“DEAD PEOPLE voted!” “In Wisconsin, a ‘glitch’ added over 100,000 votes to Biden’s tally in the dead of the night, and ZERO to any other candidate.” Tweets from President Trump? No. A fundraising email from Massachusetts Republican Party chairman Jim Lyons. Taking a page from the man he’s shown unstinting loyalty to, Lyons is parroting […]
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Biden trumps Trump
AFTER FOUR TUMULTUOUS years under Donald Trump that upended countless norms of the US presidency and four days of vote-counting that kept the country — and world — on edge, Joe Biden was elected the country’s 46th president. Victory came on the 77-year-old former Democratic vice president’s third run for the White House, and also […]
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Race in doubt, polling in the cross hairs
WE DON’T KNOW who will win the presidential election, but it seems clear who is getting tagged with a big loss: pollsters. “We still don’t know much about this election — except that the media and pollsters blew it again,” reads the headline over Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan’s early-morning dispatch posted at 5 […]
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Blue wave rolls across state
WITH AMERICANS CASTING ballots in an election unlike any other, Massachusetts residents voted in record numbers, with Democrats hoping that a blue wave washing over Bay State contests extends to the presidential race and pivotal US Senate contests as well as to down-ballot races for seats in the already Democrat-dominated state Legislature. From the home […]
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Trump or Biden? Big impact looms on state budget, health care, immigration
AS VOTERS ACROSS the nation wait eagerly for the results of Tuesday’s presidential election, here in Massachusetts the race could have major trickle-down effects. In addition to the question of whether any Massachusetts politicians might jump to a Biden administration – Sen. Elizabeth Warren is reportedly lobbying Biden to become treasury secretary – there are major policy implications. The biggest […]
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Pence-Harris debate more traditional
THE MOST BUZZED-ABOUT moment in Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate came when a fly perched on Vice President Mike Pence’s head for over two minutes, during which he was calling it an “insult” to police to claim that systemic racism against black people by law enforcement exists. Pence’s debate with Sen. Kamala Harris took a […]
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The vote goes on
WHEN JOE BIDEN OFFERED REMARKS on his primary victory sweep last night via a shaky video live stream from his Delaware home that had Globe columnist Scot Lehigh wondering if it was really Joe speaking “or the Biden hologram,” it was clear that this was no ordinary election night. But you hardly needed the spectral spectacle […]
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The vote goes on
When Joe Biden offered remarks on his primary victory sweep last night via a shaky video live stream from his Delaware home that had Globe columnist Scot Lehigh wondering if it was really Joe speaking “or the Biden hologram,” it was clear that this was no ordinary election night. But you hardly needed the spectral […]
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Biden surge swamps Warren in her home state
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN lost her home state of Massachusetts in Tuesday’s presidential primary to former vice president Joe Biden, in a surprise victory for Biden and a devastating blow to Warren that is expected to intensify calls on the state’s senior senator to drop out of the race. Warren came in third behind Biden and […]
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Simplistic theories won’t beat Trump
THE DRIVING FORCE in the Democratic presidential contest is the near-obsession of many voters with choosing a candidate who can beat Donald Trump. Nearly two-thirds of voters (63 percent) in this week’s New Hampshire Democratic primary said voting for a candidate who can beat Trump is more important than voting for a candidate they agreed […]