Abcarian: Trump and Vance are angry about fact-checking at the debates. Here’s what voters think
07 Oct
Politics

Abcarian: Trump and Vance are angry about fact-checking at the debates. Here’s what voters think

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Politics tamfitronics Question: When did fact-checking become an outrageous abuse of debate moderators’ power?Answer: When MAGA Republicans decided they didn’t like anyone pointing out that they’re lying.In a perfect world, it might be enough for political opponents to correct each other’s prevarications and exaggerations. But Donald Trump’s entry into presidential politics, with his incessant flights of fancy and nonstop lying, have completely changed the dynamics. While other presidential candidates have stretched the truth, only one has kidnapped it, bound and gagged it, put it in a barrel and tossed it into the East River.In the age of Trump, fact-checking has become a necessary service for moderators and other journalists to provide to voters.Take the first and probably only presidential debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, on Sept. 10. Some Trumpers...
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Abcarian: Why are Republicans making it harder for some people to vote? It’s not just partisanship
27 May
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Abcarian: Why are Republicans making it harder for some people to vote? It’s not just partisanship

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Politics tamfitronics Of all the modern Supreme Court’s incredibly disappointing rulings, gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is near the top, second only to its catastrophic decision to rip away half a century of reproductive rights from American women.Until the court’s shocking 2013 Shelby County vs. Holder decision, states and counties with histories of racial discrimination were required to get approval from the Justice Department — known as “preclearance” — for redistricting or changes to voting laws. The conservative members of the Supreme Court changed all that with a 5-4 decision.“There is no denying,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote, “that the conditions that originally justified these measures no longer characterize voting in the covered jurisdictions.”That’s because these measures were working, sir.As the director of the Brennan Center...
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