by Jim Heath | Nov 19, 2020 | 2020, Coup, Headlines
Only in a banana Republic do you expect the defeated president to attempt to buy off or threaten his way into victory after losing decisively. But that’s what authoritarian wannabe Donald Trump is doing. Trump has invited the leaders of Michigan’s...
by Jim Heath | Nov 17, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Kamala Harris
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was greeted on the Senate floor today with fist-bumps and congratulations by some of the same Republicans who have publicly denied she and President-elect Joe Biden have won the election. Reporters on Capitol Hill, along with...
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 | Oct 13, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
As Joe Biden edges closer to the White House, Donald Trump and his institutional attack dogs—a reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee—are escalating their efforts to portray the former vice president as cognitively deficient. Republicans for decades...
by Jim Heath | Oct 13, 2020 | 2020, Congress, Democrats, GOP, Headlines
The Cook Political Report updated its Senate forecast Tuesday saying Democrats are likely to gain between two and seven seats in the November election. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority, so the best-case scenario for the party looks to be holding onto...