2022 midterms Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/2022-midterms/ A platform for change Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:09:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The fights for the vote and bodily autonomy are connected, and so are the women who are telling us how https://flux.community/errin-haines/2022/10/the-fights-for-the-vote-and-bodily-autonomy-are-connected-and-so-are-the-women-who-are-telling-us-how/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:30 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12722 In 1961, a White doctor in Mississippi gave Fannie Lou Hamer a forced hysterectomy during a surgery to remove a uterine tumor. The procedure was so common in the state for Black women that it was known as a “Mississippi appendectomy.”  Hamer’s experience thrust her into the fight for civil rights and bodily autonomy. For […]

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]]> ‘Dangerous for us all’: Elon Musk, world’s richest man, completes Twitter takeover https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/10/dangerous-for-us-all-elon-musk-worlds-richest-man-completes-twitter-takeover/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:00:30 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12713 Tesla CEO Elon Musk completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter on Thursday after a chaotic, months-long buyout process, leaving the richest man on the planet in control of one of the world’s most widely used social media and communication platforms. Musk wasted no time imposing himself on the company, swiftly firing several top executives including CEO […]

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]]> Abortion isn’t the top voting issue for most Americans, but it’s still motivating them to turn out https://flux.community/grace-panetta/2022/10/abortion-isnt-the-top-voting-issue-for-most-americans-but-its-still-motivating-them-to-turn-out/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:00:43 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12695 Abortion isn’t the top issue on all voters’ minds heading into the November midterms. But it’s notably more important to voters in 2022 than in years past — and the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June is actively motivating more voters to turn out, a major new survey shows. The 13th annual American […]

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]]> Progressives have but one option on Election Day: Vote to defeat the neofascist GOP https://flux.community/norman-solomon/2022/10/progressives-have-but-one-option-on-election-day-vote-to-defeat-the-neofascist-gop/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:00:37 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12686 Six months ago, people on the left in France faced a crucial choice. None of their candidates had gotten enough votes to make it into the presidential runoff election. On the upcoming ballot were the neoliberal president Emmanuel Macron and the neofascist challenger Marine Le Pen, who had trailed the incumbent in the first round by […]

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]]> Democratic and Republican voters both love civility – but the bipartisan appeal is partly because nobody can agree on what civility is https://flux.community/robert-b-talisse/2022/10/democratic-and-republican-voters-both-love-civility-but-the-bipartisan-appeal-is-partly-because-nobody-can-agree-on-what-civility-is/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:00:28 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12689 When former Vice President Mike Pence declared, in a speech to a conservative group, that “democracy depends on heavy doses of civility,” several attendees stood up and walked out of the Georgetown University auditorium. That speech came just three weeks before the midterm elections as commentators and candidates around the country were calling for greater civility in politics. This […]

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]]> Far right seeks to control classroom content by taking over school boards https://flux.community/peter-montgomery/2022/10/far-right-seeks-to-control-classroom-content-by-taking-over-school-boards/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:35:21 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12678 Weeks before the Nov. 8 elections, a gaggle of far-right pundits are helping raise money for the 1776 Project PAC, one of the right-wing groups that is investing millions to take over school boards across the country. The group, founded in May 2021 by activist Ryan Girdusky, has endorsed 300 candidates in November’s elections. While not all far-right […]

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]]> Sanders warns GOP midterm win would pull US ‘far, far, far to the right’ https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/10/sanders-warns-gop-midterm-win-would-pull-us-far-far-far-to-the-right/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:30:46 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12675 In his latest call for urgent voter turnout efforts, Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Monday that Republicans are planning to drag U.S. politics significantly further to the right if they take control of Congress in next month’s midterms, pointing to their ongoing assault on democracy, support for tax cuts for the ultra-rich, and push for cuts to key […]

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]]> Armed ‘poll watchers’ in Arizona heighten alarm over right-wing voter intimidation https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/10/armed-poll-watchers-in-arizona-heighten-alarm-over-right-wing-voter-intimidation/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:00:55 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12666 Video footage released Friday night showing armed individuals sitting near a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona is heightening alarm over right-wing intimidation efforts as early voting kicks off across the United States. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office told a local ABC affiliate that it is investigating several individuals who were watching a Mesa voting location on Friday. The department confirmed that […]

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]]> ‘They see that it’s really in our hands now’: Young women work to get out the vote in the wake of Dobbs https://flux.community/barbara-rodriguez/2022/10/they-see-that-its-really-in-our-hands-now-young-women-work-to-get-out-the-vote-in-the-wake-of-dobbs/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:00:39 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12663 For weeks ahead of the state’s October 11 deadline, Maya Mackey encouraged classmates at her Texas university to register to vote. Now, she’s organizing other programming aimed at getting young people to the polls. Mackey has been creative. She and some peers recently handed out condoms with brochures about reproductive health and information about how […]

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]]> Concerned over lack of ‘working-class’ energy for midterms, Sanders plans 8-state blitz https://flux.community/julia-conley/2022/10/concerned-over-lack-of-working-class-energy-for-midterms-sanders-plans-8-state-blitz/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:00:32 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12640 Taking his recent call for Democrats to campaign on economic issues facing working Americans on the road, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday announced an eight-state tour for the final two weekends before the midterm elections on November 8, with the goal of energizing “young people [and] working-class people.” Starting on October 27, the Vermont independent senator will […]

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