Republicans Rewrite History of January 6th
For Republicans, adherence to facts about January 6th cannot overcome adherence to the party line.
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2020 Election
Conspiracy, Political Violence, & American Exceptionalism
Most Americans express positive feelings about the 2020 election. While Trump has influence among GOP voters, much of the public believes he encouraged the assault on the US Capitol.
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Why Were the Polls Wrong in 2020?
“Whether the candidates were running for president, senator or governor, poll margins overall suggested that Democratic candidates would do better and Republican candidates would do worse relative to the final certified vote.”
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Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy?
Voting rights are threatened across the US and Trump allies are vying to control elections in multiple states. Can US democracy survive the post-Trump onslaught?
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A Return to Normalcy: Revisiting the Election of 1920
When considered against the electoral circumstances that exchanged Wilson, a Democrat, for Harding, a Republican, some of the tumults of 2020 appear to be a centennial reiteration, or inversion, of the calamities and longings of the 1920 campaign.
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Hawley and Cruz Lie Because They Think Republicans Are Stupid
Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and other Republicans promote Trump’s lies about the 2020 election because they think their supporters are stupid enough to believe them.
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Josh Hawley Betrayed His Oath To Uphold the United States Constitution
Josh Hawley is more responsible than anyone but Donald Trump for the attack on the Capitol Building. He has betrayed his oath to uphold the United States Constitution.
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Happy Electoral College Day! The 2020 Edition
According to the United States Constitution, the Electoral College has the official responsibility of choosing the President of the United States. In 2020, the Electoral College has voted to elect Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States.
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Trump Supporters Don’t Need Evidence To Believe in Election Fraud
In lawsuits alleging election fraud, Trump supporters described what they saw, heard and suspected. Many of their allegations crumbled under scrutiny. They still believe.
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Right-Wing Militias are Preparing for Civil War
“Some writers popular on the militant right had been warning that wars don’t always start with a clear, decisive event—an attack, a coup, an invasion—and that you might not realize you’re in one until it’s underway.”
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Trump Lost in the Real World, But Not in Trumpland
“The election is over. But pro-Trump media outlets are helping Trump spin the narrative that it isn’t.”
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The Census, Gerrymandering, and The 2020 Election: A Republican Win
“Every 10 years, after the census, congressional and state legislature districts are redrawn to account for population changes. This gives whoever is drawing the maps the power to maximize the number of districts that favor their party — a tactic known as gerrymandering.”
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Tucker Carlson Is Not A Credible Source For News
Tucker Carlson is not a credible source for news. Fox News and a US Federal District Court Judge appointed by Donald Trump agree.
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The Changing Republican Party
This collapse of a major political party as a moral governing force is unlike anything we have seen in modern American politics.
