Warnock Wins. Ossoff-Perdue Race Tight. Democrats Are Poised to Take U.S. Senate.

by Matthew Cooper January 6, 2021January 11, 2022

Black Pastor makes history. Stunning defeat for McConnell, Trump. Democrats could control the White House and Congress for the first time in over a decade.

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Democrats Close to Capturing U.S. Senate

by Matthew Cooper January 6, 2021January 9, 2022

Close Results in Georgia Runoffs. Warnock poised to be state’s first Black U.S. Senator. Ossoff has more ground to make up. Perdue, Loeffler running out of paths to victory

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Why the GOP Will Remain a Threat to Democracy, Even After Trump Is Gone

by Nancy LeTourneau January 5, 2021January 9, 2022

Buoyed by right-wing media, they have become merchants of doubt, determined to rob truth of its power.

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Control of the U.S. Senate is On the Line in Today’s Georgia Runoffs

by Martin Longman January 5, 2021January 9, 2022

Polls show the Democrats slightly ahead, but Biden’s advisers are privately skeptical about their chances.

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No, Thomas Jefferson Didn’t Rig the 1800 Vote Count

by Holly Brewer January 5, 2021January 11, 2022

Sorry, Trump dead-enders. You should have read that law review article to the end.

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Why Mike Pence Can’t Overturn the Electoral College Vote

by Martin Longman January 4, 2021January 9, 2022

Inside the 1887 law that took the power to invalidate an election away from the vice president.

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What Josh Hawley Is Teaching Democrats

by John Stoehr January 4, 2021January 9, 2022

Can Trump’s voters be bought off?

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Is Trump Making Democracy-Threatening Phone Calls to the Pentagon, Too?

by David Atkins January 4, 2021January 9, 2022

After Donald Trump’s self-incriminating and extortionate phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was released yesterday, many have been left wondering how many other similar calls Trump has made to other public officials around the country. After all, Trump would need to overturn the election in far more states than just Georgia in […]