A new California privacy law might fundamentally change how kids and teens use the internet — not only in California but also across the country. The first-in-the-nation legislation, which goes into effect in 2024, imposes sweeping restrictions on internet companies that serve minors, requiring that they design their platforms with …
Read More »Conspiracy Theorists Urge Voting As Late As Possible On Election Day To ‘stop the steal’
Kira Lerner, Florida Phoenix A close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has a plan that she claims will help win him the election and prevent voter fraud: She wants voters to cast their ballots “as late in the day as possible” on Election Day. Conspiracy theorist Toni …
Read More »‘This Is Important’: DOJ to Step Up Poll Monitoring for Midterms
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Amid mounting fears of voter intimidation and political violence on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, federal officials on Monday announced plans to monitor polls in 64 communities across two dozen states. “Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights …
Read More »More Than 42 Million Americans Already Have Voted In The Midterms
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder More than 42 million Americans by mid-afternoon on Monday had gotten a jump start on Tuesday’s midterm elections, casting their votes through mail-in ballots or by heading to in-person early voting centers. The United States Election Project’s data showed a significant number of voters continue to prefer voting …
Read More »VP Harris Says Issues Of ‘heart and home’ Are ‘under attack’ On The Eve Of Crucial Midterms
Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris warned that issues of “heart and home” are under attack in America in a BET special conversation on reproductive rights moderated by The 19th’s editor-at-large, Errin Haines, at Howard University ahead of the midterms. Harris spoke at Howard, her …
Read More »Warnock, Walker push to avoid runoff in Senate showdown
Stephen Fowler, GPB News Next week’s election offers a now-familiar story for Georgia voters in this new battleground state: an expensive Senate contest with expected close margins and outsized national importance that could decide which party controls the upper chamber. But unlike the 2020 races that were resolved in January …
Read More »Critics Warn GOP Midterm Victory Would Be Disaster for Working Class, Democracy, and Planet
Jon Queally, Common Dreams Progressive leaders and Democratic Party supporters are raising last-minute alarms over the unparalleled catastrophe that would result if the Republican Party—an organization many see as a creeping fascist force in the United States and on the world stage—manages to win control of one or both chambers …
Read More »What To Do If Your Vote Is Challenged On Election Day
Karen Figueroa-Clewett, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Leer in español With the general election drawing close, it’s important to know your rights in case your vote is challenged. The best way to ensure that your vote is counted is to advocate for yourself. I’m a civil rights …
Read More »Kemp, Abrams Make Final Pitches To voters In High-Stakes Rematch
Riley Bunch, GPB News Millions of Georgians have already cast ballots in a gubernatorial rematch four years in the making between Republican Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams. Both candidates hit the campaign trail running in the final stretch before Election Day to rally their base in hopes …
Read More »Obama Rallies Democrats For Fetterman In Pittsburgh
Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Barack Obama was in vintage form during a rally here on Saturday, as he urged a crowd of hundreds to cast their votes for Lt. Governor John Fetterman, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate. “This election requires every single one of us to do our …
Read More »GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw Says Election Deniers Know They’re Lying
Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Members of Congress who contested the 2020 election results admitted behind closed doors that they know their cause is false, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, said on his podcast published Wednesday, offering his sternest rebuke yet of his party’s rejection of President Joe Biden’s win. …
Read More »Biden Accuses GOP of ‘Rooting for Recession’ After Jobs Report
President Joe Biden on Friday accused the Republican leadership of “rooting for a recession” after new Labor Department figures showed the U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October, more than analysts expected but down slightly from the previous month. “Today’s jobs report—adding 261,000 jobs with the unemployment rate still at …
Read More »‘Very Soon. Get Ready’: Trump Signals 2024 Announcement Imminent
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night signaled to his supporters in Sioux City, Iowa that he’s close to making an announcement about the 2024 election, as his advisers are reportedly preparing for a campaign launch days after the midterms. As Axios reported Friday, Trump’s aides …
Read More »Judge Grants NY AG’s Request for Independent Monitor to Oversee Trump Organization
A New York judge on Thursday granted the state Attorney General Letitia James‘ request for an independent monitor to supervise the businesses of former President Donald Trump, who is a defendant in a fraud lawsuit recently filed by James. New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron issued an order approving James’ …
Read More »President Touts Student Debt Relief Days Ahead Of Midterm Election
Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico President Joe Biden’s appearance at Central New Mexico Community College focused on student debt relief and gave the state’s Democratic leaders a chance to boast about new educational opportunities offered to students from preschool up to college. “New Mexico is seen as one of the …
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