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Comedian Ariel Elias Chugs Beer Heckler Threw at Her Over Politics

POLITICS POLITICS Comedian Ariel Elias Heckler Throws Beer … She Chugs It!!! 10/9/2022 1: 43 PM PT A comedian who was in the middle of performing in New Jersey was met with a handsy heckler — who kept his hands to himself … but let his beer fly in her direction. Ariel Elias was recently […]

SNL’s Michael Che Roasts Herschel Walker for Raising Money Instead of His Kids

After going light on politics for the majority of this week’s episode, Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” went deep on the biggest scandals plaguing Republican Senate candidates, from Dr. Oz’s puppy-killing experiments to Herschel Walker’s abortion bombshells. “Well, the midterms are only a month away, and is it just me, or are some candidates trying […]

How Trump’s influence is playing out in 2022 midterm races

Former President Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot this November, but his brand of politics has influenced races across the country. Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, authors of “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” Scott MacFarlane and Nikole Killion join Major Garrett to discuss. Read More

How Our Midterm Forecast Takes Candidates’ Scandals Into Account

POLITICS On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia who has campaigned on being anti-abortion, paid for his then-girlfriend’s abortion in 2009. Walker has denied the allegation. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how the scandals surrounding Walker have evolved over […]

Sasse expected to leave Senate to run University of Florida

Posted October 6, 2022 at 4: 31pm, Updated at 4: 49pm Sen. Ben Sasse is expected to resign from the Senate in the coming months after being named the sole finalist for the presidency of the University of Florida. A frequent critic who voted to convict President Donald Trump when he was impeached in 2021, […]

The Herschel Walker case belies the case for religion in politics

(RNS) — “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports,” declared George Washington in his 1796 Farewell Address (in a sentence drafted by Alexander Hamilton). But had he been around for the Herschel Walker affair, the outgoing president might have amended the text. Not that Washington […]

Politics Podcast: Do Scandals Like Herschel Walker’s Still Matter To Voters?

On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia who has campaigned on being anti-abortion, paid for his then-girlfriend’s abortion in 2009. Walker has denied the allegation. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how the scandals surrounding Walker have evolved over the […]

The Seats Republicans Could Flip To Win The House In 2022

One of the “rules” of American politics is that the party that doesn’t control the White House will pick up seats in the U.S. House of Representatives during the midterm election. Considering that Democrats hold the White House and only a slim 222-to-213-seat edge in the House,1class=’footnote-text’> Republicans appear to have a straightforward path to […]

The Stunning Neglect and Racist Politics Behind Alabama’s Prison Strike

On September 26th, prisoners in Alabama began a work stoppage to protest their living conditions and several of the state’s tough sentencing and parole laws. (It’s one of only seven states that do not pay prisoners for their labor.) In response to the strike, Kay Ivey, the state’s Republican governor, called the prisoners’ demands “unreasonable.” […]

The Slippery Politics of the Nobel Prize in Literature

POLITICS Who will win this year’s Nobel Prize in literature? And what—beyond literary excellence—does the award stand for? On episode 54 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene talk with Alex Shephard, a staff writer at The New Republic and an inveterate Nobel watcher, about the enigmatic politics of the oldest […]