In this edition: A bitter fight in Georgia gets underway, Republicans try to mollify a fringe that happens to agree with the president about “voter fraud,” and ballot initiatives show victories for marijuana, tax cuts, and mass confusion.
Category: Politics
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Biden got the highest percentage of eligible voters in about half a century
High turnout means more Americans had their voices heard. It also means the winner was affirmatively supported by a higher percentage of the population.
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Fear of losing Senate majority in Georgia runoffs drives GOP embrace of Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud
The president has peddled unsubstantiated claims about the vote count in the state, where he trails Joe Biden, and the state’s two GOP senators have challenged the credibility of the Republican secretary of state.
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Trump threatens more damage on his way out of office, with complicity from the GOP
Claims of fraud, when nothing has been proved, weaken public faith in democracy and undermine President-elect Joe Biden’s ability to prepare to govern.
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After Trump’s largesse, Israeli leader faces a reset with Biden in the White House
Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu have known one another for decades, but their relationship is expected to be quite different from what the prime minister had with Trump.
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Spanberger sparked a debate about ‘defund the police attacks.’ Cameron Webb slogged through them.
Republican Bob Good defeated Webb after accusing him of far-left positions that were not in Webb’s platform.
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As states press forward with vote counts, Trump advisers privately express pessimism about heading off Biden’s win
Even the president’s most publicly pugilistic advisers are concerned about the lack of evidence of widespread electoral fraud.
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The Trump campaign’s bad-faith claims about the election, in two tweets
The campaign touts Trump’s win in North Carolina — crediting an outlet that has called Biden the winner.
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Why GOP superlawyer Ben Ginsberg is bucking his party and blasting Trump’s baseless election claims
Some question whether Ginsberg’s past work on the 2000 recount and other elections makes him a flawed messenger, but Democrats welcome his voice.
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The government’s coronavirus response is now officially a failure by its own measure
On Wednesday, the country passed 240,000 deaths in the pandemic.
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Republicans echo Trump’s baseless election claims, undermining Biden’s transition
The president’s allies have alighted on a strategy to nurture his ego by indulging delusions about the vote count and fueling conspiracy theories that the election is being stolen.
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In poll watcher affidavits, Trump campaign offers no evidence of fraud in Detroit ballot-counting
In sworn statements, Republican poll watchers complained of loud announcements and being “intimidated” by stares.