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Trump Is Picking Up Where Pat Buchanan Left Off

Pat Buchanan made white Republicans fear becoming a racial minority. Now Trump is reaping the benefits. In May 1995, Pat Buchanan appeared at the...

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Why the Big Lie Is Still Dominating Wisconsin Politics

Donald Trump at a 2020 campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin Alex Brandon/AP Two big pieces of news emerged from the world of Wisconsin politics...

17.03.2024 7

Mother Jones

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Russians Found a Different Way to Make Their Votes Matter

Voters line at a polling station at noon in Moscow. AP Vladimir Putin’s fifth term as Russian president is guaranteed. Opposition leaders have been...

17.03.2024 7

Mother Jones

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The Long Era of Republican Gerrymandering in Wisconsin May Finally Be Over

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers raises a bill which re-defines the state's legislative maps after signing it at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison,...

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Trump-Appointed Judge Upholds Georgia Runoff System That Curbs Voting Access

People gather during a get out the vote rally Nov. 27, 2022, in Atlanta, during early voting for the Senate runoff election. Ben Gray/AP A federal...

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Kansans Voted to Protect Abortion Rights. Republicans Are Still Trying to Ban Them.

A yard sign urges Kansas voters to protect abortion access in the November elections. John Hanna/AP In August 2022, Kansans decisively voted to...

13.01.2024 7

Mother Jones

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How Leonard Leo’s Dark Money Network Orchestrated a New Attack on the Voting Rights Act

Mother Jones; Carolyn Kaster/AP; Unsplash On November 20, a three-judge panel on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that private plaintiffs could...

18.12.2023 3

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Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation

Four Republican Georgia state senators vote in favor of their party's plan to draw new voting districts, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in...

02.12.2023 3

Mother Jones

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Trump Can Be Prosecuted for Trying to Overturn Election, Judge Rules

Former President Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York....

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Biden Administration Announces Dramatic Plan to Cut Methane Pollution

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kamran Jebreili/AP The...

02.12.2023 1

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This Landmark Case Could End Gerrymandering in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz attends her first hearing as a justice, Sept. 7, 2023, in Madison, Wis. Morry Gash/AP On Tuesday,...

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Tuesday’s Elections Were a Huge Win for Democracy

A voter carries her ballot to the counting machine after voting at a polling station Nov. 7, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (Steve Helber/AP) Democratic...

08.11.2023 2

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How “Stop the Steal” Republicans Could Take Over Virginia

Mother Jones illustration; Zuma On November 8, 2020, the day after the major news networks called the election for Joe Biden, 350 supporters of...

26.10.2023 2

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This Supreme Court Case Could Decide Control of Congress in 2024

Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Alexander...

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The Supreme Court Just Rejected Alabama’s Attempt to Deny Representation to Black Voters. Again.

Alabama state Sen. Rodger Smitherman discusses a redistricting proposal during debate at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on July 19, 2023. Kim...

26.09.2023 3

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North Carolina Republicans Just Passed a Massive Power Grab to Seize Control of Elections

Emory Jones walks past a sign for a polling place on November 8, 2022 in Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States. Sean Rayford/Getty North...

22.09.2023 2

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The Mainstream Media Still Hasn’t Learned Anything About Covering Donald Trump

Courtesy NBC “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS,” then–CBS chairman Les Moonves famously said about Donald Trump...

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New Report: One-Third of States Have an Election Denier Overseeing Elections

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The 2022 midterm elections were in many ways a referendum on the future of American democracy, and in key states...

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Wisconsin Republicans Are Taking Desperate Steps to Subvert Fair Elections in 2024

Meagan Wolfe, left, and Janet Protasiewicz Mother Jones illustration; AP On Thursday, Republicans in the Wisconsin state senate will vote to oust the...

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