Saturday, April 12, 2025

Tag: Presidential Elections

What’s worse than a devouring, criminal president? A deified, raging outlaw excited by violence

Trumpism is not a slippery slope but a mountain avalanche on steroids.

Perfection no standard for re-election

Are we picking kings and queens,/ Or defending democratic dreams?

Black MAGA is still MAGA

Trump's evolving strategy for the Black vote has been high on empty symbolism and viral moments, but distinctly low on specific promised policy benefits for the Black community.

The case against RFK Jr.

Would RFK Junior be just another crackpot in the growing pool of fringe politicians?

US Supreme Court reverses Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban Trump...

The 13-page opinion reversed Colorado's Supreme Court ruling that Trump was ineligible to appear on the ballot under Section 3.

The impending wave of AI misinformation in the 2024 election: Experts...

Experts in the field of AI and digital media are raising alarms about the potential impact of this technology on the electoral process.

What Kevin Alexander Gray taught me

The late civil rights activist and author didn’t let elected officials off the hook, no matter how liberal. He understood the importance of intersectionality and what it takes to achieve progressive change.

Democrats didn’t win—they simply held the line 

Yes, it was a relief that increasingly fascist Republicans didn’t sweep the midterms. But our democratic standards cannot fall so low as to accept a split Congress.

A third of 2022 midterm voters may use mailed out-ballots

Growing numbers of voters will mark their ballots at home, latest data finds.

Election deniers and defenders poised for next phase in voting wars

Unprecedented efforts by pro-Trump Republicans and election officials are targeting 2022’s general election.

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Trump accused of weaponizing Social Security and immigration system to target immigrants and silence...

Critics warn of authoritarian overreach as Trump administration marks immigrants as “dead” to force deportation and targets lawful residents for protected political speech.

House passes bill to shield Trump from legal accountability, restricts judges from halting unconstitutional...

Republicans push sweeping limits on judicial authority after courts repeatedly block Trump’s executive actions as unlawful or unconstitutional.

Trump faces Palestine

The legacies of colonialism and the set of ideas behind that Act of 1688 are still with us and continue to target formerly colonized (and still colonized) peoples.

Revealed: Meat industry behind attacks on flagship climate-friendly diet report

New evidence seen by DeSmog suggests this surge of outrage against the report was stoked by a PR firm that represents the meat and dairy sector. 

This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge

The answer is simple: the economic cost to the U.S. was too high.