The Moderate Voice

How the DOJ misled the SCOTUS to gut the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on April 29 gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act relied in large part on Justice Samuel Alito’s claim that racial disparities in voting are no longer a significant problem. To support this argument, he used data […]

Many historians, analysts and politicians now agree that Donald Trump’s presidency is the most corrupt in U.S. History. But on the corruption front will Trump again be “Teflon Don?” Will there be consequences and, more importantly, could his corruption actually be the thing that sinks him? The Bulwark’s Mona Charen thinks it will. Did you […]

by Elwood Watson I still feel outraged and psychologically spent over the Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle the last vestiges of the Voting Rights Act. A 6–3 decision last week struck down a Louisiana congressional map that had resulted in a new Black-voter majority district. The majority opinion, written by right-wing Justice Samuel Alito, unconvincingly […]

A Trump official at a recent hearing gave an answer that had nothing to do with the question asked, offering instead, “Biden…” A senator cut the official off immediately. Trump counselor Peter Navarro , U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Agriculture Secretary Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recently blamed Joe Biden for current high beef prices. […]

I sympathize with former FBI director James Comey – up to a point. It’s detestable, if not laughable, that the MAGA regime has twice indicted the former FBI director just to sate Trump’s revenge fantasies. Last week’s indictment – claiming he threatened Trump’s life because he posted a photo of seashells that spelled the numbers […]

The Iran War was supposed be short and easy according to President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Heseth. Given the fact that it isn’t over yet, it’s been anything but. We haven’t achieved any of our objectives yet and Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz which had free transit prior to our war. […]

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on Dec. 22, 2024, in Arizona. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images Austin Sarat, Amherst College President Donald Trump sparked immediate outcry on April 12, 2026, when he posted an image of himself as a Jesus-like figure. The post, which Trump later said was […]

The Supreme Court issued a significant ruling that could limit minority voting rights in states across the country. Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images Robert D. Bland, University of Tennessee Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act […]

President Lyndon Johnson hands a pen to civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the signing of the Voting Rights Act in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6, 1965. Hulton Archive, Washington Bureau/Getty Images Sam D. Hayes, Simmons University In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the […]

After the shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, which later led to a suspect being charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump, far-right media entrepreneur and political influencer Tucker Carlson asked if it was “another staged incident.” It was indicative of Carlson’s recent repudiation of Trump, where he apologized for ever asking people […]