Showing posts with label recall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recall. Show all posts

Sunday, September 11, 2022

What's inside the recalled version of Dinesh D'Souza's "2,000 Mules" book? : NPR

The film also claimed that True the Vote used data from the nonprofit Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) to show that the ballot "mules" were leftist agitators. A spokesperson for ACLED told NPR in May, "This is not the type of analysis you can use ACLED data for, and it is highly unlikely that these conclusions have any basis in fact." D'Souza nonetheless repeats those claims in the book...


Sunday, September 19, 2021

“You win some, you Newsom.” (Pod Save America podcast)

Governor Gavin Newsom keeps his job as the Republican recall goes down in flames, Congresswoman Katie Porter joins to talk about the latest negotiations over Joe Biden’s economic plan, and two new books detail just how close Donald Trump came to pulling off a coup.
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Saturday, September 11, 2021

Is the CA Recall Unconstitutional? (Opening Arguments podcast OA523)

Andrew breaks down the state of the recall, the porked polls, and Clark v. Weber! Paffrath still seems to be some sort of Democratic frontrunner, but how much of that is real and how much is poll pork? After breaking down the interesting arguments in the suit against the recall, we answer a listener who is critical of our critical opinions of the recall. Were we wrong? Find out!
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Friday, September 10, 2021

Trump is already claiming the California recall is rigged - POLITICO

…With Republican figures simultaneously telling voters that Newsom's defeat is inevitable and cautioning that Democrats will try to manipulate the outcome — and polls showing Newsom is likely to survive — it's a combustible combination. It also might be a preview of what's in store for the 2022 midterm elections in the wake of Trump's barrage of false claims about the integrity of election results…


Sunday, August 29, 2021

“The Media’s Afghanistan Amnesia.” (Pod Save America podcast)

NPR’s Sam Sanders joins Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor to talk about the political fallout and lessons (not) learned from Afghanistan, Democratic anxiety over the midterms, and the increasing radicalism of the Republican base. Then, Jon quizzes Tommy and Sam on their knowledge of California’s wild list of gubernatorial candidates in a game called “Do You Recall?”
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Friday, August 27, 2021

Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’

…Only 36% of all registered voters want to oust Newsom, but that number rises to 47% when polling likely voters, according to a poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. And a recent CBS News poll found that 72% of Republican voters were "very motivated" to participate in the recall, while just 61% of Democrats felt the same…


Saturday, August 21, 2021

Who Governs the Governors? (Opening Arguments podcast OA515)

NY Governor Cuomo was found to have committed criminal sexual harassment. Almost all top Democrats, including Preseident Biden, has said he must resign. But will he? If he doesn’t, what options remain for removal? Meanwhile, Governor Newsom of CA is facing a recall election and isn’t guilty of any serious misconduct. So what gives? How can Californians be voting to recall a relatively decent Governor, but New Yorkers can’t recall a disgusting creep? As usual, Andrew has the full breakdown! 
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Thursday, March 14, 2019








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