Black People Repudiated Trump Like He Was a Piece of Used Gum Black People Repudiated Trump Like He Was a Piece of Used Gum
It’s time for centrist Democrats to stop whining about Black Lives Matters protests and start recognizing that Black voters literally saved the election.
Nov 6, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Joe Biden: The Decency Is the Point Joe Biden: The Decency Is the Point
The former VP apparently won a decisive victory, but the sore loser in the White House is not expected to concede. Guess what: He doesn’t have to.
Nov 6, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Dangerous Endgame Trump’s Dangerous Endgame
By claiming the election has been stolen from him, Trump is poisoning Joe Biden’s victory.
Nov 6, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Texas Democrats Thought 2020 Would Be a Banner Year. Instead, It Was a Catastrophe. Texas Democrats Thought 2020 Would Be a Banner Year. Instead, It Was a Catastrophe.
Republicans will now lock in their majority for years to come.
Nov 6, 2020 / Justin Miller and The Texas Observer
Our Fight Can’t Stop After This Election Our Fight Can’t Stop After This Election
It’s only once we’ve won, whether that’s now or four years from now, that the real work begins.
Nov 6, 2020 / Dispatch / Rebecca Gordon
When and How Joe Biden Should Declare Victory When and How Joe Biden Should Declare Victory
If Pennsylvania goes for Biden, he should move immediately and decisively to declare that Trump has been defeated.
Nov 5, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts
While the election remains uncomfortably close, Trump’s attempts to use far-fetched legal arguments to stop vote counting in states like Pennsylvania are unlikely to succeed.
Nov 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal
The Election Nobody Won The Election Nobody Won
A narrow Biden victory offers four years of gridlock—and that’s the best-case scenario.
Nov 5, 2020 / Ed Burmila
Biden Is Piling Up a Popular-Vote Mandate for Ending Trumpism Biden Is Piling Up a Popular-Vote Mandate for Ending Trumpism
Even if an obsessive focus on the antidemocratic Electoral College obscures the public’s rejection of Trump, the popular vote has in fact rebuked the president.
Nov 4, 2020 / John Nichols
Whatever Happens, It Should Not Be This Close Whatever Happens, It Should Not Be This Close
Biden is still likely to win, but polling was way off. Why? Are Americans that terrible?
Nov 4, 2020 / Joan Walsh