampering with voting machines

Oregon Republicans barred from running for re-election after boycotting votes - Raw Story

Trump tried to steal Pennsylvania. Here's how we stop him from succeeding next time - Dailykos

Ron DeSantis’s Iowa Campaign Stop Disrupted By Woman Screaming ‘Go Back To Florida, Pudding Fingers!’ - Mediaite

Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn subpoenaed in Smartmatic lawsuits against Fox News and Newsmax - The Independent

Georgia court denies Trump's request to quash DA's 2020 election probe - ABC News

Kari Lake Attorneys Ordered To Pay Six-Figure Fine for Filing Frivolous Lawsuit - Dailykos

Court Tosses Florida Voter Registration Restriction. Yeah, Another One. - Above the Law

Judge tells Cyber Ninjas they can't hide messages forever; former official calls for criminal probe - Dailykos
 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - GAMING THE SYSTEM::

What authoritarianism looks like: Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach liberal Supreme Court justice - Raw Story

The Republican leader of Wisconsin's Assembly late last week threatened impeachment proceedings against liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn't recuse herself from cases involving Wisconsin's legislative maps, which GOP lawmakers have aggressively gerrymandered to give themselves what experts say is an illegal electoral advantage.

Texas judge says no quick ruling expected over GOP efforts to toss 2022 election losses near Houston - Yahoo News


MORE BLOWBACK:

Texas man who threatened Arizona election official and kids sentenced to more than 3 years - NBC News

Georgia election officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce evidence of its claims of ballot-harvesting - ABC News

Republican voters deliver fatal blow to Mississippi’s MAGA movement - Dailykos

In a show of grassroots support Boebert's Democratic challenger outraises her 3 to 1 - Dailykos

Kyrsten Sinema’s Democratic Foe Outraises Her—Again - The Daily Beast

Has to be ironclad: Arizona launches criminal probe into GOP efforts to overturn election - Raw Story

Here's what new Black-majority districts in Louisiana and Georgia might look like - Dailykos

Another Georgia Probe Finds No Evidence of Conspiracy To Steal 2020 Election - Reason

Virginia Voters Just Replaced an Anti-Abortion Man With a Pro-Abortion Woman in Critical Primary - Yahoo News

Criminal charges filed over fake signatures that spoiled Michigan GOP gubernatorial bids - NBC News

A North Florida congressional district that was held by a Black Democrat before it was dismantled by Ron DeSantis might be restored in 2024 under a new agreement - Business Insider

‘Trump in heels’ Amanda Chase, loses election bid - The Independent

Arizona Republican election official sues Kari Lake for defamation Kari Lake now "practically lives" at Mar-a-Lago and is there more than Melania: report - Salon

We don't know: Notorious Virginia election fraud conspiracist not sure there was actual election fraud - Raw Story

US Supreme Court tosses race-based dispute over Louisiana electoral map - Yahoo News

Supreme Court Rejects a Republican Effort to Hijack Elections – Mother Jones

Arizona Elections Official Quits, Accusing Co-Workers Of Bending To ‘Faction’ Of GOP - HuffPost

Barabak: Fraud, liar Kari Lake faces welcome defamation suit - Los Angeles Times
 

THE BIG STEAL: RIGGING THE VOTE - VOTING RIGHTS UNDER ASSAULT A permanent white majority: Republicans are engaged in hair-raising summer schemes — and Maddow has the receipts - Raw Story

NC Republicans pass stricter mail-in voting rules, expand scope of partisan poll observers - Yahoo News

Pro-Trump Republicans are aiding Georgia company seeking to aggressively cancel voter registrations: report - Raw Story

Trump's allies are already demanding Georgia laws be changed so he can be pardoned - Raw Story

Trump indictment highlights security flaws that still exist and put 2024 election at risk: report - Raw Story

Weakest link in the chain: How the Georgia security breach nearly threw the election into chaos - Raw Story

Roger Stone hatched plan to overturn 2020 election before results were known - Raw Story

Focus moves to fake electors in Nevada after criminal charges in Georgia and Michigan - Raw Story

MORE BLOWBACK:

Trump's Arizona phone call bolstered the Georgia election tampering case: former prosecutor - Raw Story

Illinois pastor charged in pressure scheme against Georgia poll worker in Trump indictment - Raw Story

