Video: Did you just lose an election? We’re here to help.
You could always try again in 2024 — as long your parole board agrees.
Michael T. Young: Concession Speech
People don’t understand that the road
to concession is paved with denial.
Kenny Stancil: Covid-19 Soars to New Heights as Trump Sabotages Transition
We’re in an unbelievably dangerous moment with coronavirus where the full weight of government at all levels needs to be focused on saving lives, and instead Donald Trump is trying a ham-fisted theft of the election.
Abby Zimet: The Mad Toddler Rages on
Please DON’T call this number (800) 895–4152 as a prank. It’s the new Trump Campaign Hotline for reporting voter fraud. Two previous numbers have had to be disconnected because of all you Dems trying to be funny. As we all know, Trump having a tantrum after losing the election is not funny.
Julia Conley: McConnell Backs Trump’s Refusal to Concede to Biden
“The American people made their voices heard in record numbers… Rejecting that mandate in favor of political games and conspiracy theories is a dangerous attack on our democracy—even by Mitch McConnell’s standards.” —Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Video: What if a presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election? | Van Jones
Lawyer and political commentator, Van Jones exposes shocking legal loopholes that could enable a candidate to grab power even if they lose both the popular vote and the electoral college — and shares what ordinary citizens can do if there’s no peaceful transfer of power.
Paul Christensen: The Grinding Gears of Time
Trump’s house of cards is built on ruses and Iago-like deceptions, a palace of flimsy lies waiting for the door to fly open and a gust of honest wind to sweep them all away.
C.J. Atkins: Trump turns to neo-Nazi symbols to attract racist votes
This pairing of a white supremacist mobilization with a robust voter suppression effort targeting people of color means Trump’s desperate bid to hold on to power is escalating dangerously.
Michael Simms: The Democratic Field Narrows to Three Candidates
Although the Iowa Caucus was an epic fail, it did make a few things clear.
Richard Briffault: What is ‘dark money’? 5 questions answered
With the 2020 campaign season upon us, “dark money” is again in the news.
Jake Johnson: Federal Prosecutors Allege Vast Criminal Conspiracy by Giuliani Associates to Funnel Foreign Cash to Trump and GOP
“To a prosecutor’s eye, this really looks increasingly like one big scheme, overseen by Trump and Giuliani, to obtain illegal assistance from Ukraine in the 2020 election.”
Robert Borosage: Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020
There is a dizzying array of potential presidential nominees for Democratic primary voters to choose from—so many that they won’t even fit on one debate stage. But there is one … Continue reading
Agnieszka Golec de Zavala: Why collective narcissists are so politically volatile
In 2007, a British school teacher in Sudan received a jail sentence under Sharia law because she allowed her pupils to name a classroom teddy-bear ‘Muhammad’. The day after the … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Spins, Lies, and Fake News
Fake news has been around since news has been around. What’s different now is the assertion that alternate truths exist. For a few months in the early 1980’s my job … Continue reading
