Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Breach and Overreach
Finally some drama in the race for the 2016 Democratic Presidential nomination! Thursday night it was revealed that the Bernie Sanders campaign viewed and possibly downloaded proprietary information from the Clinton campaign for about 40 minutes. This happened due to a mistake in an update pushed by DNC data vendor NGP Van. Sanders’ access to…
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The Ugliness of White Privilege
I’m going to be honest with you: I’m probably the wrong person to be writing about this. I’m a white guy, raised in a middle class household, with two educated parents. All of my aunts and uncles went to college paid for by my grandfather. I am the definition of white privilege. I grew up…
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Cameras are only part of the solution
16 shots. Chicago police released the video this week, after a year of legal wrangling, of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Over a year since the incident, the officer is facing first degree murder charges. According to police accounts, McDonald was a suspect in some auto burglaries in the area. The police also say…
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Time for a change
Another election, another election night with glitches. At this point, we don’t really know what caused the problems that marred election night 2015 in Memphis, but what we do know is that the Election Commission isn’t very good at doing elections. In nearly every election since 2012 there has been some problem. And while some,…
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Congratulations Jim
I wasn’t able to make it out to the festivities tonight, but I wanted to take a moment to congratulate my friend Jim Strickland on his win tonight in the Memphis Mayoral contest. This is the first election I’ve had to sit out since the 2007 City election. Its been kinda weird from the sidelines.…
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Memphis City Elections – Early Voting Locations
Early Voting locations for the 2015 Memphis City Election. Locations are open September 18th – October 3rd. Hours: 10am-7pm M-F 10am-4pm Sat For more information go to: Shelby County Election Commission