Tag: elections

In Pennsylvania, the democratic system isn’t broken. It’s dead.

The same day that Mueller’s office indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for interfering in the 2016 presidential election, Alex Van Der Zwaan was criminally charged with lying to federal investigators.

The anti-immigrant Joe Arpaio has a long history of racist and corrupt actions.

It is too soon to say, but there is one year until the midterms, and many of us are waiting with bated breath.

Here are seven important lessons from the November 7 results that a lot of Democrats seem to have missed.

Tuesday’s wins point a path towards even greater gains in midterm elections next year, which can deal a death blow to Trump’s heartless agenda.

The United States government has followed in the UK’s footsteps in using "first past the post" system to get the political outcome it wants. This means the people’s vote does not matter and this type of dirty politics needs to stop.

Out of the chaos of this prolonged moment and inside the shell of the old system, a new culture, a new kind of politics, a new kind of governance is being born right before our eyes. Call it what you want. But call it something. Stop pretending it’s not happening.