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What Black Voters Had to Overcome to Vote in Alabama “The consistent studies and the consistent research all suggest that there’s some sort of political or racial motivation behind these kinds of laws.”
Leave Steve Bannon Alone! Contrary to popular belief (and his own delusions), Bannon is far too irrelevant to bear responsibility for the GOP’s loss in Alabama.
By Eric Levitz
alabama senate race
Dec. 13, 2017
By Brittany Packnett
the national circus
Dec. 13, 2017
Frank Rich: The GOP Is About to Tumble Into Full-scale Panic Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama laid bare some brutal realities for a broken party.
By Frank Rich
7 Lessons From the Democrats’ Triumph in Alabama The suburbs are turning blue, black voters are turning out, and the prospects of “welfare reform” just turned grim.
By Eric Levitz
Here’s How One of Roy Moore’s Accusers Reacts to His Defeat Beverly Young Nelson, who alleges Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16, was the first to react to his loss.
By Amanda Arnold
demographics
Dec. 13, 2017
By Gabriella Paiella
6 Things to Know About Doug Jones The Alabama Democrat who defeated Roy Moore is pro-choice, pro LGBTQ rights, and had never run for office before.
By Katie Van Syckle
last night on late night
Dec. 13, 2017
By Dee Lockett
good things
Dec. 13, 2017
The Best Reactions to Roy Moore’s Loss “Now please put Roy Moore on the Floribama Shore .”
By Gabriella Paiella
Roy Moore Won’t Concede, Tells Supporters to ‘Wait on God’ State officials confirmed there’s basically no way he can beat Democrat Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate race, so it’s going to be a long wait.
By Margaret Hartmann
alabama senate election
Dec. 13, 2017
Roy Moore Won’t Concede, Tells Supporters to ‘Wait on God’ State officials confirmed there’s basically no way he can beat Democrat Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate race, so it’s going to be a long wait.
By Margaret Hartmann
Jones Upsets Moore and Humiliates Trump in Deep-Red Alabama On the back of strong turnout from African-Americans and a superior campaign, Doug Jones pulled an upset that will echo into next year’s midterms.
By Ed Kilgore
Jones Upsets Moore and Humiliates Trump in Deep-Red Alabama On the back of strong turnout from African-Americans and a superior campaign, Doug Jones pulled an upset that will echo into next year’s midterms.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Dec. 12, 2017
Doug Jones’s Victory Shows Why Democrats Must Compete Everywhere And “you never know when a Republican candidate will turn out to be a sex criminal” isn’t the only reason.
By Eric Levitz
2018 elections
Dec. 12, 2017
Doug Jones’s Victory Shows Why Democrats Must Compete Everywhere And “you never know when a Republican candidate will turn out to be a sex criminal” isn’t the only reason.
By Eric Levitz
needle exchange
Dec. 12, 2017
By the Cut
7 Reasons Why Roy Moore Is the Worst He thinks the last time America was great was when slavery was legal, for one.
By Lisa Ryan
Congresswoman Says Roy Moore Supporter Posed as Reporter, Used Racial Slurs “Once their cover was blown they started screaming & called me & my staff the n-word & other racial slurs.”
By Madeleine Aggeler
Seth Meyers Takes “A Closer Look” at Trump’s Vocal Support for Accused […] Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” Trump’s vocal support of Alabama Senate candidate/accused […]
By Megh Wright
Tim Baltz Heads to a Roy Moore Rally in Alabama on ‘The Opposition’ Here’s a clip from last night’s The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, where Citizen Journalist Tim Baltz heads down to Alabama to speak with […]
By Megh Wright
Roy Moore Reemerges for an Election-Eve Rally, and Good Lord, Was It Weird The rally in a remote barn featured Steve Bannon, a dig at Ivanka, a reference to Moore’s Jewish lawyer, and several inflatable alligators.
By Olivia Nuzzi
alabama senate election
Dec. 11, 2017
Roy Moore’s Wife: We’re Not Anti-Semitic, ‘One of Our Attorneys Is a Jew’ Also, a friend recalls that one time Moore passed up an opportunity to prey on children.
