Is This “Intensely Political Judge” Holding Off on a Major Obamacare Case to Help Republicans in the Midterms?
Michael Lummus talks to the media about his reliance on the Affordable Care Act outside a courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.Max Faulkner/Star-Telegram via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Six months ago, Republican state attorneys general and governors from 20 states filed a lawsuit in Texas arguing that the entirety…
The Revenge of the Median Voter Theorem
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over at National Review, Henry Olsen has an odd essay. It’s all about moderate Republicans, otherwise known as RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only: Movement types have long been enraged by RINOs’ cool attitude toward tax cutting and social conservatism and their willingness to cooperate…
How Bots Are Hijacking the Political Conversation Just Before the Election
Tweets featuring “MAGA” and “QAnon” are largely driven by automated behavior.Omar Marques/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Donald Trump tweeted about a caravan of immigrants heading to the US border in late October, it set off a wildfire of misinformation on social media. Posts…
Even Fox News Is Rejecting Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Campaign Ad
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a campaign speech for governor candidate of Georgia Brian Kemp who is Secretary of State in Macon, Georgia on November 4, 2018. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )Daisuke Tomita/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Facebook, Fox News, and NBC will no longer run…
Trump Reminds Voters He Is Perfectly Comfortable With Commenting on Women’s Appearances
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the eve of the midterm elections, President Donald Trump appeared to mock critics who have condemned his well-documented habit of commenting on the physical appearances of women, whether it be to disparage or to praise, telling supporters that he will no longer publicly describe…
What’s the Real Deal With This GOP Megadonor Who’s Claimed He Wants Climate Action?
A ClearPath Action ad for Fred Upton (R-Michigan), who is in a competitive race.ClearPath Action, YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three years ago, Jay Faison, a businessman from Charlotte, North Carolina, made a big splash by promising to change the Republican party’s views on climate change. He pledged a total of $175 million…