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…