A 5-4 majority upheld longstanding practices of allowing ballots postmarked on election day to be counted. But exaggerated fears of “voter fraud” loomed over the ruling and dissent.
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McDaniel, Out as RNC Chair, Learns That Loyalty to Trump is Never Returned
The Romney relative discovers that doing everything Trump asks doesn’t equal job safety. When will Elise Stefanik and others get the message?
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The Democrats Can Help Free the GOP from Trump
On Wednesday, the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., addressed the “Save America” rally and prepared them for their assault on the Capitol. Four protestors would die in the failed effort to prevent Congress from formalizing Joe Biden’s presidential victory. The U.S. Capitol Police suffered one fatality and dozens of injuries, some requiring hospitalization. Don […]
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The Curse of The Trump Moneymen
Donald Trump chose a rogue’s gallery to raise money for the Republican National Committee including Michael Cohen, Louis DeJoy, and Elliott Broidy. Hush money. Overseas clients. Delaying the mail. What could go wrong?
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The RNC Won’t Even Pretend to Support a Fair Primary Process
Let’s remember what the Russian hacks of the DNC accomplished for Donald Trump and the Republican Party back in the summer of 2016. Here is how the New York Times reported on the immediate fallout once the pilfered emails were released to the world by Julian Assange: Democrats arrived at their nominating convention on Sunday […]
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When Trump Told Us to Follow the Money
The president once said there was a way to expose Clinton’s corruption. It turns out to be true of his own administration.
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Is the GOP in the Best Place It’s Ever Been?
RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel thinks so—but it couldn’t be further from the truth.
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If You Voted for Donald Trump, You Voted to Pardon Joe Arpaio
As part of taking an adversarial stance against lies and bigotry, the mainstream press must put an end–now–to the endless, fawning profiles of the folks who effectively betrayed this country by voting for Donald Trump. The folks who gave the former Celebrity Apprentice host the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are ultimately responsible for the […]
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If Only We Could Sue the GOP for Fraud
One Virginia Republican is trying to do just that.
