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Jul 22 2023
News
State’s 2nd Black district rejected
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections and trigger a renewed battle over the state's political map. Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated House and Senate instead passed a plan that would increase the
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteJul 20 2023
News
FBI official testifies agency knew Hunter Biden laptop was real
The same FBI personnel who warned social media companies that the Hunter Biden laptop could be part of a potential Russian "hack and leak" operation ahead of the 2020 election knew that it was not disinformation, an FBI official told the House Judiciary Committee. Section Chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force Laura Dehmlow participated in a transcribed interview before the House
Fox News (Online News)Aug 04 2023
Opinion
What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?
Donald Trump seems to get indicted on a weekly basis. Yet he is utterly dominating his Republican rivals in the polls, and he is tied with Joe Biden in the general election surveys. Trump’s poll numbers are stronger against Biden now than at any time in 2020.
What’s going on here? Why is this guy still politically viable, after all he’s done?
We anti-Trumpers often tell a story
David BrooksNov 07 2022
News
Starkly different visions for Arizona dominate campaign's closing days
In the frenzied closing days of the midterm campaign, Republican and Democratic candidates in Arizona are offering voters drastically different visions for the state and the country, with conservative contenders pushing a return to Trumpism and their opponents calling for "sanity."
"We know that democracy is at stake," said Katie Hobbs, Arizona's Democratic secretary of state, who is
NBC News (Online)Aug 24 2023
News
ABC, CBS Dismiss Debate As 'Fantasy Land,' Sham 'Job Interview'
When it comes to elections, the media should be pro-debate, especially when no votes have officially been cast, but the post-non Trump debate coverage on Thursday’s Good Morning America on ABC and CBS Mornings dismissed the whole thing as a “fantasy land” that resembled a “job interview” in which the candidate has already been selected.
On GMA, chief Washington correspondent Jonathan
NewsBustersJun 02 2023
Fact Check
Post Misrepresents Legal Power of Arizona Resolution on Electronic Voting Machines
False claims about election fraud in Arizona have been circulating since the 2020 election. Former President Donald Trump has made a series of false claims about fraudulent ballots and “massive … voting irregularities” in the state’s 2020 election, as we’ve written before. Those claims followed investigations and audits that confirmed Joe Biden won the state’s presidential election.
FactCheck.orgNov 07 2022
News
Elon Musk Issues Blanket Endorsement Of GOP In House, Senate Races, Cites Benefits Of ‘Shared Power’
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told “independent-minded” voters on the day before the midterm elections to cast ballots for Republicans.
Musk cited the fact that President Joe Biden holds the Executive Branch for Democrats, and said a split in Washginton would be better than one-party rule.
“Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties,” the world’s richest man
The Daily WireJul 26 2023
Analysis
How Alabama could get away with defying the Supreme Court
Last month, the Supreme Court held that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act when it drew racially gerrymandered congressional districts. Under maps drawn by the state’s Republican legislature, Black voters (who make up more than a quarter of Alabama’s population) only had a real shot of electing a member of the US House in one of the state’s seven districts. The Court effectively ordered
VoxSep 19 2022
News
50 DAYS: Trump gives Democrats new hope for Senate
With 50 days to go until the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats are riding a wave of enthusiasm, while Republicans are looking to rebound from a grueling primary season and recast the fight for control of Congress as a referendum on President Biden and his party.
The contours of the midterms were unthinkable just a few months ago, when Democrats were bracing for a potential electoral
The HillJul 18 2023
News
January 6 Investigation: Trump Says He’s a Target in Special Counsel’s Investigation Into Jan. 6
Former President Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he recently received a so-called target letter from the special counsel Jack Smith in connection with the criminal investigation into his efforts to hold onto power after he lost the 2020 election, a sign that he is likely to be indicted in the case. It would be the second time Mr. Smith has notified Mr. Trump that he is a target in a
New York Times (News)