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As I sit here watching results roll in, the only thing that seems pretty clear is that this election will disappoint almost everyone in America — other than perhaps Mitch McConnell (and, for different reasons, Ann Selzer). But I remain hopeful that the presidential election results will not fall within the so-called “margin of litigation.”
The Trump campaign is prepping for a battle over still-incoming votes in Pennsylvania, as the President seeks to portray legally cast but still untallied ballots as illegitimate.
Continue reading “Trump Camp Gears Up To Fight Over PA Returns”
I am a big believer in nuance. Broad strokes are dangerous, limiting and do little to advance productive societal conversations or close gaps or fend off the spread of disinformation.
The Trump campaign will request a recount in Wisconsin, Campaign Manager Bill Stepien announced on Wednesday.
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With votes still being tallied in several key battleground states, top elections officials told the public Wednesday morning that results in several of them could roll in within a day or two.
Continue reading “Things Moving Fast: Here’s Where Ballot-Counting Stands In The Key States”
The President hardly needed to tell his foot soldiers in conservative media and on the right what the plan was: He’s been saying it for months.
But, for good measure, he kept shouting it from the rooftops early Wednesday morning as soon as it was clear that Joe Biden still had a decent shot at winning the presidency: Counting all the ballots , he intoned in several different ways, is actually election theft!
A number of prominent conservatives have been pushing back against President Donald Trump as he attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the election by falsely declaring victory before the ballots were counted and pledging to shut down vote tallying through the courts.
Continue reading “Some Republicans Decry Trump’s Corrupt Efforts To Muddy Election Results”
Progressives hoping that the nation would be cleansed of President Trump and the GOP that enabled him in a mandate election Tuesday evening woke up to disappointment Wednesday morning.
Continue reading “This Nail-Biter Election Is Not A Repudiation Of Trump”
For the first time Joe Biden now has leads in states which add up to 270 electoral votes (including Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada). And outstanding votes suggest the margins in those states – while still very tight – are likely to grow.
