Ron Elving

Ron Elving appears in the following:

Week in politics: Speaker Pelosi's husband attacked; midterm analysis; support for Ukraine

Saturday, October 29, 2022

We look at the attack on Speaker Pelosi's husband, the tenor of the midterm elections as well as the waning appetite among Republicans for continued support of Ukraine.

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Woodward's taped time with Trump reveals much about both the author and his subject

Sunday, October 23, 2022

We hear the former president striving to court Woodward's favor, praising him as "a great historian" and "the great Bob Woodward." Yet these interviews veer often into disagreements and even debates.

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Week in politics: Bannon's prison sentence; Trumps subpoenaed; Biden announces deficit drop

Saturday, October 22, 2022

We look at Steve Bannon's prison sentence, former president Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Committee subpoena, and President Biden's announcement of the $1.4 trillion deficit drop.

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Week in politics: Georgia Senate debate; Jan 6. committee decision to subpoena Trump

Saturday, October 15, 2022

We look at the Georiga Senate debates as well as the Jan. 6 Committee's decision to subpoena former president Donald Trump.

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The Jan. 6 committee has done its job, but its impact depends on others

Saturday, October 15, 2022

No matter how much news and attention a congressional panel may generate, the ultimate effect depends on whether they alter the arc of a presidency or otherwise change the course of national history.

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Week in politics: Biden on Russian nuclear threat; Herschel Walker's senate campaign

Saturday, October 08, 2022

We take a look at President Biden's dire warnings on the threat of a potential Russian nuclear threat as well as the embattled senate campaign of Herschel Walker in Georgia.

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How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

Saturday, October 08, 2022

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

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Facts come to the rescue in the age of gaslighting

Sunday, October 02, 2022

The search for truth is complicated: There are many versions of it, many disagreements about what it even means. The idea of fact is something we feel better prepared to defend on objective grounds.

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Analysis: Biden administration faced with severe weather, the economy, and aggressive Russia

Saturday, October 01, 2022

Severe weather, the economy, and a bellicose Russia are all challenges facing the Biden administration.

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How the use of minority rule is not limited to any one political party

Sunday, September 25, 2022

We've heard examples of how Republicans have wielded disproportionate power compared to their share of the vote. But what about the Democrats?

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Trump and his lawyers keep ghosts of Nixon and Watergate alive and haunting

Sunday, September 25, 2022

When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.

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Week in politics: Stock market, Trump, add to party woes ahead of midterm elections

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Stock market declines could complicate Democrats' hopes for the midterm elections, but former President Trump isn't helping Republicans' prospects either.

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New Trump tome 'The Divider' offers most comprehensive chronicle of his term to date

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The book by veteran journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser is a rushing torrent of anecdotes and recollections. A reader may plunge in at any point and pull up a pail of Trump at full tilt.

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Week in politics: Mar-A-Lago filings; Steve Bannon indicted; Midterm voter sentiment

Saturday, September 10, 2022

The political ramifications of the court filings for a special master to review government documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. Also, signs the economy may work to the Democrats' advantage in November.

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Is America a democracy or a republic? Yes it is

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Election denialism has become not only a thing but a movement. And if critics call this an attack on democracy, some election deniers respond by saying the U.S. is not a democracy, it is a republic.

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Claims of voter fraud, old as the republic, still work as weapons for Trump

Sunday, September 04, 2022

The prevalence or importance of voter fraud seems less a matter of fact than of faith. Those who accept Trump's claims are exercising their beliefs to push back against experts, courts and academics.

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Week in politics: Biden's Philadelphia speech; Why Sarah Palin lost

Saturday, September 03, 2022

We look at the repercussions of President Biden's speech in Philadelphia attacking former President Trump and his rivals. Plus, why Sarah Palin lost the special election for the Alaska House seat.

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Week in politics: Inflation brings political pain; FBI releases Mar-a-Lago affidavit

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Democratic candidates pick up momentum as the elections near. The additional revelations surrounding the search of Mar-a-Lago could help them.

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Week in politics: Liz Cheney loses primary; Trump distracts from Republican races

Saturday, August 20, 2022

It's been another extraordinary week in politics - from Rep. Liz Cheney's big primary loss to continuing legal issues for former President Donald Trump and those close to him.

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The next test of Trump's sway in GOP primaries involves Liz Cheney, Sarah Palin

Monday, August 15, 2022

Two names with Republican Party history will be on ballots Tuesday. Wyoming voters appear ready to boot Liz Cheney, while Sarah Palin looks for an Alaska comeback. What does it say about the GOP?

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