Donald Trump Is Already Accusing Democrats of Stealing the Next Election
Oliver Contreras/CNP/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.It’s only mid-April (yes, I had to check) and President Donald Trump is already accusing Democrats of “trying to steal the election out from under [him].” Here’s an email Trump’s re-election campaign sent out to supporters Friday afternoon: You knew…
A Texas Judge Just Greenlit Democrats’ Effort to Increase Vote-By-Mail
Across the country, state and federal officials are grappling with the issue of voting amid the coronavirus pandemic.Elaine Thompson/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Any Texan worried that voting in person may put their health at risk because of the coronavirus can vote by mail during the…
Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden for President
Jerome Delay/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, making the case in a video message posted to social media that his former vice president is the leader this moment of crisis demands. “Joe has the character and the experience…
Republicans Tried to Use the Coronavirus to Steal a Wisconsin Supreme Court Election. The Liberal Challenger Just Won Anyway.
Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Jill Karofsky, the liberal challenger in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, has unseated conservative Supreme Court justice Dan Kelly in an election that almost wasn’t held at all. Though many states have postponed their elections during the…
Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden, Suggests They Should Play Chess
Joe Biden / YouTube For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Bernie Sanders made no secret of who he was going to support for president when he dropped out of the Democratic primary last week. He called Joe Biden “a very decent man who I will work with to…
The Democratic Primary Is Over. The Battle for the Party’s Future Is Just Getting Started.
Damian Dovarganes/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Hillary Clinton dropped out of the presidential race in 2008, she did so in an immaculately choreographed speech before of a mass of supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, where she boasted of putting “18 million…