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When Trump promises to “Make America Great Again,” we should ask: Great for whom?

When Trump promises to “Make America Great Again,” we should ask: Great for whom, other than his base of white, working-class men without college degrees? Racists, sexists, homophobes and xenophobes?

Certainly not for women, or Americans of color, or children, or gay men, or religious minorities. In the bygone days that Trump harkens back to, it wasn’t so great to be anything but a straight white Christian male. America is already great. Let’s make it even better by addressing today’s most serious issues head-on.

The Major Problem With “Make America Great Again”

Donald Trump vows to “Make America Great Again,” and on Tuesday, a good chunk of the Republican electorate implored him to do just that by handing him victories in Illinois, Florida, and North Carolina. If elected, Trump promises, he will restore America to its former glory and make life good again for Americans whose lives, Trump’s campaign slogan implies, are no longer particularly good.

Shoot The Birther

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Shoot the Birther

Trump has been under so much heat over the birther racism agenda he championed that he finally admitted Obama was born in America. Did Trump admit he was wrong? Did he fork over the $5 million to charity he promised to deliver after he was convinced Obama was born in the U.S? No and no.

After spending years on the racist birther lie Trump spent all of 36 seconds to say it was all a big hoax. He claims his birther campaign was a benefit to America as it provoked Obama to prove his citizenship. Obama never needed to prove his citizenship. Trump took no responsibility for afflicting our nation with a double dose of racism and hatred.

As if lying to cover up a lie wasn’t enough on a Friday, Trump said Hillary Clinton’s bodyguards should disarm to see what happens to her. This was part of his attack toward Clinton’s position on gun safety as he accuses her of having an agenda to eliminate the 2nd Amendment (which is impossible).

Trump also blamed Hillary Clinton for creating the birther issue. This is a big fat lie and yet Trump is viewed by more voters as being more truthful than Clinton. Hillary Clinton didn’t do the talk-show circuit promoting birtherism. That was Trump. Nevertheless, engaging in a disgusting, hateful, and racist act isn’t made OK because someone did it first. Our options for president should be adults, not babies.

BREAKING: Virginia Supreme Court denies Republican effort to hold McAulffe in contempt

UPDATE: RICHMOND (September 15, 2016) — Attorney General Herring issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of Virginia rejected legislators’ motion to hold Governor McAuliffe in contempt for his efforts to restore Virginians’ voting rights:

“This contempt motion was completely baseless and I’m glad the Supreme Court dispatched it so quickly. Governor McAuliffe is doing the right thing in giving these Virginians back their voice and their vote and I hope the legislature will join the effort.” -Mark R. Herring, Attorney General

In a one-page order released Thursday, the Supreme Court said it would not require McAuliffe to return to court to prove that he is complying with the court’s July 22 ruling that struck down McAuliffe’s first attempt to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 felons via executive order.

The court also said it would not allow Republican General Assembly leaders to seek further documents through a new discovery process.

Virginia Governor – Ralph Northam – Newsroom

Virginia Governor, Newsroom, Newsroom

With weeks to go before early voting begins in the presidential election, Republicans had sought to block thousands of felon voter registrations, arguing that McAuliffe’s revised process for issuing individual orders still thwarted the state’s constitutional policy of barring felons from voting.

Virginia Supreme Court denies Republican effort to hold McAuliffe in contempt over felon voting rights

The Supreme Court of Virginia on Thursday rejected a Republican effort to have Gov. Terry McAuliffe held in contempt over his ongoing efforts to restore voting rights for felons.

Felony Disenfranchisement

More than one in five African-Americans in Virginia are disenfranchised, according to The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based nonprofit that focuses on criminal justice. McAuliffe has said the reinstatement of felons’ voting rights would distance Virginia from Jim Crow laws that have haunted it.

It’s 2016, but Republicans still think only white property owners should vote. Virginia is one of only four states in the nation – along with Florida, Iowa, and Kentucky – to disenfranchise all individuals with felony convictions for life. The only means of regaining voting rights in these states is through action by a governor or pardons board.

Please note on July 22, 2016, the Supreme Court declared the Governor’s grant orders of April 22, May 31, and June 24 to be unconstitutional. If you have previously used the searchable database, your status may have been changed to reflect that decision. If your rights were restored before April 22, 2016, your rights were not affected by the Supreme Court’s decision.

After the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in July that governors couldn’t restore the voting rights of felons en masse, Gov. Terry McAuliffe vowed the 13,000 felons that registered through the executive order he issued would be able to cast their ballots come November.

http://www.sentencingproject.org/issues/felony-disenfranchisement/

For ex-offenders, a roller coaster ride to vote

“I don’t care what their politics are,” McAuliffe said in an interview Thursday while visiting the Dan River Region for an economic announcement. “I want them to vote.”

McAuliffe also countered the notion that his executive order was to earn Democratic voters or score political points — he said he wanted to help erase part of the commonwealth’s racist past.

State Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Moneta, said he largely agreed with what McAuliffe’s actions had accomplished, voicing his support for an automatic restoration of rights for most ex-offenders.

“We are a nation of second chances,” Stanley said. “When you look at it individually, humans make mistakes.”

He also said he would change the part of Norment’s proposal limiting restoration to non-violent felons, explaining that the list of violent felonies included many not traditionally seen as violent.

The ex-offenders, along with the rest of Virginia citizens, have until Oct. 17 to complete their registrations. More information is available at Virginia’s Restoration of Rights website.

“We constantly expand that list and sometimes, I think, without justification,” he said. “We can’t make every human action a crime.”

For ex-offenders, a roller coaster ride to vote

Gov. Terry McAuliffe and local lawmakers continue to argue over the way to let more than 200,000 Virginians earn back the right to vote. “I don’t care what their politics are,” McAuliffe said in an interview Thursday while visiting the Dan River Region for an economic announcement. “I want them to vote.”

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