apnews.com/article/maine-national-popular-vote-compact-2a345dc04d7e3937c4857577523a3a11 Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won’t come into play this November FILE - Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect … Continue reading Maine adopts law that, if adopted everywhere, would do away with electoral college, effective 2028
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Republicans could keep Biden off the ballot in Ohio and Alabama
https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-presidential-race-biden-ballot-access-67a8da6962fabde0af3923409cf8d1b1 Will Biden be on the ballot in Ohio and Alabama? That’s up to Republicans BY JULIE CARR SMYTH AND KIM CHANDLERUpdated 10:25 AM EDT, April 13, 2024Share COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots, as once-mundane procedural … Continue reading Republicans could keep Biden off the ballot in Ohio and Alabama
10 Senate races to watch in 2024
http://www.nytimes.com/article/senate-races-2024-election.html 10 Senate Races to Watch in 2024 With Democrats holding a one-seat majority and defending seats from Maryland to Arizona, control of the Senate could easily flip to the G.O.P. The U.S. Capitol in March. If former President Donald J. Trump wins the White House this fall, the Republican Party will need only one … Continue reading 10 Senate races to watch in 2024
Are our political views predetermined by our place in the world?
http://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/opinion/politics-intellectual-humility.html When It Comes to Politics, Are Any of Us Really Thinking for Ourselves? March 24, 2024 By Neil Gross Dr. Gross is a professor of sociology at Colby College who studies the social aspects of intellectual life. If you’re trying to guess whether people are Republicans or Democrats, knowing a few basic facts about them … Continue reading Are our political views predetermined by our place in the world?
Editorial Board of WA Post opines on Supreme Court examination of new uses of mifepristone
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/24/supreme-court-abortion-mifepristone/?Also read: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/23/anti-abortion-junk-science-supreme-court Opinion The Supreme Court’s latest abortion case has an obvious answer By the Editorial Board March 23, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT The Supreme Court declared nearly two years ago, when it overruled Roe v. Wade, that the rules on abortion were now up to the states — but as the justices hear a critical case this week … Continue reading Editorial Board of WA Post opines on Supreme Court examination of new uses of mifepristone
Karl Rove describes the seven states he believes will decide 2024 Presidential race
http://www.wsj.com/articles/2024-presidential-election-comes-down-to-only-seven-states-65887e6a? The 2024 Presidential Election Comes Down to Only Seven States Why the candidates will talk about cars (Michigan) and water (Arizona). By Karl Rove to the Wall Street Journal March 20, 2024 5:13 pm ET A voter fills out a ballot on Super Tuesday in Falls Church, Va., March 5. PHOTO: SUE DORFMAN/ZUMA PRESS America is home … Continue reading Karl Rove describes the seven states he believes will decide 2024 Presidential race
Golden age of Jewish Americans is ending
apple.news/AYr0bCy-mQICzdQJxC-HzaA [click thru for the rest of the remainder of the article] April 2024 Issue The Atlantic* IDEAS THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN JEWS IS ENDING Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to bring to a close an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans—and demolish the liberal order they helped establish.By Franklin … Continue reading Golden age of Jewish Americans is ending
Exes who freeze embryos can face huge problems
https://apple.news/AJr0iNxnNQy-R4fPb_HAAEw LIFE AFTER ROE 8:00 A.M. The Exes Who Froze Embryos and Regret It From hurt feelings and debt to legal battles and harassment, risks come with committing by combining DNA. By Emi Nietfeld, author and freelance writer who covers fertility and inequality for The Cut, March 7, 2024 Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photos: Getty When she was 29, Jennifer … Continue reading Exes who freeze embryos can face huge problems
Donald Trump totally clear about his plans for a second term — do you want these done in your country?
https://apple.news/AoUsw9n_HSH6lLggab6h_7w [tweets don't copy for posting] Donald Trump’s Pants-Pissingly Terrifying Plans for a Second Term Mass deportations, large-scale detention camps, political prosecutions, and the end of abortion as we know it are just some of the things to expect. BY BESS LEVIN for Vanity Fair, published MARCH 6, 2024 Nikki Haley is out, Mitch McConnell has endorsed him, and … Continue reading Donald Trump totally clear about his plans for a second term — do you want these done in your country?
Explanation of the impending shutdown and the reasons for it
ww.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/25/government-shutdown-congress-gop/ Deal to dodge government shutdown appears to stall amid GOP policy demands By Jacob Bogage Updated February 25, 2024 at 5:56 p.m. EST|Published February 25, 2024 at 4:23 p.m. EST Leaders in Congress slipped Sunday in their last-minute scramble to head off a looming government shutdown deadline that could shutter vital services at the Transportation Department, strain … Continue reading Explanation of the impending shutdown and the reasons for it
Trump has cash crunch because he has to post bonds or pay judgments for half a billion dollars
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/02/26/trump-money-bonds-engoron-carroll/ Clock is ticking for Trump to post bonds worth half a billion dollars Experts say a cash crunch in coming weeks could thrust the former president’s business into greater uncertainty than it has seen in decades By Jonathan O'Connell, Shayna Jacobs and Josh Dawsey February 25, 2024 at 1:42 p.m. EST Hours after a New York judge ordered Donald Trump to … Continue reading Trump has cash crunch because he has to post bonds or pay judgments for half a billion dollars
Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling isn’t really about embryos
http://www.newsweek.com/alabamas-bizarre-ruling-isnt-really-about-embryos-opinion-1872618 Alabama's Bizarre Ruling Isn't Really About the Embryos | Opinion Published Feb 22, 2024 at 3:02 PM ESTUpdated Feb 23, 2024 at 3:27 PM EST labama's Supreme Court ruling asserting that frozen embryos are "children" will have devastating and far-reaching implications. One of the largest hospitals in the state has already suspended in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments while its administrators weigh … Continue reading Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling isn’t really about embryos
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