(10 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
What we have learned this week is discussed with Up with Chris Hayes guests Josh Barro (@jbarro), writes Bloomberg View‘s “The Ticker“; David Sirota, (@davidsirota) writes a nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column and hosts a radio show, “The Rundown with Sirota and Brown“; Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox), columnist for “The Guardian” and founder of the political blog Wonkette; and Bob Herbert (@bobherbert), distinguished senior fellow at Demos and former New York Times columnist.
During the RNC Convention, Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney partied with millionaire and billionaire donors on a yacht registered in the Cayman Islands.
South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told the Washington Post: “The demographics race, we’re losing badly ….
We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term“
90% of the GOP is white.
Projected US White Population in 2050: 50.1%
NBC/WSJ Poll: Romney has 0 % Of African-American Vote.
Only 2% of the delegates at the RNC Convention were Black.
Federal judges are overturning controversial laws passed by Republican controlled states that discriminate against minority and disenfranchised voting rights.
Texas: Court rejects Texas legislative districts as discriminatory
Federal court overturns Texas law requiring voters to show photo ID
Texas is appealing both of these rulings.
Florida: Federal Court Blocks Florida Early Voting Restrictions
Ohio: Federal court overturns Ohio early voting restrictions
We now know what a gay bar at the RNC Convention looks like: It’s hard to tell who is gay or straight since they’re all dressed like Alex B. Keaton; what really identified it as a Republican Gay Bar was the Go-Go dancers were all wearing t-shirts and long pants.
Oy.
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