The Constitution and relevant statutes say that Congress's role is to *count* the electoral votes. The persistent misuse of the language of "certification" inflates Congress's role and suggests the results are somehow uncertain prior to Jan 6 - an impression some are all to happy to exploit
Americans are about to experience their quadrennial re-introduction to the creaky machinery we call the "Electoral College," and so I renew my pledge to journalists: Please stop describing Congress's role in the process as "certifying" the results!
The appeal comes as former president Donald Trump lays the groundwork to again challenge the outcome of the vote should he lose his bid to return to the White House.
The fact that none of the numbers seemed to add up was a source of comfort to me back when Biden was trailing badly in the polls, and it continues to be one now with the polls almost tied
every poll right now is like: Swing State (n=2,343) Prop 2 (Abortion rights) Approve 71% Reject 25% “Donald Trump has called people like me 'vermin' in the past month" Yes 65% No 29% 🔵 Harris: 47% (+1) 🔴 Trump: 46%
Calling it a "crisis" when a lot of people are lined up at a border, which is what tends to happen at borders, is an editorial choice. www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-gue...
Serwer blamed the media’s coverage of the immigration in defense of Harris’s “not addressing” border issues directly, taking aim at MSNBC B-roll.
The default answer to everything for MAGA is violence. That's how it's going to be when Trump wins.
Things did not go so well for these Main Line farmers.
"no seriously, you should vote for Harris tho" published one time in September is not a substitute for the politics desk shitting all over the race in order to help Trump in 30 stories a week!
had someone reply to my "the NYT wants Trump to win" by linking their (good!) endorsement of Harris today. ok! now find it on the front page. then compare to the second image. which stories get *sustained attention* (controlled by placement, push notifications etc) is what matters
