Tag: Presidential Elections
What’s worse than a devouring, criminal president? A deified, raging outlaw excited by violence
Trumpism is not a slippery slope but a mountain avalanche on steroids.
Perfection no standard for re-election
Are we picking kings and queens,/ Or defending democratic dreams?
Black MAGA is still MAGA
Trump's evolving strategy for the Black vote has been high on empty symbolism and viral moments, but distinctly low on specific promised policy benefits for the Black community.
The case against RFK Jr.
Would RFK Junior be just another crackpot in the growing pool of fringe politicians?
US Supreme Court reverses Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban Trump...
The 13-page opinion reversed Colorado's Supreme Court ruling that Trump was ineligible to appear on the ballot under Section 3.
The impending wave of AI misinformation in the 2024 election: Experts...
Experts in the field of AI and digital media are raising alarms about the potential impact of this technology on the electoral process.
What Kevin Alexander Gray taught me
The late civil rights activist and author didn’t let elected officials off the hook, no matter how liberal. He understood the importance of intersectionality and what it takes to achieve progressive change.
Democrats didn’t win—they simply held the line
Yes, it was a relief that increasingly fascist Republicans didn’t sweep the midterms. But our democratic standards cannot fall so low as to accept a split Congress.
A third of 2022 midterm voters may use mailed out-ballots
Growing numbers of voters will mark their ballots at home, latest data finds.
Election deniers and defenders poised for next phase in voting wars
Unprecedented efforts by pro-Trump Republicans and election officials are targeting 2022’s general election.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.