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An activist holding a placard in San Diego, California, last month. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters
An activist holding a placard in San Diego, California, last month. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters
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Voter suppression has been around for as long as the republic. Stories of subterfuge and ballot box-stuffing schemes are such a part of American political folklore, there’s an entire book about them. So in one sense, there is nothing particularly novel about Republican politicians’ efforts to rig the vote, or the important revelations that rightwing groups and corporate officials are coordinating state-level campaigns to make it harder to vote.
by Tyler Durden
By Michael Every of Rabobank
Not Just American Hustle
US oil prices are soaring due to a cyber-attack Friday on a key pipeline, which has disabled it with no fixed date to restart operations. The ‘good’ news is this is the work of a criminal group called Darkside, who just want money. Quite the American hustle. The bad news is it shows how vulnerable economies are to this kind of sabotage at a time when we are hardly short of state actors willing and able to perpetrate it due to heightened geopolitical tensions.
On which, China’s Global Times has threatened
Three Major Progressive Proposals Just Stalled In California’s Legislature Listen Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Democratic freshman Assemblyman Alex Lee, left, talks with Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakwood, after swearing-in ceremonies in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2020.
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
California Assemblymember Alex Lee entered office late last year with a splash.
At 25 years old, he’s the youngest state lawmaker elected to office in over 80 years. Shortly after being sworn in, he introduced a slew of ambitious proposals that would test California’s reputation as a spearhead of progressive policy.
The young lawmaker who earned the backing of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders authored bills this session to implement a single-payer health care system, ban political contributions from corporations and levy a wealth tax on the richest Californians