Politics

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Truthout: 2023 Saw a Growing Pro-Democracy Movement Win Voting Access Gains – State lawmakers have been pushed to make pro-democracy reforms in the absence of federal legislation to protect voters.

Politico: ‘The Opposite of Politics’: A Conservative Legal Scholar Says Kicking Trump Off the Ballot Is ‘Unassailable’ – J. Michael Luttig explains why he thinks the 14th Amendment should prevent Trump from running for president again.

The American Conservative: How Mass Mail-In Voting Changes Everything – A Republican-slanted article analyzing how mail-in voting affects Republican candidates. Quote: “Mass mail-in voting is not a voting rights matter. It is a matter of greatly expanding the power of leftist nonprofits and partisan election activists to manipulate elections and determine outcomes.”

Bolts Mag: Twelve Questions Shaping Democracy and Voting Rights in 2024 – A good overview of how local, county and state governments, state and federal courts, and legislatures could affect the 2024 elections.

OregonLive.com: Editorial: Fixing Oregon in 2024 – This editorial focuses on the issues of housing, homelessness, behaviorial health, K-12 education, political unity, and electing competent leaders.

The Federalist: Battle-Tested Trump Brings A New And Improved Ground Game To Iowa – A summary of how Trump’s campaign organization has built a strong network of caucus captains to get out the vote in the Iowa caucuses.

Washington Post: Why Trump is winning, as shown in Wednesday night’s dueling programming (Philip Bump). The key quotes: “Trump is famous and powerful and viewed by many Americans as the country’s salvation….[The caucus captain hat] was a symbol that Kim was part of Trump’s essential inner circle. Kim and her fellow caucus captains are, for the next week or so, some of the most important people in Trump’s world, and that hat proves it….This is what Trump gets about politics that his opponents don’t: Voters — and particularly his voters — want to be part of something outside of themselves. Trump has effectively commuted their frustrations about the world into a sense of optimism about how he’ll overcome or destroy those frustrations.”

Remembrance of the 3rd anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection

There were two major events yesterday (January 5, 2024) remembering the events of the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. A news conference was held by members of Congress:

President Joe Biden visited Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and gave a speech on the insurrection and other topics:

This excerpt from the Valley Forge speech emphasized that “democracy is on the ballot in 2024”:

On January 5th, 2024, the Supreme Court accepted the case to review the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that Donald Trump should be removed from the 2024 primary ballot in Colorado. With oral argument scheduled for February 8th, 2024, there should be some clarity soon as to whether the attempts to use the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution to keep Trump off the 2024 election ballot will succeed.

Other resources:

  • My liveblog of the events of January 6th
  • My assessment of the electoral vote count events
  • My remembrance of the second anniversary of the January 6th insurrection
  • CNN: Timeline of January 6th coup (published November 5, 2021)
  • CNN: January 6th coverage
  • CNN: In pictures: The January 6th Capitol Riot
  • NBC News: January 2022 remembrance events coverage (over 8 hr)
  • NPR: Audio timeline of January 6th events
  • Wikipedia: Timeline of the January 6th US Capitol Attack
  • CNN: Joe Biden speech on January 5, 2024: ‘Trump did nothing’: Biden reflects on January 6 insurrection
  • The Hill: Jan. 6 anniversary falls as experts sound alarm over risks to American democracy
  • Indivisible Project: January 6 Day of Action Guide (links to Google Doc)
  • US Dept. of Justice: Three Years Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol (update on prosecutions)