Five Republican governors demand National Guard vaccination mandate exemption

The Republican governors of five states are asking (or demanding, depending how you read it) that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III exempt their states’ National Guards from the military’s …

Voting Rights Roundup: Top North Carolina court halts filing, a sign it could block GOP gerrymanders

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● North Carolina: In a major sign that it is likely to eventually block Republicans’ newly enacted congressional and legislative gerrymanders in a pair of pending cases, North …

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 …

Anti-LGBTQ zealots are pushing for librarians to face criminal charges over queer books

Republicans have long, long sought to demonize LGBTQ+ people and materials, especially as a means of distraction from the party’s ongoing failures. As Daily Kos has covered, we’ve seen state lawmakers …

Voting Rights Roundup: ACLU sues over Ohio GOP's new maps after governor’s startling admission

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● Ohio: The ACLU has filed a lawsuit with Ohio’s Supreme Court asking it to strike down the new legislative maps that the Republican majority on the state’s bipartisan …

Gabby Petito died in the same place 700 Native women went missing. Why aren't we looking for them?

The tragic case of travel blogger Gabrielle (Gabby) Petito has shed light on a number of issues. As her disappearance and presumed death drew massive media attention, advocates noticed the difference …

Black real estate agent, army veteran, and teen handcuffed for touring home on a Sunday afternoon

It was Sunday and 46-year-old real estate agent Eric Brown was showing off a Wyoming, Michigan, home to 45-year-old Roy Thorne and his 15-year-old son Samuel. Thorne, an army veteran, was in the …

Local Wyoming biker bar sold T-shirts blaming the LGBTQ community for AIDS

Just miles away from the murder site of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old college student who was killed in a hate crime against the LGBTQ community, a biker bar thought to profit from the town’s …

AP analysis: Almost all COVID-19 deaths now are among the unvaccinated

In a testament to the incredible effectiveness of the mRNA vaccines developed to combat COVID-19, an analysis by the Associated Press shows that nearly all U.S. deaths attributable to the SARS-CoV-2 …

'Politics, not economics, is driving decisions' on unemployment aid, JPMorgan says

New unemployment claims fell to a pandemic low for the fourth week in a row, with a still-high but rapidly dropping 406,000 people filing for unemployment. But unemployment remains high, and 4.1 …

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. …