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Republican New Hampshire state Rep. Werner Horn wrote in a now-deleted Facebook exchange with a former lawmaker that owning slaves didn’t necessarily make someone a racist, according to the Associated Press. Horn’s comment was in response to the other lawmaker trying to explain that President Donald Trump could not be…
Common Cause, a voting rights group, sued North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers for creating gerrymandered legislative maps in 2011. The GOP had contorted district lines to favor their party. Common Cause won in 2011. Now, Common Cause is suing North Carolina’s GOP party again for gerrymandering the new maps. The case is…
Prominent Republican redistricting strategist Thomas Hofeller died in August without much fanfare – until his estranged daughter found hard drives belonging to him and then shared them with the organization Common Cause, according to the Washington Post. The files show what many have long guessed — a 2015 study concluded…
Florida State Sen. Dennis Baxley, a proud descendant of a Confederate soldier, wants Florida to enact an abortion ban just like Alabama’s because, according to him, too many white people are getting abortions and too many immigrants are coming to the United States and having children. In an interview last…
Marissa Espinosa, a former staffer, received $110,000 in a secret sexual harassment settlement from three current and former Republican Kentucky lawmakers. Now, those same male lawmakers have filed a lawsuit against the victim asking for the money back, plus interest, alleging that Espinosa violated the confidentiality agreement and that she tricked…
Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) comments on white supremacy and white nationalism have sparked a call by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to kick him out of government altogether. “If Republicans really believe these racist statements have no place in our government, then their party must offer more than shallow temporary…
A photo of Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) wearing Confederate garb surfaced on Tuesday, literally, after she recently “joked” that she’d attend a “public hanging,” if invited. The photo of the senator was taken when Smith visited the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library in 2014. Hyde-Smith was shown wearing…
A female Air Force veteran with 4 million ad views on her side is not only opening doors for others, but is actively bulldozing them down in the state of Texas by running up against Rep. John Carter (R-Texas). Veteran MJ Hegar (D) is generating buzz for her new ad…
Coming off the heels of political chaos at the border, Americans are still feeling emotionally affected by Trump’s family separation immigration policy. According to the Washington Post, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant, called the Red Hen, while out to dinner with friends. “The cheese course…
Nearly two years after his death, Seth Rich’s family is still dealing with a nightmare from the conservative media that continues pushing conspiracy theories surrounding his murder. But they’re not taking it lying down. Aaron Rich, Rich’s brother, is suing the Washington Times and America First Media as well as…
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