by Jim Heath | Nov 10, 2020 | 2020, Analysis, Headlines, Trump
President Trump’s tweets questioning the U.S. election’s legitimacy are effective in shaping his supporters’ beliefs on that topic, while his tweets boosted his detractors’ confidence in elections, according to a study believed to be the first to estimate the effect...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Justice Department, Trump
Attorney General William Barr, wading into President Trump’s unfounded accusations of widespread election irregularities, told federal prosecutors late today that they were allowed to investigate “specific allegations” of voter fraud before the results of the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
President Trump’s refusal to accept the presidential election results is being reinforced in pockets of denial nationwide, but the anger continues to fall short of a coherent resistance movement that would threaten to overturn the vote. Four years ago, Hillary...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Former Vice President Dan Quayle, a Republican and the only surviving member of the last incumbent presidential ticket to be defeated in a re-election campaign, said today that it was time for President Trump to accept the election results. The New York Times: “You...
by Jim Heath | Nov 8, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
There is no evidence – none – of widespread voter fraud that cost Donald Trump reelection. But that’s not what he says, and his entire political party is now following him like the autocratic leaders he admires around the world. Even while the last...
by Jim Heath | Nov 8, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden
Now introducing the First Dog-elects, Major and Champ Biden! People: For the first time in four years, dogs are heading back to the White House thanks to president-elect Joe Biden, who won the election over Donald Trump. Biden’s German shepherd, Major, will...
