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In the United States you are over thirty-nine times more likely to be struck dead by lightning, than to ever encounter an incident of voter fraud. The menacing right wing fairly tale that hoards of undocumented immigrants and others are voting illegally is a myth constructed by wealthy plutocratic interests to suppress voting rights. Voter fraud is a non-existent issue that has been constructed for the sole purpose of suppressing the legal right of all citizens to freely vote.
Last I wrote about Boston’s new bike-sharing program, Hubway, it was about how popular the service was. (Oh yeah, and I shared a test ride blog from someone at Boston University.) Well, the rockin’ and rollin’ on Hubway bicycles has continued. In four months, 140,000 rides were taken via Hubway. Even compared to several [...]
Senator Bernie Sanders gives me hope. This week, in addition to fighting for our nation’s beloved postal system, and for affordable heat for struggling poor families, he also introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn the farcical Citizen’s United Supreme Court decision, which allowed completely unrestricted hidden campaign spending by business corporations to influence our U.S. elections.
