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Mar 17 2021
Opinion
The Democratic Party’s Real War in 2020 Was Against Bernie Sanders
“The deeper problems that plagued [Hillary] Clinton’s run are not necessarily ones unique to Clinton,” I wrote back in 2017, surveying the wreckage of Clinton’s presidential campaign as expertly dissected by Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen in that year’s Shattered. “Her lack of vision, her refusal to shift her centrist policies to the left, her campaign-for-a-campaign’s-sake, the centering of
JacobinJan 30 2022
News
Ken Paxton remains front-runner in Texas AG race as Republican primary rivals battle for 2nd place
The Republican race for Texas attorney general is said to be the marquee contest of the primary season, but incumbent Ken Paxton is shying away from contact.
It’s a safe bet that the embattled Paxton will finish first on March 1, so he’s employing a so-called Rose Garden strategy that has him skipping forums and debates, while hoarding critical campaign cash until the primary runoff.
The Dallas Morning NewsJun 03 2022
Analysis
The Supreme Court Should Protect Social-Media Free Speech
The social-media age promised a new, more democratic marketplace of ideas, in which an ordinary citizen without a printing press or a TV station could be heard by a mass audience. Private companies would publish the speech of all comers. Today, social-media companies play an important role in facilitating public discourse, especially on matters of politics. Americans have come to depend on
National Review (News)Feb 08 2022
Analysis
Why Biden’s immigration policy looks a lot like Trump’s
The choice for president in 2020, both candidates said, hinged not just on policy or ideological differences, but on morals. And on one issue their differences were especially distinct: immigration.
Donald Trump’s administration had waged “an unrelenting assault on our values and our history as a nation of immigrants,” Joe Biden’s campaign wrote in 2019. It was an assault he promised
Christian Science MonitorApr 15 2022
Analysis
Talk of race, sex in schools divides Americans: AP-NORC poll
Americans are deeply divided over how much children in K-12 schools should be taught about racism and sexuality, according to a new poll released as Republicans across the country aim to make parental involvement in education a central campaign theme this election year.
Overall, Americans lean slightly toward expanding — not cutting back — discussions of racism and sexuality, but
Associated Press Fact CheckJul 20 2022
Analysis
Fauci, not really retiring, says we must live with COVID, warns GOP critics
Anthony Fauci is retiring! That’s a pretty eye-catching headline.
It’s also – how do I say this delicately – pretty badly hyped.
Sure, President Biden’s chief medical adviser and the face of the campaign against COVID-19 told Politico that he’ll step down… when Biden’s term is over.
Not quite as sexy, huh?
But there are some fascinating assertions and admissions in
Fox News (Online News)Apr 25 2022
News
‘Democrats Are Going to Lose’ in 2022 Without More Action: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has raised the alarm about her party’s prospects in the 2022 midterm elections, saying that without more legislative victories, Democrats will lose badly in November.
Warren made the comments during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Asked whether Democrats in the 117th Congress should boast about their record on the campaign trail,
The Epoch TimesApr 01 2022
News
Lamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Senate race
Conor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary of skipping candidate forums to avoid talking about a 2013 incident when, shotgun in hand, he confronted a Black man because he suspected the man was involved in gunfire nearby.
The accusation more directly inserts issues of race into a campaign that could hinge on which candidate appeals to
Associated Press Fact CheckMar 03 2022
Opinion
Is Biden the comeback kid?
The real Joe Biden is back. Tonight, he reminded us why America picked a tried-and-true defender of democracy -- at home and abroad -- to lead us through these tough times.
On the campaign trail in 2020, Biden challenged autocracy and dictatorship overseas, while offering himself as a champion of national unity and cross-party cooperation at home.
He has blown off course at times
CNN (Opinion)Jun 14 2022
Perspectives Blog
Does America Need a Third Party?
This blog is written by John Aldrich – Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University; Spencer Renyolds – Director of Political Partnerships, The Forward Party; and Laura Del Savio – Senior Communications Strategist, The Forward Party; and was originally published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
Will a Multi-Party System Save American Democracy? Divided We Fall (author)