Trump Loves to Declare Victory Even if He Didn’t Win. Election Night May Be the Same.
Karl DeBlaker/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.According to an Axios report, Donald Trump is planning on declaring a premature victory if it appears that he is ahead before all the ballots are counted. Because coronavirus concerns curtailed in-person voting, many states, including…
Trump’s Former Top Intel Adviser Has Become a Key Source of Disinformation
Richard Grenell at a White House news briefing on September 4, 2020.Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA Wi For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The primary source of disinformation in the 2020 campaign is not Russia, or any foreign state, but rather President Donald Trump and his…
A California Proposition Could Reinstate Affirmative Action. Why Are Some Asian Americans Against It?
Demonstrators hold slogans in front of a Boston federal courthouse in October 2018 when a lawsuit charging Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants in admissions went to trial. Liu Jie/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Prop 16 in California would…
Biden Got It Right: The 2020 Race Is About the Soul of the Nation
Mother Jones illustration; Ken Cedeno/CNP/ZUMA, Brian Cahn/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.It always sounded hokey, but it was an accurate description of the 2020 election: a fight for the nation’s soul. Joe Biden adopted this as his catchphrase when he entered the…
What to Do If You Change Your Mind About Voting by Mail
Election workers collect ballots from a drop box in Seattle.Ted S. Warren/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story was published originally by with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one…
What’s the Plan If a Natural Disaster Strikes on Election Day? It’s Complicated.
Voting in the Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, after Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Craig Ruttle/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted the approaching hurricane season, which runs from June through November,…