Mississippi U.S Rep. Bennie Thompson was among 200 sitting in the U.S. Senate gallery Wednesday, listening to debate over presidential electors when he began to get texts about an angry crowd outside the Capitol.
Read MoreIn a state where Christianity has been a weapon in the hands of those justifying segregation and the like, some are now summoning the faith as a tool to fight for social justice.
Read MoreIn yet another blow by the Trump administration against mail-in voting, the U.S. Postal Service is forbidding postmasters from witnessing absentee ballots as they have done in the past.
Read MoreWashington Post reporter and author Bob Woodward, who has covered nine presidents, told MCIR that what Donald Trump did in the latest debate was “outrageous,” “unpresidential” and “irresponsible” — “a sitting president saying democracy no longer counts.”
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