Truthout
2022 Election
GOP’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Is a Midterm Tactic — But Not in the Way You Think
The proposed ban is a cynical gambit to enable GOP lawmakers to feign distance and appear more “moderate” than they are.
Dark Money School Groups Are Trying to Buy the Midterm Elections for the GOP
Dark money threatens to sway the 2022 elections, from school boards to Congress.
Labor Activists: Senate Candidates Should Support PRO Act or Get Out of Congress
Midterm voters should see “who the real pro-worker members of the U.S. Senate are,” one union president said.
Majority of Americans Say MAGA Movement Is a Threat to Democracy, Poll Finds
New polling suggests that Americans strongly oppose Trump and his far right agenda.
Over Half of Americans Will Have an Election Denier on Their Midterm Ballot
At least 256 GOP candidates running for state or federal office fully or partially deny the result of the 2020 election.
Trump’s Special Master Request May Be Bid to Delay Investigation Beyond Midterms
A former president can’t claim executive privilege against the executive branch for performing executive functions.
46 Percent of Voters Are More Likely to Vote Thanks to Student Debt Relief Plan
The polling suggests that student debt relief is a politically savvy move, as activists have pointed out for years.
“Roe” Overturn Has Driven Spike in Young People “Very” Motivated to Vote
Forty-seven percent of young people in battleground states are now very motivated to vote, up from 38 percent in March.
What Can We Expect From Biden’s Speech on the Rise of Fascism Among Republicans?
There is nothing “semi” about the old-school fascism being peddled by Trump from his island of misfit toys in Florida.
An Enron-Inspired Law May Be a Sharper Legal Threat to Trump Than Espionage Act
Bush walked away scot-free with a nimbus of high crimes wreathed around him, and Trump may very well do the same.