Category Archives: Vote Suppression

Voting News: The Yutes of Today

Posted on September 1, 2022 by tengrain

Two very different news articles on the callous Yutes of Today and getting them to actually, you know, participate in the electoral process. First up, Axios smarty brevity (all the weird formatting is theirs, I swear): A leading Democratic super PAC … Continue reading →

Posted in The Yutes of Today, Vote Suppression, voting | 3 Comments

Floriduh Man

Posted on August 19, 2022 by tengrain

Axios’ morning email thingie (all formatting is theirs, I swear!): Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a top potential ’24 presidential candidate, announced that his Office of Election Crimes and Security, formed in April, was arresting 20 people for breaking Florida elections … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, 2024 Goat Rodeo, Liars, Lying Liars Who Lie, Ron DeSantis, The Big Lie, Vote Suppression, voter fraud, voting | 4 Comments

GOP Has A Plan For That: How To Steal More Elections

Posted on June 2, 2022 by tengrain

As some wit famously said of Nixon, he was so crooked he needed a cork screw to put on his trousers. The GOP has taken that lesson to heart: The plan, as outlined by a Republican National Committee staffer in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Hair Führer Donald Trump, The Stupid Coup, Vote Suppression, voter fraud, voting, Wingnuttia | 7 Comments

Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania

Posted on May 19, 2022 by tengrain

Guys, it seems that Possum Hollar Pennsyltucky’s Republican Gubnor candidate has quite the resumé. Vanity Fair’s email thingie alerts us: If you’re not familiar with Doug Mastriano, a quick primer on the state senator turned gubernatorial candidate: – On November … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Crazeee States, Hair Führer Donald Trump, Pennsyltucky, The Big Lie, The Coup Klux Klan (Republicans), The Stupid Coup, Vote Suppression, voter fraud, voting | 6 Comments

Every Republican Accusation is a Confession (An on-going series)

Posted on April 22, 2022 by tengrain

Guys, I hate to tell you this but voter fraud is real after all: Mark Meadows was simultaneously registered to vote in three states He’s a one-man wave of corruption! After Donald Trump lost the presidential election, falsely claiming election … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, Mark 'Lucky No. 4' Meadows, Vote Suppression, voter fraud, voting | 7 Comments

Deep in the Heartless of Texas

Posted on March 21, 2022 by tengrain

What a weird coinky-dink: The March 1 Democratic and Republican primaries were the first Texas elections with a wide-reaching voting law in effect. The bill — Senate Bill 1 — and earlier versions made national headlines during the 2021 legislative … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy, Vote Suppression, voting | 4 Comments

Report: The Right To Vote Isn’t A Right In Texas

Posted on March 15, 2022 by tengrain

The theocracy of Texas (“You will have your rapist’s baby, unless it is trans and then you will be arrested for child abuse”) accomplished another one of their goals: Thousands of Texans who tried to vote by mail during this … Continue reading →

Posted in Crazeee States, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy, Vote Suppression, voting | 2 Comments

2022: ‘It’s About Democracy, Stupid!’

Posted on February 14, 2022 by tengrain

Over the weekend I was having a text chat with some of my unindicted co-conspirators and I made the observation that the unified message of the Democrats for 2022 needs to be, “It’s About Democracy, Stupid!” — and then this … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Get Out The Vote, Vote Suppression, voting | 6 Comments

News That Will Drive You To Drink

Posted on February 10, 2022 by tengrain

Happy Hour News Texas, America’s Lab for Bad Policy is gonna try the ol’ The Dog Ate My Homework defense, eh? Hearing now that some significant Texas counties are having trouble getting forms for ballots they'll need next week and … Continue reading →

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Arizona Tries To Turn Back Time

Posted on January 28, 2022 by tengrain

Meanwhile, in the Terrible Sand Kingdom of Arizonastan, some decrepit, sun-baked winger is trying to party like it is 1958 (emphasis mine): An arch conservative member of Arizona’s state House of Representatives has proposed a mammoth overhaul of the state’s voting … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizonastan, Crazeee States, racism, Vote Suppression, voting, White Punks on Dope | 9 Comments