2012 Election Archives

2012 Elections

Election Day 2012 – Open Thread Today – Live Chat Tonight!

AdLib - November 6, 2012 80

2012 Elections

Will Gingrich be Stopped? Sure. By himself.

MurphTheSurf3 - December 8, 2011 95

2012 Elections

Debunking Spin on “The Map”

atdnext - November 27, 2011 4

2012 Elections

Occupy Las Vegas, Occupy Congress, Occupy the Vote

atdnext - November 18, 2011 6

2012 Elections

GOP to Nevada: Drop Dead

atdnext - October 22, 2011 42

2012 Elections

#OccupyLasVegas: The Winner of Last Night’s Republican Debate?

atdnext - October 19, 2011 14

2012 Elections

Obama Is Doomed Next Year… Or Is He?

atdnext - October 4, 2011 38

2012 Elections

What the Media Won’t Tell You About “Class Warfare”

atdnext - September 27, 2011 11

2012 Elections

My G-O-TEA Senator Loves Big Oil, But Not Working Class Americans

atdnext - September 20, 2011 7

TOP NEWS

To Counter Trump’s Tariffs on Goods, Countries May Hit Back at US Services

Service sectors make up the vast bulk of the American economy, which gives trading partners some clout in trade negotiations. [...]

Elite Law Firms’ Deals With Trump Decried by Their Associates

The discontent does not appear to be resonating with leaders at Paul Weiss and Skadden, but it could hamstring their recruitment efforts. [...]

Milbank Is the Latest Law Firm to Reach a Deal With Trump

Milbank, based in Manhattan, agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services to causes supported by the president and the firm. [...]

In Trump’s Fight With Perkins Coie, the Richest Law Firms Are Staying Quiet

None of the nation’s top-10 firms by revenue have signed a legal brief demonstrating support for the law firm that is resisting an executive order. [...]

Granddaughters of a Paul Weiss Patriarch Deplore the Firm’s Trump Deal

The law firm’s chairman, Brad Karp, capitulated to the president’s threats. The descendants of the man who wrote its high-minded principles told Mr. Karp that he had betrayed them. [...]

Wisconsin Republicans Hit Their Vote Target, but Democrats Blew Past Theirs

The liberal candidate in the state’s Supreme Court race benefited from outsize Democratic turnout as counties swung left across the state. [...]

Who Is Susan Crawford, the Liberal Judge Who Won Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race?

Judge Crawford defeated Judge Brad Schimel, who was backed by President Trump, for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She worked as a prosecutor and in private practice before joining the bench. [...]

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade. [...]

Val Kilmer: A Life in Pictures

A charismatic and handsome leading man in the 1990s, Kilmer played both superhero and rock star. [...]

Val Kilmer in ‘Batman Forever’ Was a True 1990s Moment

The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Inside Mandalay: BBC finds huge devastation and little help for Myanmar quake survivors

Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter Myanmar since a huge earthquake hit the war-torn country. [...]

Survivor challenges Israeli account of attack on Gaza paramedics

Palestinian paramedic Munther Abed rejects Israel's assertion that the vehicles approached troops with their lights off. [...]

Judge permanently dismisses criminal case against NYC mayor

The decision comes nearly two months after the Trump administration first sought to drop the case against Eric Adams. [...]

Tesla sales plunge after Elon Musk backlash

The car maker's sales slide has been attributed to competition and controversy around its boss. [...]

Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack

Around a quarter of the country's brown bears will be culled after a man was attacked in a forest. [...]

Young Sicilian woman killed in broad daylight by stalker

A 27-year-old man has confessed to the murder of university student Sara Campanella but has not said why. [...]

US cancels visa of Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias

The ex-president of Costa Rica has compared Donald Trump's behaviour with that of a Roman emperor. [...]

Myanmar military announces temporary ceasefire

It says the truce will be in effect from 2-22 April to speed up relief efforts after last week's deadly earthquake. [...]

Hollywood remembers 'wonderful' actor Val Kilmer

He starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and The Doors. [...]

Deadly strikes in Gaza as Netanyahu says Israel will seize new military corridor

At least 19 people are reported killed in Jabalia as Israel's PM says it is expanding ground operations to pressure Hamas. [...]

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Election Day 2012 – Open Thread Today – Live Chat Tonight!

Will Gingrich be Stopped? Sure. By himself.

Debunking Spin on “The Map”

Occupy Las Vegas, Occupy Congress, Occupy the Vote

GOP to Nevada: Drop Dead

#OccupyLasVegas: The Winner of Last Night’s Republican Debate?

Obama Is Doomed Next Year… Or Is He?

What the Media Won’t Tell You About “Class Warfare”

What I Learned in Tonopah

My G-O-TEA Senator Loves Big Oil, But Not Working Class Americans

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