‘A Trump-Biden tie can be a political nightmare — however perhaps a boon to democracy’
Joshua Zeitz at Politico
Individuals are wringing their palms over whether or not President Joe Biden or Donald Trump will win in November, says Joshua Zeitz. “However there’s one what-if Individuals aren’t paying sufficient consideration to.” What in the event that they tie within the Electoral School? It is “fully believable.” Republicans would management sufficient state delegations to crown Trump. However that would set off a “wave of populist democratic outrage” and immediate “long-stalled political reforms” they would not like, resembling Supreme Court docket time period limits and abolishing the Electoral School.
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‘Democrats should not smile about Haley voters shunning Trump. Biden is not precisely beloved.’
Sara Pequeño in USA Immediately
Many Republican major voters are registering their unhappiness with Trump, says Sara Pequeño. Nikki Haley has dropped out of the race however she nonetheless received 20% of the vote in Maryland’s major this week, and 18% in Nevada’s. However Democrats should not get “too giddy.” Polls point out that “1 in 6 voters have ‘unfavorable views’ of each” Trump and Biden. “There are in all probability a number of Haley voters who will transfer to Biden, however it’s uncertain that it will be sufficient to maneuver the needle.”
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‘The Tea Occasion shouldn’t be lifeless — it is evolving’
Erick Erickson and Akash Chougule at Nationwide Assessment
Many individuals have been declaring the Tea Occasion to be lifeless, say Erick Erickson and Akash Chougule. However the “concept that the Republican grassroots has deserted the limited-government and free-enterprise rules on the coronary heart of the motion” is “nonsense.” The motion is simply evolving. It was “began to struggle again in opposition to large authorities,” and is now taking up right now’s battles, like preventing “for a safe border and conventional values,” whereas persevering with to pursue its authentic objectives.
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‘Florida simply picked the incorrect type of meat to ban’
Arthur L. Caplan and Jeff Sebo within the Los Angeles Occasions
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) are “incorrect about cell-cultivated meat,” say Arthur L. Caplan and Jeff Sebo. Each signed legal guidelines making “meat grown in a lab slightly than stripped from a factory-farmed animal” a misdemeanor. DeSantis declared the regulation a blow in opposition to elites decided to drive individuals to “eat meat grown in a petri dish.” However lab-grown meat might be “a part of a humane” and “sustainable future meals system.”
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