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Yesterday a bill proposed by Virginia’s Democratic Governor Tim Kaine to require background checks for the sale of guns at gun shows in the traditionally Republican state was rejected. The day before another of Kaine’s laws was repealed, this one seeking to prohibit individuals carrying concealed firearms into establishments selling alcohol. Needless to say, we’re [...]

The handsome gentleman at right is your new greater-of-two-evil-parties party chairman, Michael S. Steele. The former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland took over as chairman of the Republican National Convention last week, and looks to be more prominent and proactive than his predecessor Mike Duncan.
Judd Legum over at the Huffington Post would like to introduce you [...]

A few years back (we can’t say how many) we took an American Politics 101 class during our freshman year of college and learned all about the American tradition of Gerrymandering. Aside from the tactical partisan redistricting practice’s funny name, we didn’t think a whole lot of it, and the knowledge quickly sank into an [...]