ArticleMikie hates to say it

That thing that never hap­pens, non-cit­izens vot­ing in US elec­tions, happened sev­eral hun­dred times in New Jer­sey these last few years — that we know of. Gov. Mikie Sher­rill announced Tues­day that a glitch had registered roughly 6,600...

ArticleGOP turns dog voter into polit­ical tale

It’s a tale Repub­lic­ans can­not res­ist telling: Cali­for­nia mailed a bal­lot to a dog in Orange County and the dog suc­cess­fully voted in the 2021 statewide recall elec­tion. Steve Hilton, the Repub­lican can­did­ate for gov­ernor, told the story...

ArticlePlat­ner replace­ment known for his tem­per

Troy Jack­son, a power­ful Maine legis­lator now run­ning for Sen­ate, once angrily threw a water bottle in a meet­ing after he couldn’t per­suade a law­maker to vote his way. He yelled at another law­maker, prompt­ing her to post on social media that...

ArticleCourt over­turns order releas­ing stu­dent act­iv­ist

NEW YORK – A U.S. appeals court on July 21 over­turned a 2025 rul­ing that ordered the Trump admin­is­tra­tion to release pro-palestinian advoc­ate Mohsen Mah­dawi from immig­ra­tion deten­tion, find­ing that the lower court lacked jur­is­dic­tion to...

ArticleTrump declas­si­fies CIA intel­li­gence on alleged efforts by Venezuela to rig elec­tions

ArticleSOMETIME AROUND NOON ON JANUARY 20 , 2029,

Don­ald J. Trump, then 82, will, in all like­li­hood, depart the White House for the last time as pres­id­ent. Hav­ing served two head-spin­ning, non­con­sec­ut­ive terms, Trump is con­sti­tu­tion­ally barred from run­ning again. He will leave office,...

ArticleJudge: EPA illeg­ally eased soot stand­ards

The Trump admin­is­tra­tion has illeg­ally weakened national pro­tec­tions against air pol­lu­tion from soot, the tiny particles released by motor vehicles, power plants and factor­ies that can cause fatal heart and lung dis­eases, a Bay Area fed­eral...

ArticleMAO’ING DOWN CAPITALISM

COMMUNISTS are tak­ing over the Demo­cratic Party, openly and swiftly — and the Demo­crats are let­ting it hap­pen. The Demo­cratic Social­ists of Amer­ica’s newly pos­ted plat­form starts with the idea of tak­ing a day off. Who could oppose a...