Short Take Politics

Mic debate goes live

Last time, in the Presidential debate between Statler and Hilton, the crank old men had their mics muted when not speaking lest the orange man have unpresidential outbursts. This time, it is up for debate. Prosecutor v. Felon would be more entertaining with live mics. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/26/kamala-harris-donald-trump-debate-abc-microphones-00176294

Hillary won 2016 popular vote

The MAGA crowd loves to say their guy won the 2016 popular vote against Hillary only it is not true. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2016

Voting laws get tougher

Nothing says “stop election fraud” like passing new laws to make it harder for the people against your side to vote even though there is no credible evidence of election fraud. Hmmm. Why the new laws then . . .? https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-rou…

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