The Madness of Kook Donald The Madness of Kook Donald
The Supreme Court ruling on Friday should finally have put a stop to Trump’s seditionist antics, but he and his sycophants only amped up the tension.
Dec 15, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful
Despite Biden’s Electoral College win, Republicans are plotting to disrupt the formal process of accepting the Electoral College result on January 6.
Dec 15, 2020 / John Nichols
Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don
He’s planned a hearing to promote fantasies about “irregularities,” and threatens to disrupt certification of the Electoral College vote.
Dec 11, 2020 / John Nichols
Donald Trump Just Paid $3 Million to Expand Joe Biden’s Margin of Victory Donald Trump Just Paid $3 Million to Expand Joe Biden’s Margin of Victory
As states certify an ever-expanding win for Biden, the president’s campaign keeps spending money to confirm the Democrat’s mandate.
Dec 2, 2020 / John Nichols
Wisconsin’s Recount Will Only Serve to Confirm Donald Trump’s Humiliating Defeat Wisconsin’s Recount Will Only Serve to Confirm Donald Trump’s Humiliating Defeat
Trump’s desperately racist and antidemocratic challenge to results from Milwaukee and Madison will reveal no fraud—merely that he lost.
Nov 20, 2020 / John Nichols
Even a Clownish Coup Can Still Hurt Democracy Even a Clownish Coup Can Still Hurt Democracy
As the president’s campaign maintains its futile effort to steal the election, we all bear the cost.
Nov 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer
American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work
Without a practical plan for revising the Constitution, Democrats will be condemned to play by rigged rules.
Nov 17, 2020 / Richard Kreitner
Nebraska’s Last Blue Electoral Vote? Nebraska’s Last Blue Electoral Vote?
Omaha gave Biden an electoral vote. The GOP wants to make sure that never happens again.
Nov 16, 2020 / Ross Benes
The Politics of Joy The Politics of Joy
Just because last weekend’s surge of solidarity and celebration can’t last doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter.
Nov 14, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions
The president may deny reality, but he cannot change the fact that he is now losing the popular vote and the Electoral College by momentous margins.
Nov 12, 2020 / John Nichols