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State-Sanctioned Voter Suppression, Brought to You by America’s Leading Corporate Citizens Mar 17, 2021 Having failed to enable the takeover of the U.S. federal government by force, Republican legislators are now relying on new state-based voter suppression laws to rein in Black voters, among others. This new push for voter suppression laws has exposed last year’s corporate-supported voter drives as little more than a game of whack-a-mole. The real power rests with the elected officials who...

Monday, January 18, 2021 | Sacramento, CA California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference on Jan. 28, 2019, at the Capitol in Sacramento. Padilla has been named Newsoms pick for U.S. Senate. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo Lea este artículo en español. After Joe Biden picked Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate in August, the parlor game of choice...

2. Leaving behind an ethically dicey $35 million bill With mammoth turnout expected in an election like no other, staff inside the Secretary of States office spent the summer of 2020 scrambling to inform voters about the what, when, where and how of voting. Thats why they inked a contract in September with the political consulting firm, SKDKnickerbocker, to run a statewide PR campaign called Vote Safe California. The total tab: $35 million. That contract got Padilla into hot water with Republic...

Newly Appointed Calif. Senator Alex Padilla Faces GOP-Sought Probe Over State Contract Newsweek 22/12/2020 Matthew Impelli © Handout/Getty In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla addresses the virtual convention on August 20, 2020. Alex Padilla, who was appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to be the states next senator, filling the seat held by Vice President-elect Kamala...

Five Things to Know About California’s New US Senator, Alex Padilla Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaking with attendees at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California. Photo: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons license. ### Political junkies and capitol insiders, pat yourselves on the back. Ever since Joe Biden picked Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate in August, the parlor game of choice f...

AP Photo/Eric Risberg On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to serve in the U.S. Senate, replacing incoming Vice President Kamala Harris. Padilla checks off a key identity politics box but he also brings some baggage. Here are five things to know about Alex Padilla. 1. He’s Latino Padilla became the first Latino senator from California, a state with a growing Latino population. His parents emigrated from Mexico before meeting and marryin...