Investigation finds no evidence supporting conspiracy-fueled voter fraud claims in Nebraska battleground district - Raw Story

Georgia officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce ballot-harvesting evidence - Dailykos

Federal Judge Blocks Florida GOP Attack On Voter Registration Groups - HuffPost

DeSantis administration loses battle over new Florida election law as judge issues preliminary injunction - Raw Story

In Scathing Ruling, Federal Judge Blocks Provisions of Florida’s Election Law - WhoWhatWhy

Rep. Justin Pearson Raised $860,000 After GOP Expulsion - The Daily Beast

‘You’re able to vote now’: Minnesota Democrats pass raft of progressive reforms - The Guardian

The state was one of a few to secure a Democratic trifecta in 2022, and since then has passed abortion rights along with voting rights and democracy reform legislation

Republicans Face Setbacks in Push to Tighten Voting Laws on College Campuses - The New York Times

Of Course Republicans Want to Suppress the Youth Vote - The Nation

How did Gen Z vote in the midterms? A new poll breaks it down - NPR

Two Trump Cronies Charged with Felonies in Michigan for Vote Machine Tampering in 2020 Election - Dailykos

Blame the Supreme Court for America’s Decade of Voter Disenfranchisement This is what gutting the Voting Rights Act looks like. - Motherjones

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - THE UNDERHANDED MAGA PLOT TO STEAL THE VOTE

Voter Purges Increasing Across South, We Must Stop Them - Newsone

GOP official rejects Jewish groups' 'flawed ballot' requests but allows them from anti-abortion groups - Dailykos

A Dark Reality: CNN Reports On Death Threats Received By Fulton County Sheriff’s Employees, Families - Mediaite

Texas Supreme Court ruling gives Republicans power to undermine and steer elections their way: report - Alternet

Why the Maga’s Effort to Steal the Black Male Vote Has Surged, But Must Be Stopped - Yahoo

Liberals fight Republican attempt to boot Wisconsin Supreme Court justice from redistricting case - Dailykos

It will get worse: DOJ ramps up punishments as threats to lynch and hang election workers persist - Alternet

Rivals accuse Nevada GOP of rigging system to make sure Trump is nominee - Raw Story

Judge blocks Wisconsin officials from using federal voter registration form - AP News

Michigan fake elector outlines Jan. 6 plan to present Mike Pence with "dueling electors" - Yahoo

DEPT. OF GRIM RETRIBUTION:

Over a dozen arrested after sending threats to lynch election workers - US News

Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’ - ABC News

Trump-loving attorney guilty of double voting in past 2 elections - Raw Story

Recent Chesapeake, Virginia School Board Candidate Arrested for J6 Activities - Dailykos

It's Mugshot Mania at Fulton County Prison, as Multiple Indictees Surrender - Dailykos

Giuliani found liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules - Reuters

Republican Rep. in Alabama arrested and charged for voter fraud - Boing Boing

Right-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice melts down; after liberal takeover - Raw Story

‘Bring them to justice’: Georgia town residents demand answers in Trump election plot - The Guardian

Conservative Iowa county votes to oust election denier as its election administrator - Dailykos

Trump County in Iowa Ousts Conspiracy Theorist, Elects Democrat Instead - The New Republic

Infighting erupts among Georgia GOP over MAGA plots to impeach, defund or sanction Fani Willis - Raw Story

Florida judge strikes down DeSantis-backed voting map as unconstitutional - The Guardian

Judge lets Smartmatic expand 2020 election defamation suit against Newsmax - CNN Business

Fulton DA Slaps Back At Clark And Meadows Claims That Overturning Elections Was 'Their Job' - Above the Law

MEANWHILE, A STEPHEN IN EVERY PLOT:

He Didn’t Mention Potential Wire Fraud… Unacknowledged Abortions or Serial Adultery’: Herschel Walker Slammed By Critics After Writing Op-Ed ‘Lecturing on Right and Wrong’ - Yahoo News

My latest posts:

Death of Democracy in America (Liberals Only Chat Room)

Covid Is Not A Hoax (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Police Misconduct (NHB)
The Criminality of Donald Trump (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Fanatical Mindset of the Religious Right (Liberal Only Chat Room)
The Capitol Insurrectionists (NHB)
The Republican Assault Upon Education (NHB)
So I Totally Expect Russia to Invade Ukraine (NHB)