The Lincoln Project has unveiled four new ads in the last week that, in case there are still people on the fence, frame what is at stake in the 2024 Presidential Election. The Project released two new ads, called “Fact Checking” and “Trump’s Instincts” based on clips from Kristen Welker’s first interview with Donald Trump … Read more
There will be an ironic outcome of the Republican dogs finally catching the car they’ve been baying after for the past 50 years: abortion rights in this country will be stronger and more firmly entrenched in our laws after overturning Roe than they ever were under Roe. There are two fundamental human truths underlying my … Read more
Margo has been fighting for years to get an initiative on the ballot to provide legal representation for those immigrants in deportation proceedings. Here is a great discussion of the issue on the Border Chronicle podcast. I also recommend subscribing to the Border Chronicle newsletter on substack. https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/people-need-representation-a-podcast?r=ql07&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
This has happened before. Democrats were pessimistic about Bill Clinton’s reelection prospects after the 1994 midterms. He left office in 2001 more popular, thanks to his economic policies (budget surpluses, record employment, the CHIPS Act for Child Healthcare) and opposition to Republican ones than when he was first elected, even after getting impeached on flimsy … Read more
Since the supreme court decision in Students for Fair Admission Inc. v. Harvard, much of the response has been over the top hysteria having no relation to what the court actually said. Many schools, businesses, and organizations are running scared and taking dramatic steps to avoid violating what they perceive or were told the decision was. Most … Read more