By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election, election observers, state officials and the media repeatedly articulated that results would be slow in coming. The coronavirus pandemic had triggered an expansion of remote-voting options across the country, with the side effect of increasing the number […]
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Voters to weigh in on $11M in park bonds
With election season underway, Bernalillo County voters are being asked to consider six bond questions that could lead to $40.5 million in capital projects. One of the questions seeks voter approval for $11.7 million in parks and recreation projects. Whether development continues at the Mesa del Sol Regional Outdoor Sports Complex hinges on the parks […]
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Voters to weigh in on $11M in park bonds
With election season underway, Bernalillo County voters are being asked to consider six bond questions that could lead to $40.5 million in capital projects. One of the questions seeks voter approval for $11.7 million in parks and recreation projects. Whether development continues at the Mesa del Sol Regional Outdoor Sports Complex hinges on the parks […]
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Former president Jimmy Carter casts early ballot in Georgia
By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Jimmy Carter, who had said he wanted to live long enough to vote in this year’s presidential election, cast an early ballot Wednesday in his home state of Georgia, according to the Carter Center. Carter, who turned 100 on Oct. 1, has been in […]
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Former president Jimmy Carter casts early ballot in Georgia
By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Jimmy Carter, who had said he wanted to live long enough to vote in this year’s presidential election, cast an early ballot Wednesday in his home state of Georgia, according to the Carter Center. Carter, who turned 100 on Oct. 1, has been in […]
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Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks
By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump and his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against fact-checking in recent months, pushing TV networks, journalism organizations and others to abandon the practice if they hope to interact with Trump. Trump nearly backed out of an August interview with a group of Black […]
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Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks
By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump and his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against fact-checking in recent months, pushing TV networks, journalism organizations and others to abandon the practice if they hope to interact with Trump. Trump nearly backed out of an August interview with a group of Black […]
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From ‘Dixie’ to Shrek, Trump’s campaign dance party had it all
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s presence in national politics has always been predicated heavily on nostalgia. His campaign theme is “Make America great again,” after all, a call for voters to restore the nation to a bygone era, one unsullied by the complexities of modern life, such as diversity and […]
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From ‘Dixie’ to Shrek, Trump’s campaign dance party had it all
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s presence in national politics has always been predicated heavily on nostalgia. His campaign theme is “Make America great again,” after all, a call for voters to restore the nation to a bygone era, one unsullied by the complexities of modern life, such as diversity and […]
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Heinrich, Domenici clash over abortion, oil, inflation
Abortion rights and energy policy dominated a Monday afternoon debate between the major-party candidates for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Democratic incumbent Sen. Martin Heinrich and Republican challenger Nella Domenici sparred during the televised debate, while also selling themselves to voters as the best choice for Washington, D.C. “I’ve spent my career fighting to […]