Democrats condemn racist redistricting map! …for Illinois.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 22nd at 11:00 AM  | 

No, really: all three African-American Congressmen from Illinois are loudly complaining that the current redistricting map as drawn may be in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.  Illinois Republicans are currently suing to have the map overturned, largely on the grounds that under the usual interpretation of federal law the new map needs to have more than one majority-Hispanic district.  As this | Read More »

PROSECUTORS: Jesse Jackson Jr. knew of Senate seat offer.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 8th at 02:43 PM  | 

Hoo, boy. A supporter of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. told the Democratic congressman in 2008 that he would raise $1 million in return for then- Gov. Rod Blagojevich naming Jackson to the U.S. Senate, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. The allegation, made on a busy day at Blagojevich’s federal corruption trial, was the first time authorities publicly suggested Jackson was aware of efforts by | Read More »