Dan GillmorApr 16, 2023

In Texas, the Republicans won't rest until enough Democratic voters are disqualified from voting, or their votes nullified, to ensure absolute control for Republicans for decades to come.

This is happening nationwide where Republicans control things. It's a national issue.

Yet Big Journalism, apart from sporadic coverage that consistently misses the forest for the trees, continues to miss the emergency represented by that this accelerating attack on democracy.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-senate-passes-bill-to-seize-control-of-elections-from-local-authorities/

Texas Senate Passes Bill To Seize Control of Elections from Local Authorities

Read more here.

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Show threadMelanie SillApr 16, 2023
@dangillmor So much of the coverage is portrayed as work of separate extreme factions instead of recognizing the national plan and connections. So much of the reaction is “they’re crazy” or “right-wing wackos” instead of recognition that what’s happening is the use of power, the quest for more power, and the loss of power among others. Independents are a bigger and bigger part of voters but they lack organized power, and I’ve seen zero reporting evaluating that.
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@melaniesill @dangillmor over half of "independents" are republicans deluding themselves and thinking they can avoid accountability by calling themselves independent when they've voted republican consistently.
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Show threadMelanie SillApr 17, 2023
@qualityhammer @dangillmor Perhaps, but (at least in my state) there’s little understanding of what’s driving the shift. Unaffiliated are largest group here now. Democrats have seen larger erosion in share.