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Democratic Report Raises 2022 Alarms on Messaging and Voter Outreach
A new report, in perhaps the most thorough soul-searching done by either party this year, points to an urgent need for the party to present a positive economic agenda and rebut Republican misinformation.
President Biden and Jill Biden at the White House on Friday. Despite Mr. Biden’s success last year, Democrats had hoped to achieve far more robust control of both chambers of Congress.Credit.Erin Scott for The New York Times
June 6, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Democrats defeated President Donald J. Trump and captured the Senate last year with a racially diverse coalition that delivered victories by tiny margins in key states like Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin.
Facebook Says Trump’s Ban Will Last at Least 2 Years
The decision denies the former president a megaphone at least through the midterm elections. The suspension was put in place after the Capitol riots in January.
Former President Donald J. Trump would be eligible for reinstatement on Facebook in January of 2023.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
June 4, 2021Updated 2:54 p.m. ET
SAN FRANCISCO Facebook said on Friday that Donald J. Trump’s suspension from the service would last at least two years, keeping the former president off mainstream social media for the 2022 midterm elections, as the company also said it would end a policy of treating posts from politicians differently from those of other users.