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Trump Already Has Sold a Majority of Republicans in His Effort to Delegitimize Election of Joe Biden
State of play: A new Morning Consult consumer research survey reports that 7 of 10 Republicans believe the 2020 election was “not free...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 9, 2020


The Envelope Please: Winners and Losers of Campaign 2020
The biggest winner in the 2020 election was small "d" democracy itself, as Americans shattered all records for casting ballots, turnout...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 7, 2020


Congratulations Mr. President-Elect: Joe Biden Wins the First Great Battle for the "Soul of America"
Donald Trump smashed, damaged and attacked countless touchstones, values and institutions of American democracy in four years - a term of...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 7, 2020


SB Post-Election Rap: How Virginia & Vicki Won, Why Turnout Surged, What Next for Fair Ed, More...
The Whole World is Watching the fallout and impact of the U.S. Presidential race -- but only Newsmakers TV is offering behind-the-numbers...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 5, 2020


Trump's Bid to Hijack Election Confronts Reality - Joe Biden Nears 270 with MI & WI Wins, NV Lead
(Updated 9 p.m. PST 11-4-20). Hours after Donald Trump's pre-dawn bid to preempt the election, Joe Biden captured Michigan and Wisconsin...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 4, 2020


(Updated) Trump Tries to Swipe Election: Count All the Votes!
(Update) At 7 a.m. PDT the AP Electoral Vote counter, with 270 needed to win makes it: Biden 238 Trump 213 Biden now leads the raw vote...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 3, 2020


A Viewer's Guide: Six Signposts for Navigating Election Night
As voting concludes on Tuesday in the angst-ridden, existential election of 2020, the majority of Americans who oppose Donald Trump will...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 2, 2020


A Shaggy Dog Tale: The SB Schools Race, a Faraway Right-Wing Blogger and the Oppo Dump that Fizzled
Atop the home page of Aaron F. Park's blog, "Right On Daily," a red-white-and-blue cartoon elephant wields a sledge hammer against little...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 1, 2020


Op-Ed: SB School Board Race Sheds More Heat than Light about Creating a Culture of Literacy
(Editor's note: The word "literacy" has been recited like an incantation in the campaign for the Santa Barbara Unified School District's...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 31, 2020


Panel: Down-to-the-Wire Election Takes, IV Covid Outbreak, New SB School Plan & City Hall Dustup
Three days before voting ends on Nov. 3, the Newsmakers TV gang breaks down the latest on the flood of early ballots and does some...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 30, 2020


Run, James, Run: The "Coffee with a Black Guy" Guy Gets Importuned Over '21 Mayoral Run
(Full disclosure: Newsmakers is so overwrought and bedeviled by anxiety from obsessing over next Tuesday's presidential election that we...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 29, 2020


Notebook: New Turnout #s, Indy vs. Dems, Alvarado Decries Campbell "Slavery" Quotes, Power Rankings
The early and often vote. Turnout within the Santa Barbara Unified School District outpaces that in the county as a whole, a new report...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 28, 2020


One Tuesday to Go: In Must-Win PA, Trump Ferociously Bashing Biden Over Oil -- State Props Update
One week before Election Day, Donald Trump is campaigning furiously around the country, heedless of the coronavirus as he bids...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 27, 2020


Joe Howell Has Raised $50K to Run for County Board of Ed - and More Weirdness from Campaign Filings
“There are two things that are important in politics," the sly and scheming 19th Century Senator Mark Hanna famously said. "The first is...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 26, 2020


Didn't Vote Yet? (Really?) -- Our Index of Top 40 Election Posts Is Here to Help...
As the early voting avalanche keeps roaring, Newsmakers salutes those old-school citizens who are still mulling their public duty...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 24, 2020


Will Biden Oil Flub Cost PA? Will Lost Kids Haunt Trump? --Much More on Debate Postgame Rap...
In an otherwise capable presidential debate performance, Joe Biden struggled to explain his own energy policy, handing Donald Trump a...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 23, 2020


Prop. 13's Legacy: The Night Howard Jarvis Mooned California
A few hours after California voters passed Proposition 13 in a landslide, chief sponsor Howard Jarvis dropped his pants for the benefit...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 22, 2020


New Poll: Prop. 15 Rewrite of Prop. 13 Barely Hanging On -- Prop. 16 Affirmative Action Redo Trails
Campaigns for two key ballot measures strongly backed by Democrats and progressives are struggling to sell their messages in the final...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 21, 2020


Op-Ed: Kamala Harris' Struggle to End the Rape Kit Backlog Proves the Importance of Electing Women
By Susan Rose As California’s Attorney General and U.S. Senator, Kamala Harris has fought for a decade to end the backlog of unprocessed...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 21, 2020


2 Tuesdays to Go: Last Trump-Joe Cage Match, Poll Update -- Plus: Hunter's Laptop & DiFi's Blunder
Two weeks before Election Day, the polls could hardly look better for Joe Biden: With a nine-point national lead, the Democrat not only...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 20, 2020
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