Long-time Clinton family confidant and adviser Sid Blumenthal sent a series of blistering emails to Hillary Clinton about John Boehner (R-OH) in the weeks leading up to the 2010 mid-term elections. In the once confidential emails released late Monday by the Department of State, Blumenthal give Clinton his ideas on post-election strategy to include a […]
Speaking to a cheering crowd in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, Hillary Clinton compared her Republican opposition to terrorists for their repeated attacks on women and reproductive rights. She called out by name former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich for their campaign promises to ban all abortions with […]
On August 6, 2015, the Voting Rights Act turned 50. The day before the VRA anniversary, Texas voters had reason to celebrate – the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Texas’s 2011 photo ID law was unconstitutional, because it violated the rights of minority voters. Popular Democratic Senator Cory Booker (NJ) appeared on ABC’s […]
In a sweet twist of irony, the day before the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a very conservative federal appeals courts struck down a Texas voter suppression law. In an opinion written by a George W. Bush appointee, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously voted […]
Former President Jimmy Carter has some strong words about the politics of getting the party nomination and winning the presidency. During an interview with Thom Hartmann last week, Carter said that the United States is now an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” is the essence of winning the nomination for president and going on […]