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Many have commented on the oddity of Donald Trump’s huge and illegible signature.  When Trump announced his candidacy,  I was reminded of the time in about 1988 when his handwriting was analyzed by Felix Klein, a world-renowned  graphologist, author and court-recognized document examiner. It was during a master-level seminar that I attended in NYC while […]

Countless critics of President Donald Trump, from liberals and progressives to Never Trump conservatives, have been arguing that Trump deserves to be voted out of office on Tuesday, Nov. 3, because of his wretched response to the coronavirus pandemic. The crisis has killed more than 227,900 people in the United States and over 1.1 million […]

Arizona voters are looking to take out their anger at Gov. Doug Ducey’s response to the coronavirus by backing Democrat Joe Biden. The state emerged as a COVID-19 hotspot by June, when Maricopa County was reporting up to 3,000 cases a day, a month after Ducey, under pressure from President Donald Trump and his anti-mask […]

Novel coronavirus cases in the United States hit a record high on Thursday, as numbers released by the COVID-19 Tracking Project show more than 88,000 new infections. CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner on Friday slammed President Donald Trump for ignoring the record surge in cases and continuing to insist that America has “rounded the […]

According to Politico’s Playbook, political operatives in Donald Trump’s “orbit” believe he is not adjusting his campaign on the fly to take advantage of what good news there is for his administration and is, therefore, “blowing opportunity after opportunity” to turn his numbers around with few days left before Nov. 3rd. Writing “It’s the pandemic, […]

As President Donald Trump stuck to his falsehood-riddled closing message in the final stretch of the 2020 campaign—the U.S. is “rounding the turn” on the pandemic, the economy is roaring back, and public health measures are politically motivated ploys to harm his reelection chances—the U.S. on Thursday reported a daily record of 90,400-plus new coronavirus […]

Journalist Ron Suskind has talked with multiple current and former Trump administration officials who say they’re deeply concerned about what President Donald Trump will do the day after the election next week. In multiple interviews, these officials sketched out a scenario in which Trump would encourage his supporters to disrupt voting in cities in key […]

With just days to go before the general election the nation is amidst another wave of a once-in-a-century pandemic, with a president who has refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power, even if his opponent gets more votes. How did New Jersey — my home state — go from being the “Crossroads of the American […]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough explained what to look for in Florida’s early election reporting that could spell “bad news” for President Donald Trump. Huge numbers of Florida voters have already cast their ballots with five days until the Nov. 3 election, and the “Morning Joe” host said that could allow results to be available relatively early […]

In late November 2017, Senate Republicans were racing to secure the votes for their sweeping tax overhaul. With no Democrats supporting the bill and even some Republicans wavering, Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine Republican, found herself with enormous leverage. The day before the vote, she offered an amendment to make the legislation, which lavished tax […]

In El Paso, Texas, large numbers of voters have been casting early ballots in the US election with many saying that a racist shooting spree last year is at the forefront of their minds. A Walmart store in the town was the scene of a massacre on August 3, 2019 when 23 people were shot […]

From wolves to magic mushrooms, on November 3 Americans will have their say on far more than just whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden will take control of the White House. State flags and control of Congress — and the fate of dozens of lawmakers along with it — are also on the ballot, plus […]

Donald Trump and Joe Biden square off with rallies in key Midwestern states on Friday as a resurgent coronavirus further highlights their sharp differences just four days before the US presidential election. Even with the United States reaching another daily record in new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, President Trump stuck to his strategy of downplaying […]

In 2020, the United States has been rocked by everything from a deadly pandemic and a brutal recession to civil unrest in a long list of cities to fears that violent conflicts will occur either on Election Day or after the election. Journalist Matthew Gault, in an article published by Vice this week, wonders if the political […]

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Minnesota to “segregate” all absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 3, but arrive in the mail over the subsequent days. The decision was a stark warning the courts may end up disqualifying these votes in post-election litigation. “The Secretary [of State]’s instructions to count mail-in […]

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Friday warned of more attacks as the country was placed on maximum security alert following Thursday’s deadly attack by a knife-wielding man at the Basilica of Notre-Dame in the southern city of Nice. “We are in a war against an enemy that is both inside and outside,” Darmanin told […]

With less than one week until Election Day and an unprecedented number of early votes already cast, President Donald Trump’s campaign appears to be faltering in more states. And the most consequential slip seems to be underway in the historically unassailable conservative stronghold of Texas — an electoral prize Democrats have eyed for years. On Wednesday, the influential Cook Political Report shifted the deep red […]

New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use. With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders emphatically endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting in favor and 34% voting against. The “No” vote on marijuana was much closer, with […]

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows appears to have tapped into federal resources to help a friend of his wife’s raise money for her campaign to fill his congressional seat, government records show. The revelation sharpens questions that election law experts raised in Salon’s previous report on Meadows’ possible use of campaign funds for […]

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) gave a Trump-supporting heckler a taste of his own medicine when he interrupted his campaign rally for Joe Biden. On Wednesday night, Buttigieg held a rally in St. Pete, Florida to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee. He crossed paths with a man wearing a red MAGA hat […]

CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Thursday had harsh words for Donald Trump, Jr. after the president’s eldest son appeared on Fox News. The president’s son attempted to minimize the threat of coronavirus. “The reality is this,” he claimed. “If you look, I put it up on my Instagram a couple days ago because I went […]

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is facing a tough battle as he runs for re-election in South Carolina. Democrat Jaime Harrison has outraised the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the race, which appears to be a dead heat going into the final days of the election. On thing that has plagued Graham’s re-election campaign […]

Voters in Kansas were expecting to see the candidates running for U.S. Senate in 2020 on the debate stage on Wednesday night. Dr. Barbara Bollier, the Democrat, was set to debate Dr. Roger Marshall, the GOP nominee and Republican congressman in a match between two medical professionals. But Marshall did not attend the debate, so […]

On Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” elections analyst Dave Wasserman outlined how Republicans appear to be heading for a historic rout that will have implications beyond President Donald Trump. “Dave, I’m curious your thoughts about the Senate fate and the Republican fate and their degree of correlation,” said anchor Chris Hayes. “One thing we’ve […]

EL PASO — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego on Thursday ordered a two-week shutdown of nonessential businesses in this border area to help curb the record-breaking rise of COVID-19 cases that have overwhelmed hospitals. The move comes after Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide executive order allowing some nonessential businesses to reopen to 75% capacity. For […]