Georgia’s top elections official, a Republican, dismissed a call to resign from Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) on Monday, telling them in no uncertain terms to focus on their own upcoming races for reelection.
Continue reading “Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Slams Criticism From GOP Senators”
David Bossie, who was recently appointed by the Trump campaign to oversee its legal efforts as it wages baseless claims of election fraud, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Continue reading “Trump Camp Adviser Leading Its Bogus Election Fraud Effort Contracts COVID-19”
It isn’t great that President Trump is continuing to delegitimize the election that will kick him out of office. But the current atmosphere would be substantially worse had it not been for the heroic efforts of election officials, their partners and voters themselves to keep the election running relatively smoothly, despite the pandemic. There were some problems on Tuesday — but they were largely run-of-the-mill administrative hiccups, not the major fiascos seen during the primaries. Trump’s attempts to use small bore lawsuits to rile up fraud claims look especially ridiculous in light of how drama-free the actual administration of the election was.
Continue reading “Trump Doubt-Sowing Aside, A Relatively Smooth Election Was A Big Win For Voters”
Squinting into the sun and clad in a puffy orange Patagonia jacket, Dr. Al Gross made his case.
Continue reading “Does Al Gross Actually Have A Chance In The Alaska Senate Race?”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday threw his support behind President Donald Trump’s undemocratic rejection of the election results that led to his defeat at the hands of President-elect Joe Biden.
Continue reading “McConnell Backs Trump’s Refusal To Concede Despite Decisive Election Result”
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One reason we love the news business is that things seldom turn out as expected. In the 2020 elections, the voting process went surprisingly smoothly, with record numbers of Americans casting their ballots in new ways. The big failure of 2020, it turned out, was the political polling, which was so wrong in so many places that some people are now arguing that it’s time to spend a lot less effort trying to divine how people will vote.
Continue reading “The Unexpected Benefits Of Thinking For Yourself In An Age Of Polling”
President Donald Trump and his flunkies have loudly rejected the notion of conceding the presidential race to President-elect Joe Biden, but the President’s reported private discussions belie Trumpland’s public bluster.
Continue reading “Trump Lackeys Defiantly Spurn Concession While POTUS Privately Mulls 2024 Run”
Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff on Monday asked that his opponent, Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), participate in three televised debates before their runoff election on January 5. Continue reading “Ossoff Wants Perdue To ‘Come Out Of Hiding’ With 3 Debates Before GA Senate Runoff”
The President claims the election has been stolen from him! All major media outlets have projected the contest for Joe Biden! Now seems like the perfect time for the “Q” behind the QAnon conspiracy theory — a supposed government insider feeding gibberish to a huge internet audience — to speak out.
Those closest to President Trump know he’s a powerful man, with a powerful, but brittle, ego.
And they knew if he lost the election, he would need something to cling to in order to maintain some cushioning for his inevitable belief that he didn’t actually lose.
