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Blackburn asks Google if employee who criticized her still has a job
“He has had very unkind things to say about me and I was just wondering if you all had still kept him working there,” Blackburn said.
Biden Holds 8-Point Lead in Michigan as He Tries to Reconstruct the ‘Blue Wall’
While President Trump counted Michigan as one of his most surprising victories in 2016, he is struggling to maintain support among white voters in the state this year.
92 Percent of Trump’s China Tariff Proceeds Has Gone to Bail Out Angry Farmers
“China” is “paying billions and billions of dollars” on U.S. tariffs, President Trump said in his debate with Joe Biden on October 22. “And you know …
Biden has a big lead in the polls, but can we trust them?
You mostly can rely on the polls, but that doesn’t mean Trump can’t win.
Matthew Yglesias
Biden will probably win! But he might not!
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[Essay] Is America Ungovernable?, By David Bromwich | Harper's Magazine
The difference between protest and reform
Fact check: Trump campaign deceptively snips video of Biden quoting the Pope
The Trump campaign's "war room" Twitter account has been serially dishonest, repeatedly taking quotes from former Vice President Joe Biden and other Democrats out of context.
Why Reopening Schools Has Become the Most Fraught Debate of the Pandemic
Popular writers and academics have dismissed words of caution from epidemiologists about coronavirus transmission among children.
The early voting blog
Elections are about many things — candidates, campaigns, issues.
But, ultimately, elections are about math.
Trump Escalated Obama’s War in Yemen
New statistics show that Trump launched 231 airstrikes or ground raids in Yemen during his first four years. Obama launched 255 in all eight of his.
‘I’m Absolutely Expecting Him to Do Something Weird’: How Trump Could End His Presidency
Presidents typically reserve their most controversial decisions for their last weeks in office. Imagine what that could mean for Trump.
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science
The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.
In Philadelphia, it's get out the money
Candidates usually pay their foot soldiers -- a tradition that could cost Obama support.
Matthew Yglesias
Back in 2008, Obama broke with precedent and didn’t use "walking around money” and it ended up permanently killing a longstanding feature of Democratic GOTV efforts.
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The Election’s Big Twist: The Racial Gap Is Shrinking
Racial and ethnic divides? Actually, Biden is making gains with white voters, and Trump with nonwhite ones.
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Matthew Yglesias
By the polls, racial polarization in the electorate is dropping not just beneath Obama-era levels or 2016 but below the 2004 contest as well.
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Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States | The White House
1. On January 19, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effect of imports of aluminum articl
Matthew Yglesias
US national security is officially no longer threatened by imported Canadian aluminum.
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Suburban women have had their lives upended by Covid-19. They blame Trump.
How Trump organized a grassroots army of suburban women against him.
How the Left changed its tune on Big Tech - UnHerd
Once seen as a free speech nemesis to 1960s liberals, the role of Silicon Valley is now more complicated
Trump Campaign Tones Down Immigration Messages That Dominated 2016 Election
A Wall Street Journal review found that immigration was the fourth most mentioned issue in Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign TV ads but has barely cracked the top 10 this cycle.
Matthew Yglesias
Messed up my book marketing by denying me the opportunity to inject myself into TV coverage of the campaign.
But outside the world of rhetoric, Trump has done an enormous amount to curb legal immigration and weaken America!
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