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Republicans Admit "Voter ID" Is Designed to Steal Elections

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow explains Republicans’ biggest gaffe when it comes to “voter ID” laws: telling the truth. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Advantage Cuccinelli for First Debate of VA Governor's Race

MEMORANDUM   TO: Interested Parties FROM: Danny Kanner, DGA Communications Director DATE: July 16, 2013 Re: Advantage Cuccinelli for First Debate of Virginia Governor’s Race   Ken Cuccinelli has had a disastrous few weeks. He’s been embroiled in a scandal involving the gifts he and Governor Bob McDonnell took from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams, refused…

DGA Raises Groundbreaking $15 Million In First Half of 2013

WASHINGTON, DC—Vermont Governor and Democratic Governors Association Chair Peter Shumlin today announced that the DGA raised $15 million in the first six months of 2013, a record haul for the organization in an off-year and a 30 percent increase from the same period in 2009. “In 2009 and 2010, Republican candidates for governor promised to…

GOP "Voting Fraud" Claims Debunked

Republicans often justify passing laws that make it harder for people to vote by claiming that these laws deter “voting fraud.” We always knew the notion of widespread “voting fraud” was a sham invented by Republicans to justify their anti-democratic suppression tactics. Now a new report from one state’s law enforcement division is debunking those…

Gay marriage advocates eye Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, New Jersey

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the federal ban on same-sex marriage, marriage equality proponents are targeting a handful of states, including Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, and New Jersey. Help us get to 5,000 signatures urging lawmakers in these states to pass marriage equality.   Gay marriage advocates eye Hawaii, Illinois,…

Republicans Undermine ObamaCare, Then Claim It Isn't Working

The editorial board at USA Today has a great post explaining the Republicans’ cynical strategy for defeating Obamacare: “Having lost in Congress and in court, they’re now using the most cynical of tactics: trying to make the law fail. Never mind the public inconvenience and human misery that will result.” Are you as outraged as…

Roe v. Wade Under Attack in the States

States led by Republicans are attempting to undermine Roe v. Wade by passing laws that make it more difficult for women seeking abortions. Taken together, 17 states have passed 43 abortion restrictions, a huge jump over the dozen or so laws that states would typically pass just a few years ago. (see chart below). Enough is…

The Supreme Court just struck down a key section of the landmark Voting Rights Act that requires jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to get approval from the Justice Department before changing voting laws. The law, signed in 1965, is considered one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation ever passed. In…

Tell Congress to Reinstate the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court just struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act that gives the Justice Department the authority to review proposed changes to voting laws in jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination. We have to get the law reinstated in places where voters desperately need protection from overreaching Republican governors and…

Ohio's Kasich approves sweeping restrictions on reproductive rights

By Steve Benen With Ohio’s state budget awaiting Gov. John Kasich’s (R) signature over the weekend, many in the state hoped the Republican governor would have the courage to eliminate sweeping new restrictions on reproductive rights, added to the budget with minimal debate, before he signed it into law. That did not happen. Gov. John Kasich…