By Margaret Hartmann
Turnout Will Win It for Moore or Jones, But GOP Will Have a Headache Either Way In a strange campaign where the front-runner disappeared and the polls are all over the place, turnout patterns will matter most.
By Ed Kilgore
The Polls Agree: Jones Leads Moore by 10 — or Trails Him by 9 Surveys of tomorrow’s special Senate election in Alabama are all over the place. But there’s reason for Democrats to be optimistic.
By Eric Levitz
Oh God, a Trump Super-PAC Had a 12-Year-Old Girl Interview Roy Moore The America First Project wants to show “there is a wide range of people who support Roy Moore.”
By Madeleine Aggeler
alabama special election
Dec. 11, 2017
Cory Booker Campaigns for Alabama’s Doug Jones — and Maybe Himself in 2020 If the New Jersey senator is successful, he’ll have helped defeat Roy Moore. If not, he got a chance to test out his stump speech.
By Olivia Nuzzi
Roy Moore Disappears From Campaign Trail, Probably to Watch Football While the campaign wouldn’t comment on his whereabouts, several sources said he was in Philadelphia at the Army-Navy game.
By Margaret Hartmann
Alabama Senator Makes It Clear He Didn’t Vote for Roy Moore ‘When it got to the 14-year-old’s story, that was enough for me.’
By Benjamin Hart
naughty list
Dec. 10, 2017
By Amanda Arnold
the national interest
Dec. 8, 2017
The Mueller Investigation Is in Mortal Danger Yet another distressing lesson from the Roy Moore campaign.
By Jonathan Chait
Trump Proud of Poll Showing Most Americans Think He’s a Lying Sexist To be fair, the poll also shows that most Americans disapprove of the job he’s doing as president.
By Ed Kilgore
Moore Accuser Says She Added Notes to His Signature in Her Yearbook Moore’s defenders are crowing that this vindicates him. They’re wrong.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Dec. 8, 2017
By Jonathan Chait
sexual harassment
Dec. 7, 2017
By Madeleine Aggeler
Roy Moore’s Biggest Fan Is Terrifying Roy Moore’s spokesperson wants voters to focus on the group of “non-accusers” who have never accused Moore of assault.
Roy Moore Hasn’t Won Just Yet Moore has improved his position since being hit with sexual-misconduct allegations, but African-American turnout for Doug Jones could be crucial.
By Ed Kilgore
the national circus
Dec. 7, 2017
Frank Rich: The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Predators The GOP wants Roy Moore’s vote to support its slender Senate majority and will do anything required to get it.
By Frank Rich
Franken Resigns Without Confessing Any Wrongdoing After announcing he would step down “in the coming weeks,” Franken blasts Trump and Roy Moore for not facing such repercussions.
By Ed Kilgore
sexual harassment
Dec. 6, 2017
Women in Alabama Dressed Up As Handmaids to Protest Roy Moore “We want the world to know the women are telling the truth,” one said.
By Katie Van Syckle
What Precedents Will Democrats Set in Forcing Franken’s Resignation? There are some key questions Democrats should prepare for in determining how they — and the country — deal with future incidents of sexual misconduct.
By Ed Kilgore
Hatch: If AL Voters Want Alleged Sexual Abuser in Congress, They Can Have One In sharp contrast to his fellow Mormon Mitt Romney, Orrin Hatch now sees nothing wrong with Roy Moore’s behavior if he’s elected.
By Ed Kilgore
Roy Moore Spokesperson Congratulates Host on Pregnancy by Bringing Up Abortion “He’ll stand for the rights of babies like yours in the womb, where his opponent will support killing them up to the moment of birth.”
By Gabriella Paiella
the national interest
Dec. 5, 2017
By Jonathan Chait
On Second Thought, the RNC Would Like to Elect Alleged Sex Predator Roy Moore Three weeks after cutting Moore off, the RNC said it will resume its support for the Alabama candidate, citing Trump’s endorsement.
By Margaret Hartmann
Woman Shares New Evidence of Her Relationship With Roy Moore at Age 17 Moore has denied knowing any of the women accusing him of sexual misconduct.
By Katie Van Syckle
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