iOS und Sony Hacker verhaftet… wegen dem Besitz von Marihuana
Apple, eine Firma mit mehr Geld auf dem Konto als das Finanzministerium der USA konnte ihn nicht davon abhalten, die iOS Software des iPhones zu Jailbreaken. Er hat die Playstation 3 Software von Sony geknackt, die bis zu dieser Zeit als eine der abgesichersten Spieleplattformen überhaupt. Aber George Hotz wurde in Texas gestoppt. AboveTheLaw.com zufolge...
Comic strip controversy
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As you might have guessed, this one is about last week's Doonesbury strips, which over 50 newspapers refused to print. Personally, I'm surprised the number was that high. I may be an easy audience, but I thought the strips were witty...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: President Obama either en route to a landslide, or in a coin flip
Welcome to the latest edition of "select your own meme" Wednesday here at the Polling Wrap! If you want to say that Democrats should be wary, and that Barack Obama is no better than a coin flip to be re-elected, we have a poll for that. If you want to...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Heinrich & Griego win vote at New Mexico Democratic convention
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• NM-Sen, NM-01: New Mexico Democrats held what they call their pre-primary convention on Saturday, where delegates vote ...
Justice Department blocks new voter ID law in Texas
LBJ's signature on the Voting Rights Act
The Department of Justice has refused to preclear a new Texas voter ID law on the basis that it would disproportionately impact Hispanic voters.
“The department’s letter states that Texas did not meet its ...
This week in the War on Voting: Manufacturing ’voter fraud’
From the DNC's Protecting the Vote site.
Man, the Right is shameless. Following in the footsteps of James O'Keefe, another Republican operative tried to commit voter fraud in order to prove voter fraud exists.
First came this sensational story out of...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: New polling hints at a long night in Michigan and Arizona
Polling rarely takes a holiday, and this Presidents' Day weekend was no exception. In addition to the first set of fairly sobering poll numbers for Barack Obama in recent memory (whether we call these outliers or not is going to depend on what we see ...
On deck: The longest AND shortest week of the GOP primary campaign
Two weeks ago, Rick Santorum shocked Mitt Romney to the core by sweeping Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado. Then a few days later, Romney's victory in Maine turned out to be not much of a victory, as the state GOP botched the whole affair.
Now we are a ...
This week in the War on Voting: Don’t blame Canada, emulate it
Meteor Blades wrote earlier in the week about the Pew Center on the State's study detailing the problems the antiquated voter registration system most states use, and the subsequent crappy voter lists most states are working with. He summed up their ...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Will Mitt Romney close the deal this weekend in South Carolina?
With Republicans right on the doorstep of the South Carolina primary, the big question in the Palmetto State seems to be evolving. A few days ago, it was: is this the state where the GOP field finally trips up Mitt Romney on what, nominally, should be...
This week in the War on Voting: New Hampshire target of right-wing voter fraud conspiracy
From the DNC's Protecting the Vote site.
This week saw the war on voting carried to a ridiculous extreme. In order to prove the conservative case that conspiracies to commit voter fraud exist, James O'Keefe carried out a conspiracy to commit voter fr...
This week in the War on Voting: When Republicans hate ballot restrictions
Ezra Klein has a great column, pointing out that finally Republicans have found voting restrictions they don't like.
Rick Perry said the laws were “among the most onerous in the nation,” and possibly even unconstitutional. Newt Gingrich compared ...
