Tag: U.S. election
over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Do the results of the U.S. midterms mean something good for Justin Trudeau?

Now that Biden and the Democrats have emerged from those midterms largely avoiding the worst, the president presumabl...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | How bad would the Capitol riot need to have been for Republicans to abandon Donald Trump?

Democratic impeachment managers hinted at what could have happened that terrible day but they should have spelled it ...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Donald Trump’s parting lesson: To get better leaders, we need better voters

Joe Biden’s swearing-in Wednesday was the restoration after the insurrection, but the incitement and intolerance of t...

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about 3 years ago
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In Michigan, a gun-toting Trump supporter says, ‘It’s time to move on’

A unique brew of pandemic and political violence meant that both celebrations and the expressions of dissent were lar...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Canada says a heartfelt farewell to ‘the idiot next door’

Canadians don’t own the concept of decency, but it’s safe to say we appreciate it more than most when our closest nei...

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about 3 years ago
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Doug Ford was Canada’s most pro-Trump politician — until everything changed

There was a time when Ontario’s premier was probably the most unapologetically pro-Trump politician in Canada. But th...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | In Donald Trump’s Washington on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: ‘Nothing’s changed around h...

Black Americans have been all but sidelined by a racist insurrection aimed as much at them as at members of Congress,...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | He was at the Capitol Building when Donald Trump’s supporters broke in: ‘Nothing was go...

Louie Palu saw the angry mob arrive and attack police officers who were guarding the building, Rosie DiManno writes.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Trump had four years to sow hatred. It took just one day to let loose the dogs of insur...

Trump should be slapped with handcuffs and frog-marched out of the White House, writes Rosie DiManno.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | A violent, irrational spasm in a violent, irrational country

Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C. wasn’t just predictable: it was previewed in advance, and as logical as a clo...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Twitter should kick Trump when he’s down — and delusional

The social-media platform might not be ready to ban him while he’s still president — but frankly calling him on his B...

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over 3 years ago
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Racism and sexism were here long before Donald Trump. Will the Biden-Harris administration have a...

No matter who sits in the Oval Office, inequality is alive and well in North America, analysts say. The coming months...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | O.J. Simpson will find the ‘real killers’ before Donald Trump concedes

The president hasn’t acted presidential for the past four years, so it’s a bit of a stretch to expect that of him now...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Guided by faith, Joe Biden has brought about the end of days for Donald Trump

In his victory speech, the president elect quoted from the Book of Ecclesiastes about a “time to heal.” Binding the w...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Donald Trump will need to be removed from the White House. But how?

It looks as if Democrat Joe Biden will be the next American president and that means Donald Trump will have to prepar...

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over 3 years ago
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Fake patriot Sean Hannity is the real enemy of the American people

Fox News host Sean Hannity did not provide one Cheerio of evidence to support his allegation that anything happening ...

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over 3 years ago
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Five fun things to keep you distracted while U.S. election ballots are still being counted

Rather than doomscroll through social media, here are five more things that have helped the Star’s Karon Liu to take ...

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over 3 years ago
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U.S. election: 12 wins for underrepresented and marginalized Americans

Some wins for equity that can be celebrated while we wait for the presidential race to be declared.

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over 3 years ago
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Do Biden-Trump results show a polling problem? ‘We can model a virus ... but the hardest thing to...

Before the election day, public opinion polls had shown Biden was leading Trump by a wide margin. The race turned out...

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over 3 years ago
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The U.S. is our neighbour, yet some Canadians say it’s never felt so far away

As election controversy simmers, many in this country look on in disbelief, dismay

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Trump’s presidency is dying, but Trumpism lives on. There’s a lesson for Canada in that

The lesson for Canadians from the American election is that we need to find more and better ways to make elections ac...

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over 3 years ago
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If he loses, Donald Trump will go full Incredible Hulk and smash America

Before the polls closed on Tuesday, Donald Trump had telegraphed his evil intent. If the vote-count started to break ...

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over 3 years ago
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What happened in the U.S. election overnight? Here’s what you need to know

As of 8 a.m., the Associated Press isn’t calling the presidential race because neither candidate has secured the 270 ...

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over 3 years ago
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In United States presidential election, worries about voter intimidation at polls prove unfounded

Despite sporadic reports of intimidation, including an armed man in a Trump cap arrested at a North Carolina polling ...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Before the 2020 election votes are counted, I’d like to thank Donald Trump for not kill...

I believe this is my last chance to reflect on the last four years and thank El Presidente Loco for what I can.

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over 3 years ago
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Can the high early voter turnout among racialized voters in the U.S. translate north of the borde...

The Star spoke with racialized Canadians living in the U.S., who say much of what has transpired in 2020 and since U....

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over 3 years ago
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Why this Trump-Biden showdown has our Canadian hearts racing

‘I am getting queries about good meditation apps or other tools to help ... deal with election anxiety’

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over 3 years ago
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Fox News, CNN and the networks have one job on election night: do not screw this up

News networks, please bottle the competitive juices and chuck them into a dumpster. The horse races of yesteryear, in...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Donald Trump may lose, but his supporters won't go away. And they will still have a bee...

It will take more than a new president in the White House to put Canada-U. S. relations on an even keel, Susan Delaco...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | The cold war between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Donald Trump just got red-hot

It’s bizarre: If this election were six months away, Trump wouldn’t get a single vote because all of his supporters w...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | The polls look good for Joe Biden. But I want to scream ‘Wake up, CNN!’

It’s as if the experts are now saying it’s 97 per cent safe to hike in that forest but all I can think about is the 3...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | The return of Fake Melania Trump is a fitting end to this bonkers election

Rumours of a bogus FLOTUS are crazy talk, writes Vinay Menon, but wild theories are to be expected when no one can be...

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over 3 years ago
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Are Facebook and Twitter ready for America’s Trump vs. Biden election day? Are we?

More than 120,000 pieces of content from Facebook and Instagram in the U.S. have been removed for violating ‘voter in...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Five reasons why Donald Trump won the debate

For the U.S. president, the goal was to protect his base and to fire up his supporters.

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Why I fear Trump won’t leave office

One of the top U.S. legal experts on the presidency says it is sheer folly to believe Trump would go easily if he loses.

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