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While Mears’ visualization was intended to affirm the plurality of political opinions, to undo the tension of oppositional confrontation that was generated already in the nightly news, the danger of adopting such a syntax of a census–familiar from the Dustin Cable’s Racial Dot map or the Amer...
Javed Ali, a security analyst and former senior director of counterterrorism under Donald Trump, told Sky News: "Depending on who is prefered by [Trump], will they go through the traditional process by which you have to be presidentially appointed, confirmed by the US senate, ...
They will have enough teeth via control of the Senate and House to make the changes to the US Constitution - even to curtail the First Amendment as Kerry wistfully imagined would be ideal Life of the US Citizens would be unbearable - paying full taxes but receiving nothing but apathy in ret...
Trump’s conviction in the Senate could stop indictments from the Barr-Durham investigation, but even a failed impeachment can be used as a shield. Making Sense of the Impeachment Charges by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 24, 2020 | Viewpoints, Europe, Politics, US The three presidents who have...
Indeed, the recession did become a political catastrophe – the 1938 mid-term elections “dealt what many considered a death blow to hopes for further New Deal achievements. The Democrats lost eighty seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate. And while the party retained majorities in ...
7. Senate Math After Democrats blockbuster win in the Alabama special election, Democrats only need two seats to take the Senate. There are three Republican seats in the Toss Up column: Arizona, Nevada, and Tennessee. Senate Breakdown (Last Ratings Change: August 28, 2018) ...
particularly by the Democratic party. And that’s when votes really began to shift. That was the biggest spoiled election that the Democrats have ever had. They lost 1000 seats in the state legislatures. They lost 64 seats in Congress and 13 or 14 in the Senate and the same number of ...
— Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 10 a.m.:Tehran’s shadow army: addressing Iran’s proxy network in the Middle East — Wilson Center Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 11 a.m.:The political landscape in Russia — Hudson Institute, 2:30 p.m.:Financial transparency and nation...
Cook Political Report rating:Likely Democratic. Some background:This race would be the quintessential cherry on top for Republicans, if they manage to pick it up. This year’s Senate map heavily favored the GOP right off the bat — but deep-blue Mar...