Political Calendar: Week of October 18, 2020
October 18, 2020
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The Vindmans Strike Back and the Swamp gets Drained in the latest Lincoln Project Ads
October 17, 2020
Targeting both military family and Florida voters, the Lincoln Project has released two new ads designed to reduce Donald Trump’s support in both demographics. The first ad, in coordination with Vote Vets.org, called “American Family” shows Mrs. and Colonel Alexander Vindman striking back against the abuses Donald Trump inflicted on them and the country. In
Domestic Terrorist QAnon Conference in Paradise Valley Saturday
October 17, 2020
Just to be clear: The FBI has identified the QAnon cult movement as a domestic terrorist threat, according to an FBI intelligence bulletin (Scribd) from the bureau’s Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019. Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat: The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that believes in
Trump Death Cult Super-Spreader Rally Coming to Tucson on Monday (Updated)
October 17, 2020
There is a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic globally. Resurgence Of COVID-19 Sparks New Wave Of Restrictions Across Europe. The US has entered its 3rd — and possibly largest — wave of coronavirus cases. Experts say states should ‘pull back’: The country’s seven-day average of new cases has risen about 25% since October 1, with the
Trust but Verify: The Democratic Tightrope of 2020
October 16, 2020
If elections are races, 2020 is a triathlon. The first, grueling leg feels like a marathon itself: win the vote. For most races, the popular vote is enough. For the presidential race, of course, the excruciating math of the electoral college comes into play. Winning a majority of votes, or electoral college votes, in a
The GOP Plot To Sabotage The Economy To Cripple A Biden Presidency
October 16, 2020
The New York Times reports that Republicans Clash on Stimulus as Trump Says ‘Go Big’ and McConnell Demurs: President Trump clashed with his own party on Thursday over a stimulus package to stabilize the economy, calling for a big-spending plan of the kind envisioned by Democrats even as the top Republican leader declared that such
The Women’s March On Saturday
October 16, 2020
The Women’s March will return to the nation’s capital and to hundreds of cities across the country on Saturday. Women’s March will bring thousands of marchers to D.C. and cities nationwide this weekend: Thousands of people will take to the streets in the middle of a pandemic to protest the Supreme Court nomination of Amy
Appellate Court Judge Calls Out GOP Voter Suppression In The Appellate Courts (Updated)
October 16, 2020
In an extraordinary dissenting opinion, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Karen Nelson Moore called out the Republican corruption of the federal courts in support of the “concentrated effort” of GOP voter suppression. (h/t Election Law Blog). Judge Moore was appointed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1995 by President Bill Clinton. She graduated
