SHOCKING: 3 - You Need To See This

Jan. 6 still has the power to shock. But will it drive voters' decisions?

LOS ANGELES — In a competitive Los Angeles-area congressional district, the campaign playbooks are well-defined. Republican Rep. Mike Garcia is relying on voter discontent about the economy. His Democratic challenger, Christy Smith, wants abortion rights to be top of mind.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 27, 2022

‘The world flipped upside down’: will end of Roe galvanize Democrats’ base in midterms?

Democrats believe a brewing backlash after June ruling will reshape the battle for control of Congress and statehouses this fall

The Guardian - US · Aug 22, 2022

Biden signs climate, drug prices bill into law, another legislative triumph in a moment of democratic peril

WASHINGTON — At a moment when American democracy looks increasingly vulnerable, President Joe Biden and Democrats pointed to their third landmark bill as evidence that American government is working once again.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 16, 2022

Seeing Pa. as battlefield, Never Trumpers unite against Doug Mastriano

PITTSBURGH — A political committee with connections to the Never Trump movement and to a high-profile neoconservative, will dip into Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race, "playing heavily" — its political director said — to convince college-educated suburban voters to buck Republican Doug Mastriano.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

DeSantis wants Jan 6 hearings to get Trump indicted, report claims

‘Ron DeSantis is lying in wait, sharpening his knives,’ GOP donor says

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

Republican primaries show that Trump voters don't always follow his endorsements

Republican voters — even those who maintain Donald Trump was a great president — are not marching in lockstep with him. Many are instead bucking his preferred GOP candidates.

WEKU · Jun 12, 2022

What the GOP’s muted response on the McCarthy tapes means for the Republican Party

WASHINGTON — Newly revealed recordings of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign from office in the initial aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection sparked much political heat but so far appears not to threaten the California Republican’s hold on power nor his…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 22, 2022

New York Times shirks away from Big Lie

The Times describes GOP voters as "impassioned about electoral issues" — quite a euphemism for the fascist Big Lie

Salon · Apr 21, 2022