‘When they go low, we go vote.’
Greg Gianforte
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Trump Celebrates and Encourages Violence Against Reporters
If you beat up a reporter and send him to the hospital, you can earn Trump’s praise. He’ll even campaign for you.
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The ‘Law and Order’ Party’s Embrace of Criminals
All they have to do is claim to be persecuted by nasty liberals and they’re off to the races.
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Is Bernie Sanders Done For?
Even if you think the world of the man, you have to admit he seems to have the anti-Midas touch these days. First, there was his own campaign. Galvanizing to progressive activists and young voters. Inspiring to millions. Passionate, driven, wildly successful in terms of fundraising. Still couldn’t seal the deal in the Democratic primary. […]
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The Main Event: Ossoff vs. Handel Has the Importance of a Presidential Election
It would have been a key race even if Rob Quist had defeated Greg Gianforte in Montana last week. Now, it’s a crucial one. The June 20 special election to determine the next representative from Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District is, at this point, every bit as important in terms of its ramifications as the 2016 […]
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Montana Loss Shows the Democrats Still Have a Rural Problem
The same phenomenon that cost Clinton the election just cost the party a House seat.
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Body-Slamming Creationist Could Still Win Montana Congressional Seat
Greg Gianforte might have enough votes in the bank to win.
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Quist’s Quest: Can A Prairie Progressive Beat the Cult of Trumpism?
What will it mean if Rob Quist can’t seal the deal? The Democratic candidate in the May 25 special election to fill the at-large Congressional district vacated by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been heralded as the sort of candidate that Democrats must turn to in order to regain lost ground. Quist certainly has impeccable […]
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Democratic Resolve in Georgia, Montana and Beyond
Ten years ago, then-Representative Martin Meehan (D-MA) resigned from the House to become chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Meehan’s Congressional seat had not been held by a non-Democrat since the early-1970s, and the prospects of the Republican Party capturing the seat in a special election seemed rather remote. However, Republicans did not shrug […]
