Undeterred by Coronavirus Pandemic, Americans Prepare to Render Verdict on Trump

In a Swing County in a Swing State, the Verdict Is In: It’s Going to Be Close

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Dan Parri, a lawyer in the city of Clearwater, loved driving around town with the Pinellas County Jeep Club — until some members started festooning their vehicles with Trump 2020 campaign flags.So Mr. Parri spoke up, then kept speaking. The Confederate flag also bothered him, he told his fellow Jeep enthusiasts, […]

Joe Biden Closes Strong In Philly As Trump Complains About The Weather

Joe Biden implored voters to reject Trump’s lies and take their country back, while Trump complained about the weather at his rallies. Video of Biden: As Trump complains about the weather at his rallies, Joe Biden is mobilizing voters and telling them that now is the time to take our democracy back. pic.twitter.com/b2ZiyVY0ck — Sarah […]

Trump, Biden and the Tough Guy, Nice Guy Politics of 2020

A decade later, when the younger Bush ran against John Kerry, he took a similar tack: He taunted his opponent for speaking French and painted him as an out-of-touch aristocrat even as he tried to present himself as a “war president.”“This happens all the time,” said Tristan Bridges, an associate professor of sociology at the […]

These are the counties to watch in one of the most surprising swing states of them all: Iowa

As we head into the 2020 election, Iowa seems to have swung all the way back to parity. Polling out of the Hawkeye State has shown both the presidential and Senate races to be coin flips. Democrats probably need the Senate race more than they need the six electoral votes (the theory being that if […]

There are many ways to rebalance the GOP-packed courts that go beyond expansion

Judges are supposed to rule fairly and impartially on the laws before them. Before I get into Amy Coney Barrett, let’s review the batch of judges you don’t hear about. Trump and McConnell used over 200 of them to flood our judiciary; let’s see if they seem likely to rule fairly or impartially. Trump-appointed District Judge […]

Gov. Tom Wolf Predicts That Joe Biden Will Win Pennsylvania

Gov. Tom Wolf (D-PA) explained that Pennsylvania is different than it was in 2016 as he predicted that Biden/Harris would win the state. Video: Gov. Tom Wolf predicts a Joe Biden win in Pennsylvania, as he points out that things are different in the state than they were in 2016. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/9p5YvQtRkW — Sarah Reese […]

AOC, Tlaib introduce bill to spur creation of public banks across America

“We spent $30 trillion in the global crisis from 2007-2009 propping up financial institutions that held the country hostage for their reckless behavior. Only $8 trillion dollars has been committed thus far in the Covid-19 pandemic,” Tlaib noted. “These banks have been, are, and will continue to depend on the public dollar. It is time […]

Obama nails 3-pointer while on campaign trail for Joe Biden

Barack Obama still has game. The former president took time out to shoot some hoops Saturday during a Michigan campaign stop for his one-time Vice President Joe Biden — and hit an impressive, caught-on-video corner shot from the 3-point line, according to CNN. “That’s what I do,” Obama says in a viral video of the […]

As early voting winds down across the country, voters are more determined to cast ballots than ever

This little PSA, coming in at exactly 60 seconds, reminds us of why each of our votes is needed. Brian wants you to know that it’s safe to vote in his Florida precinct. In Clay, New York—a suburb of Syracuse—so many people have early voted, they were already out of the beloved “I Voted” stickers […]

Final Weekend Campaigning Reflects Both Traditional Barnstorming and 2020 Chaos

President Trump predicted “bedlam” and a lack of clarity about the presidential results until weeks after Election Day as he barnstormed Pennsylvania, while former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his first joint appearance with former President Barack Obama at an event in Michigan. The last Saturday before Election Day offered traditional last-minute frantic […]

Joe Biden Has 7 Paths To Victory, And Trump Has Just 1

Joe Biden can win the White House with seven different combinations of states that he is leading or tied in. Trump only has one path to victory. Video: Biden has seven paths to the White House. Trump has one. He has to win Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Arizona. A loss in any of […]

Trump’s Rallies Are Backfiring And Making Joe Biden More Popular

Trump’s multiple rallies a day aren’t helping his standing in the election, but they are keeping Joe Biden very popular. From a new Fox News Poll released on Friday evening, “Biden has a net +11 personal rating: 55 percent view him favorably vs. 44 percent unfavorably. For Trump, 44 percent view him positively and 55 […]

Cruise Ships Can Get Ready to Set Sail Again, C.D.C. Says

Cruise ships can prepare to set sail again beginning Sunday under a conditional order issued by U.S. health officials that aims to mitigate the risk of Covid-19 transmission at sea by requiring a host of measures, including testing and quarantine, all designed to keep crews and passengers safe.No ship will set sail with passengers immediately, […]

Lil Wayne, Latest Rapper in Trump’s Orbit, Sees Backlash Over Photo

“Oh no,” 50 Cent wrote on Thursday evening. “I WOULD HAVE NEVER TOOK THIS PICTURE.”Ice Cube, a founding member of N.W.A, who released a song called “Arrest the President” as recently as 2018, faced similar scrutiny after it was announced this month that he had consulted with the Trump administration on the Platinum Plan. He […]

The Attendance at Trump’s Friday Night Minnesota Rally is Pathetic

The electoral map for Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign looks arduous. With a number of states turning increasingly blue, Trump needs to thread a very difficult needle to get to 270 electoral votes. Knowing just how bad the math is for him, the president is doing multiple campaign events each day. Tonight, he is in […]

