Click here to access article by Ed Pilkington from The Guardian.
This is an indication of a rather desperate move by the militant right-wing faction of the One Percent to gain control of the official political agenda in Washington. The upcoming November elections is an internecine battle between the two right-wing parties in the US. The outcome will determine whether the One Percent through the Republican party goes after the 99 Percent with a meat ax by slashing all public spending programs--except, of course, military--or whether they do the job with slower-acting poison administered by the Democratic party. Either way, the One Percent wins and we lose, as usual.
You might also be interested in a followup piece by the same author regarding Floridians who have been purged from voter lists.