Guns on the ballot: How mixed midterm results will affect firearm policy
One in 10 American voters listed guns as their top concern. iStock / Getty Images Plus Alex McCourt, Johns Hopkins University The U.S. midterm elections took place on the backdrop of surging gun violence and in a year scarred by high-profile mass shootings. And though exit polls indicated that abortion rights and inflation were the top motivating … [Read more...] about Guns on the ballot: How mixed midterm results will affect firearm policy
Republicans pick McCarthy as US House speaker nominee
Published by AFPWashington (AFP) - Top US Republican Kevin McCarthy was chosen Tuesday as his party's leader in the House of Representatives -- putting him in prime position to become speaker if his camp reclaims control of the chamber as expected. "The era of one-party Democrat rule is over, said the 57-year-old congressman from California, a senior member of House Republican … [Read more...] about Republicans pick McCarthy as US House speaker nominee
Peace of Mind
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Biden meets Xi from a modest position of strength following midterms
Joe Biden will meet his redoubtable adversary China’s Xi Jinping today for the first time as President from a modest position of strength following the unexpected endorsement from American voters in the mid-term elections. His banner has risen partly because he scored the best results for an incumbent President’s party in over two decades. But the trust he needs from his … [Read more...] about Biden meets Xi from a modest position of strength following midterms
Who Is the Georgia ‘Spoiler’ and What Now? (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Having garnered a little more than two percent of the vote (around 81,000 votes) in the Georgia U.S. senatorial race, the two run-off candidates would love to get the support or endorsement of the Libertarian candidate, Chase Oliver. However, thus far, Oliver has been reluctant to endorse either of the candidates, expressing the philosophy that “voters know best” … [Read more...] about Who Is the Georgia ‘Spoiler’ and What Now? (UPDATED)
THERE ONCE WAS A CON MAN NAMED TRUMP
Democrats close in on Senate majority
Published by AFPWashington (AFP) - Joe Biden’s Democrats were just one seat away Saturday from securing a remarkable midterm election result by retaining control of the US Senate. Midterms traditionally deliver a rejection of the party in power and with inflation surging and Biden’s popularity in the doldrums, Republicans had been expecting to ride a mighty "red wave" and … [Read more...] about Democrats close in on Senate majority
The Ramblings of a Pissed-Off Third Grader
Hot off the Mar-a-Lago press: NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just … [Read more...] about The Ramblings of a Pissed-Off Third Grader
Trump’s Black Eye
Murdock Media to Trump: Drop Dead With a Vengeance
It has been no big scecret that conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch doesn't like Donald Trump. It came to a head in 2016 when then-candidate-for-the-Republican nomination Trump boycotted a Fox News debate. But in the end Murdoch, knowing Trump meant big biz bucks and that their interests converged, went all in for Trump. Fox News became solid Trumpist. So did Murdoch-owned … [Read more...] about Murdock Media to Trump: Drop Dead With a Vengeance
Quote of the Day: MAGA, Boomers and Fox News
The MAGA movement, based on aging white boomer victimhood is a bell curve. That bell curve has peaked for the simple reason that boomers, of which I am one, are dying off. -Boomers were wholly unprepared for the blunt manipulations of Fox News, in bundled cable of the 90s— Mark Greene (@RemakingManhood) November 9, 2022 … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: MAGA, Boomers and Fox News
Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue
Jim Marchant, Republican candidate for Nevada secretary of state, arrives at a rally in Henderson on Nov. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Thom Reilly, Arizona State University Midterm voters in six states – Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont – appear to have rejected extremist secretary of state candidates who … [Read more...] about Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue
THE MORNING AFTER MIDTERMS 22
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AMERICA’S POST-MIDTERM FORECAST: SUNNIER THAN WE DARED TO DREAM
Those of us who love America for its traditional democratic values are exhaling sighs of relief, because – lo and behold – it turns out that the midterm elections’ purported “red wave” turned out to be somewhere between a ripple and a trickle. We won’t have full clarity for a few days or even weeks – control of the House and Senate currently hang in the balance – but what we … [Read more...] about AMERICA’S POST-MIDTERM FORECAST: SUNNIER THAN WE DARED TO DREAM
In first nationwide election since Roe was overturned, voters opt to protect abortion access
Voters in Michigan said ‘yes’ to Prop 3, a ballot protecting abortion rights. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University The first major election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade saw abortion rights on the ballot in a record number of states. The outcomes of these initiatives … [Read more...] about In first nationwide election since Roe was overturned, voters opt to protect abortion access
Red Wave (Cartoon)
Mid term elections: Americans not ready to (yet) alter democracy (Includes Twitter roundup)
American voters have spoken. They aren't ready to get rid of the traditional American political phonebooth just yet. Truth about who won the last Presidential election matters. The youth vote and young activists getting out the vote matter. Abortion matters. Women voters matter. Inflation matters. Quality candidates matter. Coaltion building matters. The red wave predicted … [Read more...] about Mid term elections: Americans not ready to (yet) alter democracy (Includes Twitter roundup)
Voting on Cultural Issues Instead of Economic needs
An attendee's sign reading "Vote" is pictured during a campaign event for Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto with former US President Barack Obama, ahead of the US midterm elections in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 1, 2022. (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)[/caption]Overall, Republican dominated … [Read more...] about Voting on Cultural Issues Instead of Economic needs
FIRING DEMOCRACY (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)
I still think the most important issue in this election is saving democracy. I try not to be a one-issue voter as I am concerned about inflation, high gas prices, crime, the economy, the budget, climate change, human and civil rights, etc, etc. But will any of that matter when we lose the power to choose our leaders? What happens when legislators choose legislators? What … [Read more...] about FIRING DEMOCRACY (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)