<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Ann]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/author/kathmanduk2/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[COLORLINES: THE RIGHT&#8217;S VIGILANTE &#8216;POLL WATCHER&#8217;&nbsp;NETWORK]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong><a id="yiv1977394094ct33_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct33_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How the Right&#8217;s Building a &#8216;Poll Watcher&#8217; Network for November</a></strong></p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct33_1" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct33_1/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/colorlines.com/images/true_vote_map_600.png" alt="" width="274" height="197" border="0" vspace="25" /></a></p>
<p>True the Vote began as a small outfit in Houston three years ago. Brentin Mock reports on the group&#8217;s agenda to intimidate voters across the country.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct34_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct34_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>[Infographic]</strong> </a>An interactive map of how one tea party group is moving the voter fraud meme inside far right and Republican Party politics.</p>
<p><strong><a id="yiv1977394094ct35_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct35_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Aoki, the FBI, and the Long (Ongoing) Saga of State Spying</a></strong></p>
<p>A damning new report alleges that the late Black Panther Richard Aoki may have worked as an FBI informant. Jamilah King reports.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct35_1" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct35_1/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/colorlines.com/assets_c/2012/08/richard-aoki-informant-book-thumb-640xauto-6596.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="128" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Follow ongoing updates on the allegations of Richard Aoki&#8217;s FBI relationship at <a id="yiv1977394094ct36_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct36_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Colorlines.com/NOW</em></a></p>
<p><strong><a id="yiv1977394094ct37_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct37_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get Ready to Debate Obama&#8217;s American Identity, Again</a></strong></p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct37_1" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct37_1/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/colorlines.com/assets_c/2012/08/Romney_flag-thumb-640xauto-6595.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="125" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Sally Kohn reports on how in the run-up to the GOP convention, the Romney camp is reviving one of the most offensive themes in American politics.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct38_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct38_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Basketball Coaches and Starbucks Push For Affirmative Action</strong></a> Without affirmative action the only black and Latino faces on college campuses could be those of student athletes, and that&#8217;s unacceptable, college basketball coaches warn.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct39_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct39_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Court Cases Continue to Decide Future of Voting Rights</strong></a> A weekly digest on early voting, voter ID, and the power of marginalized voters.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct40_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct40_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>What&#8217;s Ahead in the &#8216;Voting Wars&#8217;? Certainly Not Peace.</strong></a> A conversation with election law expert Richard Hasen on the true scope of voter fraud, the power of the ACORN myth and John Roberts&#8217; scary interest in the Voting Rights Act.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct41_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct41_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Obama Leads Romney Among Black Voters 94-0% (Yeah, as in Zero Percent)</strong></a><a id="yiv1977394094ct5_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct5_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>President Barack Obama has a 4-point lead in the race for the White House, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. But when it comes to black voters he&#8217;s thriving.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct19_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct19_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><strong><a id="yiv1977394094ct42_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct42_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Aoki Documentary Directors Blast FBI Allegations</a></strong> In response to a new report from the Center for Investigative Reporting&#8217;s Seth Rosenfeld this week, the two filmmakers have released a sharp statement criticizing the allegations.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct20_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct20_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><strong><a id="yiv1977394094ct43_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct43_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Driver&#8217;s Licenses for DREAMers? California Says It&#8217;s Not Out of the Question</a> </strong>As young people lacking permanent status in the U.S. begin to apply to the Obama administration&#8217;s deferred action program questions about who&#8217;s eligible to drive are being raised.</p>
<p><a id="yiv1977394094ct32_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct32_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><strong><a id="yiv1977394094ct44_0" href="http://act.colorlines.com/acton/ct/1069/s-018f-1208/Bct/q-0014/l-sf-cl-70140000000T6DHAA0-000f:35cb/ct44_0/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Immigrants Make Up Same Share of U.S. Population Today as They Did a Century Ago</a></strong> [Infographic] Take a look at two new infographics that illustrate how immigrants make up roughly the same share of the U.S. population today as they did a century ago.</p>
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