South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem releases national ad targeting transgender student athletes

With the start of the new year, at least seven states across the U.S. have threatened to pass legislation that would limit the rights of transgender and nonbinary youths in sports and other everyday …

DeSantis and Noem fret that COVID-19 relief money is somehow unfair to their states. Reality differs

Republican governors are experiencing the benefits of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Their budgets are afloat on a tide of money coming from the COVID-19 relief bill, which is funding …

South Dakota teachers scramble for dollar bills during halftime at hockey game

How much more dystopian can modern life get here in the United States? This question feels more than a little dangerous, given that Republicans continue to show us that they seem to have no …

Voting Rights Roundup: Conspiracy-driven Wisconsin GOP looks to take over election administration

Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be taking a break the week of Nov. 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday but will return the following week.

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● Wisconsin: In a chilling new …

Democrats and moderate Republicans thwart South Dakota conservatives on new redistricting plan

In a fascinating development, a group of Republicans in the South Dakota House banded together with Democrats on Wednesday to pass a new legislative redistricting plan over the objections of a sizable …

GOP governors ignore COVID-19 cases in their states to join Greg Abbott for yet another border stunt

Republican governors whose states continue to be hard hit by COVID-19 infections have been diligently working … at demonizing asylum-seekers at the southern border. Nine right-wing governors joined …

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem responds to report on abuse of power by playing the victim

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem knows that to gain national prominence and have a shot at the presidential or vice presidential nomination, a Republican governor has to be particularly terrible, not …

The star of this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will be COVID-19's more infectious delta variant

Get ready for another surge in nationwide COVID-19 cases as South Dakota’s favorite superspreader event, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, kicks off Friday because sure, why not, being in a pandemic …

Voting Rights Roundup: Texas GOP unveils new voting restriction bills after Dems blocked last one

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● Texas: Texas Republicans have returned for a special legislative session and unveiled their proposed new voting restriction bills, which you can find here for the state Senate and House, …

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's border deployment is being funded by used car billionaire megadonor

Texas’ Greg Abbott isn’t the only Republican governor carrying out a stunt at the southern border in recent days. In fact, South Dakota’s Kristi Noem has maybe managed to one-up him, by deploying 50 …

Voting Rights Roundup: In major about face, Manchin lays out path for compromise on election reforms

Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be taking a break the week of June 25 but will return the following week.

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● Congress: In a major development for the fate of congressional …

Republican governors embrace lies and longtime racist tactics in cutting off unemployment aid

The flood of Republican-controlled states cutting off the federal unemployment benefits supplement will lead to nearly 2 million people losing payments before the September cutoff passed by Congress. …