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21st Century Jim Crow: Generation Z becomes the latest target of GOP’s voter suppression tactics in Wisconsin

21st Century Jim Crow: Generation Z becomes the latest target of GOP’s voter suppression tactics in Wisconsin

Posted by | Feb 9, 2024

It is no secret that for years Republicans have targeted Black and Hispanic voters, doing everything they can to make it harder for these folks to vote. Their latest targets are young people: the GOP has decided that Gen Z is their mortal enemy. The DLC’s National Communications Director, Abhi Rahman, laid it out for Rolling Stone magazine: “Young people are the reason why Biden won in 2020 and Democrats up and down the ballot won in 2022 and 2023. If Gen Z continues to vote, we’re on the cusp of the most progressive era in our country’s history. Republicans know...

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How the Republican slogan of “power at any cost” delivered six illegitimate GOP presidents

How the Republican slogan of “power at any cost” delivered six illegitimate GOP presidents

Posted by | Feb 9, 2024

As we watch the Trump campaign prepare to replace 50,000 civil servants with fascist toadies if he wins the White House, it is important to remember that Dwight Eisenhower was the last Republican president who believed in democracy, the rule of law, and that government should prioritize what the people want. From 1960 to today a series of leaders within the Republican Party have abandoned the democracy that American soldiers fought the Revolutionary War to secure, the Civil War to defend here at home, and World War II in Europe and the Pacific to defend around the world. This...

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Access to ballots: Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether Trump is eligible to be president again

Access to ballots: Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether Trump is eligible to be president again

Posted by | Feb 8, 2024

The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again and can be kept off the ballot. The case, to be argued on February 8, stems from a section of the 14th amendment that’s meant to keep former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from regaining power. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump should be disqualified because of his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, culminating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump appealed to the nation’s highest court,...

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U.S. Appeals Court unanimous rules Trump can be criminally prosecuted for 2020 election interference

U.S. Appeals Court unanimous rules Trump can be criminally prosecuted for 2020 election interference

Posted by | Feb 8, 2024

A federal appeals panel ruled on February 6 that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, sharply rejecting the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution while setting the stage for additional challenges that could further delay the case. The ruling is significant not only for its stark repudiation of Trump’s novel immunity claims but also because it breathes life back into a landmark prosecution that had been effectively frozen for weeks as the court considered the appeal. Yet the one-month gap between when the court...

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K-12 schools remain vulnerable to ransomware gangs while racing to protect against online attacks

K-12 schools remain vulnerable to ransomware gangs while racing to protect against online attacks

Posted by | Feb 5, 2024

Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations. Since a White House conference in August on ransomware threats, dozens of school districts have signed up for free cybersecurity services, and federal officials have hosted exercises with schools to help them learn how to better secure their networks, said Anne Neuberger, the Biden’s administration’s deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology. Neuberger said more districts need to take advantage of programs...

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Putin’s love of money: Efforts to steer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine made little progress over two years

Putin’s love of money: Efforts to steer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine made little progress over two years

Posted by | Feb 2, 2024

It has been nearly two years since the United States and its Western allies froze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian foreign holdings, in retaliation for Moscow’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. That roughly $300 billion in Russian Central Bank money has been sitting untapped as the war grinds on, while officials from multiple countries have debated the legality of sending the money to Ukraine. The idea of using Russia’s frozen assets is gaining new traction lately as continued allied funding for Ukraine becomes more uncertain and the U.S. Congress is in a stalemate over providing more...

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