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Election betting markets are often more reliable than pundits. Did the site steal user funds? No. Did they lie to people? No. Harm anyone? No.
Election betting markets are often more reliable than pundits. Did the site steal user funds? No. Did they lie to people? No. Harm anyone? No.
Is she an heir to Trump's throne? Is she a second coming for the pre-Trump Republican establishment? She doesn't even seem to know.
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Biden's speech offered plenty of opportunity to present a counter-narrative to continued taxes and spending. Instead Sanders went a different direction.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
What we can learn from the State of the Union addresses by Jimmy Carter in 1979, Richard Nixon in 1971, and JFK in 1963
A big part of Trump's appeal in 2016 was his forthright opposition to military interventionism. His record in office didn't match the rhetoric.
On a ranked choice ballot, voters can rank every candidate in a given race. Over time, that could lead more voters to consider candidates outside the two parties.
The last of the reelection campaign's defamation lawsuits against media outlets looks like it is headed for defeat, like all the others.
Expect a lot of harsh positioning on immigration and China.
The proposal is "about behavior modification," argued state Sen. Patty Kuderer, likening the government's role in promoting voting to that of a parent.
Alarmists are unfazed by the lack of evidence that "foreign influence campaigns" have affected public opinion or voting behavior.
"I think we need to just call this out on the bullshit it is."
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This is what it looks like when a political party's branches start to go their own way.
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
The slippery slope of political fabulism, from the "Jew-ish" freshman representative to the president of the United States.
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Researchers: Moscow’s social media meddling had little impact on the 2016 election.
There is "no evidence of a meaningful relationship" between Russia's influence campaign on Twitter and the 2016 electoral outcome.
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A declaration of independence capped a wild day in Pennsylvania's State House.
The insurgent Republicans want to balance the budget, impose new barriers to immigration, and increase transparency for future earmark spending.
While rising crime created headwinds for candidates who supported criminal justice reform, the apocalyptic storm never quite arrived.
The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
The massive power of federal government attracts frauds.
The final report from the January 6 select committee falls short of proving the elements required to convict the former president.
The leading possibilities include knowledge and intent elements that have to be established beyond a reasonable doubt.
The new legislation would fix many of the problems that helped lead to the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Brad Raffensperger compares President Joe Biden and Sen. Raphael Warnock to Donald Trump.
Plus: The editors briefly celebrate a noteworthy shake-up in the Senate.
After a bruising Senate loss, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is open to alternatives.
We should appreciate anything that shakes the confidence of both major parties.
The GOP will get what it deserves if, as predicted, Trump burns down the party if he doesn’t get the 2024 nomination.
The new ban, which has been blocked by a state judge, so far has fared better in federal court.
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Democrats had already retained their majority, but by keeping Warnock's seat, they gained even more power in the upper chamber to hinder Republican opposition.
And most of them quietly slunk away afterwards.
What's happening right now in Cochise County, Arizona, should make the passage of the Electoral Count Reform Act even more urgent.
The Weapons of Mass Delusion author says election-deniers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert may be the Republicans' future.
Weapons of Mass Delusion author Robert Draper says Republicans need a massive reality check.
Partisan outrage over Sarah Palin's defeat shouldn't obscure the obvious benefits of better voting systems.
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