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Misinformation Overwhelms Local Election Officials

Quick, think about disinformation. What comes to mind? “Vladimir Putin, president of Russia.” But in 2020, many experts are more concerned with disinformation coming from our very own backyard. Like this guy, who, with a single tweet, disrupted a governor’s race in Kentucky. “Oh I’m just a broke college student, basically.” “He had 19 followers.

Iran and Russia Seek to Influence Election in Final Days, U.S. Officials Warn

“But they have gone from propaganda to deliberate interference in this election,” John Hultquist, the senior director of FireEye, a Silicon Valley security firm, said after Wednesday’s announcement.“Their focus here is to prey on existing fears that election infrastructure will be subverted and hacked, as well as fears of voter intimidation,” he said.Iran may not

Any Protests Upon My Re-Election Will Be Put Down Quickly

Donald Trump and the GOP went into the Republican National Convention hoping for a significant boost in their polling numbers. The Convention came and went and that polling bounce does not seem to have occurred. The President will now be looking towards the fall debates against Joe Biden as maybe his last opportunity to change

Rachel Maddow Warns That Russia’s Election Attacks Are Worse Than 2016

Rachel Maddow sounded the alarm about Russian involvement in this year’s presidential election, warning that the attacks could be worse than four years ago, particularly since the Trump administration is in charge. “Here we go again, right?” the MSNBC host said. “And this time, instead of the Obama administration being in charge … it’s the

Adam Schiff Has A New Whistleblower On Trump Censoring Russian Election Interference Intel

Adam Schiff announced that he has a new whistleblower related to Trump retaliation and the censorship of Russian election interference intel. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff said in a statement: The whistleblower retaliation complaint filed by former Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Brian Murphy outlines grave and disturbing allegations that senior White House

Advocates want Georgia election officials to ease barriers to voting

The decision comes after the New Georgia Project sued Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in his official capacity along with several other election officials. In 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Louis Sands determined Dougherty County, in southwest Georgia, had to accept late arriving ballots. Hurricane Matthew hit Dougherty County hard, causing disruptions to mail service.

Our Actions in This Election Will Tell if We Are For America or For Trump

We already know all there really is to know about Donald Trump. He has no bottom. A few of us knew that in 2016. There is truly no excuse for naivete after what we heard from him in the primary and general elections of 2016 and the nearly four years since. So when Jeffrey Goldberg’s

No More In-Person Election Briefings for Congress, Intelligence Chief Says

The nation’s top intelligence officials moved on Saturday to tighten control over the flow of sensitive intelligence about foreign threats to November’s election, telling Congress that they would no longer provide in-person briefings about election security and would rely solely on written updates instead.Representatives from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence informed the

After the conventions, the election battle intensifies

xArizona. Florida. Michigan. North Carolina. Pennsylvania. Wisconsin. Some combo of these states can free us from the route to autocracy we are on. Others can be won. But won’t be the tipping point. Those of you from the six above – the world needs you. And will owe you a debt.— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) August

Trump Claims Democrats Are Stealing The Election In GOP Convention Meltdown

Trump couldn’t keep it together for five minutes while accepting the Republican nomination as he claimed that Democrats are stealing the election. Trump said: Because we caught them doing some really bad things in 2016. Let’s see what happens. We caught them doing some really bad things. We have to be careful because trying it

Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For

“They say most people get more conservative as you age, but I’ve gotten more liberal,” said Cindy Strom, an educational consultant who lives in the Charlotte suburb of Mooresville after moving from Chicago four years ago.In a sense, Ms. Strom is like other recent transplants who are helping to transform the state’s political dynamics by

You can’t delay 2020 election

The president suggested postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate resultsTop Republicans have rejected President Donald Trump’s suggestion that November’s presidential election should be delayed over alleged fraud concerns.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy both dismissed the idea.Mr Trump does not have the authority to postpone the election, as

Why Trump Has No Power to Postpone the 2020 Election

President Trump, who is trailing badly in polling of the race for the White House, suggested on Thursday that the Nov. 3 general election be delayed “until people can properly, securely and safely vote.” Even for him, floating the idea of postponing the election was an extraordinary breach of presidential decorum.But the president does not

