Anger grows at Democrats' weakness

Now the Democrats are undergoing a new split. Toadies to corporate money versus liberals (sometimes calling themselves progressives).

Finally, in 1957, after a long hiatus, the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was passed and signed into law by Republican President Dwight Eisenhower....The Democrat opposition in the Senate created the longest filibuster on record, stretching over 24 hours of non-stop speaking by Strom Thurmond. This bill also established the Commission on Civil Rights which was in large part responsible for the famous bill in 1964.

This bill also established the Commission on Civil Rights which was in large part responsible for the famous bill in 1964.

So you believe that the Bill of Rights is not a FAKE document??

You should read the 1st Amendment
"Free Expression clause"
and the
"Establishment clause"

Unless revoked and substituted by a counter amendment, still is the law of the land

Our constitution's Bill of Rights forbids ANY theocracies. I think you have no idea how stupid many of your bumper stickers are

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Our constitution's Bill of Rights forbids ANY theocracies. I think you have no idea how stupid many of your bumper stickers are

That was to Fuggle. You just stepped in with a spurt and then responded to my disbelief of your ignorance. By posting my response you tried to make it sound like I ws being incoherent when I was really going for Incredulity interspersed with my normal avunculqr style with you "Donny Dumpster" clowns.

The state swung narrowly behind Barack Obama in 2008, partly because of groups including Democracy, which worked to expand the state’s electorate. North Carolina introduced early voting, allowed voters to register on the same day as elections, and unveiled pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds. Another registration programme – Souls to the Polls – attempted to enrol churchgoers. “We connected to the different churches and faiths in the state,” explains Democracy’s 30-year-old campaign director, Marcus Bass.

This expansion of the electorate meant more African Americans and younger North Carolinians could vote. This was bad news for the Republican party, but rather than attempting to win over, say, African Americans, younger voters or residents born outside the state, Republicans decided to try to stop them voting. The so-called “monster law” of 2013 reduced early voting, abolished same-day registration and pre-registration, introduced voter ID requirements and allowed greater scope for voters to be challenged at polling stations. The overwhelming targets were Democratic-leaning voters. About 1.2 million local voters are said to have been affected.

The law was struck down, but Republicans innovated around that and on election day in November were able to celebrate the fall in African-American turnout. “North Carolina Obama coalition crumbling,” crowed one press release. “As a share of early voters, African Americans are down 6.0% and Caucasians are up 4.2%.” When a Democrat won the race to be the state’s governor, local Republicans legislated to reduce his powers.

The temptation to dismiss Trump as an absurd buffoon persists; and with each appearance he feeds it. But this is a dangerous mistake. Consider the precedents – Hungary, for example – where opposition is not banned outright but has been delegitimised. Trump has created the fiction of widespread voter fraud to justify further voter suppression.

American progressives are horrified by what is happening in their country, but they are also emboldened. They cite two reasons: the legacy of Bernie Sanders’ nomination campaign, and the anti-Trump Women’s March in Washington. Charles Lechner, who helped establish People for Bernie during the Democratic nomination race, says: “In every community you had people who came together to support Bernie: those relationships now exist; before they didn’t.”

Now that people are taking to the streets against the Muslim ban on both sides of the Atlantic, the potential of these networks is clear. Trump’s policies can be delegitimised at home, forcing him on the defensive; abroad, governments seeking to give his regime cover may find themselves besieged by their own people.

A renewed determination was also in evidence in Chicago last week: as snow fell, fast-food and airport workers protested at Trump’s nominee for labour secretary, Andy Puzder – a poverty-wage-paying restaurant tycoon. “No pay! No way! Andy Puzder not today!” they chanted.

“He doesn’t care about the workers,” said 18-year-old McDonald’s worker Elisabeth, the “Fight for $15” banners reflecting in her glasses. But did she have hope in Trump’s America? “Of course! Absolutely. If there’s enough people who join up with the same mindset, then we can achieve anything.”

Both resilience and courage will be needed in the coming weeks and months.

Trump is a unique danger, and as events in North Carolina remind us, neutralising the democratic opposition will be critical to his construction of an authoritarian, nationalist state.