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Jan 21 2017
News
Don’t overlook the feminist triumph of Clinton's run
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign led to fresh attention to a related landmark moment in US history: the ratification of the 19th Amendment, in 1920, granting women the right to vote. Election Day saw a steady flow of pilgrims to the gravesite of suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony. Observers have noted that the white pant suits Clinton wore at key moments in the campaign — and, later, on
Vox
Dec 17 2016
News
Trump says his supporters were 'violent'
President-elect Donald Trump said Friday his supporters were "violent" during the 2016 campaign.
Trump made the admission Friday night during a rally here on the Florida leg of his "Thank You" tour. During the campaign, he repeatedly downplayed violent outbursts his supporters displayed at times toward protesters and insisted that paid activists were instead responsible for inciting
CNN (Online News)
Feb 19 2016
News
Cruz camp responds to Rubio Photoshop flap, brushes off criticism
Sen. Ted Cruz’s national spokesman Rick Tyler doubled-down on Friday following accusations that the campaign Photoshopped an image of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and President Obama.
“Every picture in a political campaign is Photoshopped,” Tyler told Fox News. “It is absolutely true.”
When
Fox News (Online News)
Aug 28 2016
News
Trump might already be out of time
Donald Trump and his new team think they have 73 days to turn this campaign around. They’re wrong. The Republican nominee — three months after clinching the nomination — has begun frantically trying to reposition himself in the last week, installing a new campaign manager and controversial CEO to help him escape the straitjacket that his 14 mo
Politico
Nov 05 2020
Analysis
The Disinformationists
Pollsters were widely wrong in 2016, yet learned nothing about their flawed methodologies. So how do they remain credible after 2020?
A republic is not just a nation of laws. It also relies on its good-faith watchdogs, such as honest pollsters, the media, and bipartisan institutions.
We still didn’t know the final result of Tuesday’s presidential election as of Wednesday night.
Victor Hanson
Aug 06 2018
News
Rick Gates — and the lies he’s admitted telling — to take center stage at Manafort trial
Whom to believe — the accused liar, or the admitted one? A Virginia jury is expected to wrestle with that question this week, when it is scheduled to hear testimony from the former protege of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman now facing trial on bank fraud and tax charges.
Washington Post
Apr 09 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Both Parties Rely On Fear-Mongering
Democrats issue dire warnings of the threat of voter suppression. Republicans sound the alarm about the menace of voter fraud. But both parties are dramatically overstating an exaggerated problem to whip their most devoted supporters into a frenzy. The result is that confidence in the foundation of our democratic process is at an all-time low, driven down by unyielding partisan attacks from
Dan Schnur
Sep 27 2017
News
US-Mexico border wall prototype construction starts
The US government has announced the start of construction on eight prototype barriers for the border with Mexico, a campaign promise of President Donald Trump.
BBC News
Jul 23 2019
News
Explainer: What can Mueller tell U.S. lawmakers that we do not already know?
When Robert Mueller testifies to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers are expected to try to pin down the former special counsel on a crucial question: did he intend for them to carry on where he left off in his investigation of President Donald Trump and the Russians?
As Democrats craft their agenda heading into the 2020 elections in which the Republican president is
Reuters
May 30 2018
News
Embattled Missouri Governor Eric Greitens resigns amid scandals
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens announced his resignation Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind him a brief and tumultuous legacy and moving on from his first public office with the continued prospect of criminal prosecution related to his 2016 campaign.
USA TODAY