Please support our coverage voting rights and activism at Patreon or at Paypal. Become a Patron! Once again the cops in the Georgia State Capitol have arrested a black elected representative of the state. In 2018 it was Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams who was daring to view a voting rights protest that was going on…
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VisuNews Podcast Ep 26: Chicago Elections, Socialism and more
Zach D Roberts and Aaron Cynic discuss the Chicago mayoral elections and the five to six Democratic Socialists that won seats on the city council. Aaron has been covering the elections for Shadowproof.com, Third Coast Review and NationofChange.org. You can subscribe to the Visu.News at Spotify, iTunes and Podbean.
Another Kris Kobach Loss: Illinois Leaves ‘Jim Crow’ Voter Purge Program
Originally published by NationofChange.org One by one the network of states signed up to the voter list maintenance program that Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Reverend Joseph Lowery calls “Jim Crow all over again,” have been leaving for less racist pastures. On Tuesday, according to ABC Heart of Illinois, Illinois State Board of Elections voted unanimously, eight to zero,…
Visu.News Ep 21: THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
Subscribe: Spotify, iTunes, Podbean It’s episode 21 of the Visu.News podcast. Since it’s episode 21 you know what that means – we’re finally legal to drink so we’re drinking not that that didn’t stop us before. This week we’re talking about the War on Christmas. The war on Christmas has been going on now for…
Christmas in Trumpland: The Biloxi Rally
It’s 4 days until Christmas which means the war on Christmas is in high form. Donald Trump, Fox News and the rest of the right-wing media has been in full force going after supposed claims of people being too politically correct around this highest of high religious days. First there was the gingerbread man according…
VisuNews Podcast Ep 19: I Guess Elections Take a Month Now?
This is the 19th episode of the Visu.News podcast. I’m Zach D Roberts and I’m here with my co-host Aaron Cynic discussing the aftermath of the 2018 midterm elections. Donald J. Trump has been in office for one year and 321 days. Subscribe: Spotify
WATCH: 92yo Woman Blocked from Voting in Georgia
Mrs. Lawrence is 92 years old, has been “voting right here since 1968,” the year Martin Luther King was shot. Today, her vote registration has vanished, no record she EVER voted. Brian Kemp’s purge machine strikes without warning, no notice sent. No points for guessing Grandma Lawrence is African-American. 3 Granddaughter Jessica can stop her…
Stuff I Picked Up At CPAC
Become a Patron! I’m back from CPAC – the annual Conservative Political Action Conference – in Maryland. Finally caught up on my assignments (Desmogblog/NationOfChange), I’m able to work through some of the pamphlets, books, stickers and flyers that I picked up while I was there. There’s not a lot surprising here, but it’s always illuminating to…
WATCH: SCOTUS May Have Already Decided Alabama Election
Best Democracy Money Can Buy – Shelby County, Alabama V Holder from Greg Palast on Vimeo. Reposted from GregPalast.com I hope you savored the moment. Yesterday, Monday December 11, voting rights advocate John Brakey won a court order – in Montgomery, Alabama no less – requiring every county to keep copies of their ballots after…