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Nov 20 2020
Analysis
Biden Wins Georgia … Again.
The state of Georgia recounted, by hand, the nearly 5 million votes cast on November 3 and, unsurprisingly, came to the same conclusion: President-Elect Joe Biden got more votes than President Donald Trump and won the state’s 16 electoral votes. The Trump campaign demanded the recount of the Georgia tally and, facing enormous, often unsavory pressure from national Republicans, Republican
Slate
May 20 2019
News
Buttigieg Looks to Expand His Reach Through Fox News Town Hall
Pete Buttigieg sought to extend the reach of his Democratic presidential campaign by making his argument for generational change in Washington to the audience of President Donald Trump’s favored television network.
The 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor broke with some of his rivals for the party’s presidential nomination by taking part in a Fox News town hall Sunday night. He took
Bloomberg
Dec 29 2020
Analysis
COVID Lockdowns: A Looking Glass Into Our ‘Science-Driven’ Future
In March, President Trump tweeted in reference to the coronavirus lockdowns, “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” As usual, Trump’s plain-spoken, blunt messaging, despite its lack of nuance, was prophetic in more ways than one.
I write from Los Angeles County, California, where coronavirus restrictions are among the most stringent in the country. For all intents
The American Conservative
Dec 24 2019
News
How House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Steered A Split Democratic Caucus To Unity
It wasn't that long ago that House Democrats didn't know who would lead them.
They were warring over the speaker's post just days after the 2018 mid-term elections handed them back the majority.
But Nancy Pelosi was certain of her fate.
"I intend to win the speakership with Democratic votes," Pelosi told reporters soon after the November elections. "I happen to think at
NPR (Online News)
Dec 28 2018
News
Partial Government Shutdown Likely to Stretch Into January
Senate adjourns until Dec. 31; President Trump and Democrats remain far apart on border-wall funding.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Sep 02 2021
News
'We did not want him anywhere near us': Gold Star families vent fury with Biden
Meeting the president of the United States has been both an honor and a sense of comfort throughout history for military families grappling with losing loved ones to the horrors of war.
That tradition seemingly came screeching to a halt in the past week as nearly half of the Gold Star parents who lost their loved ones in the Kabul suicide blast have publicly excoriated President Joe
Washington Examiner
Sep 10 2019
Background
Ballot harvesting
Ballot harvesting is the collecting and submitting of absentee or mail-in voter ballots by volunteers or workers. It occurs in some areas of the U.S. where voting by mail is common, but is illegal in some other states.
Arizona banned the practice except for family members and caregivers. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed a Ninth Circuit Court ruling that overturned the ban in 2016 and a U.S
Wikipedia
Feb 19 2021
Opinion
Ted Cruz’s Excellent Adventure
We all know by now that Ted Cruz went on vacation while Texas froze.
Over the last week, millions of Texans have suffered in the cold as workers tried to restore power amid freezing temperatures and icy conditions. So far, the official local death toll from the snow, ice and power outages stands at 24.
Rather than stay behind and help coordinate aid and federal assistance, the
Guest Writer - Left
Feb 19 2021
Opinion
As Texans froze, Ted Cruz got a ticket to paradise. Paradise can have him.
Texans’ anger with Ted Cruz right now could power an entire electrical grid.
The outrage was sparked by viral images on social media Thursday showing Texas’ junior senator making his way through the airport, bag in tow, and boarding a flight to sunny Cancun as more than a million of his humble constituents shivered in the cold without power, heat, light, or in many cases, running water
Houston Chronicle
Aug 31 2020
Analysis
How William Barr is weaponizing the Justice Department to help Trump win
ON AUGUST 13, a day after President Donald Trump again charged that Democrats’ efforts to expand mail-in voting due to the pandemic will create “the greatest rigged election in history,” U.S. Attorney General William Barr too made unfounded and conspiratorial-sounding claims. Barr told Sean Hannity on Fox News that Democrats’ drive seeking to expand mail-in voting could raise “serious
The Intercept