Showing posts with label 2022 elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2022 elections. Show all posts
Friday, November 18, 2022
Gen Z helped to stop the ‘red wave’ in the midterms. The Republicans’ response? Try to raise the voting age
The fact that young people don't like them very much hasn't bypassed the Republican party. Instead of rethinking their policies, however, some of them have decided to rethink the voting age. Over the last few days, a lot of Republicans have been proclaiming that the US ought to increase the legal voting age to 21. (One conservative radio personality even suggested it be raised to 28.) The same people who reckon a 10-year-old girl is mature enough to be forced to carry a baby, reckon a 20-year-old isn't mature enough to vote…
Monday, November 7, 2022
Inside the unhinged midterm election conspiracy theories on Truth Social
In recent days, despite users' apparent satisfaction with Truth Social, the main interest has been Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, and how it might impact the Democratic party in elections and beyond.
Musk's vague promise to overturn Twitter bans has had people giddy with excitement, claiming it could open the door to a glorious era of Republican reign.
"Democrats are not going to be able to handle free speech and the corrupt Democratic Party will fall apart after hearing the truth," one Truth Social user gravely intoned after Musk purchased Twitter…
Saturday, November 5, 2022
'Hand-to-hand combat with the Left': Recordings show Trump-funded lawyer Cleta Mitchell readying for midterm elections - ABC News
Mitchell's reference to "hand-to-hand combat" also comes as officials are increasingly worried about the possibility of violence on Election Day. In Colorado, officials are so concerned about threats to election workers that some staffers have been outfitted with bulletproof vests...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
US school criticizes Republican Senate candidate for repeating false litter box claim | US midterm elections 2022 | The Guardian
Don Bolduc, who is running in New Hampshire against Democrat Maggie Hassan, spreads anti-trans rightwing trope…
Monday, October 24, 2022
‘I’m deadly serious’: why filmmaker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win | US midterm elections 2022 | The Guardian
Moore predicts the election will see a record turnout of younger voters whose views pundits and commentators often miss. "If you spend any time with women, the Dobbs decision struck them personally and deeply. This was a religious edict based on conservative Catholic principles."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/23/michael-moore-democratic-party-win-midterm-interview
Monday, October 17, 2022
Republicans are trying to win by spreading three false talking points. Here’s the truth
Republicans want midterm voters to believe lies about crime, inflation and taxes. This is what they're claiming – followed by the facts…
Know the truth and share it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2022/oct/16/republican-talking-points-midterms-robert-reich
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
What are midterm elections and why are they important? - The Washington Post
The next big national elections are coming up in November. President Biden won't be on the ballot, but the people elected to Congress and state and local offices will have a big impact on what he can get done for the remainder of his first term — and on American life over the next couple of years.
These elections are called "midterms" (as in, they happen right in the middle of a presidential term). Here's what you need to know to understand the news about them...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Pay very close attention to state court contests; it’s about more than elections | The Hill
There is no better contemporary example of the political significance of a state supreme court than Michigan. In 2020, the Democrats won a majority for the first time in more than two decades. "That has been a huge deal," notes Bill Ballenger, publisher of the Ballenger Report on Michigan politics. He expects the two justices up for election this year — one a Democrat the other a Republican — will win, with Democrats retaining their 4-3 majority.
With the Dobbs decision, Michigan was slated to revert to a 1931 law banning abortions. That was thrown out by a Michigan judge. A few days ago, the Michigan supreme court, over the objections of some Republicans, approved putting an abortion rights referendum on the November ballot…
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Opinion | Bill Kristol warns: The GOP under Trump can't be saved - The Washington Post
Can Trump's continued domination of the news cycle, and the intensifying revelations about his lawlessness, alienate a small but meaningful enough fraction of GOP-leaning voters to affect the outcome?
The Republican Accountability Project, which is chaired by Never Trumper and conservative movement veteran Bill Kristol, is betting that it's possible. A PAC linked to the group is spending money to try to defeat more than a dozen of the Trumpiest GOP candidates, those who support the "big lie" such as Doug Mastriano and Kari Lake, who are running for governor in Pennsylvania and Arizona...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
‘They’re getting killed among women’: Skeptical female voters stand in way of GOP Senate - POLITICO
Republicans' chances of retaking the Senate majority are diminishing thanks to abortion...
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Inside the ACLU's campaign to build a Roe firewall
The ACLU is launching an unprecedented, multimillion-dollar midterms initiative aimed at influencing the makeup of state Supreme Courts and district attorneys in battleground states where abortion access is on the line, Axios has learned…
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
2022 Midterms: Over 80 State Supreme Court Seats Are on the Ballot
… Justices for state supreme courts decide whether to overturn lengthy prison sentences, hand down multimillion-dollar civil judgments, hold powerful corporations like pharmaceutical companies and tech giants to account, establishing legal precedent on key issues along the way.
And they're set to play an even more active role in key issues like redistricting, election and voting laws, abortion access, gun rights, and education policy…
Monday, February 21, 2022
Campaigning AOC electrifies crowds as Democrats fear brutal midterms
"AOC's superpower is to expose and shed light on corruption and injustices that have been longstanding," Epting said. "I think she has been one of the most electrifying members of Congress, probably in the history of the United States. And she's a true champion for people."
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Trump acolytes poised to push out Senate dealmakers - POLITICO
In the five states where Republican senators are retiring, the midterm elections could usher in a wave of hardliners who are nothing like their GOP predecessors...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Sen. John Barrasso: GOP aiming to make Biden a ‘half-term president’ - POLITICO
… by toppling Democrats' congressional majorities in the 2022 midterms.
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