"So is the GOP capable of ever recognizing a Democratic president as legitimate again? It’s a question no one can really answer…our democracy’s existential crisis is very far from resolved."
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 7, 2021
Good @zackbeauchamp piece. At issue is our democratic future:https://t.co/ZE2qW0eaG1
"Crackdown on democracy": Republican lawmakers across the country are trying to overrule voters https://t.co/OFE22C4z38
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) May 7, 2021
Right now, Florida’s racist, un-democratic voter suppression law #SB90 is being challenged in court.
— When We All Vote (@WhenWeAllVote) May 7, 2021
Here’s how @MarcEElias, @BlackVotersMtr, @LWVFlorida, and Florida @ActiveRetirees are taking action in court to protect the right to vote. ⬇️https://t.co/48cbU10vvj
Texas House passed GOP voter suppression bill at 3 AM last night. Democracy literally dying in the dark https://t.co/UkJewGFfF9
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 7, 2021
"These voter suppression tactics will become law in a state that is already the hardest in the country to vote. No online voter registration. 750 polling place closures over the last 8 years … you name it, we got it in Texas,” Beto O’Rourke says.https://t.co/SUSWYnIrLu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 5, 2021
Maricopa County has been in the news this week for a hyper-partisan, pro-Trump “audit” that GOP state legislators approved as a way to recount the votes, and politically challenge the results, of the 2020 presidential election. https://t.co/pZdyI2IZqA
— The Nation (@thenation) May 7, 2021
In a letter to Arizona’s GOP Senate President, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said the farming out of 2.1 million ballots from Arizona’s most populous county to a contractor may run afoul of federal law. https://t.co/ZCCuPSsJug
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 7, 2021
"Untrained citizens are trying to find traces of bamboo on ballots. Thousands of ballots are left unattended and unsecured. People with open partisan bias, including a man photographed at the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, are doing the recounting."https://t.co/Tq7JFGiA0n
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) May 7, 2021
Dominion Voting Systems has sharply criticized the election firm conducting the Arizona recount, saying auditors had "already committed serious errors" and "demonstrated incompetence."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 7, 2021
""The lead firm, Cyber Ninjas, has no election experience."https://t.co/xQ7TkJ0GAz
A fundamentally anti-democratic party https://t.co/wWqUY0XIn4
— Jonathan "Boo and Vote" Cohn (@JonathanCohn) May 7, 2021
The @Liz_Cheney ouster is about more than loyalty to Trump. It shows the GOP effectively liberating itself to overturn future elections whose outcomes Republicans hate, by any means necessary. Note that these same House Rs may be in control on Jan 6, 2025:https://t.co/0MuOzRfDuO
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 5, 2021
At @ProjectLincoln, we’ve been saying for some time that dividing line in American politics is not ideology but those who are pro & anti-democracy. The @GOP keeps proving it. Replacing more conservative Cheney with Stefanick is that line. Pick a side. It’s the fight of our time.
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) May 7, 2021
If Sens Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema aren't outraged enough by GOP enacting voter suppression laws across the country to want to reform the filibuster so they can pass a new Voting Rights Act, then they aren't really Democrats in the first place. Democrats defend democracy!!
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) May 7, 2021
For Republicans, inherited wealth has no effect on one’s work ethic, but a bit of government largesse will turn the hoi polloi into lazy slug-a-beds. https://t.co/zBT5VINfWk
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 7, 2021
Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Post reporters’ phone records https://t.co/dH7117zvhr
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) May 7, 2021
Chris Ruddy of Newsmax, who cut his teeth 'investigating' Vincent Foster's death, is finding out that his vaunted closeness to Trump has put him in legal jeopardy. Fine profile by @sarahellison @jdawsey1 @jocwapo https://t.co/KgtrrJNNXe
— 💫 Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) May 6, 2021
"That's why this myth that was spread by the Republican party is so inherently dangerous, because if you have such a wide audience believing this mass delusion, some of them are going to do something about it" – @ryanjreilly w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/WFdFQzaeen
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 7, 2021
When the GOP ignores Donald Trump, we can all ignore him. Until then, he remains a threat to American democracy. He is the GOP.
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) May 7, 2021
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LABOUR PONDERS ELECTORAL SETBACK
Guardian front page, Saturday 8 May 2021: Labour in turmoil after Tories inflict huge defeats pic.twitter.com/EakpG0hPS0
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 7, 2021
Watch the full report here:https://t.co/JceEOrTOSW
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 7, 2021
Keir Starmer: Labour has spent too long talking to ourselves https://t.co/Lmb6hLTZhO
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 7, 2021
Just came across this on FB.
— John Walmsley 🇪🇺🤝🇬🇧 (@JohnAWalmsley) May 7, 2021
Entitled "Live footage from Hartlepool". pic.twitter.com/PBjRL0ZiCp
So did Cameron and May. https://t.co/FAva21NJgN
— stefanstern (@stefanstern) May 7, 2021
This thread (by Theresa May’s former chief of staff) and the one by Dominic Cummings should be pinned on the wall in Labour’s HQ and made the topic of endless discussion.
— Charles Arthur (@charlesarthur) May 7, 2021
The Tories have changed to capture votes; what has Labour done, precisely? https://t.co/7wq4uweZOn
At the midpoint of the #SP21 count, the scale of @theSNP achievement is beyond doubt – 14 years in government and still polling in high 40%s, gaining seats from other parties & firmly on course for a 4th consecutive term in office 🙏
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) May 7, 2021
Bailey fought a campaign that was basically Trevor Phillips putting his foot in a bucket and falling down a flight of stairs while shouting out random lies
— Rick Burin (@rickburin) May 7, 2021
The Overnight Note 