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      Resignation Demanded After Wisconsin GOP Official Boasts of Suppressing Black, Hispanic Vote

      "It is incredibly racist to brag about lowering Black and Brown turnout, it is also unacceptable to have these comments and views held by an election official," said one advocacy group.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jan 12, 2023

      Voting rights advocates in Wisconsin on Thursday called on a far-right conspiracy theorist and member of the state's election authority to resign following revelations that he boasted about suppressing Black and Brown Milwaukee voters during last year's midterms.

      Urban Milwaukeefirst reported that Bob Spindell, chairman of the 4th Congressional District GOP and a member of the Wisconsin Elections Committee (WEC), gloated in an email to thousands of Republicans that "we can be especially proud of the city of Milwaukee (80.2% Dem Vote) casting 37,000 less votes than cast in the 2018 election, with the major reduction happening in the overwhelming (sic) Black and Hispanic areas."

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      'Young People Saved This Election' for Democrats, Say Progressives

      "Don't underestimate the power of a pissed off generation," said NextGen America.

      Jessica Corbett
      Nov 09, 2022

      While control of Congress remained unclear as of Wednesday afternoon, young voters who turned out for Democrats on Tuesday played a key role in blocking a "red wave" that had been anticipated based on previous midterm elections and widely predicted by political pollsters and pundits.

      "Young people proved that Gen Z is a vital voting bloc that can and will be the bedrock of the Democratic Party."

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      Barrett Boots 'Nothingburger' Right-Wing Challenge to Biden Student Loan Cancellation

      "Under any reading of precedent," said one legal reporter, "the Republican activists who brought this lawsuit have absolutely no right to challenge a single dollar of debt forgiveness."

      Brett Wilkins
      Oct 20, 2022

      U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday rejected a challenge to the Biden administration's student debt cancellation plan, a move anticipated by jurists and journalists alike.

      Barrett declined to consider an appeal by Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL)--a conservative law firm that previously drew attention for investigating claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election and coming up empty--on behalf of Brown County Taxpayers Association, a right-wing advocacy group.

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