TPM:
On Tuesday, several Republican congressional leaders touted to reporters that Trump’s immigration proposal had been endorsed by the League of United Latin America Citizens (LULAC)—a Latino civil rights group that for years has advocated for a path to citizenship… Continue reading
Bloomberg:
The U.S. Federal Elections Commission is moving forward with a plan to introduce new rules on political advertising on social media ahead of the 2018 election cycle.
The commission has a working draft of the rules in front of… Continue reading
Pema Levy for Mother Jones:
This fall, millions of voters will cast ballots in legislative districts that have been deemed unconstitutional. Courts have repeatedly tossed out Republican-drawn electoral maps for excessive gerrymandering, but those maps will remain in effect through… Continue reading
BBC:
Mike Pompeo told the BBC there had been no significant diminishing of Russian attempts at subversion in Europe and the US….
Asked if his concerns extended to the upcoming US mid-term elections in November, he replied: “Of course. I… Continue reading
“I liked working for them in ’02,…“because I’d sit down with a lawyer and they’d say, ‘I like competitive maps. When a map is competitive, we can win on the merits.’ By the time I get around to 2011, they’ve… Continue reading