Trump’s Hard-Line Immigration Policies Go Before Voters

McALLEN, Texas — The leadership of the Department of Homeland Security gathered on Thursday under the shadow of 30-foot, black-painted, steel bollards to promote the near completion of 400 miles of President Trump’s border wall.The politics of the moment, five days before the election, was lost on no one.“The only reason we haven’t reached another […]

Post-Trump White House Takes Shape As Elizabeth Warren Aims To Be Biden’s Treasury Secretary

With just days remaining in this election season, a post-Donald Trump White House is beginning to take shape as Elizabeth Warren is reportedly vying to be the Secretary of Treasury in a potential Joe Biden administration. According to new reporting from Politico, citing multiple Democratic sources, the Massachusetts senator plans to “make her case” for […]

Pennsylvania AG Tells Trump And The Proud Boys He Won’t Let Them Steal The Election

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said on Thursday night that he will not put up with any attempts by Donald Trump or organizations like the Proud Boys to intimidate voters in his state. “We’ve been preparing for this moment for months,” Shapiro said during an interview with MSNBC’s Joy Reid. “We will not let any […]

Misinformation Overwhelms Local Election Officials

Quick, think about disinformation. What comes to mind? “Vladimir Putin, president of Russia.” But in 2020, many experts are more concerned with disinformation coming from our very own backyard. Like this guy, who, with a single tweet, disrupted a governor’s race in Kentucky. “Oh I’m just a broke college student, basically.” “He had 19 followers. […]

DNI John Ratcliffe made up the claim that Iran was out to hurt Donald Trump, without any evidence

According to Politico, when Ratcliffe said that the series of threatening emails were “designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump” he was on track right up until that final comma. It also seems that the press event was entirely Ratcliffe’s idea. FBI and DHS officials agreed to join him on stage as […]

Can Trump pull another 2016 upset? The data says no chance

The polls are not looking good for Trump five days out (REUTERS)Five days out from the election and the stage seems set for a reset of the American experiment under a President Biden. At a similar point in 2016, warning lights were flashing for a Trump upset over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Now, it […]

Once-competitive districts held by freshman Democrats slip from GOP’s grasp

● NH-Sen (Likely D to Safe D): Republican Corky Messner has self-funded $6 million in his bid to unseat second-term Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, but he doesn’t have much to show for it: Every public poll of New Hampshire’s Senate race has shown Shaheen over 50% and Messner well behind. National Republicans haven’t paid him […]

Tucker Carlson Humiliates Himself By Claiming His Secret Hunter Biden Docs Were Stolen By The Mail

Tucker Carlson promised his audience super-secret authentically damning Hunter Biden documents, but now claims they were stolen by the mail. Video: Damning Hunter Biden documents suddenly vanish pic.twitter.com/B2qsajZlID — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 29, 2020 Carlson said, “We texted a producer in New York and him to send those documents to us in LA, and […]

Trump Merchandise Outsells Biden’s, China’s Factories Say

YIWU, China — Deep inside a 10-block-long factory outlet mall in China, the people who supply Americans with their plastic dinosaurs and “Kiss My Bass” baseball caps are confident about a Nov. 3 victory for Donald Trump.President Trump’s campaign paraphernalia — hats, banners, mugs and practically anything else that can carry a logo — has […]

DACA recipients working to get out the vote

The Trump administration has been disastrous for all Americans, and undocumented youth in particular. Not only are their families at ongoing risk of separation, their immigration protections have been decimated. There’s a Supreme Court ruling right now that’s ordered the administration to fully reopen DACA to thousands of new applicants, but for over 130 days it’s […]

Senator Ron Johnson Says Democrats “Ignore Reality” When They Focus on Russia’s Election Interference

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), in an op-ed for Fox News, claimed Democrats “ignore reality” when they focus on Russian interference in American elections. “Ever since the Democratic National Committee server was hacked during the 2016 election campaign, ‘Russian disinformation and interference’ has been the shiny object that Democrats and the mainstream media have used to bamboozle the […]

Donald Trump Made Them Furious, and Organized. Now Is the Big Test.

Carolyn Gibbs puts on the striped pants first, then the striped jacket. The hat is the final touch. That’s if it’s an Uncle Sam day. For Statue of Liberty, it’s a mint green dress, a foam halo and a political sign, usually, standing in as the torch.Before Donald Trump became president, Ms. Gibbs, 59, rarely […]

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The walls close in on the sociopath in the WH

Stu Rothenberg/Roll Call: With all the chaos, the shape of the Trump-Biden race is unchanged President did not expand his appeal during his term With one week until Election Day, you don’t need another column from me on swing voters or key states. You don’t need more of my analysis of President Donald Trump’s style […]

Neither Biden nor Trump is calling for mandated COVID-19 vaccines

The claim: Biden said he will mandate a COVID-19 vaccine, while Trump said he never wouldWith Election Day just days away and amid an ongoing pandemic, some social media users have claimed that if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is elected, a COVID-19 vaccine would be mandatory. “Biden said he will mandate the COVID Vaccine,” reads […]

Trump Wants to Pick Off Nevada. But Biden Is Holding a Lead, Our Poll Shows.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. has a steady lead over President Trump in Nevada, a state that has been shading blue in recent elections but that Mr. Trump is hoping to flip, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released on Tuesday.Mr. Biden, the Democratic nominee, leads Mr. Trump 49 percent to 43 percent among […]