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pbump, 4 days ago to random

A White guy from a Southern state decided to compare Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Trump to justice in the Jim Crow South. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/bishop-trump-alabama-1950/

pbump, 4 days ago to random

Trump’s response to New York and the indictment in Wisconsin reinforce the extent to which he and his allies see SCOTUS as central to his efforts to hold power.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/trump-supreme-court-wisconsin-new-york/

pbump, 4 days ago to random

A look at the numbers behind Biden's new border proposal — and the critical limitation it will face. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/what-bidens-new-border-limits-mean-practice/

pbump, 5 days ago to random

The Trump takeover of the GOP entered new territory over the weekend.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/03/larry-hogan-lara-trump-rnc/

pbump, 5 days ago to random

This is a piece about how Trump will of course not actually rebuild trust in governmental institutions. It is also about how Fox News buried his saying that people linked to Epstein maybe get an unfair rap.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/03/trump-fox-news-declassifying/

pbump, 5 days ago to random

Wasn't originally going to write about "2000 Mules," but decided it was worth highlighting how obvious nonsense could be out there for years — misleading people and making money — without any recourse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/03/2000-mules-pulled/

pbump, 5 days ago to random

CBS and YouGov went back to people they interviewed before the verdict to see if their views changed after. They didn't. Perceptions and the politics were baked in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/03/trump-polling-changes-verdict/

pbump, 8 days ago to random

Expansive new data from YouGov shows where Americans get their news — and how much they trust it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/31/trust-news-sources/

pbump, 8 days ago to random

A brief history of Trump calling everything that is bad for him "rigged," perhaps suggesting that he doesn't offer this criticism entirely sincerely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/31/trump-rigged-conviction-election/

pbump, 8 days ago to random

Interesting context for the story from the former "Apprentice" producer: recent research shows how perceptions/viewership of the show helped Trump win the 2016 nomination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/31/trump-apprentice-campaign/

pbump, 8 days ago to random

It wasn't the facts of the Manhattan trial that led to bias allegations; such allegations spurred a hunt for supportive facts.

America would be well-served if the right entertained the idea that Trump actually might have done something wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/31/trump-republicans-conviction-weaponization/

pbump, 9 days ago to random

Just to get ahead of this: if someone indicates that they can confidently predict how the verdict affects the election, they are full of it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/30/trump-verdict-voters-election/

pbump, 9 days ago to random

Elon Musk reportedly has a plan to do to elections what he did to Twitter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/30/elon-musk-voter-fraud-trump/

pbump, 10 days ago to random

Wrote about Alito’s letter asserting that he’d demonstrated his impartiality as he failed to resolve questions about his impartiality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/alito-flag-letter-recusal/

pbump, 10 days ago to random

Trump and his allies have very effectively inoculated his base against the idea that a negative outcome in the New York trial would be legitimate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/trump-verdict-republican-base/

pbump, 10 days ago to random

Pulled a bunch of data — including some new data — to explore how and why younger voters aren't lining up for Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/young-voters-presidential-election/

pbump, 10 days ago to random

The judge in Trump's Manhattan trial is giving the jury its final instructions. Here, from my experience, is how they're likely to react and what deliberations might look like. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/trump-jury-deliberations/

pbump, 11 days ago to random

The Texas GOP's idea of requiring that statewide candidates win a majority of counties is remarkably anti-democratic even by the standard of the modern GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/28/texas-republican-party-democracy/

pbump, 11 days ago to random

It has been the dream of reactionaries for decades that protesters would get out of the US. Trump is suggesting he'll make that federal policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/28/trump-israel-protests-deportation/

pbump, 14 days ago to random

A detailed 1883 map of SF and some good news for kids named Isis. The newsletter, free as always. https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596b02b6ade4e24119ac1a18&s=6651ef1aaa3f71155870f07a&linknum=2&linktot=64

pbump, 15 days ago to random

Nikki Haley isn't Liz Cheney. Instead, she reflects a decent chunk of the GOP base: ultimately more anti-Biden than pro-Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/24/nikki-haley-is-very-specific-very-typical-type-trump-voter/

pbump, 15 days ago to random

A pattern in Trump investigations is that they don't seem to change anyone's mind. The trial in New York seems to be following that pattern. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/24/trump-trials-impact/

pbump, 15 days ago to random

The exchange in which CNN's Abby Phillip pressed Byron Donalds on a particularly obvious false claim was illuminating, if only because of how little he cared about being called out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/24/asked-pick-between-reality-trump-rights-choice-is-easy/

pbump, 15 days ago to random

What I saw in the Bronx.

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