Chaotic Haggling Follows Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes Turkey spars with US National Security Advisor John Bolton as Russia and Iran emerge the main beneficiaries of a messy American withdrawal from Syria.
Not Everyone Buys Story of ICE Divisions
Reading Time: 5 minutes Do ICE agents who penned a letter requesting a separation from the agency want to distance themselves from Trump’s policies, or is this claim a case of media overreach?
Legit-Looking Websites That Peddle Fake News
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Donald Trump is constantly lashing out against what he considers “fake news” (i.e. any story that is unflattering to him). But some of his GOP allies are creating their own websites that truly fit the definition.
Trump’s Decision to Abandon US Allies in Syria: More Than Meets the Eye
Reading Time: 2 minutes Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, which has stunned friends and foes alike, brought attention to strategic American vulnerabilities on the ground.
Best Antidote to Blue Wave? Gerrymandering
Reading Time: 3 minutes Democrats netted 40 seats in this year’s midterms, but the “blue wave” didn’t crest everywhere. In heavily gerrymandered states, such as North Carolina and Ohio, Democratic gains were nonexistent.
Jill Stein’s Legal Victory Helps Pull PA Out of Election Integrity Dark Ages
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has won a legal settlement with the state of Pennsylvania that will put in place paper ballots and auditable, voter-verifiable elections by 2020.
Are We One ‘Trigger Event’ Away From the Next Holocaust?
Reading Time: 10 minutes In case you think a Holocaust could never happen in America — think again.
The Show-Me State Is Showing Us Something
Reading Time: 2 minutes Missourians overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to reduce corruption and gerrymandering. Weeks later, Republicans are already trying to weaken the measure.
Democratic House’s First Step: Voting Rights
Reading Time: < 1 minute The first move for the Democratic House may not be subpoenas or investigations, but rather passing voting rights legislation.
Will Georgia’s Election Be a Wakeup Call?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Brian Kemp will be Georgia’s next governor. His opponent, Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams, has now acknowledged this — but that doesn’t mean she thinks it was a fair fight.
Suspects in Khashoggi Murder Face Death Sentences as US Nods to Turkey
Reading Time: 3 minutes While Saudi Arabia’s monarchy often functions like a mob, Turkey’s motivations to keep the Khashoggi story at the top of world headlines are also self-serving.
First Ever Ranked-Choice Vote Flips Seat to Dems
Reading Time: 2 minutes Maine is the first and only state to implement ranked-choice voting for federal elections. And now third-party voters’ second choice has led to a Republican losing his House seat to a Democrat.
Europe Struggles With Common Identity, Army, as Brexit Deal Reached
Reading Time: 2 minutes An orderly Brexit could actually enable grand European projects such as a common army. Whether that would fix relations with the US is another matter.
Voting Rights in Partisan Times
Reading Time: 2 minutes As Americans ideologically drift further apart, voting rights and voting rights initiatives receive broad, bipartisan support among the public. Will DC listen?
Was There a ‘Blue Wave?’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Democrats captured the House, but suffered losses in the Senate, so was there a “blue wave?”
Porter County, Indiana, Delivers Dubious Election Results Four Days Late
Reading Time: 2 minutes Voters in Porter County, Indiana, were surprised to see election outcomes announced despite 0% of precincts reporting. Turns out election officials screwed up, big time.
Sunshine State Showdown
Reading Time: 2 minutes Florida, the nation’s largest purple state, is at the heart of yet another voting fiasco.
Rational Rant About an Irrational President
Reading Time: < 1 minute Something changed on Election Day, and no, I am not talking about the Dems taking the House. What changed is that now President Donald Trump not only feels he’s under attack but, for the first time, he really is. Now, before you rejoice about that, understand how a man like Trump reacts when under attack. Read More
When Voter Suppression Goes Local…
Reading Time: < 1 minute In majority-minority Hancock County, Georgia, the local election board — dominated by white members — tried to disenfranchise many African American voters and almost got away with it. Where else is this happening?
Disinformation Still Bedevils Midterm Voters
Reading Time: 2 minutes As voters go to the polls today, disinformation campaigns are underway on social media.During September and October, Twitter deleted 10,000 fake accounts that were encouraging people not to vote.“I hear ICE agents will be at poling [sic] stations on election day, looking to deport illegals trying to vote,” one tweet from a since-banned account read.Another Read More