Democratic Platform
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/democratic-platform-sticks-to-biden-s-line-on-major-policies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-begins-to-map-out-revolutionary-agenda-reimagining-his-presidency-amid-national-upheaval/2020/06/03/e81bb154-a1cc-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html
Democratic Actions
https://medium.com/discourse/why-joe-biden-wont-be-president-fc973f1f91af
Republican Pillars of Support
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/us/politics/trump-polls-christians-evangelicals
BACK STORY: A CONSPIRACIST FOR CONGRESS
“QAnon” is the name of a tangled, pro-Trump conspiracy theory about “deep state” traitors involved in a global sex-trafficking ring. Now Marjorie Taylor Greene, a full-throated QAnon believer, is positioned to win election to the House of Representatives after winning a Republican primary in a conservative Georgia district last week.
A false conspiracy migrating from online message boards to the halls of Congress may seem shocking. But Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The Times, isn’t surprised. “I think it was inevitable,” he told us. “QAnon is, at its heart, a right-wing activist movement. Its followers aren’t passive — they consider themselves soldiers in a digital army of ‘white hats’ that is going to take back the country, under President Trump’s leadership.” Greene is one of an estimated 53 QAnon exponents who ran for Congress this year.
QAnon has also benefited from the pandemic, which has kept many Americans indoors and online. “I think we’re probably still in the growth phase,” Kevin says. If you want to learn more about QAnon, Kevin covered it extensively in two recent episodes of the “Rabbit Hole” podcast.
Republican Actions
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/trump-tulsa-rally
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/trump-rally-supporters
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/trumps-3-point-plan-to-win-in-2020/613318/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/most-triumphant-sip-water-ever-taken/613342/
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-suspend-h-1b-other-visas-until-end-of-year
The order would target H-1B visas, which are designed for certain skilled workers such as those employed in the tech industry, as well as L-1 visas, which are meant for executives who work for large corporations.
The executive action is also expected to suspend H-2B visas for seasonal workers such as hotel and construction staff, and J-1 visas, which are meant for research scholars and professors and other cultural and work-exchange programs. Trump could renew the suspensions when they lapse. The order is not expected to immediately affect anyone already in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/technology/trump-tweet-baby-manipulated
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/facebook-trump-ads-antifa-red-triangle
Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem,” the campaign’s Facebook ads said. Beneath the text was the red triangle, a symbol that Nazis used to identify Communists and other political prisoners in concentration camps,
Justice Department set to propose rollback of legal protections that online platforms have enjoyed for more than two decades
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-to-propose-limiting-internet-firms-protections-11592391602
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/john-bolton-book-publication
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/us/politics/trump-bolton-ukraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-rally
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/elections/voting-william-consovoy-trump
After a stalemate with Democrats in North Carolina, Republicans said the president wouldn’t accept the party’s nomination at its convention in Charlotte, as planned, but would do so in another city.
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2020/06/05/senator-vows-to-block-counterterrorism-arms-control-nominees-over-watchdog-firings/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/atlanta-voting-georgia-primary
Election System
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-not-too-late-to-save-the-2020-election-11591973979
https://time.com/4546243/elections-voting-ideas/