Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Open Thread | Checking in on The Worse Court Since Taney

Posted on June 4, 2026 by rikyrah

UH HUH UH HUH The Washington Post @washingtonpost The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to hold upcoming elections using a congressional map that a lower court found discriminates on the basis of race and dilutes the political power of the state’s … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Worst Court Since Taney Made Decision Based Upon Fraudulent Data

Posted on May 12, 2026 by rikyrah

Samuel Alito Cited Fudged Data in His Ruling Gutting Voting Rights Act Alito cited data provided by the Department of Justice that used faulty methodology. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito relied on misleading data to support his ruling decimating the … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | I Can’t Leave What This Decision Will Mean for Black Voters In The South

Posted on May 6, 2026 by rikyrah

50% of Black voters in the United States live in the South. 50% Roughly 25 million people. And, this decision, by the Worst Court Since Taney, would leave them, possibly, without any Representation in Congress. Mother Jones @MotherJones “We could … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Still On the Worst Court Since TANEY

Posted on May 4, 2026 by rikyrah

Mavis Amundson ‪@mavisja.bsky.social‬ Follow Will Bunch, gift post Inquirer SCOTUS gutting 1965 Voting Rights Act is a wake-up call from a dream share.inquirer.com/WNSbDz Will Bunch, gift post InquirerSCOTUS gutting 1965 Voting Rights Act is a wake-up call from a dream … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | More on SCOTUS VRA Ruling

Posted on May 1, 2026 by rikyrah

From The Establishment Bar: Some thoughts on the SCOTUS VRA ruling Posted by Liberal Librarian April 30, 2026 Yesterday, our vaunted Supreme Court of these very United States gutted the Voting Rights Act even more. It seems to be a … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | The Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

Posted on April 30, 2026 by rikyrah

Decision was 6-3. Those who didn’t vote right in 2016 – this is what you brought us. JIM CROW 2.0 JIM CROW 2.0 VoteHub @VoteHub LANDMARK DECISION — The Supreme Court has narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | IF You Need to Understand Black Disdain for the Republican Party….

Posted on March 14, 2024 by rikyrah

Look no further. chris evans (@notcapnamerica) posted at 8:56 AM on Fri, Mar 08, 2024: And as an addendum, here are a list of policies or initiatives Republicans are pushing around the country that disproportionately hurt Black people that Democrats … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | IF You Need Reasons Why Black People Vote for Democrats Overwhelmingly…..Some Receipts

Posted on March 11, 2024 by rikyrah

It’s thrown around.. Why do Black people vote overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party? The question is insulting. Like, unlike any other demographic group, we just happen to NOT KNOW who has put forth policies that we believe are in our … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 15, 2024 by rikyrah

Today is the official celebration of the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is my favorite section from “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]” We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | WHY is Joe Biden Running?

Posted on September 25, 2023 by rikyrah

Sometimes, our President can speak for himself, and speaks it plain. I will continue to repeat: 2024: DEMOCRACY VS. FASCISM Plain and simple. We don’t have two functioning political parties. We have one political party who is interested in governing. … Continue reading →

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