Chart of the Day: The Kids Are Finally Turning Out
According to a quickie analysis from the folks at CIRCLE, youth turnout was pretty ho-hum in New Jersey but through the roof in Virginia: up from 26 percent in 2013 to 34 percent in 2017. And young people voted massively in favor of the Democrat: If this is correct, it’s big news. I mean, even…
Waymo Will Debut Driverless Cars Within “A Few Months”
Andrej Sokolow/DPA via ZUMA Driverless cars are getting closer: Waymo, the autonomous car company from Google’s parent company Alphabet, has started testing a fleet of self-driving vehicles without any backup drivers on public roads, its chief executive said Tuesday. The tests, which will include passengers within the next few months, mark an important milestone that…
Voting Rights Could Be the Biggest Winner in Tuesday’s Democratic Victories
Ralph Northam and his wife, Pam, vote in Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday.Steve Helber/AP Brianna Ross of Richmond, Virginia, lost her right to vote at 19 when she received a felony conviction for stealing diapers for her newborn son. Now 53, she voted for the first time in her life in Virginia’s statewide elections yesterday. “I…
Forbes: Wilbur Ross Is a Big Fat Liar
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA. Pinocchio nose by Kevin Drum. Oh man, I almost forgot about this. Remember the other day I mentioned that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is a multi-billionaire? Funny story about that. It turns out that in his financial disclosure to Congress, his net worth only amounted to about $700 million. Forbes…
Woman Unseats GOP Lawmaker Who Made Sexist Joke About Women’s March
Amy Sussman/ZUMA On Tuesday, life came at John Carman fast. Nearly 10 months after the New Jersey Republican legislator shared a meme asking if the historic Women’s March would be “over in time” for its participants to “cook dinner,” a woman and first-time political candidate who expressed anger over the sexist remarks has ousted Carman from…
Danica Roem, First Trans State Representative, Dedicates Historic Victory to All the “Misfits”
Last night, Danica Roem made history by becoming the first transgender candidate to be elected to a US state legislature, defeating Republican Bob Marshall, who had held the statehouse seat for 26 years and has a record of pushing some of the most anti-LGBT pieces of legislation in the country. In a rousing victory speech…