Subterms
The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, installing a Trump loyalist as head of the nation’s intelligence agencies. The Texas Republican seemed unlikely to get the position when he was nominated in February, as he had already been nominated for the job last year and then withdrew after Republicans questioned […] More
Jo Rae Perkins wins Republican primary contest in Oregon FBI has warned that conspiracy could encourage extremism The QAnon theory has been embraced by some of the president’s supporters, such those at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in August 2018. Photograph: Rick Loomis/Getty Images Oregon Republicans have nominated a high-profile backer of the QAnon conspiracy […] More
The disastrous numbers produced by the coronavirus crisis in the US have generated a second pandemic, one that will predictably last for just the next six months: the virus of electoral rhetoric focused on blaming an overseas enemy. Whereas the Democrats, clinging to their Cold War nostalgia, still appear to be obsessed by Russia, Republicans […] More
US elections 2020 In an election year where door-to-door campaigning is limited, strategists are having to explore new ways of rallying voters Donald Trump at the White House earlier in May. The Trump campaign has been much more aggressive about offering various groups for supporters. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Diving into the campaign […] More
Ex-Trump adviser Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI Judge appointed to argue against DoJ’s motion to dismiss Michael Flynn, a retired general, was fired by Trump for lying to the vice-president about conversations with the Russian ambassador. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters Fifteen Republican state attorneys general have filed a legal brief telling a federal judge […] More
Wisconsin is starting to resemble a failed state Nathan Robinson Recent decisions have both undermined the government’s legitimacy and endangered the people ‘Courts are the least democratic branch of government.’ Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA A failed state is one that can no longer claim legitimacy or perform a government’s core function of protecting the people’s basic […] More
The RNC is seeking people in 15 key states to serve as poll watchers and challenge the registration of voters they believe ineligible A man wears a mask as he walks to cast his vote. Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP Donald Trump’s campaign and national Republicans are pumping millions of dollars into efforts to restrict voting […] More
Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, the US president’s oldest sons, have attracted fierce criticism for attacking Joe Biden and Democrats in terms most observers considered beyond the pale even in America’s current toxic political climate. Trump Jr posted to Instagram a meme which baselessly insinuated that Biden, his father’s probable opponent at the polls […] More
