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All Votes Must Be Counted, or Why Concessions of Electoral Defeat Are Irrelevant

November 10, 2018 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Republicans are now very angry that some races they thought they had won are still too close to call. Being egged on by aspirational fascist demagogues like Donald Trump and Rick Scott, they are now condemning Democrats for disturbing the electoral process. “Enemies of the people” and “unethical liberals” we ...

The Real Trump Victory in Pictures

Joining the Protests

November 29, 2016 • by Roshni Majumdar

On Nov. 8, exit polls sounded alarm bells as Donald Trump steadily climbed to victory. Then, he won. How could this happen? We blamed pollsters for their inaccurate reporting and getting our hopes high, Washington attacked the FBI for bringing Hillary Clinton's emails back on the table in the final ...