LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Political statistician Nate Silver fact-checked a Sunday New York Times article that claims Republican senators can write their version of the health care plan without President Donald Trump’s input. The NY Times’ article, written by Jennifer Steinhauer, is titled, “G.O.P. Senators, Pulling Away From Trump, Have ‘a Lot Less Fear…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Tuesday announcement to declare a snap election for June 8 is riskier than it seems, according to FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver. “May’s move isn’t risk free,” Silver wrote shortly after British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Tuesday announcement. “In fact, if the final polls come…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Republicans have a new leader in the Georgia special election to replace Republican Rep. Tom Price in the state’s 6th congressional district, according to a new poll released Monday by Clout Research. Former state Secretary of State Karen Handel had been the leading Republican in polling so…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Prominent scientist and environmental activist Michael Mann used a congressional hearing this week to raise money for his political action committee and to belittle various climate change skeptics in Congress. Mann, a climatologist at Pennsylvania State University, spent most his testimony before The House Science Committee criticizing Republican…
Johnson Is Challenging Clinton and Trump by Elias J. Atienza Courtesy of Albuquerque Journal Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson may be lagging in national polls, but in crucial states, he is doing well. In a recent poll released by the Albuquerque Journal found Gary Johnson at 24 percent, just a scant 7 percent away from Trump, and 11 percent away…