The will of the people has been overruled

Voters are not choosing their legislators 

Legislators are choosing the voters

Corporations are going to have to take a stand to help the citizens of the state

Atlanta based companies

• The Coca-Cola Company.
• Delta Air Lines.
• UPS.
• Cox Enterprises.
• Georgia-Pacific.
• NCR Corporation.
• The Home Depot.
• Equifax.

[wtf, dude - you post the same topic on Readers Blogs, In the News, and then a 3 further comments? Who the fuck do you think you are trying to monopolize the site with rehashed content? Create a thread, stick to it - PP]

THE ASSAULT ON VOTING RIGHTS

By rmrd0000 on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 11:34pm |

43 states have legislation aimed at suppressing votes

Georgia just passed a bill that makes serving food and water to people standing in long voting line a misdemeanor 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-republicans.html

Texas Republicans are gearing up to make their assault on voting rights

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/22/texas-republicans-voting-restrictions/

The Republican assault on voting is happening across multiple sites and targets minority communities 

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/republicans-are-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-voting-rights

Democrats are going to have to address the Republican attack in short order

Infrastructure is supposedly next on the block, but if Democrats do nothing to address voter suppression, they will lose the enthusiasm they have built up

The filibuster may have to be altered for any voting bill to pass in the Senate

If Joe Manchin and others block filibuster reform (if necessary), a part of their legacy will be as the people who failed to save democracy.

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At his press conference today, Biden said that filibuster is being abused

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden again championed a "talking filibuster"Thursday to make it harder for a minority party to block bills, and for the first time expressed willingness to go further in overhauling the rule.

At his first press conference as president, Biden received numerous questions about the 60-vote threshold, and said it is "being abused in a gigantic way."

He said the rule should be reverted to a "talking filibuster," which was altered to a silent filibuster in the 1970s. "You had to stand there and talk and talk and talk and talk until you collapse," he said, adding that eventually the talking ends and the Senate can proceed.

"I strongly support moving in that direction," Biden said.

The president's remarks come as large portions of his agenda are threatened by the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, due to widespread Republican opposition in a chamber divided 50-50 between the parties. He said his goal is to find a way to negotiate and make progress on his goals.

But he also indicated he might support going further, if that fails.

"We're going to get a lot done. And if we have to — if there's complete lockdown and chaos as a consequence of the filibuster, then we'll have to go beyond what I'm talking about," Biden said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/joe-biden-says-senate-filibuster-being-abused-must-be-changed-n1262079

The assault on voting is a major threat to our democracy.