House GOP Eyes Investigation of Big Tech-Aligned Election Grants

A new round of private grants to local election offices not only should be investigated but be grounds for legislation, congressional Republicans say.  As reported previously by The Daily Signal, the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence provided grants to 10 jurisdictions ranging from $ 500,000 to $ 1.5 million.  A total of 24 states banned or restricted taking private money to pay for election operations after the controversy erupted over some $ 400 million in election grants from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife in 2020. The new round…

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Election Integrity 2022 in Review: More Improvements Than Damage

As state legislatures begin their 2023 sessions, Americans should know what their states did in 2022 to improve or damage the integrity of the election process.  They can now easily do that because 2022 marks the second year that The Heritage Foundation has tracked and scored the laws and regulations of every state and the District of Columbia that bear on the conduct and integrity of elections. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) The Election Integrity Scorecard scores the security and reliability of elections on…

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Trump declares redo of 2020 election upon revelations of Twitter suppressing Hunter Biden stories

Former President Donald Trump demanded a new election or discarding the results of the 2020 election, after Elon Musk released information he claimed proved the intended suppression of Hunter Biden stories during that time. The Washington Times stories: White House

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Progressive Leaders React to Current Election Results

Washington, D.C – In response to the current state of the midterm election results, leaders from progressive organizations issued the following statements: “This was supposed to be MAGA’s triumphant night. It turned into a massive embarrassment. While we’re still awaiting final results, the overall picture is clear: Democrats massively performed the midterm fundamentals. Voters don’t like anti-abortion zealots.  Voters don’t like election deniers. Voters don’t like Trump. And voters don’t like MAGA.Trump lost more than 40 seats in his first midterm. Obama lost more than 60. Clinton over 50. Indivisibles…

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The Double-Negative Election

This has become the double-negative election. Most Americans consistently say in polls that they believe that President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have mismanaged crime, the border, and, above all, the economy and inflation. But roughly as many Americans say that they view the modern Republican Party as a threat to their rights, their values, or to democracy itself. Based on Biden’s first two years in office, surveys show that most Americans are reluctant to continue following the policy path he has laid out. But polls also show no enthusiasm…

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