Feb 4, 2013
A Virginia Senate committee voted Tuesday to permanently kill a bill that would have aligned the state’s electoral votes with its House districts, a move critics say would have swung the 2012 presidential election for the Republican candidate despite President Barack Obama’s overwhelming victory in the popular vote. The Virginia Senate’s Privileges and Elections Committee [...]
Feb 4, 2013
Should broadband Internet service be treated as a basic utility in the United States, like electricity, water, and traditional telephone service? Most of the time people want to speak to their government about the decisions being made – Most of the time we don’t get a chance. Here is a chance to have your voice [...]
Oct 2, 2012
We have been following this unfolding scandal of voter fraud commission by the Republican Party for several days now. As of our last posting, BlueNC had connected the dots on widespread voter registration fraud committed by the organization hired by the Republican Party, and after some excellent reporting by Alternet and others investigations were under [...]
Jul 30, 2012
“House Republicans criticized the Justice Department for challenging voter ID laws. The critical lawmakers believe that DOJ is acting in a partisan manner and that DOJ’s actions show that the Obama Administration is more concerned with winning in November than protecting against election fraud.” That’s correct folks, Voter Suppression is just fine with Republicans in [...]
Jul 17, 2012
On a strictly partisan 53-45 vote, it fell short of the 60 votes needed to break a GOP filibuster The bill, sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), would force unions, nonprofits and corporate interest groups that spend $10,000 or more during an election cycle to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more. Whitehouse’s version no [...]
Jun 26, 2012
The Koch brothers have been fighting to take control of the Cato Institute, against the wishes of its current leaders and staff, who they deem insufficiently devoted to the cause of plutocracy and the Republican Party. After a lengthy, public fight, the two sides reached a compromise, in which CEO Ed Crane will be pushed [...]
