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.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.