ERIN AUBRY KAPLAN: CAN WOMEN WIN?
It will take concerted action to ensure that women belong in the House.
Rebecca Gordon: Republicans Have Plans for Working People
And You’re Not Going to Like Them
Baron Wormser: Vistas
I don’t doubt that somewhere in the United States some class or reading group, as a way of girding their collective loins for the upcoming election, is reading or rereading Democratic Vistas, an 1871 essay in which Walt Whitman surveyed American democracy’s prospects.
Thor Benson: Democrat Flips Seat in Alabama House After Running on Abortion Rights
Democrats see the win in Alabama as a sign that supporting reproductive rights will make a difference in November.
Rebecca Gordon: Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time Around
Trump 2.0 Would Be Even Worse
John Edward Simms: Dirge
The Republican Party I grew up with was built on the two principles of family values and fiscal responsibility. Donald Trump is not the great leader he believes he is, because he lacks two essential qualities: Character and Competence.
Julia Conley: Pelosi Calls for FBI to Investigate Cease-Fire Supporters
Three-quarters of Democrats in the survey backed a cease-fire, along with half of Republicans. Pelosi is calling for the FBI to investigate ties to Russia.
Clarence Lusane: Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!)
The Future If Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office
Mat Schumer: Pro-Israel lobby presses for US military support in war with Hamas
A resolution declaring America’s solidarity with Israel was the first legislation passed under House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, (R-La.) whose biggest contributor during his 2022 midterm elections was AIPAC.
Thom Hartman: Trump’s Similarities to Hitler Prove It Certainly Could Happen Here
There are few Americans alive today who remember Hitler. But Donald Trump is bringing it all back with a fresh, stark splash of reality.
Olivia Rosane: 68% of US Public Wants Gaza Cease-Fire: Poll
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found that support for Israel had dropped by nearly 10 percentage points since the last edition on October 12 and 13.
Norman L. Eisen, et al: Calendar of the Most Important Trump Criminal & Civil Court Dates
Here are the top 20 legal and political dates as of now.
Matthew J. Parker: Ban All Books But Mine
Ron DeSantis is doing a Model Press Conference with Florida high schoolers at P.S. 47, aka Our Lady of Stand Your Ground Middle School in Panacea.
Jake Johnson: Conservative Legal Scholars Argue Trump Is Disqualified for Office Under 14th Amendment
“Trump is disqualified from holding any public office, including the office of the president, under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
