Category: Electoral Politics

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

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

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

Trump’s ‘wishful thinking’ on coronavirus pushes key GOP voters in Midwest to Biden

“There is still too much wishful thinking and not enough clear guidance,” said Loiacono, who lives in a heavily blue-collar area just blocks from Lake Winnebago. In 2016, Trump flipped Winnebago County from blue to red, but now it’s among the top 10 counties in the Badger State where new COVID-19 infections are flaring, according

‘Fat and Happy’ With a Conservative Court, Are Republicans Losing a Winning Issue?

The confirmation on Monday of Justice Amy Coney Barrett all but ensures a durable conservative majority on the Supreme Court for years to come and provides the capstone on the Trump administration’s broader effort to push the entire federal judiciary solidly to the right.Its work has been so fast and so effective that there is

Maddow Obliterates Trump And The GOP For Officially Killing The Supreme Court’s Credibility

Rachel Maddow blasted Donald Trump and his Republican loyalists on Monday night for killing the independence of the United States Supreme Court in a single presidential term. The MSNBC host said that Trump has put his stain on all three of his Supreme Court appointments, effectively transforming the court into another political body with zero

Suspicious package found at Capitol before Amy Coney Barrett vote

WASHINGTON — A suspicious package has been found at the US Capitol less than an hour before Senators vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday evening, according to a report. United States Capitol Police are investigating the package which was found on the grounds on the Capitol near the

Kushner Says Black Americans Must “Want to Be Successful” to Benefit from Trump’s Policies

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top adviser, said Black people must “want to be successful” if they want to benefit from Trumpian policies. “One thing we’ve seen in a lot of the Black community, which is mostly Democrat, is that President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help people break out

Trump planning to axe top security chiefs in White House shake-up if re-elected — report

Commander-in-chief has been at odds with intelligence community throughout his political career (Getty Images)President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to axe top security chiefs seen as disloyal to the administration if he wins re-election in November.Top of the pile are FBI director Christopher Wray, CIA director Gina Haspel and defence secretary Mark Esper, according to

Joe Biden Washes Away Trump’s Crazy Like A Political Palate Cleanser On 60 Minutes

Compared to Trump ranting conspiracies and walking out of interviews, Joe Biden’s thoughtful and calm interview was a 60 Minutes palate cleanser. Biden made it clear that he is not underestimating Trump: Joe Biden isn’t underestimating Trump, and he is fighting for every single vote. Biden knows who and what he is up against. pic.twitter.com/IIu0tgdcrp

Kodak Loan Debacle Puts a New Agency in the Hot Seat

WASHINGTON — At a virtual conference in September, Adam Boehler, chief executive of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, described his nascent agency as a bulwark against China’s “economic colonialism” — with $60 billion in annual lending authority to counter Beijing’s strategy of spreading its global influence with low-interest infrastructure loans.But in recent months, Mr.

Joe Biden’s campaign insists he’s not ignoring swing states

Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager said the former vice president is running “incredibly hard” when questioned whether the Democratic nominee is ignoring the battleground states where President Trump is making a concerted push in the race’s final days. NBC News’ anchor Chuck Todd pointed out that the president has campaigned more than Biden in North

Trump’s Either/Or Thinking Reveals His, GOP’s Deadly View of “Economic Success”

Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues have demonstrated a dangerous habit of thought when it comes to seeking solutions to the most urgent and life-threatening problems facing Americans and the nation as a whole. What is that habit of thought? They tend to think in stark and narrow either/or terms when it comes to devising

Virus Surge Shadows Trump and Biden Campaign Events After Final Debate

“You heard a couple of horns,” he added. “Honk, honk. It’s the weirdest thing.”From there, Mr. Trump was off to Circleville, Ohio, outside Columbus, and then Waukesha, Wis., as he sought to rally backers in suburban areas where polls show his support has slipped. On Sunday, he will fly to New Hampshire, the lone state

Trump and Biden trade COVID-19 attacks on the campaign trail

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden traded coronavirus barbs over on the campaign trail Saturday, with Election Day looming a little over one week away. As Trump hopscotched through three different battleground states – North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin – Biden trained his fire on Pennsylvania, which he aims to take back for

Biden Calls Trump A Tax-Dodging Con Artist In Podium-Pounding Smackdown in Pennsylvania

Former Vice President Joe Biden brought the fire to Pennsylvania on Saturday, blasting Donald Trump for his secret Chinese bank account and urging voters in the state not to fall for the Trump con again. “[Trump] paid 50 times more in taxes in Beijing than he’s paid in America!” Biden said during his podium-pounding speech

While Her Father Rails Against ‘Idiot’ Scientists, Ivanka Trump Talks Ice Cream

“Look,” Ms. Schlapp said, chuckling, “The president punches when he needs to punch.” His daughter has her own story to tell, and her own way of telling it.Updated Oct. 23, 2020, 11:47 p.m. ETStill, a surrogate can stray only so far from a campaign’s dominant message and messenger. Ms. Trump could speak with endless poise about

With code changes, Facebook helped rightwing publishers and throttled the left

In fact, we have now learned that executives were even shown a slide presentation that highlighted the impact of the second iteration on about a dozen specific publishers—and Mother Jones was singled out as one that would suffer, while the conservative site the Daily Wire was identified as one that would benefit. These changes were pushed by Republican operatives

Trump slams Biden’s oil transition remarks as ‘worst mistake in debate history’

President Trump accused Joe Biden of “one of the worst mistakes made in presidential debate history” after the Democratic nominee vowed at their Nashville showdown that the US would “transition” from the oil industry if he was elected president. At a campaign stop in Florida’s The Villages on Friday afternoon, the commander-in-chief told a crowd

Trump’s Attacks On Joe Biden’s Family Bomb With Debate Viewers

One of the strongest negative reactions that undecided debate viewers had was to Donald Trump’s attacks on Joe Biden’s family. An Independent voter in Wisconsin told MSNBC, “I am so tired of the family thing. I think when, again, when Biden was able to say this is not about my family or your family. I’m

Biden rose above as Trump reined in the yelling, but not the lies, at final debate

Trump looked physically pained at not being able to interrupt within Biden’s first answer, a look that only grew through the evening, with regular breakthroughs of his rage. We can’t overlook that. Trump was better than three weeks ago. He was partially under control. He still spent the evening spewing lies and personal attacks and losing his

Who won the final presidential debate? Experts grade Trump-Biden

President Trump posted a sharper and calmer performance during his final debate against former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday night, but it was unclear if his better showing was enough to alter the shape of the race in its closing days, a Post panel of debate experts said. Four experts examined the 90-minute forum

Bernie Sanders Is Angling To Be Biden’s Labor Secretary

When a candidate wins an election, it is typical that they reward the people that supported them with plum positions in the cabinet. Donald Trump made Jeff Sessions his Attorney General and made Ben Carson the head of Housing and Urban Development. If Joe Biden is to win the election, he will have to fill