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Nov 9, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ben Davis
Donald Trump has won, and most shockingly, he won the popular vote. Unlike in 2016, which could be explained as a rejection of Hillary Clinton concentrated in the crucial midwestern states, this year he won convincingly. He has increased his share of the vote, as a percentage of the overall national popular vote, in each of the three elections he has run. Who voted for Trump and why?
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Moustafa Bayoumi |Ben Davis |Lloyd Green |Arwa Mahdawi |Bhaskar Sunkara
Moustafa Bayoumi: ‘Between hate and nothing, hate won’So, it will be Trump, after all. The very idea of another Trump presidency is devastating. His entire campaign consisted of unbridled race-baiting, woman-hating and fascist-in-waiting messaging, yet still he prevails. This is what succeeds in this country? The answer, it’s now clear, is a resounding yes. Should I be surprised?
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Moustafa Bayoumi |LaTosha Brown |Ben Davis |Lloyd Green |Arwa Mahdawi |Bhaskar Sunkara
Moustafa Bayoumi: ‘A civil encounter with no overwhelming winner’The first question the vice-presidential candidates were asked in their debate was, frankly speaking, bonkers: “Would you support or oppose a pre-emptive strike by Israel on Iran?” The vast majority of the globe is waiting for the United States to exercise real global leadership and bring, at a bare minimum, temporary calm to the eastern Mediterranean region.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Moustafa Bayoumi |Ben Davis |Lloyd Green |Arwa Mahdawi |Bhaskar Sunkara |LaTosha Brown
Moustafa Bayoumi: ‘Trump was flailing’For the entirety of this debate, Donald Trump never once uttered Kamala Harris’s name, a sign of enormous disrespect. What he did do was try to shush Harris with a “quiet, please”, silence her with an “I’m talking now. Does that sound familiar?” (an apparent reference to her famous line during the vice-presidential debate four years ago), and brazenly state that President Biden “hates her. He can’t stand her.”Harris smiled confidently at the ludicrous barbs.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Ben Davis
The 93rd Legislature under full Democrat control of the Capitol has adjourned – and it couldn’t happen soon enough for many Minnesotans. People are having buyer's remorse after realizing how much the radical left has taken over the Democrat party in both the House and Senate. Democrats spent the past two years enacting the far-left activists’ wish list on both fiscal and policy issues – and Gov. Tim Walz obliged.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ben Davis
Joe Biden’s resignation has left the party with two clear options. The first and easiest is for the convention to be a rally for Kamala Harris as the nominee, as nearly all party conventions have been for the last 40 years. The second is to have a floor fight at the convention, with multiple candidates fighting to win over a majority of delegates. The second option is attractive for a few reasons.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ben Davis |Richard Wolffe |Lloyd Green |Osita Nwanevu
Ben Davis: ‘This was the right move’It was the right move. Joe Biden’s dropping out of the race at this late stage is unprecedented and risky. The risks of a Trump presidency are far higher, though. The president was in a position where winning was incredibly unlikely, floundering in the polls, facing a major revolt from his party, and unable to fix the critical concern voters have - his age.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ben Davis
The Democratic primary in the congressional race in New York’s 16th congressional district between the incumbent congressman Jamaal Bowman and the Westchester county executive George Latimer was a victory for Latimer, and one of the first successful primaries by the right wing of the Democratic party against the left.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ben Davis
The Michigan Democratic primary was the first test of the electoral strength of the movement for a ceasefire in Gaza. It exhibited strength beyond what any observer expected, showing the size and enthusiasm of the peace movement and the danger to President Biden of continuing his current policy of full support for Israel. Organizers of the Listen to Michigan campaign to vote uncommitted in the Michigan primary set the bar at 10,000 votes – the margin of victory in Michigan’s 2016 general election.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ben Davis
Joe Biden visited East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a massive train derailment and ecological disaster, for the first time last week. The problem, of course, is that the accident happened over a year ago. Donald Trump visited while out of office, only two weeks after the initial disaster. The mismatch encapsulates a major problem for the Democrats’ messaging.
