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Election 2020
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Commentary: Virus keeps refusing to follow anyone’s partisan script
It ought to be clear, a year into the pandemic, that COVID-19 isn’t fake news and the U.S. isn’t a failed state.
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The Maine Millennial: Collins abandons her LGBTQ constituents
The senator has not explained her retreat on the Equality Act, a civil rights bill that has passed the House.
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Jim Fossel: Internal fights rock Maine Republicans
Party leaders should focus on winning elections, not enforcing ideological purity.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court rejects Trump election challenge cases in several states
The Supreme Court has rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had divided the justices just before the election
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Supreme Court, 6-3, refuses to hear challenge to Pennsylvania presidential election results
Even the three justices who would have granted the case acknowledged that the number of ballots received after Election Day would not have been enough to threaten President Joe Biden’s victory
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Dominion sues MyPillow CEO over false voting machine claims
The company says Mike Lindell contributed to a ‘viral disinformation campaign’ on social media, in broadcast interviews, at public pro-Trump rallies and in a 2-hour documentary about election fraud.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
A Republican donor gave $2.5 million for an election fraud investigation. Now he wants his money back.
The story behind the donation provides new insights into the frenetic days after the election, when baseless claims led donors to give hundreds of millions of dollars to reverse President Joe Biden’s victory.
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Leonard Pitts: Fox belatedly takes corrective action against lying hosts
Right-wing media don’t care if their rampage against the truth is bad for America. But a billion-dollar lawsuit gets their attention.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Georgia election officials investigate Trump’s call seeking votes
The investigation by the secretary of state’s office stems from a complaint by a George Washington University Law School professor.