Tribal Politics Continues

Blacks Underrepresented In Ohio SNAP Program

Community Solutions.com: "Ohio counties exempt from SNAP work requirements are disproportionately white. Ohio’s minority populations are much more concentrated in urban areas that are not granted this hardship exemption, despite municipal unemployment rates that are equally high or higher than those in the exempt counties."

Is This Election Rigging?
The Washington Post: Republicans may be about to steal an election in Georgia-- "Brian Kemp the Republican nominee for governor, is locked in an extremely tight race with Democrat Stacey Abrams. He also happens to be the secretary of state, the official in charge of all elections in Georgia... Georgia’s population is approximately 32 percent black, according to the U.S. Census, but the list of voter registrations on hold with Kemp’s office is nearly 70 percent black."

Judicial Branch Could Become Politically Biased
San Francisco Chronicle: Feinstein, Harris to try to block Trump nominees to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump is nominating only conservative judges to this district which has ruled against him in the past. This (like just about everything he does) is unlike how this was done in the past. I'm certain this is also Trump's payback to these two Democratic Senators who opposed his supreme court nomination.

Republicans Have a Secret Weapon in the Midterms: Voter Suppression
THE DAILY BEAST-- "Many Republicans furious over the treatment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the 2018 elections are likely to see the highest turnout of midterm voters in recent history. But those voters will be confronted by a byzantine array of voter restrictions...

COMMENTARY
There's a good argument against gridlock. On the other hand it's far worse when we have either party singularly in control. I've used these stories regarding Republicans because they are in the drivers seat for now. However I have no doubt Democrats are just as capable of trying to pull these shenanigans.

Hence why I urge people to continue voting for whatever party is not in complete control. Republicans in congress mostly kept Clinton and Obama in check. Same went with Democrats in congress under past Republican presidents. When either party in history controlled the whole shooting match things didn't turn out well. Mankind has always been tribal in nature. We can't allow either party to exploit this completely. We've always been a nation of bickering. This is what separates the United States from China, N. Korea, Iran and other nations whose people are far less fortunate because of it.

So go out and vote. Do your duty. Keep either party from becoming too monolithic. Whether be in your town, state or at the federal level everyone needs to elect members whose positions differ from the tribalistic tendencies of those in the party which they claim to belong. Most importantly in this election it's vital we don't allow one single party to remain in control of Washington. Come 2020 who knows. Maybe it will be the other way around and we will have to take a look at what Democrats did in the house if they should gain control.