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Yet House GOP leaders rejected reform of Electoral Count Act — C ongress just approved a bill to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887, making it more difficult to overthrow presidential elections, as Donald Trump supporters tried to do as part of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Written by two members of the House select committee investigating the insurrection, the Presidential…

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has attracted so much animus that a fight over his legislation could lead to a government shutdown. The conservative Democrat often basked in the spotlight when blocking key party policies. Then he shocked Republicans by being the key vote for President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act…

My sister, Jean, appeared at my door, making no effort to come inside. She wanted my advice about whether she should relocate. A move would give her a fresh start, I told her. Both of us ignored the fact that she was dead, killed months earlier by a stray bullet…

Afraid to protect Interracial, same-sex unions before the election — Senate Republicans are so fearful of extremists in their party that they won’t even support the rights of Americans to marry who they choose, regardless of race or gender. Check back after the November elections when the crazies can’t punish us at the polls is the message many sent. …

If Sen. Lindsey Graham really wanted a national abortion bill, why wouldn't it void the state bans set at six weeks — even at conception — without exceptions? His strategy is a tone-deaf move to blunt the backlash to the end of Roe v. Wade and extreme state laws in…

Legal strategy by citizen groups still may not block Trump — ANew Mexico judge appointed by President Donald Trump ruled Sept. 7 that Couy Griffin, a county commissioner and co-founder of Cowboys for Trump, was no longer qualified to hold public office. The decision marks the first time since 1869 that a court has disqualified a public official under Section 3…

Surprising allies in South Carolina; citizen activism in Michigan — The public backlash to the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending a federal right to abortion has led some conservative candidates and Congress members to temper their rhetoric as the election approaches. But they are not the true believers on state front lines fighting to control reproductive rights. …

Florida clergy suing to follow own faith on when life begins — Two Christians, three Jews, one Unitarian Universalist, and a Buddhist recently filed in a Florida court for a temporary injunction against the state’s 15-week abortion ban. The ban, without exceptions for rape or incest, went into effect July 1 and does “immediate and irreparable injury” to their right to religious…

DeSantis targets ex-felons his government let vote — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his elections security police force in March, it was unclear what intimidation it would launch, especially after the state had already imposed a range of restrictive voting laws. Well, he started with an attack on felon voting; an unsympathetic target for quick media attention…