Democracy

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Once again Donald J Trump delivered another electoral surprise. It was not the re-election win he had been hoping for but it was a nail biting down to the wire event that far exceeded the pollsters and most pundits’ predictions. Nor was the president’s relative success confined […]

African-Americans

Trump’s Scapegoats, African-Americans and Muslim-Americans, defended the Blue Wall and Elected Biden

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump notoriously said “I think Islam hates us,” and slapped a Muslim visa ban on a number of countries, which he later expanded. The ban cut families off from loved ones in Yemen, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria. Joe Biden pledged to end the ban on “Day one” of his presidency. […]

al-Qaeda

Trump’s Falsehoods about Election Fraud give Aid and Comfort to Russia, ISIL Extremists

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s meltdown on Thursday evening in which he alleged a vast Democratic conspiracy to stuff ballot boxes and steal an election he believed himself to have won, along with the gun-toting, menacing MAGA crowds gathering outside vote-counting facilities, have embarrassed America before the world. Worse, they have given hope to […]

Bill of Rights

Roll up your Sleeves: It will take more than an Election to Restore American Democracy

John Feffer

The Four-Year Rule?

Democracy

The Year 2000 called and Wants its Meme back: No, the Supreme Court won’t Settle this Election

The Conversation

By Steven Mulroy | – The Trump campaign has filed two lawsuits in federal court over ballot counting and voting deadlines in Pennsylvania, threatening to take the election to the Supreme Court. Both consciously echo the two main legal theories of Bush v. Gore, the infamous Supreme Court case that decided the contested 2000 presidential […]

Democracy

‘Rainbow wave’ of LGBTQ candidates run and win in 2020 election

The Conversation

By Timothy R. Bussey | – More LGBTQ candidates ran for office in the United States in 2020 than ever before – at least 1,006. That’s a 41% increase over the 2018 midterms, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund. While an estimated 5% of the U.S. population identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, […]

Democracy

Top 6 Progressive Victories on Election Day — Whatever Happens

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although all eyes are on the presidential election as I put this column to bed, it is worthwhile tallying up the progressive victories at other levels of the election, as they are known early Wednesday. 1. The Democrats are projected to retain the House of Representatives, in which they have […]

Democracy

Training for post-election violence scenarios

Waging Nonviolence

By Stephanie Van Hook | – A conversation with Eli McCarthy of DC Peace Team, a group of nonviolence trainers preparing people to defend democracy and heal communities. ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over the past decade there has been a quantitative growth in organized unarmed civilian protection, or UCP, groups and violence de-escalation trainings within […]

Democracy

A history of contested presidential elections, from Samuel Tilden to Al Gore

The Conversation

By Robert Speel | – No matter the outcome of the presidential election, it seems likely that Democrats and Republicans will end up in court. President Trump has said he’s going to contest the election results – going so far as to say that he believes the election will ultimately be decided by the Supreme […]