Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio; photo, left), 38, is a first-term member of Congress, having been initially elected in 2022. She is running for re-election. Sykes comes from an Akron political family (see her bio here), and has lived in Akron since childhood, except when away attending college. Before Co[...]
Posts Tagged ‘elections’
October 24th, 2024 - 1:53 pm § in Politics
Election hanky-panky begins
Ballots are going out to voters across America, and reports of incidents have begun trickling in. In Colorado “at least a dozen” ballots were stolen from the mail, filled out, and returned. The signatures didn’t match, so the voters were contacted, who reported they never received [...]
October 23rd, 2024 - 11:26 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Do unicorns vote?
“Suppose you are chatting with your neighbor when, out of the blue, they mention their deep and abiding concern that unicorns are being killed by unscrupulous hunters. You can argue with them that unicorns aren’t real, or you could switch to talking about the weather.” Well, yes, u[...]
October 18th, 2024 - 12:32 am § in Politics, Republicans
How much is a trans athlete worth to a GOP donor?
Conservative donors have spent at least $65 million on anti-trans advertising in the 2024 election cycle, according to the New York Times (see story here). They’re spending this money to elect Republican candidates, of course, but let’s pretend it’s being spent to keep trans athlet[...]
October 17th, 2024 - 12:46 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Suspicion ≠ Fact
This is so obvious, so basic, we should be able to agree on it. A mere suspicion isn’t a fact; and disputed facts require proof. That’s how our legal system works, and that’s how most people conduct their daily affairs. A partisan election board’s paranoia about voting fraud shouldn’t be g[...]
Vance embraces Trump’s Big Lie
After dancing around the question at the October 1 debate, and for weeks afterward, J. D. Vance finally answered it. He said: “I think there are serious problems in 2020. So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use.” (Read story here.) Vance, in his own word[...]
September 21st, 2024 - 12:28 am § in Politics, Republicans
Republicans don’t like elections
They’re suing to purge voter rolls. CNN reports, “As of Tuesday, at least three dozen cases related to voter rolls … are pending in 19 states” (read story here). A voting rights lawyer called it an “assault” on voter registrations and voter lists. CNN added, “Questioning the accurac[...]
I don’t care that Republicans don’t trust our elections
“A fed-up CNN anchor Anderson Cooper cut off” ex-Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA) for defending Trump’s assertion that a fifth of Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballots were “fraudulent” in 2020. This is a fable. Mail-in ballots are verified just like polling place ballots. The[...]
Speaking about “a concern that Americans have” …
Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), passed over by Trump when he chose his 2024 running mate, is defending Trump’s latest election rant. On Saturday, September 7, 2024, Trump posted this on his social media platform: “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of th[...]
September 7th, 2024 - 11:32 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Trump promises to prosecute election cheaters
Trump made a campaign promise on Saturday, September 7, 2024, to go after election cheaters. He posted it on Truth Social, his social media platform, and it goes like this: “The 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and, WHEN I WI[...]