Adrian Cole
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Wisconsin's Top Election Denier Urges 'Revolution'
Gableman, who served on the court from 2008 to 2018, was the subject of an investigation involving a possible breach of ethics in a campaign ad against one of his colleagues. The court deadlocked on disciplinary action before the case was ultimately dismissed.Last year, Republican Wisconsin Assembly... → Read More
Wisconsin's Top Election Denier Urges 'Revolution'
During his speech, Gableman repeated the outlines of his report, which largely involved what he characterized as a plot by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, to put state election officials on his payroll and have them mobilize Black voters."In 2019," Gableman told the audience, "Mark Zuckerberg deci... → Read More
Wisconsin's Top Election Denier Urges 'Revolution'
"We need to make it easier to vote, harder to cheat," the site says.Michels has said he would also ban ballot drop boxes, and would require counties to provide judges on short notice to resolve disputes or emergencies at polling places on Election Day.Ballot drop boxes were relatively uncontroversia... → Read More
Michigan GOP Attorney General Nominee Probed In Voting Machine Scheme
Republican attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno is suspected of plotting to tamper with election equipment in Michigan after the 2020 general election. Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel announced in a press release on Aug. 8 → Read More
Michigan GOP Attorney General Nominee Probed In Voting Machine Scheme
Nessel's petition states, "The Michigan State Police and the special agents with the MDAG have completed a preliminary review and it is now time for a prosecutorial review for charges that include but are not limited to Conspiracy ...; Using a Computer System to Commit a Crime ...; Willfully Damagin... → Read More
Environmental Groups, Bipartisan EPA Leaders Hail Biden’s Climate Legislation
The law would 'be a huge step forward in the fight to preserve a livable planet and is one we need to take while we have the chance,' the group Earthjustice said. Environmental groups are hailing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a desperately needed step to address catastrophic climate change. → Read More
Environmental Groups, Bipartisan EPA Leaders Hail Biden’s Climate Legislation
The law would 'be a huge step forward in the fight to preserve a livable planet and is one we need to take while we have the chance,' the group Earthjustice said. Environmental groups are hailing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a desperately needed step to address catastrophic climate change. → Read More
Michigan Republicans Nominate Far-Right Extremists For Top State Posts
The GOP nominees for statewide office all oppose abortion rights and support the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. Several far-right Michigan Republicans endorsed by former President Donald Trump won their statewide primary elections → Read More
Michigan Republicans Nominate Far-Right Extremists For Top State Posts
Whitmer, Nessel, and Benson, meanwhile, represent an anti-Trump triumvirate in the state and have starkly opposed his party's policies on abortion, voting rights, and COVID-19 safety measures, among other issues.Benson's mailing of absentee ballots, which is completely legal, caused outrage among th... → Read More
Michigan Republicans Nominate Far-Right Extremists For Top State Posts
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback proposed a similar policy of tax cuts, claiming that cutting taxes would lead to increased economic activity. That experiment failed, and the state's economy did not grow enough to substitute for the reduction in revenue."Her proposals are woefully short on detail," Greiner... → Read More
Neo-Nazis Promote DeSantis Outside Far-Right Youth Conference
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the appreciative crowd: "It really is bat-crap crazy. Like, the left, you are no longer allowed to say — here's a radical statement, OK? Trigger warning: Women exist. But what the hell is wrong with you idiots? This is not — it, it, it's — they've gone to Crazy Town." Cruz ... → Read More
Neo-Nazis Promote DeSantis Outside Far-Right Youth Conference
Republican luminaries such as Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Ted Cruz took to the stage in Tampa to spew slurs and insults for an appreciative audience. Republican Party luminaries gathered in Tampa July 22-24 for Turning Point USA's "Student Action Summit." → Read More
Neo-Nazis Promote DeSantis Outside Far-Right Youth Conference
The Florida Holocaust Museum issued a statement on Monday condemning the protest:Openly and proudly displaying genocidal symbols is a direct threat to the Jewish community. Carrying the Nazi flag, or that of the SS, the organization responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Holocaust, is a... → Read More
As Florida Confronts Climate Disasters, DeSantis Still Denies Science
'We're not seeing a whole lot of common sense in his policies. He tends to toss aside serious ideas about climate change as just left-wing politics,' said Sierra Club Florida political director Luigi Guadarrama. Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis → Read More
As Florida Confronts Climate Disasters, DeSantis Still Denies Science
These are issues that hit Florida hard. The state is low-lying, with what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calculates as 8,436 miles of coastline vulnerable to sea level rise and an aging demographic especially at risk from hotter, more humid conditions. A serious threat is salt w... → Read More
As Florida Confronts Climate Disasters, DeSantis Still Denies Science
During a press conference in December 2021, DeSantis accused advocates for the environment of having ulterior political motives and claimed that there has been no increase in the number of storms due to climate change:"What I've found is, people, when they start talking about things like global warm... → Read More
Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Florida's 15-Week Abortion Ban
Judge John Cooper of the Florida Second Circuit Court in Leon County on Thursday issued a temporary injunction blocking a Florida law, scheduled to take effect on July 1, that would ban abortions at 15 weeks' gestation → Read More
Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Florida's 15-Week Abortion Ban
The decision is expected to be appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, whose seven justices were appointed by Republican governors, three by DeSantis.Planned Parenthood noted in a statement posted on June 1: "HB 5 will force Floridians to remain pregnant against their will, violating their dignity an... → Read More
Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Florida's 15-Week Abortion Ban
The court heard oral arguments in the case on Monday and Thursday. The New York Times reported that one of the plaintiffs, Dr. Shelly Hsiao-Ying Tien of Jacksonville, said in her testimony, "Women and girls who need abortions after 15 weeks tend to have the most challenging and compelling life circu... → Read More
DeSantis Campaign Accepts Funds From Donor Who Tweeted Racial Slur Against Obama
Subsequently, Florida residents received robocalls from a person claiming to be Gillum, the first Black nominee for Florida governor from a major party, and speaking in what the New York Times called "the exaggerated accent of a minstrel performer" with jungle sounds in the background. The calls end... → Read More