#Mara Liasson

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« [H]aving a voter who stays home or votes for a third party is really the same thing as losing a vote to Trump because the person who gets a plurality of votes in states is the one who wins all the electors. That's our system. It's not a popular vote system. »

— Mara Liasson at NPR's All Tinings Considered.

There's a tremendous amount of civics illiteracy in the United States.

In 2024, the only way to prevent a far right takeover by Trump or some other anti-abortion or homophobic extremist is to vote Democratic. Inaction or a half-witted "protest vote" for an impotent third party candidate has the same practical effect as voting for Trump or a Trump clone.

Contrary to what Ralph Nader supporters were saying in 2000 when they tanked climate activist Al Gore in favor of George W. Bush who put Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court, you do not make things better by making them worse.

To use a cliché, progress is a marathon rather than a sprint. Republicans know this and worked for 49 years trying to overturn Roe v. Wade. To achieve a better country and planet, we need to be in it for the long haul and not get distracted by the political equivalent of "one hit wonders" dangling shiny objects in front of us.

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Trump verdict could be a litmus test for where Republican party is headed

Mara Liasson on Trump verdict Will former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict hurt him politically? We look at any evidence of how it will affect him and what the next steps are for him, politically and legally. Read More

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NPR's Mara Liasson To Deliver Feigenbaum Lecture On "America At The Crossroads" In Pittsfield

Joe Biden is largely campaigning from his basement and Donald Trump is accepting GOP’s nomination far from the convention floor in one of the strangest elections in memory. Covering it all is Mara Liasson, who is heard daily on WAMC as NPR’s national political correspondent, where she has worked for 35 years. She also appears regularly on FOX News.

Listen 16:00  https://www.wamc.org/post/nprs-mara-liasson-deliver-feigenbaum-lecture-america-crossroads-pittsfield          

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NPR’s Mara Liasson to speak at Spokane Community College - Mon, 24 Feb 2020 PST

The lecture on March 12 will mark the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. NPR’s Mara Liasson to speak at Spokane Community College - Mon, 24 Feb 2020 PST

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“The Georgia law and the Colorado voting rules are not equivalent,” Liasson said before Domenech interrupted NPR’s political correspondent as she began to perpetuate misinformation.

“No, that’s not true Mara and you can’t get away with saying that, that is not true,” Domenech said. “They are very close in terms of proximity and you cannot get away with saying that… When you look at this Georgia law, it is extremely reasonable. There is no case that can be reasonably be made that it represents Jim Crow in the south.”

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"For the past few months, some analysts have speculated that if Republicans win control of the House in 2022, they could elect [t]rump as House speaker — something that would be perfectly allowed by the Constitution, which doesn't require the speaker to actually be an elected member of the House of Representatives. This would bring [t]rump back into political power two years earlier than running for president, as well as put him in the line of presidential succession.

"But on Monday, NPR suggested that the mere rumors of this idea could be a drag on Republicans in House races next year.

"'Democrats would want to force every Republican House candidate to answer the question: If [t]rump wants the job, would they vote for him?' reported Mara Liasson. 'Saying no would anger their MAGA base, but saying yes would risk turning off swing voters who are exhausted with [trump].'"

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NPR’s Mara Liasson yesterday said “the Left will simply have to be patient and take what it can.” Corporatists don’t just suppress campaigns; they create narratives & expect the rest of us to buy into them. The Left isn’t some errant child; it’s the biggest grown-up in the room.

Marianne Williamson

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Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died. She was 75.

Roberts died Tuesday due to complications from breast cancer, according to a family statement.

A bestselling author and Emmy Award winner, Roberts was one of NPR's most recognizable voices and is considered one of a handful of pioneering female journalists — along with Nina Totenberg, Linda Wertheimer and Susan Stamberg — who helped shape the public broadcaster's sound and culture at a time when few women held prominent roles in journalism.

Having so many female voices at a national broadcaster was nothing short of revolutionary in the 1970s, NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson recalled in an interview with The Daily Princetonian earlier this year.

"[W]e called them the Founding Mothers of NPR, or sometimes we called them the Fallopian Club," she said.

Liasson said it wasn't so much that NPR had a mission for gender equality, but that the network's pay, which was well below the commercial networks of the day, resulted in "a lot of really great women who were in prominent positions there and who helped other women."

By the time Roberts joined ABC News in 1988 — while retaining a part-time role as a political commentator at NPR that she maintained until her death — women were increasingly commonplace at broadcast networks and newspapers.

Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies at 75

Photos: Ariel Zambelich/NPR and NPR

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Sunday Politics

Author: Mara Liasson / Source: NPR.org

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

The Ford-Kavanaugh hearings were both a moment the country watched together but also one that seemingly drove us further apart. We’ll cover reactions to the hearings throughout the show today. President Trump yesterday, before heading to a rally in West Virginia, expressed only support for Brett Kavanaugh as the FBI investigates…

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'Special Report' All-Stars on politics of McCabe's dismissal

‘Special Report’ All-Stars on politics of McCabe’s dismissal

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired the former FBI deputy director hours before his retirement.

FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most watched television news channel for more than 15 years and according to a Suffolk University/USA…

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Trump to send 'surge' of hundreds of federal agents to cities

Mara Liasson at NPR reminded listeners what this is really about:

[T]his situation has been happening for this 3 1/2 years that the president has been in office.

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So I think the bottom line is the president is behind in the polls. He thinks a law-and-order message is effective for his base and maybe even beyond it.

Trump certainly doesn’t seem to be bothered much by crimes by white Republicans. Look at his clemency for convicted felons Joe Arpaio and Roger Stone.

Trump has largely given up the fight against COVID-19. He thinks voters won’t notice his enormous pandemic failure if he sends federal agents into American cities.

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Trump administration talks tough amid NKorea provocations

Trump administration talks tough amid NKorea provocations

Reaction and analysis from the ‘Special Report’ All-Star panel

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“[Elizabeth Warren] is the Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin of this race”

-Mara Liasson of the NPR Politics Podcast, continuing to demand and earn my stanning

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Fox News Contributor Says Network Has 'Strong Desire' To Move On From Trump

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Fox News Contributor Says Network Has 'Strong Desire' To Move On From Trump

Mara Liasson said there was “no doubt” the network and other conservative media outlets were keen to move on from the former president.

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Fox News Contributor Says Network Has 'Strong Desire' To Move On From Trump#Fox #News #Contributor #Network #Strong #Desire #Move #Trump

A Fox News contributor on Sunday said the conservative network “has a strong desire to move on from” former President Donald Trump. Mara Liasson, who is also a national political correspondent for NPR, made the comment during Fox News’ “Media Buzz” on Sunday. “There’s no doubt that the majority of conservative media — Fox first and foremost — has a strong desire to move on from Donald Trump,”…

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Fox News Contributor Says Network Has 'Strong Desire' To Move On From Trump

A Fox News contributor on Sunday said the conservative network “has a strong desire to move on from” former President Donald Trump. Mara Liasson, who is also a national political correspondent for NPR, made the comment during Fox News’ “Media Buzz” on Sunday. “There’s no doubt that the majority of conservative media — Fox first and foremost — has a strong desire to move on from Donald Trump,”…