[ad_1] We gave the Decision Desk HQ its own post, so it’s fair to give the Trump campaign its own thread in response. Team Trump fired back over the call of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden, saying that the conclusion was premature for that state as well as the election in general. Spokesman Matt Morgan released

[ad_1] The president’s operation left millions of potential votes on the table In the aftermath of the 2016 election, analysts on both the left and right noticed that President Trump had the potential to grow his base of white working-class voters. Five Thirty-Eight’s David Wasserman noted that over 44 million non-college-educated white voters who were

[ad_1] Though the political waters of the 2020 election remain murky, this much is clear: a specter is haunting the Republican Party—the specter of a realignment. Millions of Americans now see the GOP as a working-class redoubt, the base from which to prosecute a revolution from a middle that is dispossessed from above and abused

[ad_1] At the time of this writing, the outcome of the 2020 presidential election remains unclear. Final tabulations in multiple states remain days away, while other declared results are already being challenged. While both candidates can claim a path to victory in the Electoral College, the edge clearly belongs to former vice president Joe Biden.

[ad_1] A self-proclaimed women-and-finance expert was sentenced to two years on Thursday for defrauding a sorority group, according to a Justice Department press release. Florida woman Cheryl Broussard was contracted to supervise 100,000 of the group’s funds in 2015, according to the press release. Broussard used the sorority’s funds for “personal expenses” while sending fake

[ad_1] In the key state of Arizona, the latest batch of votes that have been counted have reduced Biden’s lead even further, to the point where it has shrunk to less than 47,000 votes. Arizona has become a hot point of contention in the 2020 race after Fox News called the state on Tuesday night

[ad_1] Cable news network MSNBC cut away from a media briefing by President Donald Trump about the ongoing election vote count and Brian Williams explained that, in his view, the president’s statements were dangerous to the country. The president claimed that he had won the election, despite the vote count continuing, when MSNBC cut the

[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla., October 16, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The only incontrovertibly true sentence I can remember Donald Trump ever having spoken is: “Bad things happen in Philadelphia.” (There may be others, but I cannot think of any.) Considering the matter of election

[ad_1] A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against racial inequality at Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., June 6, 2020. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) On a House caucus call today, Democratic Representative Abigail Spanberger, reportedly in an agitated state, warned Democrats that Democrats “lost races we shouldn’t have lost.” She further claimed that “defund police almost

[ad_1] The Presidential campaign for President Donald Trump notched another legal victory in Pennsylvania, securing an order requiring Pennsylvania election officials to set aside certain ballots that are lacking some voter information and not include them in the final tally until litigation concerning them can be resolved. The ruling comes in response to one of

[ad_1] (Jim Young/Reuters) In response to An Oversimplified Theory, Surely In a piece Michael cited this afternoon, The Federalist’s Joy Pullman finds it strange that Donald Trump could lose the presidency in an election in which Republicans will gain some House seats (but fail to obtain a majority) and lose Senate seats in Arizona and

[ad_1] President Trump did so well with black voters and other minorities that Al Sharpton can not deny that success. In fact, Sharpton is sounding an alarm to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. If the Democrat ticket is successful in the election, Sharpton says they have much work to do. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Sharpton

[ad_1] Tired of Democratic dominance in Oregon, some rural voters on Tuesday endorsed a plan to split off from the liberal state and join their conservative-friendly neighbor Idaho. Two conservative counties approved a non-binding ballot measure to “Move Oregon’s Borders” as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden easily carried the rest of the state, AFP reports.

[ad_1] The Department of Justice sent a memo to prosecutors Wednesday saying it could send armed agents to ballot-counting locations to investigate potential voter fraud, The New York Times reported. While federal law prohibits armed troops or law enforcement from stationing at any place an election is held unless force is determined “necessary,” the Department

[ad_1] Stop the Steal The 2020 election is a continuation of the Democrats’ long and unrelenting coup against President Trump. When it became clear that Biden was going to lose, things suddenly stopped. In the key states run by Democrats, no more votes were tallied. The corporate propaganda media for the most part refused to

[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture headquarters in Bobigny, near Paris, France, October 20, 2020. (Ludovic Marin/Reuters Pool) Emmanuel Macron is fed up with how some Anglophone media outlets have portrayed his government’s crackdown on Islamist activity in France. In the immediate aftermath of the murder of schoolteacher Samuel

[ad_1] Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., October 28, 2020 (Brian Snyder/Reuters) As was the case in 2000, 2004, and 2016, the presidential election in Wisconsin has been decided by less than one percentage point.  With all votes counted, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by 0.6 points in Wisconsin

[ad_1] “In the expectations game,” Damon Linker wrote yesterday, “the Democratic Party whiffed and whiffed badly.” It’s a curious claim immediately after an election which appears to have delivered the White House in that whiff, but Linker’s not the only person to have noticed that Joe Biden might be the only winner on the Left.

[ad_1] I’ll never stop being amazed at how brazenly the president and his deputies are willing to insinuate that the judges he’s appointed are partisan hacks. It never gets quite as far as insisting that they’re expected to rule his way as a show of gratitude for their appointment — a quid pro quo, to

[ad_1] President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan with congressional Republicans in the Rose Garden of the White House after the House of Representatives approved the American Healthcare Act, May 4, 2017 (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Why did Republicans do so well but Trump didn’t? Over at The Federalist, Joy Pullman notices how much better Republicans

[ad_1] We’re still waiting for votes to be counted in Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona. Meanwhile, President Trump’s lead in Georgia has been dwindling all day and is now down to a few thousands votes. But there aren’t many votes left to count at this point: Gabriel Sterling, Georgia’s voting system implementation manager, told

[ad_1] Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks during a hearing on the FBI’s investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian election interference, September 30, 2020. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via Reuters) The New York Times has a detailed look at how female Republican politicians were a big part of why GOP candidates over-performed in House races, something that

[ad_1] The Oregon National Guard was activated in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday night as protests turned to riots accompanied by violence, according to law enforcement officials. Law enforcement officials declared the demonstration a riot in response to “widespread violence” and destruction of property, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Democratic Oregon Governor Kate Brown called

[ad_1] A Colorado proposition gave voters the option to “ban late-term abortions” in the state. A Louisiana initiative asked voters whether abortion should not be considered a right within the state. Colorado voters voted against the abortion ban, while Louisiana voters voted in favor of the amendment. Colorado and Louisiana both had abortion initiatives on

[ad_1] From the New York Times: On Wednesday, the results were not yet final, but the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks state-level races, said there were changes or potential shifts of control in just four chambers: the New Hampshire House and Senate, which Republicans took back from Democrats, and possibly the House and Senate

[ad_1] He can’t run in 2024 if he ends up winning this election, of course, and as I write this there’s still a chance of that happening. But the odds are against him. The White House is worried about Pennsylvania calling a lid on the Trump presidency tonight. And they should be. Trumpworld very anxious

[ad_1] Consider this a sequel to the earlier post about Nancy Pelosi’s disappearing Democratic majority. Everyone’s focused on the presidential race, understandably, but you really should carve out a few minutes today to enjoy the thought of centrist Democrats and progressives having a two-year-long knife fight over who blew the 2020 election. The arguments on

[ad_1] A judge in Philadelphia issued an order Thursday morning that would have forced the counting center to allow Republican observers back in after having locked them out on Tuesday. The order would also have forced officials to allow observers to watch from 6 feet away instead of 100 feet or more as has been