Rick’s Opeds and Commentaries, 2024
Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024
Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024
Why the “Blue Shift” Everyone Seems to Have Forgotten … Continue reading
“Protracted GOP speaker fight could complicate Electoral College count”
Roll Call:
Lingering ill will among House Republicans after another messy spending fight could complicate Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid to retain the House gavel — and potentially the Jan. 6 formalizing of Donald Trump’s election victory.
As president of the… Continue reading
“Experts: Trump’s use of consumer fraud law to sue Des Moines Register unlikely to succeed”
Des Moines Register:
Legal experts representing different ends of the political spectrum say the recent lawsuit by President-elect Donald Trump against the Des Moines Register is based on a strained interpretation of Iowa law and is unlikely to find success… Continue reading
“This company rates news sites’ credibility. The right wants it stopped.”
WaPo:
When veteran newsmen L. Gordon Crovitz and Steven Brill started their news site rating company, they were prepared for the inevitable cries of bias from both sides.
What they didn’t anticipate was that NewsGuard, their company of some… Continue reading
“Here’s why business leaders are spending big on Trump’s inaugural committee”
CNBC:
Top CEOs and their companies are pledging to donate millions of dollars to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, as they seek to get on his good side and make inroads before he takes office.
Some of the planned … Continue reading
“Stein and Cooper go to court to challenge GOP shift of elections power to NC auditor”
News and Observer:
Incoming Gov. Josh Stein and Gov. Roy Cooper sought to expand a lawsuit on Monday to challenge a new wide-ranging law passed by the GOP-led legislature earlier this month that removes power from incoming Democratic officeholders.
Cooper… Continue reading
“A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme”
ProPublica:
Months before voters went to the polls in November, a group of election skeptics based in North Carolina gathered on a call and discussed what actions to take if they doubted any of the results.
One of the ideas… Continue reading
California: “Orange County GOP pushes back on ‘false claims of voter fraud'”
LAT:
The Republican Party of Orange County has forcefully swatted down unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2024 election, debunking allegations that went viral after Democrats flipped a hotly contested congressional seat.
In a county home to some of… Continue reading
“A Pro-Trump Group’s Risky Bet on Infrequent Voters Seems to Have Paid Off”
NYT:
Heading into the 2024 election, the conservative group Turning Point Action made a risky and expensive bet as it tried to fix Republicans’ early-voting problem: It zeroed in on infrequent voters who seemed to lean to the right.… Continue reading
“Racial Turnout Gap Grew in Georgia — Again”
Brennan Center:
Over the past 15 years, the racial turnout gap in the United States has grown dramatically. A good deal of the widening gap — but by no means all of it — can be attributed to… Continue reading
“Can Trump pull a Nixon?: The new president can help end the outdated Electoral College”
Jerry Goldfeder NY Daily News oped:
It hasn’t been reported how Donald Trump celebrated his official election this week, but I have an idea how he should mark the occasion. He should take a leaf out of President Richard Nixon’s… Continue reading
“Rep. Kay Granger confirms she has ‘unforeseen health challenges’ but denies report she is in Memory Care”
CBS News:
The congressional office of Republican Rep. Kay Granger of Texas denied she is in a memory care facility after a report in the Dallas Express said she has not been in Washington in months and that she had… Continue reading
Pennsylvania: “Delaware County prosecutors allege paid canvasser tried to register dead people to vote in the 2024 election”
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Delaware County prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Collingdale woman who they say repeatedly tried to submit voter registration forms for dead people and against an elderly man who cast ballots in both Florida and Pennsylvania last month.… Continue reading