Federal Judge Orders USPS To Sweep Facilities For Ballots To Deliver
November 3, 2020
People have got to go to prison over this. Interfering with the mail, and interfering with ballots are both felonies. And failing to comply with a court order is contempt of court. This was a systematic attempt to interfere with mail-in ballots. And it came from the top. CNN reports: USPS reports another drop in … Read more
Republican Voter Suppression Is Entangled With Virulent Trumpism
November 3, 2020
As the 2020 general election process comes completes the voting phase of its protracted course, I have been left like most of my fellow Democrats, wondering about what’s next, and hoping that the course forward will be in the hands of the voters without undue interference. A column by opinion writer Catherine Rampell in today’s … Read more
Election Day: Vote Like Your Life Depends On It, Because It Does
November 3, 2020
It’s finally here! Election Day. If you have not yet voted, go vote like your life depends on it – because it does. Indicative of nothing, Joe Biden was the first presidential candidate to sweep the general election vote in Dixville Notch since the midnight voting tradition began there in 1960. In midnight vote, Biden … Read more
My Hesitant 2020 Election Prediction: 1980 Upside Down
November 3, 2020
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I’ve had this hunch for months, but have held off going public with it, for fear of doing anything to contribute to a feeling of overconfidence. I suspect others have had the same feeling. I even fought against being overconfident myself. I increased my level of contributions several hundred percent. I spent time canvassing, a … Read more
Barack Obama and Mark Hamill Star in Two Additional Lincoln Project Closing Ads
November 2, 2020
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The Lincoln Project is not leaving any topic unturned in order to turn out the Pro Biden and Anti Trump vote by tomorrow, November 3, 2020. They released two additional closing ads in addition to “America the Beautiful.” The first one stars Barack Obama and is called “The Proof” In this ad, it shows video … Read more
‘Texodus’ Is For Real: Late GOP Voter Suppression Effort Rejected By The Courts
November 2, 2020
Texas historically has been the worst among the 50 states in voter turnout because of long-standing Jim Crow systematic voter disenfranchisement and voter suppression. But something truly remarkable has been happening in Texas this year that could mark a sea change in American politics, if not this year, then in the very near future. The … Read more
Just One More Vote
November 2, 2020
Feeling anxious? Feeling worried? Feeling unsure about tomorrow’s election? We all are. What can you do with that feeling? Round up just one more vote. Someone in your family. Someone in your neighborhood. Your church. Your school. Your workplace. Look for anyone in your circle of acquaintance or association who may not be planning to … Read more
Arizona Unemployment Trust Fund Is Going Broke
November 2, 2020
Howard Fischer reports today, COVID-19 funds to prop up state unemployment fund: Gov. Doug Ducey plans to put federal cash given to the state for COVID-19 relief into the soon-to-be-insolvent unemployment trust fund to save companies from having to replenish the account on their own. But unemployed Arizonans will have to continue to live on … Read more
