Tag Archives: Voting rights

Weekend Open Thread

Posted on January 10, 2026 by rikyrah

Good Morning. I hope that you are enjoying this weekend, fully vaccinated and boosted, with family and friends. That new booster shot has been approved..be sure to get it. Call and see if your pharmacy has it. Order your free … 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 →

Posted in 2024 Elections, African Americans, Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, Breaking News, Elections, Gerrymandering, GOP, Institutional Racism, Open Thread, Politics, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 38 Comments

Open Thread | The 2024 Election – Election Season Is Now Really Beginning

Posted on January 25, 2024 by rikyrah

It’s been obvious that the MSM is desperate to put Dolt45 back in office. They miss him. I have said for awhile that they resent the competence of President Biden and his Administration. He’s bad for their grift. Nothing that … 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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Open Thread | THIS is Voter Suppression

Posted on July 19, 2023 by rikyrah

When you can challenge the right to vote of someone that you don’t know and have never met. And, can do it for thousands of people at a time. That is VOTER Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Election Eve…

Posted on November 7, 2022 by rikyrah

We have some great candidates out here…all over the country… If you haven’t voted…..TOMORROW IS IT!! If this doesn’t sum up the GOP….THEY MEAN THIS!😠 https://twitter.com/TinaDuryea/status/1589423998978633728?s=19 Make your plan to vote: https://t.co/ZKn8fJEh9z. pic.twitter.com/UeQg3yJMed — The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) October 31, 2022 … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | So, the filibuster lives another day because of the pair of Trifling Tricks , Sinema and Manchin😠

Posted on January 20, 2022 by rikyrah

Talk about being on the wrong side of history.😠 I swear to Gawd the MSM is determined to not call a thing a thing. Why are they still saying @Sen_JoeManchin and @SenatorSinema support voting rights? They don’t and folks should … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Elections, African Americans, Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, Breaking News, Civil Rights, Culture, Current Events, GOP, Politics, President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala D. Harris, Voter Suppression, voters, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Open Thread | President Biden and Vice-President Harris Came to Georgia to Push Voting Rights

Posted on January 12, 2022 by rikyrah

Despite what some said, it was very important that 46 and MVP came to Georgia. Push Voting Rights. Push it in a state with an important Governor and Senate race later this year. "As an institutionalist, I believe that the … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | There Are Those Of Us Who See The MSM Foolishness

Posted on June 7, 2021 by rikyrah

The MSM thinks that we have amnesia about how the GQP has acted since 2009. And, how the MSM aids them. The Democrats need to remember, and act accordingly. They did with the COVID Relief Bill, and the same path … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | So…They Had a Hearing About the New Jim Crow..

Posted on April 23, 2021 by rikyrah

And the GQP decided to try and question Stacey Abrams about it. As well as others. It did not go well.   Republican Senator John Cornyn: So you believe that the GA legislature made deliberate attempts to suppress the minority … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, Education, Elections, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Open Thread, Politics, Voter Suppression, voters, Voting Rights | Tagged , , , , , , | 36 Comments