Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Tag: elections

Maine votes to limit dark money, setting potential precedent for national...

This reform aims to restore public trust in the political process, countering the power of wealthy donors and special interests.

Imagine the redemptive marvel when a fully-qualified woman of color with immigrant ties triumphs. And even more terrifying reveal—if she loses

What white, moderate Democratic male, of the right age, stature and competence, would not throttle an unfit, criminal menace whose horror-show regime had a first failed run?

Political attack ads become fixture of politics in US

Political ads are now appearing far more than ever. 

Billionaires pour nearly $2 billion into US election, amplifying calls for...

This surge in billionaire campaign spending has ignited calls for wealth taxes on the ultra-rich and stringent limits on campaign contributions to protect the voices of ordinary Americans.

How we take back the Supreme Court

Wherever you imagine yourself and your family forty years from now, you will still be feeling the effects of this year’s election.

A Harris win cements 2016 as a bizarre, fascistic, anti-status quo...

When Harris wins, we remind the world, despite appearances, that uninformed clods who tolerate serial shootings, intolerant fundamentalists, white supremacists, and anti-immigrant pogroms are not in charge.

MAGA-allied Georgia Election Board votes to hand-count ballots: Move could throw...

Voting rights advocates say hand-counting ballots is more time-consuming and could also introduce errors compared to the use of standard voting machines.

How badly is Trump blowing his chances—defaulting to prudent, energetic Harris,...

Other than breaking the law and getting convicted since losing the 2020 race, what has Trump done to expand his centrist voting base?

‘Five-alarm fire for democracy’: New GOP rules could block election results...

In Georgia, Democrats are suing to halt a set of Trump-backed election rules which Democrats say could be used to block certification of election results if they win in November.

Capitalism, mass anger, and 2024 elections

The mainstream media likewise cannot grasp the relationship of mass anger to capitalism.

POPULAR

Musk reinstates DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts after Trump administration defends him

Musk and Trump officials dismiss racist posts as trivial while attacking journalists who exposed them.

America’s nuclear gamble: The dangerous push to resume atmospheric testing

Experts warn of catastrophic fallout as calls grow to restart nuclear weapons tests abandoned since 1963.

Elon Musk’s team decimates Education Department arm that tracks national school performance

Schools and districts across the country rely on research from the IES and contractors such as the American Institutes for Research to guide best practices in classrooms.

22 Republican Attorneys General sue New York over climate change Superfund Act

Legal challenge seeks to block state’s effort to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages.

Canada OKs ‘massive’ $20 billion loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline

Critics say support for TMX means struggling Canadians end up paying the price as global fossil fuel companies “reap the rewards.”