I Talked About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote” on “A Song Called Life” Podcast with Osi Atikpoh
You can listen here at Spotify and here at Apple Podcasts.
With the First Presidential Debate Thursday Night, I Don’t Expect Trump Immunity Decision Until Friday at the Earliest
The Supreme Court has over a dozen cases left to decide. The next date for announcing opinions is Wednesday. The Court has not yet announced whether there will be opinions on Thursday or Friday of this week (I suspect on… Continue reading
How Bob Bauer Channels His Inner Trump (for Biden Debate Prep)
Q and A with Politico.
“Wisconsin judge to weigh letting people with disabilities vote electronically from home in November”
AP:
A Wisconsin judge on Monday is expected to consider whether to allow people with disabilities to vote electronically from home in the swing state this fall.
Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters and four disabled people filed… Continue reading
“Clippers Cut a Wide Swath Making Political Campaign Videos Go Viral”
NYT:
When Andrew Lawrence begins his night shift, he powers on his monitor to sift through Fox News’ evening programming.
He and his small team at Media Matters for America, the liberal nonprofit media watchdog group, spend hours each day… Continue reading
“Disappointment and ‘depression’: Biden’s biggest fundraisers watch their advantage vanish”
Politico:
Joe Biden’s campaign planned to bury Donald Trump in an avalanche of cash.
Instead, his allies are bracing for a slugfest without the benefit of a fatter wallet, as financial reports showed Trump outraising Biden in back-to-back months, hauling… Continue reading
“A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) Organizations”
Steven Sholk’s latest update.
How Much Does the Hunt for Small Donors Contribute to the Extremism of Our Political Culture?
This Washington Post story is full of examples of how extreme rhetoric turns on the spigot of small donations. This isn’t surprising; as I’ve noted, in the days of direct mail, consultants also understood that extreme rhetoric was a key… Continue reading
“Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case over lack of jurisdiction”
Nevada Independent:
A Clark County judge has dismissed the charges filed against the six Nevada Republicans who submitted an invalid slate of electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in 2020, ruling that the county was not the appropriate jurisdiction… Continue reading
“Trump Allies Begin First Line of Attack Against Arizona Election Case”
NYT:
Allies of former President Donald J. Trump charged in a sweeping Arizona election case on Friday began filing what is expected to be a series of challenges, seizing on a new state law aimed at curbing litigation and prosecutions… Continue reading
“Trump campaign seeks to head off convention revolt from its right flank”
WaPo:
Arizona delegates to the Republican National Convention gathered this month in a Phoenix suburb, showing up to get to know each other and learn about their duties.
Part of the presentation included a secret plan to throw the party’s… Continue reading
“France’s ‘snap’ legislative elections are a warning”
New Common Ground Democracy essay with this subtitle: “The likelihood that extremist parties on the right and left will gain at the expense of the middle illustrates with hyper-polarization necessitates electoral reform.“
The essay begins: “France is facing a political… Continue reading
“Here are the states where 2020 Trump electors have been charged”
California Supreme Court blocks tax initiative from ballot as an unconstitutional “revision”
Unanimous decision in Legislature of the State of California v. Weber. From the introduction:
Petitioners — the Legislature of the State of California, Governor Gavin Newsom, and elector and former Senate President Pro Tempore John Burton — filed this… Continue reading