Bruce Ticker

Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock must navigate an obstacle course to convert voting figures so they can join the U.S. Senate on Jan. 5  and Jewish Georgians wary of “apartheid” phrasing could help swing their elections.

It is safe to speculate that the Squad’s rantings cost Biden Jewish and Cuban votes in the three counties, two House seats in Miami-Dade and in large part a winning margin of Florida’s total vote, not to mention disappointing election results elsewhere in the country. [Bruce S. Ticker]

My head swelled for awhile as Joe Biden, Donald Trump and their surrogates traversed Pennsylvania’s 46,000 square miles imploring us to vote for them. With Election Day past, the nation’s eyes are cast upon a handful of states to add up the remaining mail-in ballots. To think that the fate of the nation – and the world, for that matter – depends on the few, the Pennsylvanians, especially in my corner of the state, Philadelphia. If the former vice president takes Pennsylvania by one vote, and with it the election, I’m taking full credit. Doubtful, of course. [Bruce S. Ticker]

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — “Jewish lives matter.” Except when they are reporters and photographers who “snitch” on their brethren. New Covid-19 limits in Orthodox Jewish communities has produced several serious concerns, but the most dreadful outcome was a series of mob attacks on journalists who covered protests in the sprawling Borough Park

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — When hosting a radio show 32 years ago, Mike Pence dubbed himself “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.” Maybe he is now “Donald Trump on decaf.” Our vice president, who debates Sen. Kamala Harris Wednesday night, could become an unlikely savior sometime between now and Jan. 20. After being diagnosed

Under the constitution, a president can be elected by a minority of voters, and the majority of senators can be elected collectively by a minority of voters. Trump was elected by a minority as were the 53 Republicans who now control the Senate, and they are authorized to stack the Supreme Court with right-wing justices whose rulings often threaten the welfare and freedom of the people. [Bruce S. Ticker]