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Please Let It Not Be Close: Why 2020 Prez Outcome Probably Won’t Be Decided In Court
The margin of litigation, the margin of error, and the margin of organizing: The courts probably won’t decide this presidential election, but organizing might have.
11.04.20 | 3:24 pm
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: From left, Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Chris Coons, D-Del., Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., attend a news conference on the Senate steps of the Capitol with Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee after they boycotted the markup of Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: From left, Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Chris Coons, D-Del., Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., attend a news conference on the Senate steps of the Capitol with Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee after they boycotted the markup of Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
There’s A Better Option For Democrats Than Expanding The Supreme Court
The time for doing nothing is over. Democrats must either pack the Court themselves, or prevent Republicans from doing so down the road.
11.02.20 | 3:52 pm
A Lame Duck Trump Admin Will Do All It Can To Pilfer Before Jan. Dems Must Be Ruthless In Thwarting It.
Both Congress and the potential Biden transition team can take steps in advance of inauguration to turn off the flow of ill-gotten funds. 
11.02.20 | 10:00 am
CHARLESTON, SC - OCTOBER 30: Jake Hannay casts his in-person absentee ballot at Seacoast Church West Ashley on October 30, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) CHARLESTON, SC - OCTOBER 30: Jake Hannay casts his in-person absentee ballot at Seacoast Church West Ashley on October 30, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
Exercise Your Right To Vote With the Knowledge That Voter Intimidation Is Against the Law
Voters should go to the polls expecting only to find friendly election workers and fellow engaged citizens.
10.30.20 | 5:32 pm
Why We Must Be Ready To Protect The Results 
Trump is laying the groundwork to dispute the valid election results. That’s not hyperbole, Trump has said it clearly.
10.29.20 | 11:20 am
Why Is Socialism Becoming Less Scary?
A look at the new documentary, “The Big Scary ‘S’ Word” in which director Yael Bridge explores how socialist ideas that were once considered radical are now taken for granted by most Americans.
10.23.20 | 4:21 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after multiple campaign stops over the weekend on October 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. With only a couple of weeks left before the 2020 Presidential Election the President is campaigning heavily in key states. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after multiple campaign stops over the weekend on October 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. With only a couple of weeks left before the 2020 Presidential Election the President is campaigning heavily in key states. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Nothing New: How US Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington To Donald Trump
Much of what we deplore today is nothing new: nastiness, violence, intolerance, fraud, twisting the election rules, bashing the government, bias in the media, fistfights in Congress, and even a violent coup in North Carolina. We have seen it all before.
10.23.20 | 12:00 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts while Associate Justice Elena Kagan looks on as the president arrives to U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL U.S. President Donald Trump talks to  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts while Associate Justice Elena Kagan looks on as the president arrives to U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL
KANSAS CITY, MO - MARCH 07: A President Donald Trump and a former Vice President Joe Biden supporter converse before the Joe Biden Campaign Rally at the National World War I Museum and Memorial on March 7, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images) KANSAS CITY, MO - MARCH 07: A President Donald Trump and a former Vice President Joe Biden supporter converse before the Joe Biden Campaign Rally at the National World War I Museum and Memorial on March 7, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)
Should America Voluntarily Split In Two? Election Day May Force Us To Ask
What to do? As in a marriage that’s been bad for decades, perhaps divorce should be considered.
10.16.20 | 2:23 pm