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Civic Media: US Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Refuses To Concede, Says He Is Weighing Options On Potential Challenges
US Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Refuses To Concede, Says He Is Weighing Options On Potential Challenges Democratic Incumbent Tammy Baldwin…
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The Morning Call: We should celebrate last week’s jump in voter turnout May 24, 2021 | Ari Mittleman | The Morning Call As the dust settles from Tuesday’s primary, all Pennsylvanians, regardless of party, should celebrate the turnout being much higher than in past “off year” elections. This was due in large part to the…
The Morning CallMay 24, 2021
One of the several wars left over by the Trump administration and the recent 2020 election is the explosion of initiatives, largely in red State legislatures, to restrict voting by limiting or eliminating absentee or mail-in ballots, requiring multiple identification documents, restricting voting hours and days, and generally discouraging people from voting. This is the…
Gary HartMarch 26, 2021
The Big Lie Exception to the Filibuster Rule | Opinion March 24, 2021 | Dick Gephardt, Timothy E. Wirth and Tom Rogers | Newsweek Protecting American's right to vote is shaping up to be the central civil rights battle of the Biden presidency, and the massive effort to suppress that right needs to be addressed…
NewsweekMarch 24, 2021
Rule by Emergency Powers By Liza Goitein The history of tyranny is the history of emergency powers. Perhaps the most infamous example is Adolf Hitler’s invocation of emergency powers to dissolve the German legislature and destroy the German Republic. I want to thank my good friend and salon member Tim Wirth for sounding the emergency…
Liza GoiteinMarch 13, 2021
Investigate Him A criminal investigation probing the president’s actions leading up to the January 6 attack on the Capitol is more than warranted. January 13, 2021 | Mary McCord | The Atlantic Much of the discussion right now about how to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his role in the attack on the Capitol…
The AtlanticJanuary 13, 2021
Former U.S. Congressmen On Fragility Of Democracy And How To Save Ours January 13, 2021 | Bill Nigut, Emilia Brock and Sam Bermas-Dawes | Political Rewind Authors interview Former Sen. Gary Hart and former U.S. Rep. Richard “Dick” Gephardt regarding the state of our democratic institution and how fragile the American experiment in democracy is.…
Political RewindJanuary 13, 2021
A 10 Point Guide to the Prosecution of Donald Trump | Opinion January 12, 2021 | Tom Rogers | Newsweek It is not too soon to discuss the prosecution of Donald Trump as an absolute political necessity. How the last nine days of his presidency is handled relative to Trump being removed from office or…
NewsweekJanuary 12, 2021
Statement Of Ian Bassin, Executive Director of Protect Democracy on the events of January 6, 2021 January 6, 2021 | Ian Bassin | Protect Democracy Ian Bassin discusses how Donald Trump should be held responsible for the storming of the Capital on January 6th. In response, Trump should be impeached and barred from holding a…
Protect DemocracyJanuary 6, 2021
A Path to Reform: Make McConnell a Teammate | Opinion Bipartisan fixes for congressional subpoenas, conflicts of interest and whistleblowers December 24, 2020 | Tom Rogers and Susan Del Percio | Newsweek While no one could have imagined the abuses our governing system would be forced to endure under the Trump presidency, we did learn…
NewsweekDecember 24, 2020
The Electoral College Nightmare That Could Have Happened | Opinion So key election reform is a must December 4, 2020 | Tom Rogers | Newsweek As an observer who spent a lot of time over the last six months raising awareness of the worst way a close election could play out—with the Trump campaign challenging…
NewsweekDecember 4, 2020
Trump’s Legal Farce Is Having Tragic Results November 23, 2020 | Richard L. Hasen | The New York Times Even as the campaign lawsuits brought by President Trump over the 2020 election enter their death throes, many people continue to worry that Mr. Trump will find three Republican legislatures to magically snatch victory from the…
The New York TimesNovember 23, 2020