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Nov 05 2020
News
Why Joe Biden Saw Mixed Success With Latinos
Democrats' long-term hopes for electoral success have long cited the growing Latino population in the country. But former Vice President Joe Biden's performance in heavily Latino areas of key states has concerned members of his party — and may have cost him Electoral College votes, according to groups and activists working to mobilize Latino voters.
Nationally, Biden appears to have
NPR (Online News)News Media
The Resurgent
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Oct 24 2012
News
It all shows: debates do matter in 2012
Mitt Romney waited until the presidential debates in the final five weeks of the election campaign to make his long-anticipated shift to the political center after previously espousing strongly conservative stances to win the Republican nomination.
CNN (Online News)May 03 2016
News
No, it’s not new that some working-class and poor whites vote Republican
A trope of political journalism is to wonder why many lower-income voters prefer the Republican Party despite its more conservative economic policies.
For example, here’s Jelani Cobb last week in the New Yorker:
Ever since Ronald Reagan’s Presidency, progressives have pondered why working-class and poor whites vote Republican, against their own interests.
Washington PostFeb 25 2020
News
The Supreme Court Said The Family Of A Mexican Teen Can't Sue A Border Patrol Agent Who Fatally Shot Him
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Border Patrol agent who fired from US soil and fatally shot a child on the Mexican side of the border can't be sued by his family.
In a 5–4 ruling, the court's five conservative justices agreed with the government and upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss the case against the agent because 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca wasn't
BuzzFeed NewsAug 07 2020
News
The Woke Left v. the Alt-Right: A New Study Shows They’re More Alike Than Either Side Realizes
A common criticism of the ultra-progressive Left is that its culture warriors now resemble the right-wing ideological enforcers of yore, excommunicating those deemed to have sinned or performed heresies. Indeed, anyone older than 30 or so should have at least a dim memory of the social conservatives who wanted every aspect of American society—from universities, to the media, right down to the
QuilletteNov 04 2020
Analysis
Once Again, a Nation Cuts It Too Close for Comfort
Before Election Day, Democrats had an answer for how they intended to deal with President Donald Trump’s hold on his most-devoted partisans, or the possibility of widespread challenges to absentee ballots, or the fear that conservative judges might come to the aid of Republicans with supportive court rulings.
The answer was that they were going to soar over all these obstacles by
PoliticoJul 18 2013
News
IRS inspector general: Liberals also on target list
The inspector general who reported Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups said Thursday that he didn't have information until last week that the word "progressive" also was on a list of criteria for extra scrutiny of tax-exempt applications.
CNN (Online News)Jul 11 2016
News
May expected to be UK prime minister after Leadsom drops out
Theresa May looked set to become Britain's next prime minister Monday after her sole remaining rival, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, unexpectedly withdrew from the race to lead the Conservative Party.
Graham Brady, the head of the party committee running the contest, said the party board would meet to discuss confirming May as the winner. He did not say how long that might take.
Associated PressSep 22 2020
Opinion
Down With Judicial Supremacy!
The Supreme Court was never meant to be the only arbiter of the meaning of the Constitution.
Beyond the obvious — that liberals need some way to respond to President Trump as he moves to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg — what does it mean that mainstream Democrats are considering once unthinkable ideas like adding seats to the court?
New York Times (Opinion)