Here’s How Different Groups Really Voted in 2018
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Did Hispanics turn out in greater numbers this year than they did in 2014? I didn’t even bother looking at the exit polls for this, since virtually no one seems to trust them anymore. However, before the election Yair Ghitza at Catalist promised a super-sophisticated…
Katie Porter Wins the CA45; Mimi Walters Throws a Tantrum
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t know how this slipped my mind yesterday, but Katie Porter has beaten Mimi Walters to win my home district in Irvine: Porter is now 6,000 votes ahead and rising. CA45 has been officially called. The sad part of this is that a couple…
Trump Tried to Bypass the Justice Department and Extradite Turkish Cleric
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Turkish Presidency/Depo Photos via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Does the name Fethullah Gulen ring a bell? Maybe not. Gulen is a 77-year-old Turkish cleric who has been a resident of the United States for the past 20 years—and who has been a mortal enemy…
Katie Porter Wins in California
Chris Carlson/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday, nine days after polls closed in California, the Associated Press made it official: Democrat Katie Porter unseated Republican Rep. Mimi Walters in the 45th district. Walters, who led Porter in the vote-count until Wednesday, made false allegations about election fraud…
Oops! Broward County Didn’t Make the Recount Deadline After All
The Broward County canvassing board on November 15, the last day of Florida’s machine recount.Pema Levy/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Broward County, the epicenter of the drama surrounding Florida’s contentious elections, just missed the deadline for submitting its machine recount totals to the Florida secretary of state. Joe D’Alessandro,…
Trump’s Pick for ICE Director Appears Set for Confirmation Despite His Role in Family Separation Crisis
Ronald Vitiello, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security committee on Thursday.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As a top official at US Customs and Border Protection, Ronald Vitiello helped oversee the separation of…