By Annabelle Timsit, Dan Diamond, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist who is poised to have significant control over health and food safety in a potential Donald Trump administration, has promised to immediately seek to remove fluoride from drinking water in the United States. Trump, when recently asked about Kennedy’s […]
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Conspiracy theories shaped the 2024 election
By Sarah Ellison, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the aftermath of the extraordinary 2016 victories by Brexit and Donald Trump, the Oxford Dictionaries chose “post-truth” as the word of the year. The concept outlived 2016. Conspiracy theories now help define elections once defined by their winners. After Trump lost in 2020, he denied reality, […]
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Conspiracy theories shaped the 2024 election
By Sarah Ellison, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the aftermath of the extraordinary 2016 victories by Brexit and Donald Trump, the Oxford Dictionaries chose “post-truth” as the word of the year. The concept outlived 2016. Conspiracy theories now help define elections once defined by their winners. After Trump lost in 2020, he denied reality, […]
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AG Torrez proposes new legislation to combat rise in mass shooting threats
Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Oct. 29 a proposed legislative amendment to strengthen penalties for individuals who threaten mass shootings. According to a press release from the New Mexico Department of Justice, the amendment targets Section 30-20-16, “Bomb Scares and Shooting Threats Unlawful,” elevating the offense from a misdemeanor to a fourth-degree felony. This initiative […]
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How a New Mexico county pulled back from the brink of election chaos
By Peter Jamison, The Washington Post (c) 2024 BERNALILLO, N.M. – Joey Dominguez stood in a warehouse on the dusty western flank of Interstate 25, speaking over the whine of fans set into the building’s corrugated wall panels. His audience, the last 10 among more than400 volunteers Dominguez had trained to work the upcoming election, […]
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How a New Mexico county pulled back from the brink of election chaos
By Peter Jamison, The Washington Post (c) 2024 BERNALILLO, N.M. – Joey Dominguez stood in a warehouse on the dusty western flank of Interstate 25, speaking over the whine of fans set into the building’s corrugated wall panels. His audience, the last 10 among more than400 volunteers Dominguez had trained to work the upcoming election, […]
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The 7 most likely scenarios for Election Day
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 It’s almost Election Day, and if you think you know what’s about to happen, you’re either deluded or much smarter than I am. The Washington Post’s polling averages show that all seven swing states are separated by two points or less. That means if things move only […]
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The 7 most likely scenarios for Election Day
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 It’s almost Election Day, and if you think you know what’s about to happen, you’re either deluded or much smarter than I am. The Washington Post’s polling averages show that all seven swing states are separated by two points or less. That means if things move only […]
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What the Justice Department in a Harris administration could look like
By Perry Stein, Tyler Pager, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When President Joe Biden picked Merrick Garland to be attorney general in 2021, he handed the longtime federal judge a mandate to restore norms and trust in a Justice Department roiled by the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump. Nearly four years later, an attorney general in […]
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What the Justice Department in a Harris administration could look like
By Perry Stein, Tyler Pager, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When President Joe Biden picked Merrick Garland to be attorney general in 2021, he handed the longtime federal judge a mandate to restore norms and trust in a Justice Department roiled by the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump. Nearly four years later, an attorney general in […]