From NYT: Russia’s premier intelligence agency has launched another campaign to pierce thousands of U.S. government, corporate and think-tank computer networks, Microsoft officials and cybersecurity experts warned on Sunday, only months after President Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in… Continue reading

From the explosive Rolling Stone story: The two sources, both of whom have been granted anonymity due to the ongoing investigation, describe participating in “dozens” of planning briefings ahead of that day when Trump supporters broke into the Capitol as… Continue reading

The Journal of Democracy has published this new essay of mine. Whether we look to the internal factional struggles currently taking place in the Democratic Party, or the most recent German elections that required putting together a coalition of three… Continue reading

Matt Seligman, Senior Counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, has this 33-page legal analysis on this question. Here’s the abstract: This Essay explains the errors in the theory advanced by John Eastman in a memorandum presented to President Donald Trump… Continue reading

“The Lawyer Behind the Memo on How Trump Could Stay in Office” NYTimes: John Eastman’s path from little-known academic to one of the most influential voices in Donald J. Trump’s ear in the final days of his presidency began… Continue reading

At Equal Citizens.US John Eastman spoke at length with Matt Seligman of the Campaign Legal Center and Larry Lessig. The Washington Post also has a story on the limited coverage this memo has received.

Politico: Senate Republicans are finally coming to the table on elections reform. Sort of.As Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) pursues a longshot bipartisan agreement, some Senate Republicans are engaging in preliminary discussions with him on the issue. Even though Senate… Continue reading

In case you were having too cheery a Saturday morning. From Henry Olsen, Washington Post: Many Americans are increasingly concerned that our national heritage, our democratic republic, is seriously in danger. A new poll from the University of Virginia’s… Continue reading

From the report: New research from Issue One and Campaign Legal Center shows that scores of lawmakers are not using the bulk of the money they raise in their leadership PACs to assist other candidates, political groups, or their parties… Continue reading

From Ohio Capitol Journal: A spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the office didn’t want to get dragged in last week when a fellow Republican echoed former President Donald Trump’s baseless fraud claims and called for… Continue reading

From Atlanta Journal Constitution: Fulton County is running an election for its life in this November’s race for Atlanta mayor. If the county stumbles, Georgia’s government might take over.Fulton will try to prove itself after 2020 elections scarred by slow… Continue reading

Ally at Politico: Maine Democrats and Nebraska Republicans had the unique ability to use redistricting to influence who wins the House in 2022 and the White House in 2024 — but neither were successful in locking in a noticeable… Continue reading

From Washington Post: Just three states have approved new congressional maps for the next decade: Oregon, Maine and Nebraska. Forty-one states are still crowded around the drawing board.But the patterns, and their political impacts, are already obvious. Where one… Continue reading

From The Hill: In what has become a critical bellwether of the national political environment the year before a midterm election, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and former Carlyle Group chief executive Glenn Youngkin (R) are locked in a… Continue reading