NOTE: This week’s podcast was taped prior to the announcement of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. This is why there is no mention of it during the pod. Professor Sam Wang on Twitter: @SamWangPhD The Princeton Election Consortium is pleased to unveil #Moneyball2020. We quantified voter power in legislative elections through the lens of redistricting – and Congressional […]

The following post is by Walter Welch, who won’t be attending any Trump rallies. Consider this president’s resemblance to another leader who loved large gatherings Hello Trumpsters, this is for you. Especially you guys that show up at his rallies these days. I am not a fan of the President. I hate what he has done to weaken the pillars […]

Yesterday was #RequestYourBallotDay while this weekend is #TokTheVote and September 22nd is National Voter Registration Day!  All of these election holidays have one goal in common:  Engage Voters! Trying to engage younger citizens to register to vote and participate in the electoral process is always a focus, especially when there is excitement around an election, like there typically is for […]

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Marcy Wheeler on Twitter: @emptywheel Marcy Wheeler’s website: EmptyWheel.net Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.net: Running thread of EmptyWheel’s running threads on the SSCI Report Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.net: SSCI’S timidity on the Trump Tower Moscow Jack Goldsmith and Nathaniel Sobel at Lawfare: The Durham Investigation: What We Know and What It Means Help Progressives Everywhere help Anton Andrew win his primary […]

As the last days of the longest summer in history mercifully wind down, we enter the teeth of the “silly season”–that time every 4 years when the thoughts of many are consumed by campaigns, debates, and elections. And with the stakes being higher than ever before, the silliness has never been more ridiculous. Case in point: Pundits from across the […]

I got an email from our school’s business manager on Friday at 5:11pm with an “emergency request” to complete a new required training module. The deadline for completing this module? The following Monday morning. As usual, the “system” didn’t allow me to even start the training module–some sort of IT glitch I assume–so I called the business manager, who was […]

Roscoe Woods on Twitter: @BlueLapeer Question for Post Master (from my sister-in-law who works at the PO): Why is the PMG segregating 1st class flats mail out of the mail stream and not allowing the process of the mail on the machines that can run the mail at 30,000 pieces an hour? — Dr. Tara L. Conley (@taralconley) August 21, […]

The question is… why so quiet? There was a bit of a justifiable freakout this week when Ted Kaufman, the long-time Biden aide who is running Joe Biden’s transition team, was reported as saying, “When we get in, the pantry is going to be bare.” This sounds a lot like the kowtowing to phony deficit whining that plagued Democrats during […]

Barb Byrum on Twitter: @BarbByrum Ellie Kaufman, Marshall Cohen, Jason Hoffman and Nicky Robertson at CNN: Trump says he opposes funding USPS because of mail-in voting Adam Clark Estes at Vox: What’s wrong with the mail – As November nears, the Postal Service is facing a crisis that could interfere with the election Jon Queally at Moyers on Democracy: ‘Friday […]

Lavora Barnes on Twitter: @LavoraBarnes Michigan Democratic Party on Twitter: @MichiganDems Michigan Democratic Party’s website: MichiganDems.com Support the Michigan Democratic Party by clicking HERE. Volunteer with the Michigan Democratic Party by clicking HERE. Help Progressives Everywhere flip the most flippable state in the country, North Carolina, by clicking HERE. Took a deep dive into Arizona's elections, where Democrats have a […]