I Spoke with the PBS News Hour About Legal Issues Surrounding the Biden Withdrawal (Link to Video)
You can watch at this link.
Breaking: Biden Out — What Happens Now?
First of all, wow! His “My Fellow Americans” letter may be found here. The key paragraph:
It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek… Continue reading
“Republicans could file challenges if Biden replaced, Speaker Johnson says”
Politico on the Speaker’s smoke blowing: “Technically, Biden has not yet been formally nominated to be the Democratic presidential candidate and won’t be until a vote of the delegates selected to the Democratic National Convention. Still, Johnson said there might… Continue reading
“Trump’s Conviction and Biden’s Poor Debate Sent Big Money Into the Race”
NYT:
New campaign-finance filings released this week revealed the degree to which Mr. Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts on May 30 and Mr. Biden’s disastrous debate performance on June 27 became seminal moments in the fund-raising race….
The… Continue reading
“Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot”
AP:
The fight to keep a proposed border initiative off Arizona’s Nov. 5 ballot is not over yet.
Immigrant advocates kept the issue alive this week by filing notice to the state Supreme Court that they will appeal the… Continue reading
“Alaska election officials to recalculate signatures for ranked vote repeal measure after court order”
AP:
A state court judge on Friday disqualified numerous booklets used to gather signatures for an initiative that aims to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting system and gave elections officials a deadline to determine if the measure still had… Continue reading
“Biden was far outspending Trump — with little to show for it — even before the debate”
Politico reports that Biden outspent Trump 6:1 in June, a “massive spending differential [that] helped Trump’s operation extend its cash advantage, underscoring the vastly different financial and political realities of the two campaigns at a key moment in the cycle.”… Continue reading
“How Democrats would pick a new candidate if Biden drops out, step by step”
WaPo has this explainer, for flow-chart fans like me.
Voting Machine Conspiracies Persist
NYT:
Nearly four years later, zealous supporters of former President Donald J. Trump who promoted the conspiracy theory that Dominion Voting Systems had rigged its machines to rob him of the 2020 election are still at it.
Even though… Continue reading
“Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed”
Politico: “Trump’s three Supreme Court picks formed a decisive bloc to declare presidents immune from prosecution for official conduct — freezing the charges he faces in multiple jurisdictions for trying to subvert the 2020 election and putting his New… Continue reading
“Ohio’s Phantom Menace”
Politico reports that the DNC is forging ahead with its plan for a pre-convention virtual roll call, originally planned to address the since-resolved Ohio ballot access problem: “The Democratic National Convention Rules Committee met virtually on Friday to outline plans… Continue reading
“Biden and Trump Have Succeeded in Breaking Reality”
From M. Gessen in NYT, an astute commentary on where we’re at:
Biden and Trump represent entirely different values and policies…. Biden is right: Trump poses an existential threat to democracy.
But both campaigns are creating a sense of… Continue reading
“Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Someone Else? The Convention Rules Might Decide.”
Jeff Greenfield’s deep dive into party rules and procedures, in Politico Magazine:
Whether or not President Joe Biden drops his bid for reelection amid rising pressure from party leaders, there’s a very good chance that the Democratic convention will be… Continue reading
“Republicans say they will trust the election results as long as Trump wins”
From the Washington Post:
Despite the brimming confidence of Trump supporters, the campaign is preparing them to question the results if things don’t go their way. Trump has preemptively questioned the outcome of the election, sowing doubt in the… Continue reading