Meet North Carolina’s Republican state senate hopeful Jason Molotov Mitchell, living proof that truth is stranger than fiction. North Carolina’s News & Observer reports that “Molotov Mitchell’s campaign has been turning heads in the predominantly Democratic Raleigh-Cary district where incumbent Sen. Josh Stein is seeking a fourth term.” Mitchell (birth name: Jason Alexander Mitchell) has […]
The Mitch McConnell (R-KY) re-election campaign is offering “all expense paid trips” for anyone will to go on the campaign trail with him this week and “contribute to an enthusiastic atmosphere” at his events. The Hill reports that in an email sent earlier this month “Taylor Bumgardner, a Kentucky Republican Party regional political director, offers […]
Speaking of the closeness of the governor’s race in Wisconsin, Republican National Committee co-chair Sharon Day suggested on Monday that some voters aren’t smart enough to vote Republican in that election. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal reports that Day said “It’s not going to be an easy election, it’s a close election. Like I said, much […]
Election day is around the corner and, as The New York Times notes, “Republican officials and legislators around the country are battling down to the wire to preserve strict and discriminatory new voting laws that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans.” U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner of Chicago issued a […]
Texas Observer ran an interesting piece over the weekend entitled “Dallas Morning News: Elect Greg Abbott, Pay The Ransom.” In that article the Texas Observer reports that the state’s newspapers have been rolling out their endorsements and on Thursday night The Dallas Morning News became the first major newspaper in the state to give an […]