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This Alabama district just claimed the undisputed crown as Trumpiest in the...

Our project to calculate the 2020 presidential results for all 435 House seats nationwide heads down to Alabama, which is home to the Trumpiest congressional district in America. You can find our...

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Racial Dynamics in Schooling: Or, How I Went Up the Down Staircase

In my post of yesterday, a particularly tenacious commenter led me to briefly lose my temper. That’s not unusual in internet discourse, but I wish it had not happened. I think of the alternative...

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The Failures of Federalism and States' Rights

At the conclusion of a largely inconsequential Presidential debate in a largely inconsequential election between then-incumbent President Bill Clinton and Republican challenger Bob Dole, back in 1996,...

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meanwhile in Bizarro World, Alabama GOP Passes Resolution to Remove the USA...

State level GOP parties are doing all kinds of stupidity, censuring its US senators, and following on the usual RW craziness, resorting to the pre-GQP tropes, as befits a state that elected Tommy “not...

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Biden speaks up for union organizing at Amazon warehouse in Alabama

I have never seen a President in my lifetime stand up for Unions like this Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally...

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Decriminalizing Marijuana in Alabama

I never thought I’d see the day when our state representatives would use good sense to remove long-standing draconian penalties that punish simple possession of marijuana. This was a state where, as...

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Alabama governor extends mask mandate order

Just a day after Texas’ and Mississippi’s governors announced that their citizens are now free to get sick and die in greater numbers, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that she is extending the mask...

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50-State Strategy: Alabama

Power-Building Strategy: Create an additional Black congressional district through stricter enforcement of the Voting Rights Act and passage of HR 1 and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.While Doug...

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Alabama GOP declares Trump 'one of the greatest presidents' ever

Q: What’s the difference between the Branch Davidians and the Trump Death Cult? A: The Branch Davidians thought their leader was Jesus, whereas the Trumpies think their guy is way the fuck better than...

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Alabama's New Senator? (God Help Us)

The presumptive front runner for Alabama’s soon-to-be vacant Senate seat in 2022 is current U.S. House Representative Morris Jackson “Mo” Brooks. You may recall Brooks from the riot of January 6, where...

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Congressman who helped foment Jan. 6 assault enters Alabama's GOP Senate primary

Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, a hard-right favorite who helped foment the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, announced on Monday that he would compete in the Republican primary to succeed retiring Sen. Richard...

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Exclusive: Former AL Gov. Siegelman on GOP Recall of CA Gov. Newsom:...

'It reeks of politics,' says Don Siegelman, citing Repub campaign 'laced with racism,' aimed at sabotaging 'a rising star in the Democratic Party' Also: Siegelman on Biden and hopes for criminal...

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Swing States Now and Future, Who moves Rep, Who moves Dem?

The 2020 election has been over awhile, but politics never ends.  We’ve got a bunch of races in 2022, and the presidential elections follows in 2024.  So it’s time for an update on my massively popular...

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Arkansas passes bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth

As Daily Kos has continued to cover, a slew of anti-trans bills are cropping up across the nation centered on keeping trans girls and women out of girls’ sports. These bills are both ridiculous and...

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In a span of hours, Alabama Republican goes from denying an affair to...

On Tuesday night, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill denied allegations that he carried on a “sordid” affair with a Montgomery woman named Cesaire McPherson. McPherson detailed “a number of sordid...

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Tennessee, Texas & Mississippi GOP latest to tell their constituents to eat a...

March 2, 2021:The ACA's language didn't account for the possibility that some states might not expand Medicaid, which is why the lower-end range of exchange plan subsidy eligibility starts off at 100%...

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The Swift and Pathetic Downfall of AL's Sleazy Sec. of State John Merrill:...

Also: Other sorry sleazy news from a GOP in free fallBiden's gun safety executive actionsManchin's ridiculous blockade of progress...We try like crazy to avoid sleazy, tabloid sensationalism on The...

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Voting Rights Roundup: Ohio GOP readies new voting restrictions, including a...

Leading Off●Ohio: Cleveland.com reports that Ohio Republicans are planning to introduce a major new voting restriction bill that could impose significant changes and limitations on mail voting in...

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Building Soil for Earth Week

Pleistocene Park Discussion with Manager, Nikita Zimov Sunday, April 18, 9 - 10:30 AM ET (GMT-4) Zoom https://soil4climate-org.zoom.us/j/83756644945?pwd=elVTLytWbU5YVExIZ3k0MU9TWFRtQT09 Soil4Climate...

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The Way To End Abortion: Make It Unnecessary

THE SHORT VERSION: Republicans want to make abortion illegal, Democrats want to make it unnecessary.THE LONG VERSION: Criminalizing abortion tells women our bodies are not our own by codifying the...

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