Trump Can’t Stop Complaining That a Red-State Democrat Voted to Convict Him
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA His vindictive victory tour showing no signs of winding down, President Donald Trump has spent a good portion of his weekend lashing out on Twitter at Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat from deep-red West Virginia, over his vote to remove the president from office last week. The attacks included labeling Manchin “Munchkin,”…
This Is the Line to Get Into Buttigieg’s New Hampshire Rally
Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg is holding a get-out-the-vote rally in Nashau, New Hampshire, this morning ahead of Tuesday’s primary, following his strong showing in Iowa. Here’s the line to get in: Daniel Schulman/Mother JonesIt curves around the corner and down the next block. And this is the entryway to the auditorium:
Joe Biden’s Biggest Selling Point Is Coming Back to Bite Him
Pablo Martinez/AP For a long time, Joe Biden was sort of the control of the Democratic primary experiment. Other candidates had greater range—they took their turns in the spotlight, they had louder (or meaner, or kinder…) supporters, or raised more money, or campaigned more, or delivered more polished speeches. But eventually they would run their…
From Skijoring to Backyard Skating, Winter Fun Is Feeling the Heat of Climate Change
Samantha Young rides her horse Sly while pulling Cody McCarthy over a jump while they practice skijoring in Whitefish, Montana.Robin Loznak/Zuma This piece was originally published in Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. On January 20, 2020, Ted Valentiner and the other organizers of annual World Invitational Skijoring Championship in Whitefish,…
The 2020 Candidates Got Together to Discuss One of Their Biggest Threats. No, Not Donald Trump.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP The name that loomed over Saturday’s “Our Rights, Our Courts” candidate forum in Concord, New Hampshire was not Donald Trump. It was Mitch McConnell. The wily Republican Senate leader has bedeviled the Democrats for years. He denied Barack Obama a Supreme Court Justice, then helped to deliver Trump two. He invoked the…
In New Hampshire, Biden Supporters Are Looking for a Reason to Vote for Him
Elise Amendola/AP At the full (but not very big) Rex Theater in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, the crowd on Saturday that came to watch Vice President Joe Biden at one of his few campaign events was made up of Biden die-hards, a large collection of political tourists from outside the state, the usual undecided Granite…