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The BRAD BLOG’s 15th Anniversary! (and Some Other Stuff): ‘BradCast’ 1/24/2019

Guests: BRAD BLOG's Ernest A. Canning and Desi Doyen, with a look back, a look forward, some thanks, and, yes, the news of the day...

Texas GOP’s Polling Place Photo ID Law Almost Certain to Get Nixed. Again. Here’s Why…

GOP ‘Celebrates’ Memorial Day With Voter Suppressing Photo ID Restrictions in TX, WI, NC

Vetoed in MN while significant legal challenges likely elsewhere...

The Crazy – October 20, 2010 Edition

Hope and Change at the Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division Voting Section?

Justice slowly returns after the reign of John 'Minorities Die First' Tanner, and under a new Administration

The BRAD BLOG is happy to have played an important role...

DoJ IG Report Buried, Now Released, Finds Schlozman Broke the Law, Lied About it to Congress

But Bush's DoJ Declines to Prosecute...So Will Obama?...

Voter Advocate Rush Limbaugh Applauds Supreme Court’s ‘Huge, Huge, Huge Move to Undercut Democrat Voter Fraud’

Polling Place Photo ID Restrictions in Indiana Upheld by SCOTUS in Courageous and Historic Dredd Scott-like Decision

But Why Stop at Keeping Black and Elderly Fraudsters from Stealing Elections?...

‘The Republican War On Voting’

The American Prospect's Investigation Into The GOP 'Myth Of Voter Fraud To Purge The [Voter] Rolls Of Non-Republicans'

ALSO: The DoJ's John 'Minorities Die First' Tanner Has Found a New Job...

Obama Camp Sends ‘Urgent Request for Assistance’ to Louisiana SoS as Voters Find Party Registration Switched

Cites 'Widespread Reports' of Problems During Today's Primary, as Registration Issues in State After State Begin to Emerge

New Statewide Computerized Voter Roll Systems, Mandated by Help America Vote Act, Privatized by Voting Machine Companies Criticized by Experts...

Deputies of Former DoJ Voting Rights Chief John ‘Minorities Die First’ Tanner Get Demoted

‘Accountability’ at Year’s (and Wit’s) End

Gonzales Still Under Fire, ACVR Still Off Scot-Free, Along With the White House, the DoJ, John Tanner, Ann Coulter and Everyone Else the Democrats Have Utterly Failed to Properly Bring to Justice...

GOP Obstructs Vote on FEC Nominations; ‘Vote Fraud’ Zealot Von Spakovsky Likely History

ALSO: John 'Minorities Die First' Tanner STILL in the DoJ Voting Rights Office Nearly a Week After His 'Immediate Resignation'!

‘Tanner Won’t Leave!’ DoJ Sources Tell The BRAD BLOG

Controversial Former Voting Rights Section Chief May Have Some Attachment Issues

Party Held This Evening in D.C. in His 'Dishonor'...

MSNBC ABRAMS VIDEO: New ‘Bush League Justice’ Coverage of John ‘Minorities Die First’ Tanner’s Resignation, Reassignment at DoJ Civil Rights Division…

MSNBC Producer Tells BRAD BLOG They Intend to Continue Extensions of 'Long Overdue' Investigative Series...

Obama Says Reassignment of DoJ Voting Rights Chief to New Appointment ‘Unacceptable’

Says 'Administration is Simply Shuffling Deck Chairs' by Moving John 'Minorities Die First' Tanner to New Post in Same Division

Conyers and Nadler Also Issue Statement, More Upbeat, Hopeful About Resignation of Tanner

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