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Ohio GOP Party Blog Launches Shameful Assault on Ohio’s Sec. of State

Anonymous Blogger Offers Evidence-Free Claim That 'Left-Wing Activist' Academics and SoS Brunner 'Cooked Up' Report Results Showing All Buckeye State E-Voting Systems Vulnerable to Failure, Fraud, Easy Tampering...

Diebold/Premier Responds to Ohio’s Study Finding ‘Critical Security Failures’ in Their Shitty Voting Machines

Laughable Response Similar to Those Made by Academics, Election Law Attorneys in Support of E-Voting Technology...

Obama Says Reassignment of DoJ Voting Rights Chief to New Appointment ‘Unacceptable’

Says 'Administration is Simply Shuffling Deck Chairs' by Moving John 'Minorities Die First' Tanner to New Post in Same Division

Conyers and Nadler Also Issue Statement, More Upbeat, Hopeful About Resignation of Tanner

‘CRITICAL SECURITY FAILURES’ LEADS OHIO SEC. OF STATE TO RECOMMEND BAN OF DRE (TOUCH-SCREEN) VOTING MACHINES

Result of State's First Ever Testing of E-Voting Systems Find All Systems 'Vulnerable' to Manipulation and Theft by 'Simple Techniques'

SoS Brunner Recommends Paper Ballots Optically-Scanned at County Headquarters for Buckeye State...

JOHN ‘MINORITIES DIE FIRST’ TANNER RESIGNS AS DOJ VOTING CHIEF

Controversial Comments, First Reported by The BRAD BLOG, Lead to Re-Assignment at Office Which Oversees Claims of Discrimination in Immigrant Employment Practices

Civil Rights Division Staffers Reportedly 'Overjoyed', Though Suggest 'Incalcuable Damage' to Department 'Will Take a Very Long Time to Repair'...

VIDEO: Day 4 Of ‘Bush League Justice’ Series On MSNBC Investigates Controversial Siegelman Prosecution In Alabama

Evidence Suggests The Former Democratic Governor Was Unjustly Prosecuted By Political Partisans

Karl Rove's Involvement In Case Questioned

Kucinich to File Impeachment Articles Against George W. Bush as Wexler Schools Dems on Constitutional ‘Obligation’ to Hold Such Hearings

Democratic Presidential Candidate from Ohio Receives Standing Ovation on Announcement of Intentions

Florida Democrat Says Impeachment Will Further Democratic Legislative Agenda, 'Make America More Popular' in Eyes of World...

Two Senior Republicans Join Dems in Vote to Hold Rove, Bolten in Contempt

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VIDEO: Day 3 Of ‘Bush League Justice’ Series On MSNBC Investigates Partisan Prosecutions By DoJ

DoJ Was 'Used As A Political Sword Against Democrats' According To Host Dan Abrams

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Thor Hearne, the GOP’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Fraudster, Gets His Groove Back

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