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Nov 20 2020
News
White House press secretary refuses to acknowledge outcome of election in first briefing since Trump lost
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany refused to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden's victory in a press briefing on Friday— her first press briefing since October 1 and since President Trump lost the election. Mr. Trump refuses to concede and continues promoting false claims of voter fraud.
"The president's been very clear, he wants every legal vote to be counted," McEnany
CBS News (Online)Sep 30 2019
News
Software to give voters some security piece of mind, but not in time for 2020
Microsoft is giving away software that it says will someday improve ballot security while allowing voters to verify that their choices have been properly recorded.
Tom Burt, a Microsoft vice president, testified before the House Judiciary Committee last week that the open-source software development kit, called ElectionGuard, is designed to be incorporated into the systems of major
The FulcrumDec 16 2020
Perspectives Blog
Teen's Research Suggests Media Bias in Google Search Results Can Influence Political Opinions
A middle-schooler recently used AllSides Media Bias Ratings to dissect how bias in Google search results might influence people’s political opinions.
We love when our audience uses our tools to investigate media bias. But it’s even better to see a teenager apply those resources to researching a tool that holds power over what hundreds of millions of people see and read.
The
Henry A. BrechterMar 11 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Dems Will Lose the House in 2020
Anti-Semitism, socialism, and giving the vote to illegal immigrants is a losing agenda.
If you find it difficult to grasp how a handful of leftwing extremists managed to win last week’s battle with the nominal leadership of the Democratic Party over a House resolution originally written to condemn anti-Semitism, Margaret Thatcher explained the phenomenon four decades ago: “The one thing
Guest Writer - RightApr 26 2021
News
In California, a campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom qualifies for the ballot.
Fueled by partisan fury and a backlash against pandemic shutdowns, a Republican-led campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has officially qualified for the ballot, setting the stage for the second recall election in the state’s history, officials said on Monday.
In a widely expected filing, the California secretary of state’s office found that recall organizers had collected 1
New York Times (News)Sep 03 2018
News
GOP’s Tough Task in House Races: Reach Beyond Trump’s Base
Endangered Republicans must find supporters who will vote for them even though they disapprove of the president.
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 07 2020
News
Good week/bad week: the winners and losers in US politics
It has been a rollercoaster week for Republicans and Democrats, from the caucus chaos in Iowa to Trump’s acquittal and victory lap.
It has been a rollercoaster week in US politics, starting with the voting debacle in Iowa and carrying on through Donald Trump’s divisive State of the Union address, his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial and his extraordinary victory lap in a
The GuardianOct 31 2019
News
House investigators seek Bolton’s testimony in impeachment inquiry
Democratic investigators have requested testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton in their expanding impeachment probe of President Trump, reaching into the upper echelons of the White House as they prepared to move ahead Thursday with a pivotal vote setting out the next stages of the inquiry.
Bolton, who left the White House amid acrimony with Trump last month, could
Washington PostJun 17 2020
News
In An Election Year, 2 Vulnerable GOP Senators Are Suddenly Conservationists
Public lands activists and a handful of lawmakers have long pushed for full, permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a federal program established in 1964 that uses offshore oil and gas revenues to establish and protect parks, wildlife refuges, forests and wildlife habitat.
But anti-federal-land conservatives, appalled at the thought of more money being used to expand
HuffPostNov 29 2019
News
New Hampshire voters to Steyer: Make it stop!
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Maggie and Libby knew Tom Steyer’s ad by heart: "I'm going to say two words that will make Washington insiders very uncomfortable: Term limits!" they recently chirped in unison at the dinner table.
Unfortunately for Steyer, their votes can’t be bought — they’re 10 and 13.
Politico