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Tuesday’s Down-Ticket Elections Are the Most Important in Generations
It’s not always about the top of the ticket. This year, of all years, is looking to prove that out.
Is Trump Trying to Suppress Votes by Saying He’ll Disregard Election Results?
Securing our elections and ending voter suppression is just the initial foundation for the work we have ahead of us.
Kavanaugh Issues Ominous Opinion Regurgitating Trump Mail-In Ballot Lies
The Supreme Court barred Wisconsin from extending its Election Day deadline for the arrival of absentee ballots.
Trump Aims to Convince Supporters That a Loss Means Election Is “Rigged”
Trump's been telling his fans for weeks that there's no way he can lose. So they're primed for a vicious backlash.
Get Ready for the Eight Longest Days of Our Lives
The state of play is far weirder and more perilous now than it ever was in 2016.
Organizers Are Gearing Up to Resist Far Right Intimidation at Polls
Progressive groups are preparing for the possibility of pre- and post-election far right violence.
Arm Wrestling Authoritarianism: The Homestretch
What will the next week be like?
Pence Was Exposed to COVID From Top Aide. He Plans to Keep Campaigning Anyway.
CDC guidelines call for a 14-day quarantine after exposure, but the vice president has chosen to endanger lives instead.
Silicon Valley Campaign Cash Complicates Democrats’ Plan to Break Up Tech Giants
Democratic candidates in key Senate races are outraising their GOP counterparts in campaign cash from the tech industry.
Puerto Rico Debt Vultures Give Big to Candidates to Influence Fiscal Board Picks
While Biden has received far more than Trump, McConnell significantly surpassed Pelosi in donations from debt vultures.