The politicalization of the Justice Department's civil rights unit keeps going and going...

By Diane Silver

The news just keeps getting better and better (note sarcasm) about Bradley Schlozman, who briefly served as U.S. Attorney in Kansas City.

During his tenure as head of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Schlozman hired and fired based on political affiliation, and apparently just being a Republican wasn't enough. Experience and competence also seem to have meant little.

The Washington Post has the story. Watching Those We Chose follows up. As always the most up-to-date information on the continuing saga of the DOJ is Talking Points Memo.

More on the US attorney scandal, Missouri & questions about Kansas

By Diane Silver

Corpus Juris over at Watching Those We Chose has a good overview today on what is looking more and more like a Republican attempt to undermine the November election in Missouri.

What happened? Think: Voting fraud hysteria that turned out to be a fraud itself and the U.S. attorney scandal.

Missouri may well have been targeted because of the importance of the Senate race in that half red, half blue state.

Attempts to drum up fear over voting fraud has already showed up in the Kansas Legislature. (scroll down. Also see here.) With the fortunes of Kansas Democrats on the rise these days, can the Sunflower State expect to see increasing efforts to muck with our elections?

Stay tuned...
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