Luisana Rodriguez reports on the many states advancing voting rights acts despite the stand-off on federal bills to protect against vote suppression schemes.
[Read more]Expanding Access: How States Are Protecting Voting Rights
Appreciating Recent Victories for Citizens and Consumers Against Corporations
Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, has emerged as a civil service superhero, and it’s been delightful to see the panicked reactions of corporate mouthpieces.
[Read more]Key 2024 Supreme Court Cases — environment and democracy: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
Will a majority of Justices overturn a 40-year-old precedent to grab more power for itself and for corporations? March 2024 On the surface Loper Bright is a dispute about fishing corporations challenging the power of the National Marine Fisheries Service to require them to pay the cost of observers who monitor companies’ compliance with federal […]
[Read more]Citizen Lawmaking Is Under Attack as Regressive Lawmakers Work to Suppress Democracy
As voters use direct democracy to turn back extremist policies and proactively advance laws that counter corporate abuses, Republicans are systematically seeking to strip citizens of their power.
[Read more]Reclaim Democracy! Commends the Introduction of Federal Voter Protection Bills
September 2023 The Freedom to Vote Act (FTVA) and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) are imperative bills to pass through Congress in light of ongoing attempts to pass restrictive, anti-voter bills. At least 14 state legislatures enacted 17 restrictive laws during the first nine months of 2023 erecting barriers for eligible voters and disproportionately […]
[Read more]NorthWestern Energy Must Be Made Accountable to Ratepayers
Montanans are subject to a monopoly for electricity so it’s imperative that we gain power to change NorthWestern Energy Inc.’s destructive practices.
[Read more]Wisconsin’s Spring Election Decides Pivotal Supreme Court Seat, Voting Rights
On April 4 Wisconsin voters will determine the ideological balance of the state Supreme Court in an election certain to impact critical state issues and the potential to impact national governance
[Read more]Citizen Lawmaking Under Assault
Citizens across the country voted overwhelmingly to pass progressive ballot initiatives in 2022. But instead of accepting those outcomes as guidance to better represent their constituents, many GOP legislatures are trying to obstruct or neuter citizen lawmaking.
[Read more]Securing Votes Without Building Barriers
An effective, inexpensive system already exists to reduce already-rare illegitimate votes to near zero. Why have most Americans not heard of it? State officials who fail to use it show professed concerns about security are just excuses to disenfranchise certain voters.
[Read more]How the Senate Filibuster Enables Corporate Rule
One crucial point ignored by almost all coverage of debate over the Freedom to Vote Act and other voting rights bills: the Senate filibuster is a tool enabling corporate interests to prevent democracy.
[Read more]disc notes
Putting Confidence is the most important component. Practice mostly shots you typically make, and putt to make it on others. Putting sessions should be about 15 minutes. Focus time should be 2-4 seconds. Backhand Approach Forehand: Feel the weight of disc pulling on fingers in wind-up before snapping. Finish with palm to sky. On short […]
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