Adam Serwer has a must-read piece on the case against the New Black Panther Party, the thuggish fringe group whose members were detained on Election Day 2008 for waving nightsticks outside of a mostly-black, mostly-Democratic polling place in Philadelphia. The Panthers themselves stopped being an issue long ago; theMore…
The dismissal of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party by the Department of Justice, something that had been roiling conservatives like Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), as well as the conservative-leaning Civil Rights Commission, is the focus of a new inquiry, according to The Washington Times.
Stephen Robert Morse’s election day reporting was not going as planned. The University of Pennsylvania graduate had flown back from Los Angeles to take a short-term gig recording video of polling place chicanery. He asked both parties if they were interested in his services; the Republicans hired him first. But More…
Eight months ago, on Election Day 2008, two members of the fringe “New Black Panther Party” stood outside of a Philadelphia polling place. They wore quasi-military garb and waved nightsticks, then they were shooed away by cops. A lawsuit was brought against them, and President Obama’s Justice Department later dismissed More…
I noticed that Patrick Hynes, a Republican consultant who previously worked as the liaison to bloggers for Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, was sending out e-mails with good news (or “in case you missed it” minor news) about Michael Steele, candidate for Republican National Committee chairman.
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