Trump floats delaying the election, but he can’t do that

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that the 2020 presidential election should be postponed, claiming it could be ripe for fraud.“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,” Trump tweeted. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay

Joe Biden Warns Trump Will “Try to Indirectly Steal the Election”

Joe Biden has warned that Donald Trump will try to steal the presidential election by alleging voter fraud and refusing to accept the validity of mail-in ballots. The former Vice President made the claim during a virtual fundraiser on Thursday, hosted by actor and Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Biden said the President would claim mail-in ballots were

Trump won’t say whether he’ll accept 2020 election results

President Trump on Sunday declined to say whether he will accept the results of the 2020 election, adding that he will “have to see.” The president also claimed without evidence that “mail-in voting is going to rig the election,” during an interview aired on “Fox News Sunday.” In response, Fox News host Chris Wallace asked:

As Election Nears, Trump’s White House Grows Bolder in Flouting Ethical Norms

But the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, dismissed such criticism.“I don’t see anything inappropriate with the comments the president has made,” Mr. Meadows said, adding that “those were policy differences that the president highlighted” regarding Mr. Biden.As president, Mr. Trump is not bound by the Hatch Act, which was passed to ensure that

What the 2019 Election Means for 2020 – The New York Times

On PoliticsFour lessons from Tuesday night.Credit...Tim LahanNov. 6, 2019There was at least one clear loser in last night’s elections: my dream of reaching Inbox Zero.My email (current unread count: 40,149!) is now flooded with hundreds more messages, all from overjoyed Democratic organizations, strategists and candidates eager to get their piece of the credit for the…

In Louisiana Governor’s Election, a True Test of Trump’s Sway

Though the president has injected himself into high-profile races this year, the governor’s runoff in Louisiana may be one of the purest tests of his influence.President Trump visited Louisiana on Wednesday to bolster the candidacy of Eddie Rispone, the Republican candidate for governor.Credit...Anna Moneymaker/The New York TimesWEST MONROE, La. — Walking away from a T-shirt…

A Jim Crow-Era Law Could Change The Results of Today’s Election In Mississippi

If Jennifer Riley Collins, a former a military intelligence officer who served as head of the Mississippi American Civil Liberties Union, wins her race for Mississippi Attorney General today, she will become the first black woman elected to a statewide office in this historically red state. But the 53-year-old Democrat has more to worry about…

White Supremacist Donated to Several 2016 Republican Presidential Candidates

The head of a white supremacist group, cited by the suspected gunman who killed nine people at a black South Carolina church last week, has given thousands ...

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Mayor Shirley Franklin: "Invest or die"

MayorTV is a challenge from America’s Mayors to 2008 candidates: start talking about cities! MayorTV asked Mayor Franklin what she thought a national agenda for cities should look like. “Infrastructure isn’t sexy.” So says Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta. In her far-ranging MayorTV interview, she was the first to admit that aquaducts, sewage facilities and

African American Politics: A History of Struggle

[wzslider autoplay=”true” transition=”‘slide'” lightbox=”true”] African American Politics: A History of Struggle   In the year 2008, tens of millions of African Americans turned out in historic numbers to propel Barak Obama to the US Democratic Party nomination and, ultimately, the Presidency of the United States.  The turnout in that election was the culmination of a

Nigeria Kidnappings — Who Are the ‘Boko Haram?’

By Andrew Lam Editor’s Note: Professor Michael Watts teaches geography at UC Berkeley and is the author of many books, including “Silent Violence: Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria” and “Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta.” He spoke to NAM editor Andrew Lam about the recent kidnappings

African American Mayors Conference of Black Mayors

  African American Mayors The Conference of Black Mayors African American Mayors In 1967 Carl Stokes and Richard Hatcher were elected as mayors of Cleveland, Ohio, and Gary, Indiana, respectively. They are considered as the first African American mayors of major American cities. Together with Kenneth Gibson of Newark, New Jersey, Carl Stokes and Richard G. Hatcher, became

Barack Obama's Speeches

Barack Obama’s Speeches – 2008 Democratic National Convention     More references to Barak Obama here at Black Politics References: Barack Obama’s speech on 50th anniversary of March – Christian … Aug 28, 2013 … The full text of the speech by President Obama given Wednesday in Washington on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther