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Democracy & Government
  • Letters From an American
    Democracy Abandoned
    December 11, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Democrat Biden won the election by more than 7 million votes and by 306 to 232 electoral votes. Trump has lost 55 of the 56 court cases he has brought to change the election’s outcome, and all 50 states have certified their election results. This election is not close; attempts to overturn it reject the central concept of democracy: that voters choose their leaders.

  • Letters From an American
    Trump Tweets "OVERTURN"
    December 10, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The White House appears to be trying to sabotage the Biden administration not only by keeping the Biden team from information it needs, but by tying its hands and slowing it down.

  • Letters From an American
    Tossing a Spanner in the Works and Poisoning the Well
    December 9, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    With the pandemic, the failing economy, and the Republicans’ unwillingness to recognize his presidency, Biden is facing an unprecedented crisis. But he definitely knows how Washington works.

  • Justice
    Jim Zirin On Trump's Favorite Tactic: Lawsuits
    December 9, 2020
    | Kristin Miller

    Jim Zirin gives us his expertise on the what could happed to the President and his staff after the transition. Meanwhile, Trump has continued his phone calls to swing state governors asking for them to reverse the electors position, and thus, the citizens' vote

  • Letters From an American
    Fighting COVID Should Not Be A Partisan Issue
    December 8, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Despite the coronavirus crisis, the Trump administration continues to put its energy into trying to overturn the 2020 election.
  • Democracy & Government
    Unsanitized: Key Senate Democrats May Agree to McConnell’s Corporate Immunity Measure
    December 7, 2020
    | David Dayen
    Sens. Warner, Manchin, and Shaheen are conceding to McConnell’s expansive language, sources indicate.
  • Fight to Vote
    Runoff Elections in Georgia Are Disasters for Democrats. Here’s Why This Time Is Different.
    December 7, 2020
    | Ari Berman

    That electorate—along with the organizing that spurred it—is now giving Democrats hope that Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff can win runoff elections for the US Senate on January 5, races that would have seemed almost unwinnable in past years. 

  • Health & Science
    The Freakout About Giving COVID Vaccines to Prisoners Has Already Begun
    December 7, 2020
    | Madison Pauly

    As the arrival of the first COVID vaccines approaches, a political backlash has been brewing over the idea that inoculating people behind bars should be a priority.

  • Letters From an American
    Thoughts on the Silence of Republican Lawmakers
    December 6, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    There is no excuse for the silence of Republican lawmakers as their president attacks our democracy. But there might be a precedent.

  • Letters From an American
    Heather Cox Richardson: Trump's Personal Pentagon
    December 5, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    While coronavirus continues to burn across the country, Trump is focusing instead on continuing to contest the election results and on the Pentagon.



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