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The Venezuelan election was nearly stolen – by the US-backed anti-Chávistas. How? That’s what Chávez wanted Maduro to find out from me: how could US operatives jerk with Venezuela’s voter rolls? It wasn’t a mere policy question: they knew Chávez wouldn't be allowed to survive through another coup. My answer: They could steal the vote the same way Bush did it in Florida – in fact, using the very same contractor. Take a look at these documents.

Justice Kagan's candid comments on the Supreme Court's rulings on election and voting rulings, democracy, Gerrymandering, Voting Rights Act, Campaign Finance, Legitimacy, independence from the Executive, Religious Liberty and tradition.

What is most important is that we hold on to our democratic discipline. Democrats must lay the foundation for structural transformation that can better support a re-imagined and resilient democracy, beginning with hearings on Supreme Court reform.

The “most consequential election in Israel’s history” has not changed the country’s unbearably bleak outlook. But the Palestinian minority has come out in force for solidarity and justice.

The spoiler candidate is one of the oldest tricks in the American campaign toolbox, and the law has rarely touched it.

In 1866 to support his party before the midterms, President Andrew Johnson denounced Congress as an illegal body, called certain Republican members of Congress traitors who should be hanged, and compared himself both Abraham Lincoln and Jesus Christ

Right now, the United States is unhappy enough to need a lot of heroes – and during this election year, many have emerged. Here are five of the notable ones.

Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić’s 12-year reign looks to have been ended by record turnout of voters in election provoked by student-led protests

Democrats in the midterms are finally backing Medicare for All as a campaign issue amid a rising tide of US support