Author Archives: Bill McCarthy
A Court Filing Puts a Different Name on the Minnesota Congresswoman
A federal court paper filed this week lists the Minnesota representative as Ilhan Nur Said [...]
Oct
A Michigan Senator Said the Quiet Part Out Loud and Then Blamed the Critics for Noticing
Elissa Slotkin stood at a University of Chicago event on October 13 and described what [...]
Oct
Young Men Are Checking Out of Politics and the Country May Never Get Them Back
Large numbers of young Americans, especially men, have stopped voting, stopped volunteering, and stopped believing [...]
Oct
These Four Posts Map Out How a Crisis Gets Built Before Anyone Calls It One
A researcher has spent the past week releasing four packages of recordings, transcripts, and planning [...]
Oct
Virginia’s Top Senate Democrat Faces Federal Charges Over a Family Marijuana Operation
Louise Lucas, the 82-year-old president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate and chair of the [...]
Oct
The Surveys Missed by Double Digits in Michigan Once and the Same Seat Is a Toss-Up Again
Abdul El-Sayed beat Haley Stevens by roughly one point in the August Democratic primary for [...]
Oct
Northern Virginia’s Biggest County Just Showed How Many Criminal Aliens It Set Free
Fairfax County decided years ago that it would not help federal immigration officers take custody [...]
Oct
Maine’s Senate Race Keeps Twisting and the Numbers Are Still Too Close for Comfort
The fight for control of the Senate runs through Maine, where Republican Susan Collins is [...]
Oct
What the Weekend in France Really Looked Like Once the Smoke Cleared
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Saturday over the [...]
Oct
The Polls Look Bad for Republicans and That May Be Exactly Why Democrats Should Worry
The surveys circulating right now paint a grim picture for the party in power. The [...]
Oct