There have routinely been reports about electronic voting machines that “flip” votes from the candidate one tries to vote for to another candidate since at least 2004, when then newfangled electronic voting machines became prevalent after the 2000 election fiasco and the subsequent Help America Vote Act (2002). Those machines are now decrepit and outdated, … Read more
Donald Trump aka “Spaceman Spiff” (a science fiction hero within the classic Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Watterson) would like you to believe that he has created his U.S. “Space Force.” He has not. The president cannot create a new branch of the U.S. Armed Forces without an act of Congress, and Congress has not … Read more
The Federal Election Commission (F.E.C.,) the agency charged with overseeing campaign finance laws and regulations, monitoring campaigns for illegal activities, and watching for international interference in American elections has been neutered after a several year assault by Republicans led by Obstructionist in Chief -Political Prince of Darkness-Moscow Mitch McConnell. The Obstructionist Senate Majority Leader has … Read more
The DNC formally notified the campaigns Thursday that their candidates had qualified for the debate. Final lineup set for sole night of ABC Democratic primary debate: The final lineup for the third Democratic debate is set for a single night in Houston in two weeks on Sept. 12. The podium order — where the candidates … Read more
Last week, Donald Trump was once again bloviating that “We’re looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship,” he told reporters outside the White House, echoing his administration’s previous vow to unilaterally end the process by which babies born in the country automatically become citizens. The President did not elaborate on what he meant. That would … Read more